Books by:
P.A. Yeomans, J. Russell Smith, and Alan Savory
The secret teachings of plants : the intelligence of the heart in the
direct perception of nature /by Buhner, Stephen Harrod.
Edible Forest Gardens Vols 1 & 2 by Dave Jacke & Eric Toensmeier
Tree Crops - J Russell Smith
Edible Landscaping - Rosalind Creasy
anything by Gary Nabham
anything by Gene Logsdan
The Apple Grower
by Michael Phillips
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:34:28 -0600
From: <esac@laneta.apc.org>
Reply-To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Eugenio Gras of COAS in Jalisco, Mexico has written what seems to be
(looked at it quickly in his computer) a very good book on permaculture
design in Spanish. It is supposed to be printed this month, and costs
$200 pesos ($15 US?) for 200 plus pages.
George Anna
Morelos, Mexico
Readings in Permaculture, Ecological Design, and Pattern Literacy
General Permaculture Books
The Best of Permaculture: A Collection. Lindegger and Tap, ed.
Nascimanere Nambour. Great stuff from the first 10 years
or so of permaculture.
Earth User's Guide to Permaculture. Morrow, Rosemary. Simon & Schuster,
2000. An informal introduction to permaculture
by an experienced teacher.
The Future is Abundant. Korn, Snyder and Musick, ed. Tilth. A guide to
sustainable agriculture; OP, needs to be re-done,
the first bioregional permaculture handbook.
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. Toby Hemenway.
Chelsea Green, 2001. Easy to use and understand tour
through the permaculture garden
Introduction to Permaculture. Slay, Reny, and Mollison, Bill. Tagari 91
Tyalgum. The best intro, includes a concise
listing of principles.
Living Community. Haggard, Ben. Center for the Study of Community, 4018
Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe NM, 87505. The
evolution of a premier permaculture site, written by a master designer.
Permaculture: A Designers' Manual (alternate subtitle: A Practical Guide
for a Sustainable Future) Mollison, Bill.
Island Press Covelo, CA, 1990. A comprehensive study guide; the bible of
permaculture
The Permaculture Garden. Bell, Graham. Thorson's, 1994. A
British-oriented introduction to permaculture gardening
techniques.
The Permaculture Way. Graham Bell. Thorsons, London 1992. Simple
explanation of permaculture in action. Good examples.
Travels In Dreams. Bill Mollison. Tagari 1996. Engaging memoir with
stories, stories, stories by the man behind
permaculture.
The Western (Aust) Permaculture Manual. Brown, David, ed. Cornucopia,
Subiaco, West Australia 1989. From philosophy to
nitty-gritty region specific, untidy early Pc from the trenches, OP
Ecology and Whole Systems
At Home in the Universe. Oxford, 1995. Kauffman shows how life
inevitably will emerge when there is sufficient complexity.
Ecological Design. Van der Ryn, Sim, and Stuart Cowan. Island, 1996. The
essential concepts of ecological design.
The Ecology of Urban Habitats. Wheater, C. Philip. Routledge, London,
1999. Though written for a British audience, this
book contains a wealth of information about urban ecology: succession,
soils, animals, microclimates, and more.
Fundamentals of Ecology. Odum, Eugene, P. W. B. Saunders, 1971. An early
textbook on the basics of ecology, in depth.
A Hierarchical View of Ecosystems. O'Neill, R. V. Princeton, 1986. An
advanced look at how ecosystems function.
Holistic Resource Management. Savory, Alan. Island, 1988. The central
work of a school of sustainability developed in
parallel with permaculture. Good biblio which includes personal growth.
Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards. Stein, Sara.
Houghton Mifflin, 1995. A well-written and
compelling plea for allowing nature back into our yards, full of natural
history.
The Origins of Order. Kauffman, Stuart. Oxford, 1994. A dense and
scholarly treatment of the ideas expressed in At Home
in the Universe.
Out of Control .Kelly, Kevin. Addison Wesley, 1994. How our new
understanding of biology is transforming both ecology
and economics.
The Web of Life. Capra, Fritjof. Doubleday, 1996. An engaging account of
how the new sciences of complexity and
self-organization are affecting our understanding of living systems.
Design Process
Design with Nature. McHarg, Ian. Wiley, 1992. Innovative techniques for
appropriate landscape design using map overlays.
Landscape Graphics. Reid, Grant W. Whitney Library of Design, 1987.
Excellent introduction to professional landscape
drawing.
Patterns
By Nature's Design. Neill, William, and Pat Murphy. Chronicle, 1993.
Stunning photographs and clear explanations of
nature's patterns.
The Fractal Geometry of Nature. Mandelbrot, Benoit. W.H. Freeman & Co,
1983. Key insights into natural patterns by the
developer of the fractal concept.
Metapatterns. Volk, Tyler. Columbia, 1995. Very compatible with
Mollison's pattern writings.
On Growth and Form. Thompson, D'arcy Wentworth. Dover, 1992. A
magisterial text on how the shapes and patterns in nature
are formed; a classic in the field.
A Pattern Language. Alexander, Christopher. Oxford NY 1977 Design for
human building and settlements using patterns
derived from successful designs.
