num_pages: 256
description: 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.
language: English
title: Green Wizardry: Conservation, Solar Power, Organic Gardening, And Other Hands-On Skills From the Appropriate Tech Toolkit
publisher: New Society Publishers