By: John Schaeffer, Alan Berolzheimer (Editor), Bill Giebler (Editor)

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Concerns over dwindling resources and environmental degradation are driving many to seek alternatives to our wasteful, polluting lifestyle. Clean technologies such as solar power, wind power, and biodiesel fuel are soaring in popularity.

"Real Goods Solar Living Source Book--Special 30th Anniversary Edition" is the ultimate guide to renewable energy, sustainable living, green building, homesteading, off-the-grid living, and alternative transportation, written by experts with decades of experience and a passion for sharing their knowledge. This fully updated edition includes brand-new sections on Peak Oil, climate change, relocalization, natural burial, biodynamics, and permaculture. It also boasts the latest product listings and completely rewritten and expanded chapters on: Land and shelter Natural building Passive solar Biofuels Sustainable transportation Grid-tied photovoltaics Solar hot water systems Plus, over 150 pages of maps, wiring diagrams, formulae, charts, solar sizing worksheets, and much more

Whether you're a layperson or a professional, novice or longtime aficionado, the new sourcebook puts the latest research and products at your fingertips--all the information you need to make sustainable living a reality.

John Schaeffer is the president and founder of Real Goods, the oldest and largest catalog company devoted to the sale and service of renewable-energy products. Now merged with Gaiam, Real Goods has converted over sixty thousand homes to solar energy since 1978, when it sold the very first photovoltaic module in America. Real Goods hosts the annual SolFest at its Solar Living Center headquarters in Hopland, California.

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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ISBN: 9780916571061
ISBN-10: 0916571068
Series: Solar Living Sourcebook
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 608
Published: 1st September 2007
Dimensions (cm): 27.635 x 21.336  x 3.556
Weight (kg): 1.524