–Author has won numerous awards, including Environmental Educator of the Year (2004), Family Friendly Workplace Award (2002), Citizen of the Year (2001), all based in North Carolina. -Wrote Biodiesel Power (New Society, 2005), now in its second printing -The book focuses on positive solutions to actual problems that take place at the community level. -It contains newspapers columns, blog entries, interesting emails, and essays from real people and situations taken from Moncure, North Carolina...
The author publishes the widely-read Energy Blog, is the author of 2 previous books, including the predecessor to this book,Small is Possible. All photos in the book are by the author’s wife, Tami Schwerin. This book picks up where Small is Possible leaves off, tracing the story of how this small group of committed individuals survived the downturn of 2008, and emerged with a model of how industry might survive. This book proves that communities can be self-sufficient and resilient through hard...