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Steven Gorelick

Steven Gorelick is Managing Programs Director at Local Futures (International Society for Ecology and Culture). He is the author of Small is Beautiful, Big is Subsidized (pdf), co-author of Bringing the Food Economy Home, and co-director of The Economics of Happiness. His writings have been published in The Ecologist and Resurgence magazines. He frequently teaches and speaks on local economics around the US.

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As the planet heats up and critical resources run low, people will need to adapt in a number of ways. (Photo: Philip Pacheco/AFP via Getty Images)

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A greater reliance on local power would eliminate one of the most destructive side-effects of the grid: the misperception that energy is limitless.

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