WHEN TECHNOLOGY FAILS: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency

There�s never been a better time to �be prepared.� Matthew Stein�s comprehensive primer on sustainable living skills�from food and water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management skills�prepares the reader to embark on the path toward sustainability. Stein not only explains how to live �green� in seemingly stable times, but to live in the face of potential disasters, lasting days or years, coming in the form of social upheaval, economic meltdown, or environmental catastrophe.

This 493-page manual on self-reliance covers the gamut. Topics covered include: water, food and shelter; first aid, low-tech medicine, and healing; energy, heat, and power; metalworking; utensils and storage; low-tech chemistry; and engineering, machines, and materials, and much more.

Fully revised and expanded�the first edition was written pre-9/11 and pre-Katrina, when few Americans took the risk of social disruption seriously�When Technology Fails ends on a positive, proactive note with a new chapter on "Making the Shift to Sustainability" which offers practical suggestions for changing our world on personal, community and global levels.