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Graham Strouts recommends…

18 June 2010 by Ben

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List by Graham Strouts | www.zone5.org

BOOKS –  SUGGESTED READING

General permaculture and design

Permaculture-A Designers’ Manual, Mollison et al. The Original Designers’ manual, huge in scope, emphases on tropics and drylands.

Introduction to Permaculture, Mollison, Reny Mia Slay. Good summary, accessible form of the Manual.

The Earth Care Manual, Patrick Whitefield. First Designers’ manual written for temperate zones Permaculture Activist- US Quarterly Journal.  www.permacultureactivist.net.

Forest gardens and landscaping

Creating a Forest Garden, Martin Crawford

How to Make a Forest Garden, Whitefield

The Living Landscape, Patrick Whitefield 2009; How to read the natural landscape

Designing and Maintaining your Edible Landscape Naturally, Robert Kourik Metamorphic Press 1986 The best general landscape/permaculture/horticulture text

Permaculture- Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, David Holmgren  2002   Holmgren was the co-originator, with Mollison, of the Permaculture concept.

Gaia’s Garden- A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture,  Toby Hemenway Chelsea Green 2001

Plants for a Future, Ken Fern   Fascinating and practical compendium of edible and useful plants of all kinds with an emphases on perennials. Essential.

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden, Lee Reich Timber Press 2004

Perennial Vegetables,  Eric Toensmeier Chelsea Green 2007

Edible Forest Gardens, David Jacke with Eric Toensmeier Chelsea Green 2005

The Fruit Garden Displayed, Royal Horticultural Society  Best general fruit book

The Humanure Handbook – A Guide to Composting Human Manure, Joseph Jenkins

The Woodland Way – A Permaculture Approach to Sustainable Woodland Management, Ben Law

Gardening

The Informed Gardener, Linda Chalker-Scott

The Truth About Organic Gardening, Jeff Gillman

The Truth About Garden Remedies, Jeff Gillman

Building

The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage, Ianto Evans

The Independent Builder- Designing and Building A House your Own Way, Sam Clark

Building a Low-Impact Roundhouse, Tony Wrench   Case study of the more rustic-end of self-build

Out of the Woods – Ecological Designs for Timber Frame Housing, Pat Borer and Cindy Harris. CAT publications.

The Whole House Ecological Design and Materials, Pat Borer and Cindy Harris. CAT publications.

A Pattern Language – Towns, Buildings, Construction,  Christopher Alexander et al. A Bible of innovative design principles for buildings of all kinds.

The Passive Solar House, James Kachadorian

Spirit and Place,  Christopher Day  Building design that is socially inclusive, ecologically sustainable and spiritually uplifting.

Peak oil

The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, Richard Heinberg

Powerdown – Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World,  Richard Heinberg.  Essential reading on the true state of the energy crises about to kick in in the modern industrial world.

Energy Beyond Oil, Paul Mobbs 2005 Matador publishing.  Good review of current energy situation with UK emphases

Oil Crises, Dr. Colin Campbell 2005 Multi-Science Publishing Company Ltd. Semi-autobiographical account of the oil industry and the awakening to global production limits by the world’s leading expert on energy depletion

Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects, Dmitri Orlov

The Powerdown Show, DVD 10 x 30 minute documentaries made by the Cultivate Centre, Dublin to support the Powerdown Toolkit educational programme.  Buy online

Local communities and economy activities

The Natural Step for Communities – How Cities and Towns Can Change to Sustainable Practices, by Torbjörn Lahti & Sarah James

The Transition Handbook, Rob Hopkins, founder of Transition Towns Network

Superbia! 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighbourhoods, Chira and Wann
New Society Publishers 2003

Short Circuit, Richard Douthwaite   Survey of LETS and other innovative local currency options from around the world

Further reading, general

The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan

Overshoot: the Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change, William Catton

The World Without Us, Alan Weisman

 

CONTACTS, CENTRES, NURSERIES

The Hollies Centre for Sustainability | Castletown, Enniskeane, Co. Cork |  023-47001 | Permaculture and natural building courses throughout the year

Cultivate | The Greenhouse, St. Andrew Street, Dublin 2 (map) | www.cultivate.ie | Ireland’s hub for sustainability. Conferences, courses, workshops and events throughout the year

The Village | Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary | www.thevillage.ie | Ireland’s first eco-village

Feasta – The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability |  159 Lower Rathmines Road Dublin 2  | feasta.org | 01-4912773/ 01-4912203  | feasta@anu.ie

Irish Seed Savers Association | Capparoe, Scariff Co. Clare |  061-921866   info@irishseedsavers.ie |  www.irishseedsavers.ie
– Heirloom vegetable varieties, old Irish Apples, workshops, newsletter. Please join and support this essential organisation!!

Permaculture Magazine – Permanent Publications, The Sustainability Centre, East Meon, Hampshire  Gu32 1HR  England | 0845-458-4150 |  www.permaculture.co.uk
Quarterly magazine, extensive catalogue of books, videos, tools

Permaculture Association(Britain) BCM, London, WCIN 3XX | Tel/Fax 0845-458-1895 or 0113 262 1718  | www.permaculture.org.uk

Agroforestry Research Trust | 46 Hunters Moon, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, England
Quarterly newsletter, books, seeds and plants. Encyclopaedic information on temperate agroforestry, forest gardens, fruit and lesser-known edibles perennials and tree crops

Woodkearne Nurseries | Skibbereen | Irish growers of fruit and nut trees

English’s Nurseries  Raheenduff | Adamstown, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford  054-40504/40984
Wholesale value on soft fruit, inc. kiwis, hardy vines, etc.  Mail order available

Cappagh Nurseries -van der Wel Ltd. | Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
Good value, huge selection of trees and shrubs

Fruithill Farm | Bantry Co. Cork  027-50710
Innovative garden and farm equipment, juicers, solar radios etc, tools and polytunnels, organic onion sets, seed potatoes- extensive catalogue

Future Forests Kealkill | West Cork 027 66176 Huge selection of trees, shrubs and fruit

The Organic Centre Rossinver | Co Leitrim, Ireland    071-9854338  organiccentre@eircom.net  www.theorganiccentre.ie Extensive range of practical courses throughout the year

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