A PERMACULTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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PERMACULTURE DEFINED
Permaculture a Designers Manual * Bill Mollison
Introduction to Permaculture * Bill Mollison and Reny Slay
Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements Bill Mollison and David Holmgren
Permaculture Two Bill Mollison and David Holmgren
Earth Users Guide to Permaculture * Rosemary Morrow
The Best of Permaculture: A Collection * Max Lindegger
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability * David Holmgren
The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook for Britain and Other Temperate Climates * Patrick Whitefield
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Homescale Permaculture * Toby Hemenway
DESIGN THEORY
Ecological Design * Sim Van der Ryn
Design with Nature * Ian McHarg
With People in Mind: Design and Management Of Everyday Nature Rachel Caplan
Landscape Graphics Grant Reid
From Eco Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Design Nancy Jack Todd
PATTERN UNDERSTANDING
Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms In Water and Air * Theodor Schwenk
The Fractal Geometry of Nature * Benoit B. Mendelbrot
A Pattern Language * Christopher Alexander
The Nature of Order * Christopher Alexander
On Growth and Form D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson Symmetry Hermann Weyl
GAIA SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY
A Green History of the World * Clive Ponting
The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth * James Lovelock
Fire and Ice: The Cascade Volcanoes * Stephen Harris
In Search of Ancient Oregon: A Geological and Natural History * Ellen Morris Bishop
The Holocene: An Environmental History Neil Roberts
Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution * Lynn Margulis & Dorian Sagan
Fundamentals of Ecology Eugene Odum
CLIMATE THEORY
Forest Influences on Climate * Joseph Kittredge
Boundary Layer Climates * T. R. Oke
Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate Richard Chorley
Mountain Weather and Climate Roger Barry
Ecohydrology of Water Controlled Ecosystems: Soil Moisture and Plant Dynamics Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
DRYLANDS
Archaeology of Drylands: Living on theMargins Graeme Barker
Dryland Gardening: Plants that Survive and Thrive in Tough Conditions Jennifer Bennett
A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration: New Hope for Arid Lands David Bainbridge
Dryland Ecohydrology Paolo D'Odorico
The Arid Lands * John Wesley Powell
The Desert and the Sown: Rise and Fall of Agriculture in the Levant * A. Reifenberg
The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert * Michael Evenari WATER
HISTORY AND CONTEXT
Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water * Marc Reisner
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water Maude Barlow
Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource Marq De Villiers
Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of Americas Fresh Water Robert Jerome Glennon
Watershed: The Undamming of America * Elizabeth Grossman
AQUACULTURE
Ecological Aquaculture * Lawrence Hutchinson
Getting Food From Water * Gene Logsdon
Small Scale Aquaculture * Steven D. Van Gorder
Fish Farming in Your Solar Greenhouse * William Head & Jon Splane
GREYWATER
Create an Oasis with Greywater * Art Ludwig
Builders Greywater Guide: A Supplement to Create an Oasis with Greywater * Art Ludwig
BLACKWATER
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why it Matters * Rose George
Solving Global Water Crises New Paradigms in Wastewater & Water Treatment * Jo-Shing Yang
A Chinese Biogas Manual *
Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer from Organic Wastes* National Academy of Sciences
The Humanure Handbook * Joseph Jenkins
The Toilet Papers * Sim Van Der Ryn ROOFWATER HARVESTING TEHNOLOGY
Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds * Art Ludwig
Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Re-use Heather Kinkade-Levario
Raingardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape Nigel Dunnett
The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store and Conserve It * Stu Campbell
Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply* Erik Nissen-Petersen
FERROCEMENT RAIN-TANKS
Ferrocement Tank Construction * Garrett Connelly
Making Better Concrete: Guidelines for Using Fly Ash for Higher Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures * Bruce King
GROUNDWATER HARVESTING AND ASSOCIATED EARTHWORKS
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands 1 & 2 * Brad Lancaster
Rainwater Harvesting: The Collection of Rainfall and Runnoff in Rural Areas * Arnold Pacey & Adrian Cullis
Groundwater Dams for Small-scale Water Supply * Ake Nilsson
Earth Roads: Their Construction and Maintenance * Jack Hindson
Spring Catchment* Christian Meuli & Karl Wehrle
Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker’s Guide * Tim Matson
Dictionary of Water and Water Engineering * K. D. Nelson
Design and Construction of Small Earth Dams K. D. Nelson
