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Advance Praise for

Small is Possible

A seasoned entrepreneur and social innovator, Estill tells fun-to-read stories that are engaging, insightful, and practical. His book is an indispensable resource for community organizers and economic developers alike.

— Michael Shuman, author of The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition

Cutting through the heady academic and altruistic arguments for local, small economy, Estill’s captivating storytelling offers practical and can-do reality. I came away from this book filled with enthusiasm for a pro-neighborhood commercial community.

—Joel Salatin, farmer, activist, author of

Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal

Community is quickly emerging as the most important word in the environmental lexicon — and for a society that’s focused so squarely on individualist consumerism, it’s not the easiest concept to really understand. Here’s a real-life, warts-and-all description of how to get things going back in the direction of neighborliness. I found it immensely hopeful.

— Bill McKibben, author of The Bill McKibben Reader

Estill has framed an evolving community of strong interdependent local enterprises that are the foundation of a healthy environmental, social, and economic system. He shows us the possibility of giving up the“American Dream” while losing nothing. Here is a book to help us start building a new economy.

— Michael Gordon,E. F. Schumacher Society

This is a wonderful, often funny, and inspiring book. Small is Possible offers hope and encouragement to those engaged in the difficult but rewarding task of reviving communities that have been devastated by globalization, corporate greed, and apathy. Creating strong, caring, local communities offers one of life’s biggest adventures — and opportunities.

— Greg Pahl, author of The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis

Lyle Estill paints a loving and evocative picture of a community in which small is not only possible, but also transformative.

— Andrea Reusing, Owner/Chef of

The Lantern restaurant in Chapel Hill

Small is Possible is an excellent book brimming with hope. In the age of energy transformation, the innovative people of Chatham County show that it is easily possible to reduce their footprints and live joyous lives.

— Dr. Reese Halter, TV Host,

Founder of Global Forest Science

We’ve been a neighbor county of Estill’s for many years, and we are constantly trying to keep up with those folks. We invite you to do the same.

— Dr. Jack Martin; Burlington Biofuels Co-op;