Subject: [permaculture] Suggested Reading - Designers Manual
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:36:31 -0600
From: Holger Hieronimi <holger@tierramor.org>
Organization: TIERRAMOR - diseño integrado
Read our reading list we suggest in our permaculture courses (with
Spanish comments) at:
http://www.tierramor.org/permacultura/bibliografia.html
Tierramor http://www.tierramor.org/index.htm
From: http://www.tierramor.org/permacultura/bibliografia.html#PC
Bibliografia selecta - literatura recomendada
Permacultura, diseño integrado, vida holística, y asuntos relacionados
recopilado por H. Hieronimi - edit 3 (Septiembre 2009) - bajar en PDF
3 de febrero 2009
transision
HandbookReseña del libro „The Transision Handbook“de Rob Hopkins
„Permaculture One“
Bill Mollison y David Holmgren; 1978, Corgi Press, Australia, inglés
PermacultureOne
„Permaculture Two“
Bill Mollison, 1979, Tarigari, inglés
PCtwo
Protocolo de un curso de diseño de permacultura - "Permaculture Design
Course Series"
Bill Mollison, 1981, inglés, alemán
PDCS
„Permaculture - A Designers Manual“
Bill Mollison con Andrew Jeeves y Reni Mia Slay, 1988, Tarigari,
Australia, inglés
MollisonDesignersManual
„Introduction to Permaculture“
Bill Mollison y Reni Mia Slay, 1991, Tarigari, Australia, inglés
introPC
„Introducción a la Permacultura“
Bill Mollison y Reni Mia Slay, 1994, Tarigari, impreso en EEUU, español
„The Permaculture Way“- Practical steps towards a self sustaining world
Graham Bell, 1992 Thorsons, HarperCollins Publishers ltd., Inglaterra,
inglés, alemán
GrahamBell
Permaculture in a Nutshell
Patrick Whitefield, 1993 Permanent Publications, Inglaterra, distributed
in the USA by Chelsea Green, inglés
Nutshell
„Agricultura Sostenible - Un acercamiento a la permacultura“
ASPC
„Permaculture - Principles and pathways beyond sustanability“
„Permacultura Criolla“
Maria Caridad Cruz, Roberto Sánchez Medina, Carmen Cabrera, 2006,
Fundación Antonio Núñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, La Habana,
Cuba, http://www.fanj.org, español
PCCuba
„The Holistic Life“ - Sustainabiliy through Permaculture
Ian Lillington, 2007, Axiom Publishing, Australia, www.
axiompublishing.com.au
HolisticLife
aguaban
Agricultura ecológica, orgánica, natural...
"La vida en el campo"
John Seymour
„Cultivo biointensivo de alimentos“
John Jeavons, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2002 por Ecology
Action of the Midpensisula, www.growbiointensive.org, EEUU, español
en México el manual es distribuido por el proyecto agroecológico Las
Cañadas, Huatusco, Veracruz, http://www.bosquedeniebla.com.mx
Jeavons
The complete book of Edible Landscaping - Home landscaping with
food-bairing plants and resource-saving tecniques
Rosalind Creasy, 1982, Sierra Club Books, inglés
RC
„Designing and maintaining your edible Landscape Naturally“
Robert Kourick, 1986, Metamorphic Press, California, este libro ha sido
re-editado en 2004 por Permanent Publications/y en 2005 por Chelsea
Green Publishing, inglés
EL
„The One Straw Revolution“
Masanobu Fukuoka; 1978, Rodale Press - en español: "La revolución de una
brizna de paja", editado por el Instituto de Permacultura Montsant-
www.permacultura-montsant.org, inglés, español, y otras lenguas
Fukuoka
„Forest Gardening“
Robert A. de J. Hart, 1991, Green Books, Inglaterra, inglés, alemán...
