Books:
Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway. A guide to home-scale Permaculture practices
The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for town and country. Explains how to look at your property as a homestead, a total system for sustainable living. More info: here
Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for low-carbon living by The Union of Concerned Scientists
The Transition Companion: Making your community more resilient in uncertain times by Rob Hopkins. An overview of what people in the Transition town movement did when a few folks in a community band together to become Sustain-Age citizens
Videos:
In Transition 2.0 from the Transition Network. A video overview of what people in the Transition town movement have been doing for the past 5 years. A real inspiration of what it is like when a few folks from a community band together to become Sustain-Age citizens. Now free on Youtube.com
Look for the inspirational film: Demain (Tomorrow)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. When Cuba lost access to the Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate crisis - feeding the population - amongst other things, a forced crises that we can learn from. Now free on Youtube.com, find the hour long version.
Ground Operations: Battlefields to Farmfields: Inspiring veterans to become our new farmers.
'A Farm For The Future' from the BBC gives a wonderful overview of where we are in history from the point of view of farming and food.
Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway. A guide to home-scale Permaculture practices
The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for town and country. Explains how to look at your property as a homestead, a total system for sustainable living. More info: here
Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for low-carbon living by The Union of Concerned Scientists
The Transition Companion: Making your community more resilient in uncertain times by Rob Hopkins. An overview of what people in the Transition town movement did when a few folks in a community band together to become Sustain-Age citizens
Videos:
In Transition 2.0 from the Transition Network. A video overview of what people in the Transition town movement have been doing for the past 5 years. A real inspiration of what it is like when a few folks from a community band together to become Sustain-Age citizens. Now free on Youtube.com
Look for the inspirational film: Demain (Tomorrow)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. When Cuba lost access to the Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate crisis - feeding the population - amongst other things, a forced crises that we can learn from. Now free on Youtube.com, find the hour long version.
Ground Operations: Battlefields to Farmfields: Inspiring veterans to become our new farmers.
'A Farm For The Future' from the BBC gives a wonderful overview of where we are in history from the point of view of farming and food.
