Conway, Ed
Summary: "The story of civilization from an entirely new vantage point--the six raw materials that have shaped and will continue to shape humanity's destiny. Sand, iron, salt, oil, copper and lithium: The struggle for these fundamental materials has created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and our greed for thousands of years. It is a story that is far from finished. Though we are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1994
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Summary: Flintknapping, the making of stone tools, is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. In this new guide, John C. Whittaker offers the most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available and the only one written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them....
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 1994
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Summary: "With recipes for fermented plant juice, nutrient-rich extracts, and IMO using weeds, leaf mold, shells, bones, rock dust, and more Revitalize your garden by making your own biologically diverse inoculants and mineral-rich amendments using leaf mold, weeds, eggshells, bones, and other materials available for little or no cost from local woodlands, fields, restaurants, and markets. Gardener and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2020
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Summary: John Michael Greer rethinks economics, focusing on ecological rather than political concepts, and discussing how an economy centered around the raw materials that support human life can help the world achieve a more sustainable way of life and address concerns over resource depletion and pollution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2011