{"title":"Books by Richard Heinberg","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781905570331","title":"The End of Growth","description":"Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to drop, and governments stagger under record deficits. \"The End of Growth\" proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable, natural limits. Richard Heinberg's latest landmark work goes to the heart of the ongoing financial crisis, explaining how and why it occurred, and what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes. Written in an engaging, highly readable style, it shows why growth is being blocked by three factors: Resource depletion, Environmental impacts, and Crushing levels of debt. These converging limits will force us to re-evaluate cherished economic theories, and to reinvent money and commerce. \"The End of Growth\" describes what policy makers, communities and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth's budget of energy and resources.   We can thrive during the transition if we set goals that promote human and environmental well-being, rather than continuing to pursue the now-unattainable prize of ever-expanding Gross Domestic Product.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308291600757,"sku":"9781905570331","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781905570331_9c7274e7-63d1-4284-9b77-ad57a6a7b442.jpg?v=1786029178"},{"product_id":"9781905570133","title":"Peak Everything","description":"The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, food production and energy consumption. As the population shifted from rural areas to urban cities, the human impact on the environment increased dramatically. The 21st century has ushered in an era of decline in a number of crucial areas: global oil, natural gas and coal extraction; minerals and ores, such as copper and platinum; economic growth; yearly grain harvests; fresh water; climate stability; and, population. To adapt to this profoundly different world, we must now begin to make radical changes to our attitudes, behaviours and expectations.\"Peak Everything\" addresses many of the cultural, psychological and practical changes we will need to make as nature rapidly dictates our new limits. This latest book from Richard Heinberg, author of three acclaimed books on Peak Oil, touches on the most important aspects affecting humanity at this momentous time.   A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design, \"Peak Everything\" indicates how we might make the transition from the Age of Excess to the Era of Modesty with grace and satisfaction, while preserving the best of our collective achievements. A must-read for individuals, business leaders and policy makers who are serious about effecting real change.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308338131317,"sku":"9781905570133","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781905570133_a1c4b09b-3442-485e-90be-5f9d443ad583.jpg?v=1786029170"},{"product_id":"9781905570003","title":"Party's Over","description":"Without oil, what would you do? How would you travel? How would you eat? What would everyday life be like? The world is about to change dramatically and permanently as a result of oil depletion. Within the next few years, the global production of oil will peak. Thereafter, even with a switch to alternative energy sources, industrial societies will have less energy available to do all the things essential to their survival. We are entering a new era as different from the industrial one as the latter was from mediaeval times. \"The Party's Over\" deals head-on with the imminent decline of cheap oil. It shows how oil and war have been closely related for the past century, and how competition to control oil supplies is likely to lead to new resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America.   Tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, Heinberg discusses the degree to which energy alternatives can compensate for oil, and recommends: a managed transition to a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future; a global programme of resource conservation and sharing implemented by the US - the world's foremost oil consumer and the most mightily armed nation in world history - in concert with other countries; and realistic ways for families, communities, nations, and the world to prepare for the coming crisis. A riveting wake-up call that does for oil depletion, what Rachel Carson's \"Silent Spring\" did for the issue of chemical pollution - i.e. raising to consciousness a previously ignored global problem of immense proportions - \"The Party's Over\" is essential reading for all those concerned with the future of modern life as we know it.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308741931381,"sku":"9781905570003","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781905570003_e37addf0-a284-4a94-8600-3945a7de0c80.jpg?v=1786029162"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-richard-heinberg.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}