Learn About Peak Oil!

These products are all relevant to the peak oil issue. We trust you will find valuable information to assist you in understanding, and responding, to the peak oil issue.

Please also Visit the WCPO Supply Depot

for Washington County Peak Oil apparel, buttons, notecards, and coffee mugs.



In keeping with our focus on relocalization, our book selections are fulfilled by Powell's Books, a local merchant. You can view our group's recommended titles on our dedicated bookshelf at Powell's Books by following this link.


CURRENT BOOK CLUB SELECTION - June / July 2008

Earth: The Sequel
by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn



OTHER RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON THE PEAK OIL ISSUE:
(An * indicates a former book club selection)

* The Great Turning,
by David Korten


* Deep Economy,
by Bill McKibbon

* Power Down,
by Richard Heinberg

* A Short History of Progress,
by Ronald Wright


* The Long Emergency,
by James Howard Kunstler




World Made By Hand,
by James Howard Kunstler


* The Party's Over,
by Richard Heinberg


The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Wars & Terrorism,
by Richard Heinberg



The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World
,
by Paul Roberts


Beyond Oil: The View From Hubbert's Peak,
by Kenneth Deffeyes


Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage,
by Kenneth Deffeyes


The Coming Oil Crisis,
by Colin Campbell


Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture,
by Dale Allen Pfeiffer


Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy,
by Matthew Simmons


Out Of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil,
by David Goodstein


High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis,
by Julian Darley



Important Video Media

"A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash!" - DVD


To ask us how your group can book a screening of this film, contact our coordinator (click here and then select the "contact" tab)



"The Myths of Biofuels" A Presentation by David Fridley of Lawrence Berkley Labs.


To ask us how your group can book a screening of this film, contact our coordinator (click here and then select the "contact" tab)



"The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" - DVD



To ask us how your group can book a screening of this film, contact our coordinator (click here and then select the "contact" tab)



>"The Oil Age" World Oil Production Poster



Extremely informative poster. Size: 36" wide by 24" tall





*Please note: In keeping with our focus on relocalization, our book selections are fulfilled by Powell's Books, a local merchant.

READING TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND PERSONAL PREPARATION

Self Sufficient Life and How To Live It,
by John Seymour


When Technology Fails,
by Matthew Stein


How To Grow More Vegetables,
by John Jeavons


Ball Blue Book of Preserving,
by Alltrista


Gaia's Garden,
by Toby Hemenway


<...and more titles soon!>