When technology fails : a manual for self-reliance, sustainability, and surviving the long emergency

Summary: "Matthew Stein's comprehensive guide to sustainable living skills gives you the tools you need to fend for yourself and your family in times of emergency or disaster. It also goes a step further, giving sound instructions on how to become self-reliant in seemingly stable times and for the long term by adopting a sustainable lifestyle"--Cover, p. 4.

Record details

ISBN: 1933392452
ISBN: 9781933392455
Physical Description: 493 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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Edition: Rev. and expanded.
Publisher: White River Junction, VT : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-487) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

An introduction to self-reliance -- Present trends, possible futures -- Supplies and preparations -- Emergency measures for survival -- Water -- Food: growing, foraging, hunting, and storing -- Shelter and buildings -- First aid -- When high-tech medicine fails -- Clothing and textiles -- Energy, heat, and power -- Metalworking -- Utensils and storage -- Better living through not-so-modern chemistry -- Engineering, machines, and materials -- Making the shift to sustainability.