The Community Resilience Reader : Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval.

Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience -- Part I: Understanding Our Predicament -- Chapter 2. The Environmental Crisis: The Needs of Humanity versus the Limits of the Planet -- Chapter 3. The Energy Crisis: From Fossil Fuel Abundance to Renewable Energy Constraints -- Chapter 4. The Economic Crisis: The Limits of Twentieth-Century Economics and Growth -- Chapter 5. The Equity Crisis: The True Costs of Extractive Capitalism -- Chapter 6. The Roots of Our Crises: Does Human Nature Drive Us toward Collapse? -- Part II: Gathering the Needed Tools -- Chapter 7. Systems Literacy: A Toolkit for Purposeful Change -- Chapter 8. A Crash Course in the Science of Sustainability -- Chapter 9. A Crash Course in the Science of Resilience -- Chaper 10. Pulling It All Together: Resilience, Wisdom, and Beloved Community -- Part III: Community Resilience in Action -- Chapter 11. Energy Democracy -- Chapter 12. Building Community Resilience at the Water's Edge -- Chapter 13. Food System Lessons from Vermont -- Chapter 14. Learning Our Way toward Resilience -- Chapter 15. Beyond Waste: Sustainable Consumption for Community Resilience -- Chapter 16. Resilient Streets, Resilient Cities -- Chapter 17. Community Resilience and the Built Environment -- Chapter 18. Conclusion: Where to Start -- Contributors -- About Post Carbon Institute -- Index -- IP Board of Directors.

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