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Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs: The Thrivalist's Guide to Life Without Oil
Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs The Thrivalist's Guide to Life Without Oil
Author: Wendy Brown
In the latter half of the twentieth century, the percentage of the total American population living in suburbs grew to nearly fifty percent. Fossil fuels were cheap and plentiful, and car-dependent, energy-intensive lifestyles came hand in hand with this demographic transition. In the age of Peak Oil, environmental catastrophe, and a failing eco...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780865716810
ISBN-10: 0865716811
Publication Date: 4/1/2011
Pages: 272
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Publisher: New Society Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 4
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This book was certainly an eye opener. If you knew the world as you knew it was going to end in 21 days what would you do to prepare? Wendy Brown breaks it down into chunks with each day being a focus for the end of your world.

I enjoyed the attention to detail that the author gave the topics which ranged from homeschooling to hygiene and everything in between. Not your average "buy guns and wheat berries" survival book this is one worth reading, keeping and contemplating.