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EARTH CARE MANUALA Permaculture Handbook For Britain & Other Temperate Countries by Patrick Whitefield $75, 2004, 480pp, 206 black and white photos, 43 colour photos, 145 line diagrams & numerous tables.
Seven years in the making, this is the long awaited study of permaculture specifically for cooler climates. It takes a detailed view of designing sustainable systems both large and small, urban and rural. Defining permaculture and placing it in the context of the green movement, this important book is divided into three parts. Part One: The principles underlying permaculture as applied to soil, fertility, water, climate, microclimate, energy and materials. Part Two: Applying permaculture to buildings, gardens, orchards, farming, woodlands and biodiversity. Part Three: The permaculture design process in action, how to develop your home or project on permaculture lines, plus many useful skills and techniques. Scrupulously researched and written in an accessible style by Patrick Whitefield, one of Europe’s foremost permaculture teachers, designers and author of How to Make a Forest Garden and Permaculture in a Nutshell. It is lavishly illustrated, filled with case studies and useful contacts. |
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2003, 286pp, $29
This book builds on the extraordinary success of the permaculture concept and global permaculture movement (over the last 25 years), to provide a more cerebral and controversial contribution to the sustainability debate. David Holmgren is an ecological pioneer destined to have a major influence on permaculture's evolution. "If the 'Permaculture Principles' that David Holmgren discusses in this extremely important book were applied to all that we do, we would be well on the road to sustainability, and beyond." Professor Stuart B Hill (Foundation Chair of the Social Ecology University of Western Sydney) Are there ways to live within nature's limits while providing a secure future for our children and justice for everyone? We think so. Read this book. |
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 Gaia's
Garden:
A Guide to Home-Scale Permacultureby Toby Hemenway 2001, 238pp,
The first book published in the US in a generation to embrace ecological design of the home landscape, Gaia's Garden is a snapshot of Permaculture in America at the turn of the century. Toby Hemenway is a scientist, trained in genetics, who shares with his readers his rapturous enjoyment of the garden. |
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 Basics
of Permaculture Designby Ross Mars, 2005, $25, 170 pages
The Basics
of Permaculture Design, first published
in Australia in 1996, is an excellent
introduction to the principles of
permaculture, design processes, and
the tools needed for designing sustainable
gardens, farms, and larger communities.
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Robert
Kourik; Foreword by Rosalind Creasy
First published in 1986, this classic is back in print by popular demand. It is the authoritative text on edible landscaping, featuring a step-by-step guide to designing a productive environment using vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs for a combination of ornamental and culinary purposes. It includes descriptions of plants for all temperate habitats, methods for improving soil, tree pruning styles, and gourmet recipes using low-maintenance plants. There are sections on attracting beneficial insects with companion plants and using planting to shelter your home from erosion, heat, wind, and cold. |
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1995,
David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept, has made a valuable contribution to ecological design by documenting the planning and construction of his 1 hectare homestead in Victoria, Australia. This large-format book details his site analysis using zone-and-sector and other permaculture tools, land use history, microclimate and soil types, and other criteria that guided his home-site selection, planting strategies, water systems, and passive-solar design. Idealists may quibble with Holmgren's decisions to use nearby grid power (off-grid systems being far more expensive), small engines (indispensible to all farmers), and a farm truck (the only vehicle shown in the book), but these choices point to the real value of the work: what happens when sustainable design is attempted in the real world. Holmgren is honest about where he compromised and where he held fast. What distinguishes his efforts from a typical back-to-the-land farm is the use of sophisticated design tools that reduce energy use, conserve soil and water, emphasize perennial species and natural materials, and apply patterning tools to the overall design. One look at the design and implementation and it will be obvious that permaculture design offers a far better toolkit than conventional methods. Reviewed by Toby Hemenway |
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The basic argument for permanent agriculture: how to feed and house yourself in any climate with the least use of land, energy, and repetitive labor. Supersedes Permaculture One and Two |
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Principios y ejemplos para disenar pueblos, casas, y huertos sostenibles. Traducido de la edicion ingles original, contiene las mismas ilustraciones y listas de plantas y tambien un glosario de palabras que son unicas en la Permacultura. |
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1988, 576 pp. $99 Global treatment of cultivated ecosystems. Resource for all landscapes and climates. Lucid illustrations by Andrew Jeeves bring Mollison's concepts to life. Essential, in-depth look at earth repair and practical design. |
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1993. 75 pp. $13 The perfect gift to introduce friends & family to permaculture. Brief, concise, comprehensive, it shows how permaculture works in the city, the country and on the farm. Explores ways in which people can work together to recreate real communities. |
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Completely revised and expanded, this popular primer tells how to design a garden of any size from balcony bench to country acreage. With chapters on seed saving, Pc at work, integrated pest management, water usage, and design for disaster. The author's experience with women and communities in crisis (Cambodia, Albania, Afghanistan, and Vietnam) ensures a practical approach. |
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Peer reviewed and years in development, this essential guide supplies an overview, learning objectives, suggested graphics, terms, thorough syllabus content, student activities, resources, and references for 40 subjects from ethics, ecology, climate, and earthworks, through creative problem solving, bioregions and suburban Pc. |
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 Permaculture
Teacher's Guideedited by Andy Goldring 2000, 379pp., $69
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A working
document for a new theory of architecture,
building, and planning which forms
the basis for a new traditional post-industrial
architecture created by people. It
introduces the archetypal language
which allows lay person to design
for themselves. "Brilliant....Here's
how to design or redesign any space
you're living or working in--from
metropolis to room. Consider what
you want to happen in the space, and
then page through this book. Its radically
conservative observations will spark,
enhance, organize your best ideas,
and a wondrous home, workplace, town
will result"--San Francisco Chronicle
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"[This
book] is a gift . . . With curiosity,
wit, and a spare and graceful style,
Krafel notes why birds in flocks land
as they do, how islands can move upstream
in a river, how kelp forests, swaying
gently, break the force of the sea's
power, how tundra plants create whole
ecosystems on bare rock from mere
specks of life. Yet there are no long-winded
sermons about the woods, or cute anthropomorphizations
of animals. The book's economical,
unsentimental style is part of its
originality."—Barbara Damrosch |
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Nineteen passionate essays on bioregional mapping, theory, & examples. Useful for community groups, planners, environmental groups, educators, and explorers of all ages. Learn to create maps that can reveal water and air flow, community patterns, distribution of species, and local history. |
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