Earth
care -
Books to read
Permaculture:
A
Designer’s Manual by : Bill Mollison
This comprehensive book is the definitive text on permaculture, and
represents the results of 16 years of field experience in sustainable
system design.
Introduction to
Permaculture By : Bill
Mollison / Reny Slay
Excellent structure to learn about principles of permaculture with many
practical examples.
Building
with Heart - A practical Approach to Self Building By :
Christopher Day
A guide to all aspects of community building projects from design and
organisation to the choice of materials.
A Patterned Language By Christopher Alexander
An excellent book that deals with the complete range of living spaces,
From towns right through to how you can layout a bedroom - and most
importantly why.
The
NEW Hard Times Handbook by Keith & Irene Smith
A new, revised edition. Unemployment continues to make life hard. Learn
how to survive hard times, save money and consume fewer of the world's
diminishing resources.
Earth Garden Building Book
- Design and build your own home
by Robert Rich & Keith Smith
This is the 300 page classic for people who want to build their own home
from natural materials, in harmony with their surroundings. It answers all
the questions for Australian home builders. The authors show how anyone of
average intelligence and reasonable health can build their own home, and
probably not end up with a 25 year mortgage at the end of it all.
"This book is intended to provide an antidote to the stereotyped
Australian suburban sprawl of red brick houses with red tile roofs, set
squarely on a rectangle of ground," say authors Bob Rich and Keith
Smith
The
Earth Garden Book of Alternative Energy
by
Alan T. Gray
The well-rounded editor of EG has written the definitive guide to
alternative and renewable energy for households.
Forest-Friendly
Building Timbers
This is the latest Earth Garden book that shows
home renovators, builders and architects how to choose plantation and
recycled timbers. The book profiles building products — from stumps to
rafters — that don't come from native forests. This is the book the wood chippers
tried to ban and now called the Environmental publishing event of the
Decade!
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