Synopses & Reviews
On hearing about the coming energy crisis and impending ecological collapse, many people ask, "But what can I do?"
Relocalize Now!provides the best answers to date.
This timely guide from the Post Carbon Institute analyzes the full depth of the crisis of industrial civilization, outlines the centrality of the global economic system in this crisis, and then proposes a plan for the global relocalization of our way of life. It promotes the idea of people re-creating local communities-or "outposts"-at the level of neighborhood and nation that can begin to build "parallel public infrastructures"for survival, along with ways of networking efforts together for wider support. It does this through presenting:
' Specific programs to create local money, energy, transportation, governance, and food systems designed to help communities become self-reliant right now
' Broader policy strategies that must be addressed at the political and institutional level as soon as possible to help communities create a long-term system adapted for a post-carbon age
The book's innovative project ideas, such as a community retirement fund and corporate disobedience-nonviolent ways to disengage from globalization-are supplemented by practical tools for relocalizing and examples of charter outposts from Los Angeles to Alaska and Toronto. With a glossary and an extensive resources section, Relocalize Now!contains all you need to build the alternative.
Julian Darley,David Room, and Celine Richare principals of the Post Carbon Institute who bring their extensive backgrounds in journalism, engineering, and development projects to this book.
About the Author
Julian Darley is the founder of the Post Carbon Institute and Global Public Media. An environmental philosopher and journalist, he is the author of High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis (Chelsea Green 2003).