PDC Resource List
Books
Alexander, C. (1979) The Timeless Way of Building
Alexander, C. et al (1977) A Pattern Language
Pearce, Fred, When the Rivers Run Dry
Ashworth, Suzanne. Seed To Seed: Seed saving and growing techniques for vegetable gardeners
Chatwin, Bruce, The Songlines
Colby, Pat. Animal Health and Nutrition
Coleman, Eliot. Four-Season Harvest
Facciola, Stephen. Cornucopia II: A sourcebook of edible plants
Fallon, S. & Enig, M. Nourishing Traditions
Greider, W. (?) The Soul of Capitalism: Opening paths to a moral economy, Simon & Schuster.
Fukuoka, M.(1978) The One-Straw Revolution, Rodale Press.
Hemenway, Toby (2001) Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to home-scale permaculture, Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
Holmgren, David (2002) Permaculture: Principles and pathways beyond sustainability
Ingham, Elaine, D. (2003) The Compost Tea Brewing Manual, Fourth Edition.
Jacket, D. & Toensmeier, E. (2005) Edible Forest Gardens: Vol.1 – Vision & Theory.
Jacket, D. & Toensmeier, E. (2005) Edible Forest Gardens: Vol.II – Design & Practice.
King, F.H. (1911) Farmers for Forty Centuries, Rodale Press.
Lopez, B. () Arctic Dreams
Mollison, Bill (1988) Permaculture: A designer’s Manual, Tagari Publications.
Mollison, Bill, Ferment and Human Nutrition, Tagari Publications.
Mollison, Bill, Introduction to Permaculture, Tagari Publications.
Nugent, G. Permaculture Plants
Otto, Stella. The Backyard Berry Book
Otto, Stella. The Backyard Orchardist
Pane, J. Another Kind of Garden
Reich, Lee. Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
Schaeffer, J. (ed) Solar Living Sourcebook, Gaiam
Shipard, Isabel. How Can I Use Herbs In My Daily Life?
Tomkins, Peter & Bird, Christopher. Secrets of the Soil
Tomkins, Peter & Bird, Christopher. The Secret Life of Plants
The Shattering
Whitefield, P. (2004) The Earth Care Manual, Permanent Publications.
Yeomans, P.A. (1981) Water for Every Farm/Using the Keyline Plan, Second Back Row Press.
Hawken, P.Natural Capitalism
The Humanure Handbook (available on-line)
Pseudoscience
Magazines
The New Internationalist Magazine:
The Permaculture Activist (US):
Permaculure Magazine (UK):
Listserves
Oceania:
Permaculture Activist, USA:
Websites
Evidence
The Worldwatch Institute:
Earth Policy Institute:
Natural Resource Defence Council:
Friends of the Earth:
Permaculture
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An Amazing documented high productive urban garden
Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) Australia:
Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA):
Hancock Permaculture Center:
Rocky Mountain High Altitude Institute:
Permaculture International:
Permacultura America Latina
International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA):
Centre of Alternative Technology, Wales, United Kingdom:
Rainbow Valley Farm, New Zealand:
Tagari Publications:
Permaculture wikipedia
Plant Lists
Plants for a Future:
Soils
Soil Food Web International:
Stamets, Paul –
Crawfoot, Michael – writing on Fungi
George Chan – Fungi
Forest Gardens
Edible Forest Gardens -
Heirloom, Organic Seeds
Seeds of Change:
Johnny Seeds:
Deer Exclusion Strategies
Agriculture Canada:
University of Connecticut:
University of Minnesota:
GH Organics:
Predator Defence Org:
Deer Resistance in Plants
Rutgers University:
Nurseries
St. Lawrence Nurseries: Northern climate fruit and nut trees:
Northern Nut Growers:
Water
The Humanure Handbook Online:
Ocean Arks International: (John Todd biological water mgt systems – John Todd Living Machines)
Heating
Kachelofen (thermal mass stove):
Kachelofen Corporation:
Economy
Permaculture Credit Union:
L.E.T.S. (Local Energy Trading Systems)
Corporate Personhood
American Friends Service Committee
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Progam on Corporations, Law and Democracy
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Composting & Recycling
Raglan, New Zealand as model of most sophisticated material re-use system, with positive economics.
Vermitech
Transport
Cristiania Bikes
Electric tractor:
Energy
Rainbow Energy Power Company:
RealGoods:
Solar Energy International:
Rocky Mountain Institute
Software
Mind Mapping (PC) – Mind Manager
Mind Mapping (mac) – NovaMind
Outdoor Tools & Resources
Forestry Suppliers:
Rare/Unusual Books – Search Engines
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Movie/Videos
The Global Gardener
The End of Suburbia
The Corporation