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What books do you suggest for learning about sustainable living?

What books do you have in your personal library that have helped you think more responsibly about living in our environment?

Permalink Reply by Joan Thomson on February 1, 2010 at 10:01pm: There are a lot of good books and magazines out there.
The old "Mother Earth" Magazine is still out there.
"Home Power" mag.
Where I learned to install my solar system that I had out in the desert was the catalogue from Sunelco company see www.sunelco.com
One of the origional stores and a storehouse of information is Real Goods company. www.RealGoods.com They have always had great books and items (I refuse to say how many years ago I started to trade with them, Lets just say they had just started building their complex in CA)
Also, although not strictly sustainable living, the book A Home for the Soul by Anthony Lawlor is very interesting.
The Carbon Free Home by Stepheln and Rebekah Hren is excelent. The Chelsa Green Publishing company www.chelseagreen.com publishes a lot of good books.
There are a lot of resources out there, but these are ones I have had a lot of deals with.
Enjoy,
Joan; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joan Phelan on February 1, 2010 at 10:14pm: Bill McKibben's "Deep Economy" is one of the better books I've ever read: more vs. better; local economies; a section on agriculture that reminds me of the documentary "Food, Inc."; it's not so much about policies as about what we individuals can do to live more sustainably and create a better sense of community while doing so. It left me feeling very hopeful. - Joan; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dennis Keim on February 1, 2010 at 10:28pm: Most of the stuff I read in the 1970s still seems to be as valid as it was back in those days. It's like we went into the Dark Ages for a couple decades and now are often re-inventing the wheel rather than looking back at the previous work for starting points. Sometimes even older references are worth a look. I'll pick five just for starters.

Radical Technology - Godfrey Boyle
http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Technology-Materials-Communication-Co...

Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japan - F.H. King
http://www.amazon.com/Farmers-Forty-Centuries-Organic-Farming/dp/04...

Human Scale - Kirkpatrick Sale
http://www.amazon.com/Human-Scale-Kirkpatrick-Sale/dp/1897408064/

A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise Of Ecological Design - Nancy Jack Todd
http://www.amazon.com/Safe-Sustainable-World-Promise-Ecological/dp/...

We Build the Road As We Travel - Roy Morrison
http://www.amazon.com/We-Build-Road-As-Travel/dp/0865711739/
http://www.beechriverbooks.com/id21.html; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paulette Gerken on February 1, 2010 at 11:20pm: "60 Seconds After" by William Forstchen; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steve Liechti on February 2, 2010 at 10:07am: I am currently listen to Book on CD from Gere Library. Fueling the Planet: The Past, Present, and Future of Energy, by Professor Michael B. McElroy of Harvard University. Just released in Dec. 2009.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by jessica prenosil on February 2, 2010 at 10:35am: Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof, all about vermiculture/how to set up and maintain worm compost bins
Square Foot Gardening by Mel Barthalomew, how to use your growing space efficiently with guides on seed starting and gardening in general; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt Pirog on February 2, 2010 at 11:12am: Sustainability Without The Hot Air - Free to read online at: http://www.withouthotair.com/

A must read if interested as to what it would take for an entire nation to move off of fossil fuels and onto renewables.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Barb on February 2, 2010 at 1:02pm: Radical Simplicity by Jim Merkel. He really makes me think about how much excess we have in our lives and our environmental foot print. Merkel is so radical that he asks that you not buy his book. borrow it from a friend or library. So I'm not going to include the amazon link here ;) If you must buy, buy it used and pass it on.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrea Davis on February 2, 2010 at 7:11pm: These are fanTAStic ideas. And you all stayed really true to the question...how to live sustainably!

The best articles I've been reading are from Urban Farm Magazine online now. Not too bad! But I really like Permaculture magazines of late.

I have a book about Green Remodeling if anyone would like to borrow it.

I'm in the market for borrowing one about tree guilds--another Permaculture area of interest.

But I also want to take a moment to say that I have just recently been interested in building a small storage shed of strawbales for practice, so my next purchase (supporting local author and editor Joyce Coppinger) will be issues of "The Last Straw Quarterly" http://www.thelaststraw.org/; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Wolf on February 3, 2010 at 2:34pm: The Call of the Land: An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century is chock full of positive actions individuals and communities are taking to create a sustainable food system. By our very own Steven McFadden, who moved to Lincoln in October, the book picks up where Food, Inc. leaves off. It focuses on solutions--from solar-powered tractors to municipal composting, edible rooftops to community food projects. Check out the author's blog: http://thecalloftheland.com; ▶ Reply to This

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