Chris Bird “Local Sustainable Homes”

ISBN 978 1 900322 76 8. “Local Sustainable Homes – How to make them happen in your community” by Chris Bird was published in 2010 by Green Books/Transition Books. This is a paperback in the usual Transition-style consisting of 240 pages including an Introduction by Rob Hopkins, fifteen chapters, references, resources and index. This is the first book we’ve seen that lists www.post-carbon-living.com as a resource. Continue reading

David MacKay “Sustainable Energy – without the Hot Air”

ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3 (paperback). “Sustainable Energy – without the hot air” by David JC Mackay is available for free download from www.withouthotair.com. Published by UIT Cambridge Ltd in 2009. This is a review of the free download. The author is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University so he should really know his stuff…. But, he wears shorts, rides a bike and his PhD was in Neural Systems. Continue reading