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Happily, this comprehensive sourcebook provides those of you with foresight a way out of this madness; it includes products ranging from simple energy-saving devices such as compact fluorescent lights to home-scale energy-harvesting systems that utilize the sun, wind, and water to make electricity for people living "off-the-grid." Chapters focus on Independent Living, Land, Shelter, Harvesting Energy, Managing Energy Systems, Heating and Cooling, Water, Energy Conservation, the Nontoxic Home, Home and Market Gardening, Mobility and Electric Vehicles, and Livelihood and Learning. Committed to selling only products that promote environmental responsibility at an honest value, The Real Goods Trading Company is one of the fastest-growing companies in America. Many of the products listed in another of our favorites, the Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, can be purchased by mail from Real Goods.
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Solar Living Sourcebook, now in its ninth edition, is extensively updated and revised. This is the definitive reference for the person who wants the most up-to-the-minute information on products relating to the applications of appropriate technology. It contains: -- Extensive how -- to information on sizing and designing renewable energy systems that allow you to harvest energy from the sun, wind, and water-- Extensive product reviews of the hardware necessary to live an 'off-the-grid', energy-independent lifestyle-- Inspirational articles by contributing authors who explain the rewards and pit falls of diverse subjects related to sustainable living, such as homesteading, managing energy, healthy homes, and food production. Seller Inventory # 20101004105837