--- product_id: 8664937 title: "The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises" price: "€ 19.20" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/8664937-the-post-carbon-reader-managing-the-21st-centurys-sustainability-crises store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises **Price:** € 19.20 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises - **How much does it cost?** € 19.20 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/8664937-the-post-carbon-reader-managing-the-21st-centurys-sustainability-crises) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In the 20th century, cheap and abundant energy brought previously unimaginable advances in health, wealth, and technology, and fed an explosion in population and consumption. But this growth came at an incredible cost. Climate change, peak oil, freshwater depletion, species extinction, and a host of economic and social problems now challenge us as never before. The Post Carbon Reader features articles by some of the world's most provocative thinkers on the key drivers shaping this new century, from renewable energy and urban agriculture to social justice and systems resilience. This unprecedented collection takes a hard-nosed look at the interconnected threats of our global sustainability quandary--as well as the most promising responses. The Post Carbon Reader is a valuable resource for policymakers, college classrooms, and concerned citizens. WINNER MAY 2011: GOLD MEDAL Independent Publisher Book Award in Environment/Ecology/Nature category. Review: The book we've been needing is finally here! - The chapters in Post Carbon Reader represent the best thinking on our low-carbon future that is presently available. I've gotten a lot of books about peak oil and the unsustainability of industrial civilization, and this one is clearly the most well informed and the most thorough reference I've found. Hah - it's the best "resource" on our dwindling "resources". It's basically a manual on understanding the complex set of converging consequences of our modern times. Read the chapter list to get a sense of the wide-ranging places this book goes. And then read the book. Thoughtful people need to read this book. And those who don't read it need to get the messages that are in the book now, because learning them through the school of hard knocks is going to be tough, to say the least. Lots of books show how our petroleum - soaked way of life is ending, but this book goes way beyond one or two aspects of the problem - it successfully characterizes the myriad interrelated components of the system that has brought us to our current precarious position. While we can't avoid the coming powerdown, we can at least try to mitigate it. What we do now and in the next few years can make a big difference to our grandchildren. This book helps one understand the problem and it clearly points out the directions in which we need to be headed. Review: Source Book Par Excellence - This collection of essays, on a wide variety of individual environmental topics, is the best single source I have found so far. A must read for anyone concerned with what we are doing to the biosphere which keeps us all alive. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #446,510 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #158 in Sustainable Business Development #513 in Environmental Economics (Books) #1,154 in Environmentalism | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 76 Reviews | ## Images ![The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/810kURHUYBL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The book we've been needing is finally here! *by A***N on November 21, 2010* The chapters in Post Carbon Reader represent the best thinking on our low-carbon future that is presently available. I've gotten a lot of books about peak oil and the unsustainability of industrial civilization, and this one is clearly the most well informed and the most thorough reference I've found. Hah - it's the best "resource" on our dwindling "resources". It's basically a manual on understanding the complex set of converging consequences of our modern times. Read the chapter list to get a sense of the wide-ranging places this book goes. And then read the book. Thoughtful people need to read this book. And those who don't read it need to get the messages that are in the book now, because learning them through the school of hard knocks is going to be tough, to say the least. Lots of books show how our petroleum - soaked way of life is ending, but this book goes way beyond one or two aspects of the problem - it successfully characterizes the myriad interrelated components of the system that has brought us to our current precarious position. While we can't avoid the coming powerdown, we can at least try to mitigate it. What we do now and in the next few years can make a big difference to our grandchildren. This book helps one understand the problem and it clearly points out the directions in which we need to be headed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Source Book Par Excellence *by A***R on June 25, 2013* This collection of essays, on a wide variety of individual environmental topics, is the best single source I have found so far. A must read for anyone concerned with what we are doing to the biosphere which keeps us all alive. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Post Carbon Reader *by B***T on August 10, 2012* The Post Carbon Reader is a must for people who are interested in the future their children and grandchildren will face. I am only half way through the book and have learn't a lot about the economic and environmental problems that America can expect to face within the next few decades. I expect the rest of the world will not be exempt from these problems either. The book is split up into sections, each written by highly qualified members of the Post Carbon Institute. My only regret is that politicians will either be too busy or too set in their ways to take the books conclusion on board and act upon them. All in all a well researched book and very frightening. PS Richard Heinburg (one of the authors) will be visiting Australia next month to lecture on the topic of his book "The end of Growth" --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/8664937-the-post-carbon-reader-managing-the-21st-centurys-sustainability-crises](https://www.desertcart.at/products/8664937-the-post-carbon-reader-managing-the-21st-centurys-sustainability-crises) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-09-09*