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If a Disaster Struck Your Town, How Could You Cope?

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    By Matthew Stein, P.E., Author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability and Surviving the Long Emergency,

    ISBN #978-1933392455, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT (800) 639-4099  

    www.chelseagreen.com     www.whentechfails.com

Alternet: Interview with Matthew Stein

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http://www.alternet.org/environment/123179/when_technology_fails:_how_to...

Brianne Goodspeed: A lot of people are now really concerned -- or even hopeless -- about the state of the world and what our future holds. Peak oil and climate change, the global food crisis, the war in Iraq, a weak economy and a number of recent devastating natural disasters give us real reason for concern, but many of those things weren't even on the radar -- or were, but to a lesser extent -- when When Technology Fails was published in 2000. What was your original intent in writing the book?

Peak Oil Resources reviews When Technology Fails

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http://www.peakoilresources.com/Reviews_WhenTechnologyFailsRev.htm

There’s never been a better time to “be prepared.” Matthew Stein’s comprehensive primer on sustainable living skills—from food and water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management skills—prepares you to embark on the path toward sustainability. But unlike any other book, Stein not only shows you how to live “green” in seemingly stable times, but to live in the face of potential disasters, lasting days or years, coming in the form of social upheaval, economic meltdown, or environmental catastrophe.

The Master Of Disaster: An Interview With Matthew Stein by Tom Gates

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http://matadorlife.com/the-master-of-disaster-an-interview-with-matthew-stein/

An interview with the author of When Technology Fails, a field guide to to surviving long-term disaster.

Released in 2008 , When Technology Fails has quickly become the definitive guide to surviving a long-term disaster.

And yet the author, Matthew Stein , a mechanical engineer and MIT grad, had no intention of ever writing such a handbook. The idea came to him in a vision, presented in the form of “a pictorial storyboard outline, from start to finish.” He would spend the next two years researching the earth’s most prominent threats, as well as ways to combat them.

You’ve said that this book originally came about because of a voice you heard while meditating?



I’ve had a practice of daily prayer and meditation. I’ve often used the prayer for help in seeking solutions for difficult engineering problems.

WHEN TECHNOLOGY FAILS, A Book Review By Carolyn Baker

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http://carolynbaker.net/site/content/view/979/1/

Rarely in the specialized milieu of industrial civilization does one encounter a Renaissance man or woman-someone who is well-versed in a wide spectrum of disciplines and who can expound upon them in writing that is both articulate and engaging. So when I discovered Mat Stein's phenomenal When Technology Fails: A Manual For Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving The Long Emergency, I immediately contacted the publisher, Vermont's own Chelsea Green, for a review copy of this fabulous tome on preparing wisely for the end of the world as we have known it.

Hurricane Survival Tips

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By Matthew Stein, P.E., Author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability and Surviving the Long Emergency, ISBN #978-1933392455, published by Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT (800) 639-4099  http://www.chelseagreen.com
  1. An Axe and Life Preservers: Stash an axe and life preservers in the upper story, or attic, of your home. Remember, most of the drowning victims of Hurricane Katrina were people who stayed in their homes and found themselves trapped by rising waters with no place to go. Many drowned in their attics, unable to break through the roof to the outside. A few bucks spent on these items ahead of time could save your life!

Q & A with Mat Stein

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By Matthew Stein, P.E., Author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability and Surviving the Long Emergency, ISBN #978-1933392455, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT (800) 639-4099  www.chelseagreen.com     www.whentechfails.com

1. Question: A lot of people are now really concerned – or even hopeless – about the state of the world and what our future holds. Peak oil and climate change, the global food crisis, the War in Iraq, a weak economy, and a number of recent devastating natural disasters give us real reason for concern, but many of those things weren’t even on the radar – or were, but to a lesser extent – when When Technology Fails was first published in 2000. What was your original intent in writing the book?

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If technology fails by Sovon Manna

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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051003/asp/knowhow/story_5302432.asp
Helpless situation: A TV grab shows the 2003 blackout in the US

My father once vowed that he would never use a cellphone in his life. Now, he swears by the gadget and thinks that he is in a mess while not carrying it. Things have changed so fast in the last 5-6 years. With the burgeoning use of technology, we are becoming over-dependent on it.

Ill-effects of this over-dependence are thriving in tandem. We tend to fumble on occasions we never used to. Be it with our cell phones, TVs, or the escalators in Metro stations ? anxiety goes up after a slight of disruption in our daily ‘technology routine’. Terrorism, global warming, super-storms, record-breaking floods and droughts are crippling overloaded electronic systems all the time. And everything comes to a standstill.

Stein’s language By Gary C.W. Chun

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http://starbulletin.com/2002/05/09/features/story3.html

A celebrated prophet of low-tech self-reliance and renewable energy finds sanctuary on Maui

By Gary C.W. Chun

gchun@starbulletin.com

Engineer Matthew Stein denies that he is a survivalist, but, instead, a practical, down-to-earth realist.

The Haiku, Maui, resident, who has made a name for himself with his independently published book "When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance & Planetary Survival," moved from California with his environmentally friendly business EarthWorks International Design & Construction.

"I don't feel great making money off of the misery in the world, but I was guided to this for a reason," he said.

Stein said by phone from Maui on Tuesday that he just registered a new name for that business, now called Aloha Aina Builders. His firm uses innovative building methods and materials with low toxicity compared with the commonly used copper-arsenic treated lumber that, while termite resistant, is carcinogenic.

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