{"product_id":"9780865717886","title":"Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels","description":"\u003cp\u003eEssential, visionary essays about our post-carbon future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Richard Heinberg] writes with incision, with passion, with rage, with compassion, and Afterburn captures in one single publication why he's such a shining light of insight in times of much darkness. \u003ci\u003eThe Party's Over\u003c\/i\u003e changed my life. Perhaps \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e will change yours. — Rob Hopkins, founder, the Transition movement and author, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Just Doing Stuff \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will help fuel the future.—Randy Hayes, founder, Rainforest Action Network and director, Foundation Earth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom climate change to resource wars to the collapse of consumerism, we’re in for a wild ride. \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e consists of 15 essays exploring various aspects of the 21st century migration away from fossil fuels including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort-term political and economic factors that impede broad-scale, organized efforts to adapt \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe origin of longer-term trends (such as consumerism), that have created a way of life that seems “normal” to most Americans, but is actually unprecedented, highly fragile and unsustainable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePotential opportunities and sources of conflict that seem likely to emerge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the inevitability and desirability of more locally organized economies, to the urgent need to preserve our recent cultural achievements and the futility of pursuing economic growth above all, \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e offers cutting-edge perspectives and insights that challenge conventional thinking about our present, our future, and the choices in our hands.\u003cbr\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith rare insight, clarity, and compassion Richard Heinberg helps us face the music. —Joanna Macy, author, \u003ci\u003eComing Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Heinberg\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, the author of eleven previous books including \u003ci\u003eThe Party’s Over\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Growth\u003c\/i\u003e . He is widely regarded as one of the world’s most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018703257840,"sku":"9780865717886","price":15.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865717886_p0.jpg?v=1763835400","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865717886","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}