Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Environmental Collapse
Language: English
Published by New Society Publishers, 2011
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Weaves together the threads of peak oil, resource depletion, economic instability, and climate change and offers solutions, including: concrete strategies for personal adaptation; workable models of self-reliant local communities; and, frameworks to support international action on financial and economic reform.
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- Title
- Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Environmental Collapse
- Author
- Richard Douthwaite
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0865716994
- ISBN 13
- 9780865716995
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About the Author
Richard Douthwaite is a columnist for The Irish Times, New Internationalist, and Earthwatch, and author of the influential book, Short Circuit: Strengthening Local Economies in an Unstable World. He lives in Westport, Ireland.
Gillian Fallon has worked as a writer, journalist and editor for 15 years, most recently in academic publishing. She has a particular interest in food security and in the challenges involved in communicating the many complex messages derived from systems thinking to a non-specialist audience. She has been a member of Feasta's Executive Committee since 2006 and lives in Ireland.
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