Brace for Impact
2010-01-17T23:25:00-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/b1f/288724-12-m.jpgThomas Lewis talked about his book Brace for Impact: Surviving the Crash of the Industrial Age by Sustainable Living (Outskirts Press; October 9, 2009). In his book he analyzes the gathering threats to society’s life-support systems such as power, food, and water, and the inability of the political and economic institutions to preserve them. He examines the inter-related systems of industrial society and the economies of scale that lead to a concentration of risk. He advises that individual families and communities can weather the collapse through sustainable living.
He was interviewed by the C-SPAN Bus crew at Frostburg State University. The date of the interview is not known.
He was interviewed by the C-SPAN Bus crew at Frostburg State University. The date of the interview is not known.
Thomas Lewis talked about his book Brace for Impact: Surviving the Crash of the Industrial Age by Sustainable Living (Outskirts Press; October 9,… read more
Thomas Lewis talked about his book Brace for Impact: Surviving the Crash of the Industrial Age by Sustainable Living (Outskirts Press; October 9, 2009). In his book he analyzes the gathering threats to society’s life-support systems such as power, food, and water, and the inability of the political and economic institutions to preserve them. He examines the inter-related systems of industrial society and the economies of scale that lead to a concentration of risk. He advises that individual families and communities can weather the collapse through sustainable living.
He was interviewed by the C-SPAN Bus crew at Frostburg State University. The date of the interview is not known. close
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