Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook: Your Complete Guide to Living Beyond the Grid with Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living - 14th Edi Paperback - 2014

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The essential guide to energy independence - fully revised and updated

...an owner's manual for regenerating our earth, skies and water... a masterwork on rehabitation...the best manual you could possibly want.
--Paul Hawken, Project Drawdown, and author, Blessed Unrest

...I have always recommended the Solar Living Sourcebook as the #1 source, indeed the Bible, for all things solar and sustainable. Bravo to the 14th edition, it's the best one yet!
--Ed Begley Jr., actor, environmental activist

...the best single source I've ever found on the technologies, philosophies, and the lifestyle changes we must embrace in order for our species to survive and thrive into the future.
--Woody Harrelson, environmentalist, actor

...the most comprehensive, enlightening & entertaining resource in the world...an indispensable resource on the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in helping save our habitat.
--Bryan Welch, publisher, Mother Earth News, and author, Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want

This masterful compendium pulls it all together and gives everyone what we need to get off the grid and democratize clean energy.
--Kenny Ausubel, CEO and founder, Bioneers

Regularly updated since 1982, John Schaeffer's Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook is the definitive guide to renewable energy, sustainable living, alternative transportation, natural and green building, homesteading, energy conservation and off-grid living. This completely revised 14th edition, written by experts with decades of hands-on experience, contains expanded information on permaculture, biodynamics, the Transition Movement, urban homesteading and emergency preparedness-plus maps, wiring diagrams, formulae, charts, electrical code specs/regulations/requirements, solar sizing worksheets and much more. Whether you're a layperson or a professional, novice or longtime aficionado, the Sourcebook puts the latest research and information at your fingertips; everything you need to know to make sustainable living a reality. With over 600,000 copies in print worldwide, it is the most comprehensive resource available for anyone interested in lessening his/her environmental footprint and increasing energy independence.

This book is our blueprint for both the present and future, if our species is to survive into the 22nd century.
--Thom Hartmann, NY Times bestselling author and talk show host

Buy this book. It can change your life for the better. And the world, too.
--Denis Hayes, President, Bullitt Foundation

John is a sustainability and solar industry pioneer...his visionary actions and ideas [are] good news for our environment, economy, and national security.
--Nat Kreamer, chairman, Solar Energy Industries Association, White House Champion of Change, and CEO, Clean Power Finance

Here in one book is everything you need... a treasure trove you'll find yourself returning to time and again.
--Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute and author, The End of Growth

John Schaeffer is the founder of Real Goods-the foremost global source for tools and information on renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable living. Since 1978, through Real Goods, he has pioneered solar technology in North America, providing over 150 MW of solar power and helping to solarize over 18,000 homes