Resources and tools for powering down

Editor’s note: This is, of course, an incomplete list. Please feel free to add your own suggestions in the comment section below.

Books

Mark Anielski, The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth (2007)

Sharon Astyk, Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front (2008)

John Bellamy Foster, The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet (2009)

Peter Brown and Geoffrey Garver, Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy (2009)

Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity & the Renewal of Civilization (2006)

Bill McKibben, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (2008)

Dmitry Orlov, Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects (2008)

Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy; Justice, Sustainability, and Peace (2005)

Graeme Taylor, Evolution’s Edge: The Coming Collapse and Transformation of our World (2008)

Peter Victor, Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster (2008)

Articles

Murray Dobbin, “Imagine: Prosperity Without Growth,” Rabble.ca, June 19, 2009

George Monbiot, “This crisis demands a reappraisal of who we are and what progress means,” The Guardian, December 4, 2007

Blogs

The Automatic Earth

Casaubon’s Book

Other

Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

The Story of Stuff

De-growth resources

Questioning Business

Sustainable Living Guide

Natural Step toolkits

Economic De-Growth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity

Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay