A challenging new vision of the future, "The Long Descent" traces the decline and fall of an industrial society fatally out of balance with planetary limits and shows how personal change and local action can shape a better tomorrow.
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John Michael Greer is a certified Master Conserver, organic gardener and scholar of ecological history. His widely-cited blog, The Archdruid Report, deals with peak oil. He is the author of The Long Descent and lives in Ashland, Oregon.
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John Michael Greer's the Long Descent is a very valuable addition to the Peak Oil literature. He brings a unique deep historical perspective, combined with an ecological perspective on human societies. He really does present the long view, thinking ahead not just decades but centuries into the future. He analyses the role two powerful narratives have on our view of what is facing us - the myth of progress and the myth of the acopalyse - and makes it clear how both of these are blocking us as individuals and as a society from facing up to the likely future of gradual decline into a post fossil fuel society. The book was published in 2008, before oil hit $147 a barrel and before the financial crash, but is remarkably prescient in predicting both of these as likely occurences. He paints a broad canvas but also gives some useful ideas on how we as individuals can adapt to a post-peak world, including rethinking our current work and if it will be viable in the coming years.
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By J. Madsen
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A real eye opener that gives the reader a completly new perspective about the future of our civilization. If you think that things can only get better this book is a real wake-up call. A must read for anyone interested in the factors that contribute to the rise and fall of Empires especially the one we are currently living in.
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By Alan Clarke
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Brilliant - a very well written description of just how unsustainable our society is, and what we can expect to happen to it. But it isn't all doom and gloom, so despite drawing on the same evidence as other studies of our planet's ecological limits, the conclusion is positive. I found I raced through this book eagerly, and now want to re-read it but need to prise it away form other family members first.
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best commentator i know on where things are going
I don't review often, perhaps less than would be fair, but i will with this as i think Greer's message if more widely heard might, just might, help us all deal with what's coming. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Team Guido
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Peak-oil predictions
This book effectively describes the future after peak-oil. It doesn't include the additional effects of increased populations and higher aspirations for living standards in the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by BP Worrall
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A must read
We should all read and consider this idea, it seems the most likely outcome of our current situation I have ever come across!
Published 4 months ago by Daryl Newsome
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Catabolic collapse
As a recovering cornucopian, I consider "The Long Descent" to be one of the best books I've ever read. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ashtar Command
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Easy read, interesting ideas.
A very refreshing middle ground between the apocalyptical "Preppers" and the head-in-the-sand ostriches. Read more
Published 14 months ago by snowzz
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Gems on almost every page
Wow, what a book.
I don't personally go as far in the "back to basics" approach that Mr Greer sees as the outcome of the crises, but his analysis of the past, and the... Read more
I don't personally go as far in the "back to basics" approach that Mr Greer sees as the outcome of the crises, but his analysis of the past, and the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by A. Kauppi
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More balanced than most
Having read several books on both peak oil and global warming I bought this on Amazon UK An was somewhat surprised when the author announced early in the book that he is a Druid. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. Mark Hanson
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Eyopening, if a little academic
An eye opening book, and a pleasant change to all the apocalyptic survivalist stuff out there addressing peak oil. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2010 by C. McAlister
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A Gem
This book presented thoughtful, alternative, well-reasoned and provocative agruments around 'peak oil' and its consequences. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2010 by B. Gilligan
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A 'peak' into the future
I was wary of Greer because of his connection with Druidry - memories of The Wicker Man don't recommend paganism of any hue, however 'enlightened'! Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by Mr. Jonathon M. Stenner
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