R.Hart
„How To Make A Forest Garden“
1996, Patrick Whitefield, Permanent Publications, Hyden House Limited,
Inglaterra
ForestGarden
„Edible Forest Gardens“
Vol.1: Vision and Theory
Vol.2: Design and Practice
David Jacke/ Eric Toensmeier, 2005, Celsea Green Publishing,
www.chelseageen.com
, inglés
EFG
„Manual Práctico: ABC de la Agricultura orgánica y Harina de Rocas“
Jairo Restrepo Rivera, 2006, Fundación Produce Jalisco, español
AgriculturaOrganica
Panes de Piedra - fertilización mineral en la agricultura orgánica
Julius Hensel, 1898, trad. por Jairo Restrepo Rivera, Sebastiao Piñedo,
Hans landgraf, ed. Instituto estatal de Ecología, Edo. de Oaxaca 2004 y
2007, español
PanesPiedra
„The Gardeners Handbook of edible Plants“ - An encyclopédia of
food-bearing Plants for the home garden, Hundreds of the best varieties,
How to grow them, how to use them in landscape design and cooking
Rosalind Creasy, 1986, Sierra Club Books, inglés
ediblePlants
„Permaculture Plants“
Jeff Nugent, Julia Boniface , 1996, 2004 Permanent Publications,
Inglaterra, distributed in the USA by Chelsea Green,
www.chelseageen.com, inglés
PP
„Seed to seed - Seed saving tecniques for the vegetable gardener“
Suzanne Ashworth , 1991, reimpresión actualizada 2002, Seed Savers
Exchange Inc., inglés
SSeed
„Cornucopia II“ - A sourcebook of edible plants
Stephen Facciola, 1998, Kampong Publications; Vista, CA,
CII
„Perennial Vegetables“- From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, A Gardener's
Guide to Over 100 Delicious and Easy to Grow Edibles
Eric Toensmeier, 2007, Chelsea Green Publishing, www.chelseageen.com
PV
„Create an Oasis with Grey Water“ - Choosing, building and using
Greywater Systems, incl. Branched Drain
Art Ludwig, 1991 - 2007, Oasis Design, www.oasisdesign.net, inglés
oasis
„Water Storage - Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers and Ponds“ - For domestic
supply, fire and emergency use, incl. How to make Ferrocement Water Tanks
Art Ludwig, 2005, OasisDesign, www.oasisdesign.net, inglés
oasis2
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands
Vol. 1 - Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into your Life and Landscape
Brad Lancaster, 2006, Rainsource Press,
http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ , inglés
RainWaterHarvestingVol1
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond
Vol. 2 - Water harvesting Earthworks
Brad Lancaster, 2008, Rainsource Press, http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/
RainwaterHarvestingVol2
„La casa ecológica“
Jorge Calvillo Unna , 1999, Ed. tercer Milenio, Conaculta (Consejo
Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes), México D.F., español
JCalvillo
„The Hand - Sculptured House“ - A Practical and Philosophical Guide to
Building a Cob Cottage
Llanto Evans, Linda Smiley, Michael G. Smith, 2002, Chelsea Green
Publishing, www.chelseagreen.com, inglés
IEvans
„Eco hábitat - Experiencias rumbo a la sustentabilidad“
Sustainable Living at Melliodora Hepburn Permaculture Gardens: A Case
Study in Cool Climate Permaculture 1985-1995
David Holmgren, 1995, Holmgren Design Services, inglés
melliodora
Melliodora
Teaching Permaculture Creatively
Skye & Robin Clayfield, 1995, Earthcare Education, Australia
PEdu
Educación Ambiental- Explorando caminos humanamente ecológicos,
armoniosos, equitativos y sustentables
Elena Alvarez-Ugena Pedrós , 2001, Editorial Pax Mexico, español
ea
„The Colombian Exchange“ - Biological and d Cultural Consequences of 1492
Alfred W. Crosby, 1972, 30th anniversary edition 2003 Praeger Publishers
www.praeger.com, inglés, español
(Edición en español: El intercambio transoceánico: consecuencias
biológicas y culturales a partir de 1492, México, UNAM, 1991, 270 p.)
CE
„Ecological Imperialism“ - The Biological Expansion of Europe
Alfred W. Crosby, 1986, Cambridge University Press, inglés, español
En español: Imperialismo ecológico. La expansión biológica de Europa,
900-1900, Madrid, Crítica, 1988.
toria ecológica.
EcoImp
„Guns, Germs and Steel“(„Armas, gérmenes y acero“)
Jared Diamond, 1999, W.W.Norton & Companyn, inglés, español
edición en español „Armas, Gérmenes Y Acero - La Sociedad Humana y sus
Destinos“(Editorial Debate, 1998)
Diamond1
JDesp
„Something New Under the Sun“ - An Environmental History of the
Twentieth-Century World
J.R. McNeill, 2000, W.W.Norton & Company Inc., inlgés
SNUS
Collapse - How societies chose to fail or succeed
Jared Diamond, 2005, Viking, Pinguin Books, New York, inglés, alemán, y
otros idiomas
en español: "Colapso, Por qué unas sociedades perduran y otras
desaparecen". Madrid, Debate, 2006, 854 pp.
coling
colesp
„Invasion Biology“- Critique of a pseudoscience
David I. Theodoropoulos, 2003, Avvar Books, Blythe, California, EEUU, inglés
Invasion Biology
„A Prosperous Way Down“- Principles and Policies
Elizabeth and Howard Odum, 2001, University Press of Colorado, inglés
Howard Odum (1924 - 2002)
odum1
„Thinking In Systems“ - A Primer
Donella H. Meadows, edited by Diana Wright, Sustainability Institute,
2008, Chelsea Green Publishing, www.chelseageen.com, inglés
DMeadows
„The Party’s over“ - Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
Richard Heinberg, 2003; New Society Publishers, inglés
PartzsOver
„Powerdown“- Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World
Richard Heinberg, 2005, New Society Publishers, inglés
PowerDown
„The post-petroleum Survival Guide & Cookbook“
Recipes for changing times
Albert Bates, 2006, New Society Publishers, inglés
Bates
„Peak Everything“- Waking Up to the Century of Declines
Richard Heinberg, 2007, New Society Publishers, inglés
PeakEverything
“The Transition Handbook“- From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
Rob Hopkins, 2008, Chelsea Green Publishing, inglés
Ver también la reseña de holger en tierramor.org, de febrero 2009
TrasisionHandbook
Reinventing Collapse - The Soviet Example and American Prospects
Dimitri Orlov, 2008, New Society Publishers, inglés
DO
„The Long Descent“ - A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
John Michael Greer, 2008, New Society Publishers, inglés
LongDescent
Sacred Demise - Walking the Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's
Collapse
Carolyn Baker, 2009, iUniverse, www.iuniverse.com, inglés
SacredDemise
„Future Scenarios“- How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change
David Holmgren, 2009, Chelsea Green Publishing, inglés
El texto también puede ser revisado en internet:
http://www.futurescenarios.org/
FutureScenarios
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There are tons of interesting books listed here, some dating way back. I
started cataloging useful references in the early 1990's. I have much
more to add when I have time to revise these documents.
