JOURNALS The Permaculture Activist Permaculture Magazine (UK online) The Ecologist Magazine
Home Power Magazine
Natural Home Magazine Communities Magazine
PERMACULTURE BOOKS: INTRODUCTORY Permaculture in a Nutshell by Patrick Whitefield
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison
The Basics of Permaculture Design by Ross Mars Forest Gardening by Patrick Whitfield The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins
PERMACULTURE BOOKS: DESIGNER SUPPORT Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual by Bill Mollison
Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren
The Permaculture Handbook by Peter Bane Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway Permaculture Design: A Step by Step Guide by Aranya
Water for Every Farm: The Yeomans Keyline Plan by P.A. Yeomans (www.soilandhealth.org )
Watershed Assessment of River Stability and Sediment Supply by David Rosgen Earth User’s Guild to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages by Joshua Lockyer and James Veteto
1 GARDENING, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PREPARATION BOOKS Year Round Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers for Metro Houston by Dr. Bob Randall Habitat Gardening for Houston by Mark Bowen and Mary Bowen The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka Soil Biology Primer (http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/soil_biology/biology.html ) Holistic Resource Management by Alan Savory The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition by Bill Mollison The Landscape Revolution: Garden With Mother, Nature Not Against It by Andy Wasowski and Sally Wasowski Florida’s Best Fruiting Plants by Charles Boning
ENVIRONMENTAL BOOKS Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Silent Spring by Rachael Carson Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit by Al Gore Storms of My Grandchildren by James Hansen, Ph.D. Cradle to Cradle by Bill McDonough Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today’s Environmental Problems by Steve Lerner A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander
BOOKS: NATURAL BUILDING Ecohouse: A Design Guide by Sue Roaf Prescriptions for a Healthy House by Paula Baker-LaPort The Healthy House by John Bower Creating a Healthy Household by Lynn Marie Bower Healing Environments by Carol Venolia The Art of Natural Building by Joseph Kennedy The Natural House by David Pearson The Straw Bale House by Athena Swetzell Steen and David Steen The Rammed Earth House by David Easton Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings by Paul Graham McHenry, Jr.
2 Good Housekeeping – The Ecofriendly Home: Fresh Ideas for a Healthy Home by Dan Phillips Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged by Suzy Banks
BOOKS: ENERGY Solar Living Sourcebook by John Schaeffer, editor, Real Goods Achieving Energy Independence: One Step at a Time by Jeffrey R. Yago
BOOKS: MISCELLANEOUS Living the Good Life by Helen Nearing and Scott Nearing Moving to a Small Town by Wanda Urbanska and Frank Levering Texas: A Geography by Terry Jordan
VIDEOS Search online for videos “Bill Mollison”; for “Geoff Lawson”; for “David Holmgren”; for “Aranya”
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