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<p>For those who eagerly awaited its periodic appearance, it was more than a publication: it was a way of life. <i>The Whole Earth Catalog</i> billed itself as "Access to Tools," and it grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon catering to hippies, do-it-yourselfers, and anyone interested in self-sufficiency independent of mainstream America.</p> <p>In recovering the history of the Catalog's unique brand of environmentalism, Andrew Kirk recounts how San Francisco's Stewart Brand and his counterculture cohorts in the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism that celebrated technological achievement, human ingenuity, and sustainable living. By piecing together the social, cultural, material, environmental, and technological history of that philosophy's incarnation in the Catalog, Kirk reveals the driving forces behind it, tells the story of the appropriate technology movement it espoused, and assesses its fate.</p> <p>This book takes a fresh look at the many individuals and organizations who worked in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s to construct this philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism. At a time when many of these ideas were seen as heretical to

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Author

Andrew G. Kirk

Publisher

Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700615452

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Fiction, Nature

Rating

3.76 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14