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Tested skills for thriving in the age of limits
Merlin, Gandalf, Voldemort-these well-known sorcerers from popular culture are famed for their amazing spells and spectacular magical powers. In ancient times however, a wizard was actually a freelance intellectual whose main stock in trade was good advice, supported by a thorough education in agriculture, navigation, political and military science, languages, commerce, mathematics, medicine, and the natural sciences-in essence, the true Renaissance man.
Greer proposes a modern mage for uncertain times; one who possesses a startling array of practical skills gleaned from the appropriate tech and organic gardening movements forged in the energy crisis of the 1970s. From the basic concepts of ecology to a plethora of practical techniques such as composting, green manure, low-tech food preservation and storage, small-scale chicken and rabbit raising, solar water heating, alternative energy sources, and more; Green Wizardry is a comprehensive manual for today's wizard-in-training.
Providing a solid practical introduction to the entire appropriate tech toolkit, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about decreasing our dependence on an overloaded industrial system and, in a world of serious energy shortages and economic troubles, making life a great deal less traumatic and more livable.
Front Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Contents -- Foreword: A Time for Wizardry -- Part One: Principles -- Lesson 1: Introducing Energy -- Lesson 2: Introducing Matter -- Lesson 3: Introducing Information -- Lesson 4: Thinking in Systems -- Lesson 5: Flows and Funds -- Lesson 6: Sustainability and Resilience -- Resources for Part One -- Part Two: Food -- Lesson 7: The Small Garden -- Lesson 8: Understanding Soil -- Lesson 9: Composting and Mulching -- Lesson 10: Keeping Them Healthy -- Lesson 11: Season Extenders -- Lesson 12: Saving Seeds -- Lesson 13: Breeding New Varieties -- Lesson 14: Wild Helpers -- Lesson 15: Home Livestock -- Lesson 16: The Unwanted -- Lesson 17: Storing the Harvest -- Lesson 18: Using the Harvest -- Resources for Part Two -- Part Three: Energy -- Lesson 19: Using Less Energy -- Lesson 20: Caulking and Weatherstripping -- Lesson 21: Insulation -- Lesson 22: Window Coverings -- Lesson 23: Conserving the Differences -- Lesson 24: Hayboxes and Sunboxes -- Lesson 25: Solar Hot Water -- Lesson 26: Passive Solar Heat -- Lesson 27: Solar Electricity -- Lesson 28: Wind Power -- Lesson 29: Other Energy Sources -- Lesson 30: Transportation -- Resources for Part Three -- Part Four: Whole Systems -- Lesson 31: Putting It Together -- Lesson 32: The New Alchemy Option -- Lesson 33: The Down Home Funk Option -- Lesson 34: The Retrofit Option -- Lesson 35: The Way of Dissensus -- Lesson 36: The Long View -- Resources for Part Four -- Afterword: Why It Matters -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading.
Tested skills for thriving in the age of limits.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.