<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/sunrise-over-windmill_w725_h484-e1335555466194.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="48" /></span>"As empires rise and fall and powerful nations grow and then contract, the farmers, the yeomen, the small landholders, the shopkeepers, and the local manufacturers keep on going. [...] as often as not, they are sources of technological and cultural innovation and, from a sustainability perspective, they innovate largely in direct connection with the land and with each other."</p>
<div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-05-01/localization-reader-review">read more</a></p>