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Building a Sustainable Economy >> As the financial and environmental problems unfold, the world seeks an alternative to the global economy. If we decided to make a transition to a more environmentally benign, socially just, local economic system, what can we actually do? How can we design a sustainable economy? ...more Establishing a Food Forest >> DVD >> Join Geoff Lawton on a Permaculture adventure as he demonstrates how to grow a food forest from start to finish. Over 90 minutes of quality information to get you on the right track in creating your own garden of Eden. ...more Recommended >> Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 2 >> Building on the information presented in Volume 1, this book shows you how to select, place, size, construct, and plant your chosen water-harvesting earthworks. It presents detailed how-to information and variations of a diverse array of earthworks, including chapters on mulch, vegetation, and greywater recycling so you can customize the techniques to the unique requirements of your site. ...more Permaculture - Solutions for Sustainable Lifestyles >> Combining traditional techniques for providing natural resources, food, shelter and energy with modern sustainable practices, the techniques outlined in this book provide integrated, practical solutions for challenges being faced by community members and farmers throughout tropical regions today. ...download Permaculture Design Courses >> Europe >> Permaculture is a whole-systems method of design that organizes ideas, strategies, and techniques from agriculture, appropriate technology, renewable energy, natural building, economics, sustainable development and other disciplines into a pattern of mutually supportive relationships. By using principles from nature to thoughtfully integrate land, water, plants, people, animals, shelter, technologies, and community, permaculture gives us the tools to provide for the well-being of people while protecting our natural resources. ...more Artemisia starter-kit >> Artemisia tea has been found to be effective by those many communities and health centres that continue to use it. Compared with modern pharmaceuticals, and even with artemisinin based drugs, the tea contains a wider range of anti-malarial components. This reduces the danger of resistance developing. ...more PACE project >> The aim of the PACE project is to help spread simple solutions to environmental problems between communities. PACE covers seven different topics: Living with Wildlife, Water, Soil, Forests, Energy, Living by the Ocean and Urban Living. Through the topic pages, you can find out more about the projects featured in the PACE films, and download the Action Sheets and Environmental Education activities associated with each one. ...more |
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Earth
Policy Institute "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization"
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Chelsea Green Publishing Company
"Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture" - Toby Hemenway
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Worldwatch Institute "State of the World 2008: Innovations
for a Sustainable Economy"
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Green Books "The
Transition Handbook" - Rob Hopkins
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Sierra Club
"Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh" - H. Norberg-Hodge
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Chelsea Green Publishing Company
"Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World" - Alan Weisman
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Rainsource Press
"Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands" - Brad Lancaster
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Chelsea Green Publishing Company
"Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape" - Robert Hart
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