many subdirectories under orgfarm/ have /literature directories in them -
worth browsing as all bibliographic references are not in the same place
- also go to my homepage (see URL in my sig) to get to my collections on
environment, pesticide education, alternative energy & architecture &
community, rural skills & living, alternative healthcare and herb
information -
Legend:
[ ] are either
1) Unix mail files (email),
These are simple ascii text files but with a unique text string in the
leading message header, From ........, easily read online - it will ask
you how to open it or to download it, just select a web browser or a
text editor or d/l it to read later
2) .eml files (load into Win. email mail client or text editor),
These are simple text files also, no embedded formatting code
3) or ascii text files
[DIR] is a link to a folder with more files in it
Within http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/orgfarm/ there are folders
on other subjects, each with their own bibliographies in a /literature
folder. A sample, the sustainable agriculture bibliography (part of it)
Chicken Tractor : The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil
Andy Lee, Pat Foreman / Paperback / Published 1998
Earth User's Guide to Permaculture
Rosemary Morrow, Rob Allsop (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published
1994
Earthuser's Guide to Permaculture : Teacher's Notes
Rosemary Morrow / Paperback / Published 1997
Forest Gardening : Cultivating an Edible Landscape
Robert A. De J. Hart / Paperback / Published 1996
Introduction to Permaculture
Bill Mollison, Slay Reney-Mia / Paperback / Published 1991
Introduction to Permaculture
Bill Mollison, Reny Mia Slay / Paperback / Published 1997
Permaculture : A Designers Manual
Bill Mollison / Hardcover / Published 1997
The Permaculture Book of Ferment & Human Nutrition
Bill Mollison / Paperback / Published 1997
Permaculture in a Nutshell
Patrick Whitefield / Paperback / Published 1993
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison and Reny Mia
Slay. 1991. Tagari Publishers, Tyalgum, Australia. 198 p.
Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human
Settlements, 3rd ed (Reprint of 1978 ed) by Bill Mollison and David
Holmgren. 1987.
Tagari Publishers, Tyalgum, New South Wales, Australia.
127 p.
Permaculture Two: A Practical Design for Town and Country
in Permanent Agriculture by Bill Mollison. 1979. Tagari Press, Stanley,
Australia.
150 p.
Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison. 1988.
Tagari Publications, Tyalgum, Australia. 576 p.
The Best of Permaculture by Max O. Lindegger and Robert
Tap. 1986. Nascimanere Publishers, Nambour, Australia. 136 p.
The Permaculture Way: Practical Ways to Create a
Self-Sustaining World by Graham Bell. 1992. Thorsons, London. 239 p.
The Permaculture Garden by Graham Bell. 1994. Thorsons,
London. 170 p.
Urban Permaculture by David Watkins. 1993. Permanent
Publications, U.K. 152 p.
Permaculture in a Nutshell by Patrick Whitefield. 1993.
Permanent Publications, U.K. 75 p.
Earth User's Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow and
Rob Allsop. 1994. Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW Australia. 152 p.
Getting Started in Permaculture by Ross and Jennifer Mars.
1995. Candlelight Trust, Hovea, Western Australia. 60 p.
Organic Gardening by Peter Bennett, ISBN 1 86436 043 7
Eco Gardening, The six priorities, Corolie Whitby,
ISBN 0 7270 1350 5
The Green Technology House and Garden Book, ATA publications
ISBN 0 646 15196 7
Farming in ponds and Dams, An introduction to freshwater aquaculture in
Australia, Nick Romanowski, ISBN 0 85091 630 5.
Getting food from water, a guide to backyard aquaculture, Gene Logsdon, ISBN
0 87857 232 5.
Magazines which have been usefull to me include :
Grass Roots ...................... craft and self suffiency.
Renew, ............................ (was called Soft Technology)
Earth Garden ...................Gardening and self suffiency
Permaculture international .... all things permie ... all over the world
Mollison, Bill, Global Gardener (Bullfrog Films, 1991).
Mollison, Bill and Reny Mia Slay, Introduction to Permaculture, 5th. ed.
Adelson, Glenn and D. Perlman, Biodiversity (Malden, Massachusetts:
Blackwell Science, 1997)
Pilarski, Michael (ed.) 1994. Restoration Forestry.
Kivaki Press, Durango, CO.
Small is Beautiful, by E.F.Schumacher. Why we can't wait for the
politicians and economists to put the world to rights, and how we can maybe
start to organise a 'parallel economy'.
