Real Goods Solar Living Source Book

by Schaeffer, John

• ISBN13: 9780916571061
• ISBN10: 0916571068
• Edition: 30th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: New Society Pub

Summary

The essential renewable energy resource, completely revised and updated for 2008.

Table of Contents

Relocalization : a strategic response to peak oil and climate change	p. 13
Land and shelter : designing and building your green dream home	p. 31
Sunshine to electricity : renewable energy 101 - solar, wind, and hydroelectric	p. 93
From panel to plug : how to get you renewable energy source powering your appliances	p. 167
Emergency preparedness : be ready when the grid goes down	p. 267
Energy conservation : super-efficient lighting, heating, and cooling is step 1	p. 283
Water development : reckoning with our most precious and endangered resource	p. 341
Water heating : the most cost-effective solar alternative	p. 385
Water and air purification : clean water and air are human rights!	p. 415
Composting toilets and greywater systems : novel, safe, and clean solutions to an age-old human problem	p. 435
Off-grid living, farming, and homesteading tools : growing your own and living the good life	p. 453
Sustainable transportation : toward a future of carbon-free mobility	p. 485
Natural burial : the ultimate back-to-the-land movement	p. 499
The real goods sustainable living library : reading for a renewable future	p. 517
Who we are and how we got here	p. 562
Living the dream : the real goods Solar Living Center	p. 564
Spreading the word : the Solar Living Institute	p. 569
Getting down to business	p. 575
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