Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook: Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living
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Overview
What book would you want if you were stranded on a desert island? Widely regarded as the 'bible' of off-grid living, The Solar Living Sourcebook might be your best choice. With over 600,000 copies in print worldwide, it is the most comprehensive resource available for anyone interested in lessening their environmental footprint and increasing their energy independence.
The Solar Living Sourcebook-14th Edition is the ultimate guide to renewable energy, sustainable living, natural and green building, off-grid living and alternative transportation, written by experts with decades of experience and a passion for sharing their knowledge. This fully revised and updated edition includes brand new sections on permaculture and urban homesteading, and completely rewritten chapters on solar technology, sustainable transportation and relocalization. It also boasts greatly expanded material on:
- Natural Building
- Permaculture and biodynamics
- Electric and biofuel-powered vehicles
- Passive solar
- Solar water heating
- Grid-tie photovoltaic systems
-- plus maps, wiring diagrams, formulae, charts, electrical code, 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.
"Smart people who pay close attention to what's happening in the world around them fall into two groups: those who turn to whiskey and those who buy the Solar Living Sourcebook. Both have their merits. But if you have to choose, buy this book. It can change your life for the better. And the world, too."
— Denis Hayes, President, Bullitt Foundation
"First there was the Whole Earth Catalog, and then there was the Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook, and now... there is still the Solar Living Sourcebook. Now in its 14th edition, the Sourcebook continues to be jam-packed with exciting ideas and innovative products to make the good life a practical reality. Always a classic, but now even better."
— Stephen Morris, Publisher Green Living Journal and founder of The Public Press
"Sunlight is the source of all life, and if we don't harvest and manage it intelligently, life (for us humans) will become irrelevant. John Schaeffer's masterful and elegantly updated opus, the Solar Living Sourcebook, is the most comprehensive guide published for the practical management of sunlight. 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
- Title: Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook
- Authors: Bill McKibben, John Schaeffer
- Series: Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living
- Publisher: New Society Publishers
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 400
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781550925791, 9780865717848, 0865717842, 1550925792
- Resource ID: LLS:9781550925791
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T12:40:52Z
John Schaeffer is the president and founder of Real Goods - the foremost global source for tools and information on renewable energy, energy-efficient and sustainable living. He sold the very first photovoltaic (solar module) to the North American public in 1978 and over the years, through Real Goods, he has provided over 100 MW of solar power and has helped solarize over 15,000 homes. John is also the founder of the Solar Living Institute, based at the 12-acre solar-powered Solar Living Center in Hopland, California. The SLI hosts over 200,000 visitors a year, provides hands-on education into all aspects of renewable energy and sustainable living, and produces the SolFest renewable energy fair.