Permaculture
(see also Family Farming, Gardening, Utopianism, Communitarianism & Environmental Defense)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Permaculture Association (UK).
Permaworld. Publishes The Permaculture Activist.
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Aberly, Doug (ed.) Boundaries of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment (Gabriola Island BC: New Society, 1993).
Bogue, Gary. The Raccoon Next Door: Getting Along with Urban Wildlife (Berkeley CA: Heyday, 2003).
Christian, Diana Leafe. Creating Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages & Intentional Communities (Gabriola Island BC: New Society, 2003).
Drengson, Alan & Duncan Taylor. Ecoforestry: The Art & Science of Sustainable Forest Use (Gabriola Island BC: New Society, 1997).
Fallon, Sally. Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition & Diet Dictocrats (1999).
Furuno, Takao. The Power of Duck: Integrated Rice & Duck Farming (2001).
Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees (Homme qui plantait des arbres) (White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, 1985).
Goldring, Andy (ed.) Permaculture Teacher's Guide (2000).
Grissell, Eric. Insects & Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology (Portland OR: Timber, 2001).
Hemenway, Toby. Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Homescale Permaculture (White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, 2001).
Holmgren, David. Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability (Hepburn, Vic.; Holmgren Design Services, 2003).
Jenkins, Joseph C. The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (Grove City PA: Jenkins, 1994).
Keator, Glenn. The Life of an Oak (Berkeley CA: Heyday, 1998).
Krafel, Paul. Seeing Nature: Deliberate Encounters with the Visible World (White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, 1999).
Kohr, Leopold. The Breakdown of Nations [1957] (NY: Dutton, 1978). Reasoned argument for bioregionalism.
Law, Ben. The Woodland Way: A Permaculture Approach to Sustainable Woodland Management (East Meon, Hampshire: Permanent, 2001).
Lee, Andy & Patricia Foreman. Day Range Poultry: Every Chicken Owner's Guide to Grazing Gardens & Improving Pastures (2002).
Margolin, Malcolm. The Earth Manual: How to Work on Wild Land Without Taming It [1975] (Berkeley CA: Heyday, 1985).
Mohrsbach, Hans. Common Sense Forestry (White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, 2002). Managing woodlots.
Mollison, Bill & David Holmgren. Perma-Culture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements (Melbourne: Transworld, 1978).
__________. Permaculture: A Designer's Manual (Tyalgum NSW: Tagari, 1988).
__________. Introduction to Permaculture (Tyalgum NSW: Tagari, 1991).
__________. The Permaculture Book of Ferment & Human Nutrition (Tyalgum NSW: Tagari, 1993).
Morrow, Rosemary & Rob Alsop. Earth User's Guide to Permaculture (Kenthurst NSW: Kangaroo, 1993).
__________. Earth User's Guide to Permaculture: Teacher's Notes (Kenthurst NSW: Kangaroo, 1997).
Phillips, Nancy & Michael Phillips. The Village Herbalist: Sharing Plant Medicines with Family & Community (White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, 2001).
Pilarski, Michael (ed.) Restoration Forestry: A Guide to Sustainable Forestry Practices Worldwide (Durango CO: Kivaki, 1994).
Roberts, Wayne; Rod MacRae & Lori Stahlbrand. Real Food -- For a Change (Toronto: Detour, 1999). Draws links between food, cooking, health, jobs & energy.
Sirolli, Ernesto. Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship & the Rebirth of Local Economies (Gabriola Island, BC: New Society, 1999).
Weisman, Alan. Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World (White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, 1998). Paolo Lugari's self-sustaining community on the war-torn Colombian llanos.
Whitefield, Patrick. Permaculture in a Nutshell (Clanfield: Permanent, 1993).
__________. How to Make a Forest Garden (Clanfield: Permanent, 1996).
__________. The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook for Britain & Other Temperate Countries (East Meon, Hampshire: Permanent, 2004).
In the Library: Fiction
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Aquaculture: The Synergy of Land & Water" [2002], dir. ?, 30m. Austrian farmers Sepp & Veronika Holzer.
Farming with Nature: A Case Study of Successful Temperate Permaculture" [2000], dir. ?, 37m. Austrian farmers Sepp & Veronika Holzer.
"The Global Gardener with Bill Mollison" [1991], dir. ?, 120m (4 half-hour segments).
"In Grave Danger of Falling Food with Bill Mollison" [1989], dir. ?, 56m.
"The Synergistic Garden" [1995], dir. ?, 30m.