Woodland Crafts in Britain, by H.L.Edlin. Everything society needs in a
pre- or post-plastic world. My Desert Island Book.
Design/Inspiration Books
"Permaculture: A Designer's Manual" by Bill Mollison
Tagari Publications (c)1988, reprinted 1998
'Permaculture One' Mollison & Holmgren 0 552 98060 9 Corgi Book 1978
'Permaculture Two' - no details as it's on loan
'The Manual of Practical Homesteading' John Vivian, Rodale Press 1975,
Emmaus Pa., 0 87857 092 6
'Complete Organic Growing' Johnathan Sturm, Southern Holdings 1992,
Lucaston Tasmania, ISBN 094089184
'Surviving in the Eighties' Michael Boddy & Richard Beckett, George
Allen & Unwin Australia 1980, ISBN 0 06861 106 9
'The Wilderness Garden' Jackie French, Aird Books, Melbourne 1992 0
947214 25 9
'Esther Deans' Gardening Book', Esther Deans, Harper & Row, 1977, ISBN
06 312 0011
'Permaculture A Practical Guide for a Sustainable Future', Bill
Mollison, Island Press 1990, ISBN 1 55963 048 5
'The Best of Permaculture A collection' Lindegger/Tap, Nascimanere,
Nambour, Qld, ISBN 0 0589585 0 5
'Earth User's Guide to Permaculture' Rosemary Morrow, Kangaroo Press,
Kenthurst, NSW, ISBN 0 86417 514 0
Non-chemical/General useful stuff
'The essential It's so Natural' Alan Hayes, Harper Collins, ISBN 0
7322 5921 5
Eliot Coleman - 2 books
'The New Organic Grower', Chelsea Green, Chelsea, Vermont, ISBN 0
930031 22 9
'Four-Season Harvest',Chelsea Green, Chelsea, Vermont, ISBN 0 930031
57 1
Jackie French - 3 books
'A-Z of Useful Plants'Aird Books, Melbourne 1990, ISBN 0 947214 07 0
'Natural Control of Garden Pests', Aird Books, Melbourne 1990, ISBN 0
947214 13 5
''Soil Food, 1372 ways to add fertility to your soil', Aird Books,
Melbourne, 1995, ISBN 0 947214 44 5
'Farming for Self-sufficiency' John & Sally Seymour, Schoken Books,
New York 1973, printed prior to intro of ISBN.
'The Rodale Herb Book' Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pa, 1976, ISBN 0 87857
076 4
The Wholeness of Nature : Goethe's Way Toward a Science of Conscious
Participation in Nature (Renewal in Science)
Henri Bortoft / Paperback / Published 1996
Goethe's Way of Science : A Phenomenology of Nature (Suny Series in
Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology)
David Seamon (Editor), Arthur Zajonc (Editor) / Hardcover /
Published 1998
Goethe's Way of Science : A Phenomenology of Nature (Suny Series in the
Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology)
David Seamon (Editor), Arthur Zajonc (Editor) / Paperback /
Published 1998
The Other Mind of Europe : Goethe As a Scientist
J.P.S. Uberoi / Hardcover / Published 1986
The Treatment of nature in German literature from GËunther to the
appearance of Goethe's Werther
Max Batt
Holistic Resource Management Vol 1
Allan Savory / Hardcover / Published 1989
Holistic Resource Management : A Model for a Healthy Planet Vol 1
Allan Savory / Paperback / Published 1989
Brother Crow, Sister Corn : Traditional American Indian Gardening
Carol Buchanan / Paperback / Published 1997
Enduring Seeds : Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation
Gary Paul Nabhan / Paperback / Published 1991
Four Seasons of Corn : A Winnebago Tradition
Sally M. Hunter, Joe Allen (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1996
Modeling Prehistoric Agricultural Productivity in Southwestern Colorado
: A Gis Approach
Carla Van R. West, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
Native American Gardening : Stories, Projects and Recipes for Families
Michael J. Caduto, Joseph Bruchac / Paperback / Published 1996
Agricultural Origins and Development in the Midcontinent (Report /
Office of the State Archaeologist, Vol 19)
William Green (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1994
Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden : Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (Borealis)
Gilbert L. Wilson / Paperback / Published 1987
Early Formative Adaptations in the Southern Southwest (Monographs in
World Archaeology, No 25)
Barbara J. Roth (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1996
Foraging and Farming in the Eastern Woodlands (The Ripley P. Bullen)
C. Margaret Scarry (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1993
Household Ecology : Economic Change and Domestic Life Among the Kekchi
Maya in Belize
Richard R. Wilk / Paperback / Published 1997
Hunting by Prehistoric Horticulturalists in the American Southwest (The
Evolution of the North American Indians)
Christine R. Szuter / Hardcover / Published 1991
In the Society of Nature : A Native Ecology in Amazonia (Cambridge
Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, No 93)
Philippe Descola / Hardcover / Published 1994
In the Three Sisters Garden : Native American Traditions, Myths, and
Culture Around the Theme of the Garden (Common Roots
Guidebook)
Joanne Dennee, et al / Paperback / Published 1995
Irrigation & the Cuicatec Ecosystem : A Study of Agriculture &
Civilization in North Central Oaxaca (Memoirs of the Museum of
Anthropology, Univ of M)
