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The Post Petroleum Survival Guide and cookbook, Albert Bates, New Society Publishers
As a founder member of the famous alternative community The Farm, Alan Bates knows a thing or two about gardening, sustainable design, natural building, permaculture and restoration ecology. He provides some practical advice for preparing your family and community for the changes ahead but also provides some delicious recipes focusing on organic and locally grown food. This book is about “having your catastrophe and eating it too.”
Making a Living While Making a Difference, Conscious Careers in an Era of Interdependence, Melissa Everett, New Society Publishers.
Melissa Everett has written a guideline on how to craft our work so we can contribute in a meaningful way and take part in healing our world. Learn how to assess your core aptitudes, cultivate the entrepreneurial skills to create the workplace you want and pay attention to what you care most about.
How To Re-Imagine the World, Anthony Weston, New Society Publishers
Anthony Weston is Professor of Philosophy at Elon University in North Carolina where he teaches Ethics, Environmental Studies, and "Millennial Imagination." His spunky book is an ode to using imagination to overcome short-term thinking and other limiting ways of being. A small but very uplifting book guaranteed to bring hope and excitement to all who read it.
Finding community, Diana Leafe Christian, New Society Publishers
We all need to find a place to call home. For many, life in our modern cities has become increasingly isolated and they are searching for more connection. Leafe Christian has written a how to guide for finding an intentional communities or ecovillages to call home. She offers a realistic assessment of these communities along with helpful suggestions and guidelines.
Slow Is Beautiful, Cecile Andrews, New Society Publishers
We are all exhausted and unhappy from living in the fast lane. North America has an affluent society for material goods yet happiness is on the decline. Andrews offers some solutions on how to slow down, first by analyzing the subtle pressure on consumers and offering suggestions on how to plug into the Slow Life Movement.
Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building, Jerry Yudelson, New Society Press
Green building and green developments are a crucial part of creating a sustainable future. But how many homeowners, builders and business people really understand how to switch to the new technologies and know about the new products available. Yudelson has created an informative, technically accurate and highly visual guide to green building. Topics covered include locally sourced materials, solar energy and zero-net buildings. An invaluable resource.
Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-toxic Cleaning , Jeffery Hollender, Geoff Davis, Meila Hollander, Reed Doyle, New Society Publishers
In this day and day of chemical overload it’s hard to know what we are buying, especially when companies creating our cleaning products are not fully disclosing all their ingredients. Naturally Clean offers an easy-to-understand explanation about the dangers of traditional cleaners and analyzes over 300 cleaners. It also provides tips for a healthier home and a resource guide on where to find safer alternatives including the Seventh Generation brand.
Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry, Stacy Malkan, New Society Publishers
The $35 billion cosmetics industry has been unregulated for years and not one cosmetic product has to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration before hitting the market. The result has been we are now putting more chemicals on our bodies that ever before with a staggering 89 percent with unknown effects. This guide delves deeply into the dark side of the beauty industry. You may just throw away your lipstick.
Urban Meltdown; Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual, Clive Doucet, New Society Publishers
Doucet traces how the growth of cities has contributed to the planet’s greenhouse gases and how the solution resides in cities. He takes on the lack of imagination and political will with governments who support an economy with no built-in environmental accountability.
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I'm in california, and water is our issue, my need is a book on plants that don't require alot of water. I've pickup on a very few Texas nursery that have some, but they aren't liking my soil and I'm in the Big valley where a broom handle will grow.
Maybe this could be a topic, I look forward to your green living letters.
Regards, pat