THE KEYLINE SYSTEM
Water for Every Farm: Yeomans’ Keyline Plan * P. A. Yeomans
The Challenge of Landscape P. A. Yeomans
The City Forest P. A. Yeomans
FORESTS
GOOD READS Forest Primeval * Chris Maser
A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the John Perlin Development of Civilization *
Deforesting the Earth * Michael Williams
Magnificently Unrepentant: Goody Niosi The Story of Merv Wilkinson and Wildwood *
CASCADIA SPECIFIC REFERENCE
Diseases of Pacific Coast Conifers * USDA
Forest Soils of the Douglas Fir Region * Washingtin State University
TEMPERATE CLIMATE TIMBER MANAGEMENT
Ecoforestry: The Art and Science of Sustainable Forest Use * Ed. Alan Drengson & Duncan Taylor
Positive Impact Forestry * Thom McEvoy
The Forest and the Trees: A Guide to Excellent Forestry * Gordon Robinson
Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal, and W. Scott Persons and Other Woodland Medicinals * Jeanine M. Davis
Firewood Crops * National Academy of Sciences
The Woodland Way: A Permaculture Approach to Ben Law Sustainable Woodland Management *
The Woodland Year Ben Law
Bigleaf Sugaring: Tapping the Western Maple * Gary & Katherine Backlund
Work Horse Handbook * Lynn Miller
Oak Forest Ecosystems: Ecology and Management William McShea
Another Kind of Garden The Methods of Jean Pain * Ida & Jean Pain
Green Woodwork: Working with Wood the Natural Way Mike Abbott
Mycelium Running * Paul Stamets
Forest Stand Dynamics Chadwick Oliver FOREST GARDENING
Edible Forest Gardening 1 & 2 * David Jacke & Eric Toensmeier
How to Make a Forest Garden * Patrick Whitfield
Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape * Robert Hart
Tropical Homegardens: A Timetested Example Of Sustainable Agroforestry P.K.R. Nair & B.M. Kumar
Forest Farming * Robert Hart
AGROFORESTRY
North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice * H.E. Garrett
Agroforestry for Soil Management * Anthony Young
AGRICULTURE
GOOD READS
World Hunger: Twelve Myths * Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins, & Peter Rosset
Anything by Wendel Barry
Farmers of Forty Centuries F. H. King
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations David Montgomery
Against the Grain: How Agriculture has Hijacked Civilization * Richard Manning
Out of the Earth: Civilization and the Life of the Soil Daniel Hillel
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
Garden Insects of North America * Whitney Cranshaw
The Encyclopedia of Natural Insect and Disease Control * Roger Yepson *
Soil Biology Primer * Soil and Water Conservation Society
Botany for Gardeners * Brian Capon
The Nature and Properties of Soils * Nyle Brady & Ray Weil
Eco Farm: An Acres USA Primer * Charles Walters Hands-On Agronomy * Neal Kinsey
The Formation of Vegetable Molds Through the Action of Earthworms Charles Darwin
FOUR SEASONS GARDENING
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long * Eliot Coleman
Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades * Steve Solomon
The New Organic Grower * Eliot Coleman
Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest * Binda Colebrook
BIOINTENSIVE GARDENING
How to Grow More Vegetables * John Jeavons
BIODYNAMICS
Agriculture * Rudolph Steiner
Culture and Horticulture: * Wolf Storl A Philosophy of Gardening
NATURAL FARMING
The One-straw Revolution * Masanobu Fukuoka
The Natural Way of Farming Masanobu Fukuoka
The Road Back to Nature: Regaining the Paradise Lost Masanobu Fukuoka
PERENNIAL AGRICULTURE
The Backyard Orchardist * Stella Otto
The Backyard Berry Book * Stella Otto
The Grafters Handbook * R.J. Garner
Perennial Vegetables * Eric Toensmeier
New Roots for Agriculture * Wes Jackson
Uncommon Fruits Worthy of Mention * Lee Reich
Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture J. Russell Smith Permaculture Plants Jeff Nugent and Julia Boniface
SEED SAVING
Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties * Carol Deppe
Seed to Seed * Susan Ashworth
A Guide to Seed Saving, Seed Stewardship, and Seed Sovereignty * Sarah Kleeger & Andrew Still
FOOD PRESERVATION AND STORAGE
Stocking Up * Rodale Press
Root Cellaring * Mike & Nancy Bubel
Keeping Food Fresh: Old World Techniques and Recipes * The gardeners and farmers of Terra Vivant
The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition Bill Mollison
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
GOOD READS
The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting food Systems with Ecosystems * Dana & Laura Jackson
Invasion Biology: Critique of a pseudoscience * David Theodoropoulos
INDIGENOUS LAND USE
Keeping It Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the NW Coast of North America * Ed. Douglas Duer & Nancy J. Turner
Tending the Wild * M. Kat Anderson
Native American Ethnobotany * Daniel Moerman
Indians, Fire, and the Land in the Pacific Northwest * Robert Boyd
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus * Charles Mann
The Pacific Raincoast: Environment and Culture in an American Eden * Robert Bunting
Native American Ethnobotany * Daniel Moerman Plant Technology of First Peoples in BC Nancy Turner
