Matthew Stein, Engineer, Author and Building Contractor, Addresses Disaster Survival On Books and Beyond Wednesday, October 29
The Accessible World News Wire, Indianapolis, Indiana USA
“The devastation of New Orleans, combined with the current rash of wild fires in the West and severe weather in the East, brings home the fact that climate change and ecological collapse are bad for business (and people's lives). Ready or not, life as we know it is going to change radically over the next decade. I doubt that we will see technology fail completely, but I am certain that we will see increasing environmental and political instabilities that will create disruptions in the flow of electricity, goods, and central services to huge numbers of people, and that America will not be spared from societal disruptions on a global scale.” These prophetic words by Matthew Stein set the tone an for an interesting discussion Of disaster preparedness during the upcoming Books and Beyond Internet Talk Show, hosted by Bonnie Blose and sponsored by the Accessible world.
Mr. Stein has designed consumer water filtration devices, commercial water filtration systems, solar electric roofing panels, medical bacteriological filters, drinking fountains, emergency chemical drench systems, computer disk drives, portable fiberglass buildings and automated assembly machinery for Open Energy, Hewlett Packard, Seagate, Plantronics, Applied Science, Duraflame, Haws, and IGT, among other companies.
Among his many published works, he is well known for “When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency.”
Attendees will be interested in knowing that he loves the outdoors. His experience includes considerable backpacking and camping (starting at age 5), alpine ascents in the Canadian Rockies and High Sierras, solo winter ascents of peaks in the High Sierras and numerous Yosemite Valley hard rock climbs (including several Half Dome and El Capitan big walls). He volunteers his services as a guide and guide trainer for blind skiers with the Ski for Light blind cross-country skier program.
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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