Joseph W. Hopkins / Paperback / Published 1984
The Marana Community in the Hohokam World (Anthropological Papers of the
University of Arizona, No 56)
Suzanne K. Fish, et al / Paperback / Published 1992
Maya Subsistence : Studies in Memory of Dennis E. Puleston
Kent Flannery / Hardcover / Published 1982
Neither Wolf Nor Dog : American Indians, Environment, and Agrarian Change
David Rich Lewis / Hardcover / Published 1994
Peasants on the Edge : Crop, Cult, and Crisis in the Andes
William P. Mitchell / Hardcover / Published 1991
Prehistory of the Ayacucho Basin, Peru Vol 3
Richard S. MacNeish / Hardcover / Published 1980
Prophets of Agroforestry : Guarani Communities and Commercial Gathering
Richard K. Reed / Hardcover / Published 1995
Rivers of Change : Essays on Early Agriculture in Eastern North America
Bruce D. Smith, et al / Hardcover / Published 1992
Tiwanaku and Its Hinterland : Archaeology and Paleoecology of an Andean
Civilization : Agroecology (Smithsonian Series in
Archaeological Inquiry) Vol 1
Alan L. Kolata (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1996
The Warm Valley People : Duality and Land Reform Among the Quechua
Indians of Highland Peru
Harald O. Skar / Hardcover / Published 1983
American Indian Agricultural Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on
Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural
Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first
session, on H.R. 1425, to improve the management,
productivity, and use of Indian agricultural lands and resources,
hearing held in Washington, DC, June 18, 1993
Parmana : Prehistoric Maize and Manioc Subsistence Along the Amazon and
Orinoco (Studies in Archaeology)
Anna Curtenius Roosevelt / Published 1980
A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants : Eastern and Central North America
(Peterson Field Guide Series, 40)
Steven Foster, James A. Duke / Hardcover / Published 1990
The Green Pharmacy : New Discoveries in Herbal Remedies for Common
Diseases and Conditions from the World's Foremost
Authority on Healing Herbs
James A. Duke / Hardcover / Published 1997
Sensitive Chaos : The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air
Theodor Schwenk / Paperback / Published 1996
Book List for the Methow Valley
Permaculture Design Course July 6-20, 1999
Compiled by: Ty LaFay
Permaculture:
-Bill Mollison; Permaculture: A Designers' Manual
-Bill Mollison and David Holmgren; Permaculture One
-Bill Mollison; Permaculture Two
-Bill Mollison; Introduction to Permaculture
-Graham Bell; Urban Permaculture
-Max O. Lindegger & Rober Tap; The Best of Permaculture-A Collection.
1990. Also: Conceptual Permaculture Report for Crystal Waters Permaculture
Village. 1993.
-Patrick Whitefield; Permaculture in a Nutshell. 1993.
-David Watkins; Urban Permaculture - A Practical Handbook for a
Sustainable Living. 1993.
-Ross Mars; The Basics of Permaculture Design.
-Rosemary Morrow; Earth User's Guide to Permaculture.
-Ross & Jenny Mars; Getting Started in Permaculture.
-Graham Bell; The Permaculture Garden.
-Ken Fern; Plants for a Future.
-Ken Kern; The Owner Built Homestead. early 70's.
-Bill Mollison; Travels in Dreams "One Fat Foot After Another".
The autobiography of Bill Mollison.
-Masanobu Fukuoka; The One-Straw Revolution. Out of print.
Water:
-P.A. Yeomans; Water For Every Farm; The Challenge of Landscape. Web:
keyline.com
Keyline Systems
-Tim Matson; Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building,
Maintenance and Restoration. The Countryman Press,1982.
-Reisner; Cadillac Desert. (water collection and storage).
-Robert Kourik; Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and all Climates.
Small Livestock:
-Andy Lee Pat Foreman; The Chicken Tractor. Good Earth Publications,
1994 Columbus, North Carolina. Also, The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens
and Healthy Soil.
-Andy Lee; Chicken Tractor: The Gardener's Guide to Happy Hens and
HEalthy Soil. 1998, 2nd edition.
Garden:
-Gene Logsdon; Wildlife in Your Garden. Rodale Press.
-John Jeavons; How to Grow More Vegetables
-The Complete Book of Companion Planting
-Secrets of the Soil
-Masanobu Fukuoka; The Natural Way of Farming
Herbs:
-Gene Stratton Porter; The Harvester (Skeeter's favorite childhood
book).
-Michael Moore; Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West. Native plants :
highly recomended. Also: Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West; Medicinal
Plants of the Desert West.
-Gregory Tilford; From Earth to Herbalist.
-Tim Blakley; Medicinal Herbs in the Marketplace.
-Deni Bown; Encyclopedia of Herbs and their Use. DK Publisher.
-Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants; (all different cultures). DK
Publisher.
-Debbra St. Clair; The Herbal Medicine Cabinet. DK Publisher.
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Fruit:
-Alan E. Simmons; Growing Unusual Fruit.
-Michael Pilarski (editor); Kiwifruit Enthusiasts Journal Vol. 6.
-'Growing Fruits, Nuts, and Berries. HP Books.
