Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 08:43:20 -0400
From: Tami Schwerin
Subject: Industrial Evolution, 3rd book out by Lyle Estill
Join us for local readings from Lyle Estill’s new book, Industrial Evolution; Local Solutions for a Low Carbon Future:
http://www.newsociety.com/Books/I/Industrial-Evolution
Readings:
Fearrington’s McIntyre’s Books, Pittsboro, NC Sunday, May 15 @ 2.00pm
http://www.fearrington.com/village/calendar.asp?month=5&year=2011
Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh NC May 31st @ 7.30pm
http://www.quailridgebooks.com/event/lyle-estill-imagining-our-future
Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill NC May 18th @ 7.00pm
http://www.flyleafbooks.com/
Regulator, Durham NC June 15 @ 7.00pm
http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/
For many people, the word “industry” brings to mind images of sprawling factories belching toxic emissions in a blighted natural landscape. “Industrial” has become synonymous with pollution, human rights abuse, and corporate greed. In Industrial Evolution, Lyle Estill seeks to reclaim the term, with its original connotations of hard work, diligence and productivity, and to show how community-scale enterprise can create a vibrant, sustainable local economy.
Industrial Evolution is a story of survival. It is about how the small group of committed entrepreneurs introduced in Small is Possible managed to keep their dream alive and thriving through the economic recession, emerging with a model of what a sustainable local economy might look like in a post carbon future. Compulsively readable and seasoned with light humor, this grassroots account demonstrates that ecologicial stewardship and enterprise at an appropriate scale can lay the foundation for abundance.
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*Industrial Evolution skips the doom and gloom and is all about solutions. By showing that it is possible to take the big out of industry, this book motivates people to work together in a meaningful way. Filled with inspirational tales of success, failure, perseverance, and real world experiences that anyone can relate to, Industrial Evolution is a must-read for activists, organizers, politicians, and anyone who cares about resilient communities.*
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Tami Schwerin
919-444-9300