[permaculture] New titles at Permaculture Activist
Keith Johnson
keithdj at mindspring.com
Wed Dec 17 19:34:39 EST 2008
*The Organic Opportunity: Small Farms & Economic Development
<http://permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/vid%20dvd%20cd.htm>
DVD *25 minutes
"The Organic Opportunity" explores Woodbury County's pioneering program
of (1) economic development tax rebates for farmers who transition to
organic, (2) county purchasing that prioritizes local, organic food, and
(3) financing for new, small farmers committed to organic agriculture.
It is a story of hope and practical steps any community can take to
build a thriving local economy.
*Solar Water Heating:
A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems*
<http://permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/Energy.htm>
by Bob Ramlow 288 pp, 2006
Heating water with the sun is almost as old as humankind itself, and it
is done all over the world. Yet there are strangely few resources on the
topic in North America.
Solar Water Heating fills this gap. It reviews the history of solar
water and space heating systems from prehistory to the present, then
presents the basics of solar water heating, including an introduction to
modern solar energy systems, energy conservation and energy economics.
Drawing on the author's experience as an installer of these systems, the
book goes on to cover:
* Types of solar collectors, solar water and space heating, solar
pool heating, including their advantages and disadvantages
* System components, their installation, operation, and maintenance
* System sizing and siting
* Choosing the appropriate system.
*The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience*
<http://permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/community.htm>
by Rob Hopkins 240pp, 2008
This book by the visionary architect of the Transition movement is a
must-read-immediately . Growing numbers with their microscopes trained
on peak oil are convinced that we have very little time to engineer
resilience into our communities before the last energy crisis descends.
This issue should be of urgent concern to every person who cares about
their children, and all who hope there is a viable future for human
civilization post-petroleum. --Jeremy Leggett, founder of Solar Century
and SolarAid.
*Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide*
<http://permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/community.htm>
by Scott Kellogg & Stacy Pettigrew, illustrated by Juan Martinez
242pp, 2008
With more than half the world's population now residing---and struggling
to survive---in cities, we can no longer afford to think of
sustainability as something that applies only to forests and fields. We
need sustainable living right where so many of us are: in urban
neighborhoods. But how do we do it?
That's where Toolbox for Sustainable City Living comes in. In 2000 the
dynamic Rhizome Collective transformed an abandoned warehouse in Austin,
Texas, into a sustainability training center. Here, with their first
book, Scott and Stacy, two of Rhizome's founders, provide city
dwellers---those who have never foraged or gardened along with those who
dumpster-dive and belong to CSAs---with step-by- step instructions for
producing our own food, collecting water, managing waste, reclaiming
land, and generating energy.
* Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Vol 2: Water Harvesting Earthworks
<http://permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/food-wastecycling.htm>
by Brad Lancaster* 2007, 336pp
Earthworks are one of the easiest, least expensive, and most effective
ways of passively harvesting and conserving multiple sources of water in
the soil. Associated vegetation then pumps the harvested water back out
in the form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, and passive
heating and cooling strategies, while controlling erosion, increasing
soil fertility, reducing downstream flooding, and improving water and
air quality.
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.
--
Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
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- Association for Regenerative Culture <http://www.arculture.org/>
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- Bloomington Permaculture Growers Cooperative
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<http://my.calendars.net/bloomingtonpccal/>
- Continental Bioregional Congress Blog
<http://bioregional-congress.blogspot.com/>
- Switch to Solar Power the Easy Way
<http://www.jointhesolution.com/KeithJ-SunPower>
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