Mulching/Composting:
-Hunger Signs in Crops.
-'Backyard Composting'. Harmonious Technologies, homecompost.com
Arid Landscapes:
-Michael Evanari; The Negev: Challenge of a Desert.
-David Holmgren; Trees on the Treeless Plains.
-Walter Ebeling; Handbook of Indian Foods and Fibers of Arid America,
1986.
Seeds:
-Suzanne Ashworth; Seed to Seed, 1991. Seed Savers Exchange, Inc..
Also: Seed to Seed: Seed Saving Techniques for the Vegetable Gardener.
1991.
-Gary Paul Nabhan; Enduring Seeds. North Point Press. (native
agriculture and culture).
-Lost Crops of Africa, Vol. 1 Grains, 1996. National Academy of
Science,
National Academy Press.
-Lost Crops of Incas.
-Otto T Solbrig & Dorothy J. Solbrig; So Shall you Reap, 1994. Island
Press, (Agri. History).
Danial Quin; Ishmal. Evolution of humanity and agriculture.
-Benjamin Watson; Today's Guide to Heirloom Vegetables.
-Planting Forests From the Air. National Academy of the Sciences,
BOSTID
Publishing.
-One Green World; Mollala, Oregon.
-Michel & Jude Fanton; The Seed Savers Handbook. 1993.
-Seeds of Change
Teaching Permaculture:
-Robin Clayfield and Skye; The Manual For Teaching Permaculture
Creatively. Earthcare Education, Lot 58 Crystal Waters Community, Maleny,
4552 Australia, (074) 944707, e-mail: peg:earthcare
-Jane Potter Gates (AFSIC Coordinator); "Educational and Training
Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture." USDA, ARS (Agriculture Research
Services), National Agricultural Library. Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351,
10th Edition, Dec. 1997.
Requests for additional copies: Alternative Farming Systems Information
Center, National Agricultural Library, Room 304, 10301 Baltimore Ave.,
Beltsville, MD. 20705-2351. (301) 504-6559, FAX (301) 504-6409, e-mail:
afsic@nal.usda.gov Web: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic
-Rosemary Morrow; Earth User's Guide to Permaculture Teacher's Notes.
Planning:
-P.A. Yeoman; The City Forest (urban landscape planning).
Energy:
-Phil Calahan; has written upon Esoteric Energy.
-Alternative Energy Engineering (catalog)
-Michael Potts; The Independent Home: Living Well with Power from the
Sun, Wind, and Water. 1993.
-More Other Homes & Garbage: Designs for Self Sufficient Living.
Sierra
Club.
Appropriate Architecture & Buildings:
-Kiko Denzir(?); Cob Ovens. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon.
-The Cob House Book
-Build it With Bales
-Michael G. Smith; The Cobber's Companion: How to Build Your Own
Earthen
Home. 1997.
-Building with Bamboo
World Wide Web:
-keyline.com
-cityfarmer.org (rooftop gardening and everything else)
-seedballs.com - Fukuoka and great links.
Newsletters:
-The Butterfly Gardener; Newsletter from Seattle.
Magazines:
-Acres USA. The voice of radical eco-agriculture. P.O. Box 8800
Metairie, La. 70011-8800. (504) 889-2777. e-mail: info@acresusa.com
-Country Side and Small Stock Journal. Subscription: $18 per year. W
11564 Hwy. 64 Withee, Wi. 54498
-Newvillage: Building Sustainable Cultures. Subscription: $15 per
year.
2000 Center Street, Suite 120, Berkeley, Ca. 94704 http://www.newvillage.net
-Yes! : A Journal of Positive Futures. Subscription: $24 per year.
Call
1-800-937-4451. e-mail: subs@futurenet.org
P.O. Box 10818 Bainbridge Island, Wa. 98110
-The Greenmoney Journal. Subscription: $35 per year. The Greenmoney
Journal 608 West Glass Ave. Spokane, Wa. 99205 (509) 328-1741; e-mail:
cliffgmj@ior.com , or, www.greenmoney.com
-Permaculture Activist. P.O. Box 1209, Black Mountain, NC 28711
-PERMAculture International Journal. P.O. Box 1209, Black
Mountain, NC
28711
-Home Power Magazine. homepower.com
Video:
-The Secret Life of Plants; Stevie Wonder: soundtrack.
-The Global Gardener; Bill Mollison
-In Grave Danger of Falling Food with Bill Mollison. 1989.
Misc.
-Christopher Alexander; A Pattern Language. 1977.
& Timeless Way of Building
-Ian McHarg; Design with Nature
-Robert Kourik; Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscaping
Naturally. 1986.
& Weeds and What They Tell Us.
-Edwin McLeod; Feed the Soil. Out of Print.
-Janet Green; Putting Food By.
-Bill Mollison; Ferment in Human Nutrition.
-Ruth Salth; Mulching With Straw.
-Binda Colebrook (Seattle Tilth); Winter Gardening in The Maritime
N.W.
-Eddy Rout; Maori Symbolism.
-The Future is Abundant: A Guide to Sustainable Agriculture; Tilth -
Arlington, Washington. Out of print.
