{"product_id":"9780865716391","title":"The Ecotechnic Future: Envisioning a Post-Peak World","description":"\u003cp\u003e“[ \u003cb\u003eJohn Michael\u003c\/b\u003e ] \u003cb\u003eGreer\u003c\/b\u003e ’s work is nothing short of brilliant. He has the multidisciplinary smarts to deeply understand our human dilemma as we stand on the verge of the inevitable collapse of industrialism. And he wields uncommon writing skills, making his diagnosis and prescription entertaining, illuminating, and practically informative. Not to be missed.”— \u003cb\u003eRichard Heinberg\u003c\/b\u003e, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute and author of \u003ci\u003ePeak Everything\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is a great deal of conventional wisdom about our collective ecological crisis out there in books.  The enormous virtue of \u003cb\u003eJohn Michael Greer’\u003c\/b\u003e s work is that his wisdom is never conventional, but profound and imaginative.  There’s no one who makes me think harder, and  \u003cb\u003eThe Ecotechnic Future\u003c\/b\u003e pushes Greer’s vision, and our thought processes in important directions.” — \u003cb\u003eSharon Astyk\u003c\/b\u003e, farmer, blogger, and author of \u003ci\u003eDepletion and Abundance\u003c\/i\u003e  and \u003ci\u003eA Nation of Farmers\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cb\u003eThe Ecotechnic Future\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Michael Greer\u003c\/b\u003e dispels our fantasies of a tidy, controlled transition from industrial society to a post-industrial milieu. The process will be ragged and rugged and will not invariably constitute an evolutionary leap for the human species. It will, however, offer myriad opportunities to create a society that bolsters complex technology which at the same time maintains a sustainable interaction with the ecosystem. Greer brilliantly inspires us to integrate the two in our thinking and to construct local communities which concretely exemplify this comprehensive vision.” — \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Baker,\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eSacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization’s Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e , and publisher\/editor, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking Truth to Power\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response to the coming impact of peak oil, \u003cb\u003eJohn Michael Greer\u003c\/b\u003e helps us envision the transition from an industrial society to a sustainable ecotechnic world—not returning to the past, but creating a society that supports relatively advanced technology on a sustainable resource base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFusing human ecology and history, this book challenges assumptions held by mainstream and alternative thinkers about the evolution of human societies. Human societies, like ecosystems, evolve in complex and unpredictable ways, making it futile to try to impose rigid ideological forms on the patterns of evolutionary change. Instead, social change must explore many pathways over which we have no control. The troubling and exhilarating prospect of an open-ended future, he proposes, requires dissensus—a deliberate acceptance of radical diversity that widens the range of potential approaches to infinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in three parts, the book places the present crisis of the industrial world in its historical and ecological context in part one; part two explores the toolkit for the Ecotechnic Age; and part three opens a door to the complexity of future visions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone concerned about peak oil and the future of industrial society, this book provides a solid analysis of how we got to where we are and offers a practical toolkit to prepare for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Michael Greer\u003c\/b\u003e is a certified Master Conserver, organic gardener, and scholar of ecological history. He blogs at \u003ci\u003eThe Archdruid Report\u003c\/i\u003e   (www.thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com), and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Long Descent\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022293090544,"sku":"9780865716391","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865716391_p0.jpg?v=1763828402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865716391","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}