RESTORATION
Totem Salmon * Freeman House
Restoring the Pacific Northwest Dean Apostol
Restoring Rare Native Habitats in the Willamette Valley B.H. Campbell
NATIVE PLANTS
Propagation of Pacific Northwest Native Plants *
ROTATIONAL GRAZING AND PASTURE MANAGEMENT
Grass Productivity Andre Voisin
Holistic Management * Alan Savory
All Flesh is Grass: Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming * Gene Logsdon
LIVESTOCK
GENERAL
Small Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass Based Approach For Health, Sustainability, and Profit Carol Ekarius
Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable * Juliette de Bairacli Levy
Keeping Livestock Healthy N. Bruce Haynes
CHICKENS AND TURKEYS
Pastured Poultry Profits Joel Salatin
Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit Sue Weaver
The Chicken Health Handbook Gail Damerow
A Guide to Better Hatching Janet Stromberg
Keep Chickens! : Tending Small Flocks in Cities, Suburbs, and Other Small Spaces Barbara Kilarski
Chicken Tractor Andy Lee and Patricia Foreman Storey’s Guide to Raising Turkeys Leonard Mercia
DUCKS AND GEESE
Ducks and Geese in Your Backyard Rick Luttman
Storey’s Guide to Raising Ducks Dave Holderread
The Power of Duck Takao Furuno
SHEEP
The Veterinary Book for Sheep Farmers David Henderson
Backyard Sheep Farming Ann Williams
COWS
Getting Started with Beef and Dairy Cattle Heather Thomas
Salad Bar Beef Joel Salatin
GOATS
Raising Milk Goats Successfully Gail Luttmann
Storey’s Guide to Raising Meat Goats Maggie Sayer
PIGS
Small Scale Pig Raising Dirk Van Loon
Raising Pigs Successfully Kathy Kellogg
BEES
The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture A. I. Root
The Backyard Beekeeper Kim Flottum
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture Ross Conrad
Urban Beekeeping Craig Hughes
The Orchard Mason Bee * Brian Griffin
ARCHITECTURE THROUGHOUT THE AGES
Architecture without Architects * Bernard Rudofsky
Builders of the Pacific Coast Lloyd Kahn
Home Work * Lloyd Kahn
Shelter * Lloyd Kahn
Built by Hand Eiko Komatsu
Golden Thread 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology * John Perlin, Ken Butti
PLANTS IN ARCHITECTURE
Green Roof Plants: A Resource and Planting Guide Edmund & Lucie Snodgrass
The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City Patrick Blanc
Green Roofs: Ecological Design and Construction Leslie Hoffman
Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls Nigel Dunnet
NATURAL BUILDING
A Timber Framer’s Handbook Steve Chappell
Barefoot Architect Johan Van Lengen
Build Your Own Earthen Oven Kiko Denzer
Building Green Clark Snelle and Timothy Callahan
Building with Cob Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce
Building with Straw Bales Barbara Jones
Serious Straw Bale Paul Lacinski and Michael Bergeron
The Cob Builder’s Handbook Becky Bee
The Hand Sculpted House Ianto Evans
The Straw Bale House David Bainbridge
The Woodland House Ben Law
URBAN DESIGN AND ECOVILAGES
Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature Richard Register
Sustainable Urbanism Douglas Farr Skinny Streets and Green Neighborhoods: Design for Environment and Community * Cynthia Girling
Ecovillages * Jan Martin Bang
Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities * Diana Christian
Redesigning the American Lawn * F. Herbert Bormann
Continuously Productive Urban Landscapes * Andre Viljoen
Building Community in America * Ken Norwood & Kathleen Smith
Ecovillages: New Frontiers in Sustainability Jonathan Dawson
BANKING, POLITICS, AND OTHER INVISIBLE STRUCTURES
Dwellers in the Land: A Bioregional Vision * Kirkpatrick Sale
Toward a Bioregional Model: Clearing Ground for Watershed Planning George Tukel
The Economics of Micro Finance Jonathan Morduch
Microfinance Handbook Joanna Ledgerwood
Banker to the Poor Mohammed Yunus
Small is Beautiful E. F. Schumacher
ENERGY
Micro Hydro: Clean Power from Water * Scott Davis
Build Your Own Solar Water Heater * Stu Campbell
Solar Water Heating Rob Ramlow
Rocket Mass Heaters Ianto Evans
The Book of Masonry Stoves David Lyle
Homebrew Wind Power Dan Bartmann
Windpower Christopher Gillis
FIELD GUIDES
All That the Rain Promises and More * David Arora
Western Birds * Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide to the Sedges of the Pacific Northwest * Barbara Wilson, Et. al
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast * Jim Pojar, Et. al
Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington * B Jennifer Guard
Manual of the Grasses of the U.S. * A.S. Hitchcock
Fruit, Berry, and Nut Inventory * Seed Savers Exchange
Mints * Barbara Lawton
The Bamboos * F.A. McClure
The Book of Bamboo * David Farrelly
Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest * Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser
Wildflowers of the Columbia Gorge * Russ Jolley
Flora of the Pacific Northwest * C. Leo Hitchcock & Arthur Cronquist
Encyclopedia of Northwest Native Plants * Kathleen Robson
The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California * James Hickman, Ed
Mushrooms of Northwest North America * Helene Schalkwijk-Barendson