-Daphney Lewis & Simon Henderson, Hardy Bamboos for Shoots and Poles.
-Daphney Lewis, Bamboo on the Farm.
-Sustainable Living News (Newsletter out of Seattle, WE-DESIGN,
Michael
Lockman) Winter '98; Simon Henderson wrote cover article on Bamboo Farming.
-Daphany; A True Fairytale. Out of Print, talk to Skeeter.
-The Findhorn Garden
-Morrison; Feed and Feeding. copywrite 1936, 20th edition.
-1998 American Permaculture Directory. John Irwin: permaculture.net
-TIPSY; Int. Permaculture Species, 1984. Published by Yankee
Permaculture.
-Species List & Bibliography Notebook, 1994. Published by Yankee
Permaculture.
-How to Live Without a Salary
-Art Ludwig; Create an Oasis With Greywater. Oasis Design, 5 San
Marcos
Trout Club, Santa Barbara, Ca. 93105. (805) 967-3222, fax: (805) 967-3229
-John Todd; Living Machines
-J.C. Jenkins; The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human
Manure.
-Robert Lee; Broken Land, Broken People
-Bob Walter, Lois Arkin and Richard Crenshaw (editors); Sustainable
Cities: Concepts and Strategies for Eco-City Development. EHM Eco-Home
Media
4344 Russell Avenue Los Angeles, Ca. 90027 (213) 662-5207 (for bulk
orders).
-Rules of the Tribe. bioneers.org
-Bill Quinn; How Wal Mart is Destroying America and What You Can do
About
it. Ten Speed Press P.O. Box 7123 Berkeley, Ca. 94707. Buy Bulk and
sell storefront at the Wal Mart nearest you!!!!!!
-Helena Norberg-Hodge; Ancient Futures. 1992.
-The Gaia Trust; Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities. 1994.
Also:
The Earth is Our Habitat. 1996.
-David Holmgren; The Flywire House - A Case Study in Design Against
Bushfire. 1993.
-Peter Lang; Lets Work - Rebuilding the Local Economy. 1994.
-Kate de Selencourt; Local Harvest: Delicious Ways to Save the
Planet.
1997.
-Stephen Facciola; Cornucopia: A source Book of Edible Plants. 1990.
-Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan; Ecological Design. 1996.
-Sarah Rossbach; Feng Shui: The Chinese Art of Placement. 1983.
-The Findhorn Community; The Findhorn Garden- Pioneering a New
Vision of
Man and Nature in Cooperation. 1975.
-William Woys Weaver; Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master
GArdener's
Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History. 1997.
-Shelter; Shelter Publications. 1973. Also: Shelter II.
-Lisa Heschong; Thermal Delight in Architecture. 1979.
-Patrick Whitefield; How to Make a Forest Garden.
-J. Russell Smith; Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture. 1987.
-Michael Pilarski (editor); Restoration Forestry: A Guide to
Sustainable
Forestry Practices Worldwide. 1994.
-Robert A. de J. Hart; Forest Gardening. 1996, 2nd edition.
-Malcolm Margolin; The Earth Manual: How to Work on Wild Land Without
Taming It. 1985.
-Jean Giono; The Man Who Planted Trees. 1985.
-Directory of International Communities. 1995.
-David Engwicht; Reclaining Our Cities and Towns. 1993.
-Richard Register and Brady Peeks (editors); Village Wisdom / Future
Cities: The THird International Ecocity and Ecovillage Conference. 1997.
-Doug Abberly; Boundaries of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment.
1993.
-Agroecology: The science of Sustainable Agriculture.
-Starhawk; The Fifth Sacred Thing.
-Ernest Callenbach (?); Ecotopia; Also: Ecotopia Emerging (2nd book as
prequel).
-'Reconnecting With Nature'; Author= ?
-Allan Durning; This Place on the Earth (N.W. Environment).
-'The kin of Ata are Waiting for you'
-Paul Pitchford; Healing with Whole Foods.
-Wes Jackson; (Cultural, Ethical, Agricultural)
-Wendell Berry; (Everything, Bioregionalism)
-Gary Paul Wabham (Everything)
-'Home, A Bioregional Reader'
-John Rular; Industrial Hemp.; Hemp Foods; Cultivating Hemp for
Food and
Fiber: Harmonious Press: hemptech.com
-Robert G. Lee; Broken Land Broken Trust.
-Daniel E. Moerman; Native American Ethnobotany.
-Weil &Rosen; From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything you need to know
about Mind Altering Drugs.
-Schultes & Hofman; Plants of the Gods.
-Kirk; Wild Edible Plants.
-Mathews; Cascade-Olympic Natural History.
-Dover; Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the U.S.
-David Arora; All that the Rain Promises & more.......Western Mushroom
Guide.
-Christopher Hobbs; Medicinal Mushrooms.
-C.P. Lyons & Bill Merilees; Trees, Shrubs & Flowers to know in
B.C. & Wa.
-Bobert Hart; Forest Gardening.
-Erna Gunter; Ethnobotany of Western Washington.
-Allen, Burns, Sargent; Cataclysmas on the Columbia.
[permaculture] Recommended reading list compiled from some recent posts in this thread.,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 11/18/2009