Permaculture Resources

 

JOURNALS

The Permaculture Activist

The Ecologist Magazine

Home Power Magazine

Natural Home Magazine

 

BOOKS: Permaculture

Permaculture in a Nutshell by Patrick Whitefield

Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison

Earth User’s Guild to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow

The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition by Bill Mollison

Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual by Bill Mollison

Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren

The Basics of Permaculture Design by Ross Mars

 

BOOKS: Gardening:

Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway

Year Round Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers for Metro Houston by Dr. Bob Randall

Habitat Gardening for Houston by Mark Bowen and Mary Bowen

The Landscape Revolution: Garden With Mother, Nature Not Against It byAndy 

   Wasowski and Sally Wasowski

The One Straw Revolution by Masanoby Fukuoka

Holistic Resource Management by Alan Savory

 

BOOKS: Environment:

Silent Spring by Rachael Carson

Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit by Al Gore

Cradle to Cradle by Bill McDonough

Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today’s Environmental Problems by Steve

   Lerner

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Contruction by Christopher Alexander

 

BOOKS: Natural Building

Ecohouse: A Design Guide by Sue Roaf

Prescriptions for a Healthy House by Paula Baker-LaPort

The Healthy House by John Bower

Creating a Healthy Household by Lynn Marie Bower

Healing Environments by Carol Venolia

The Art of Natural Building by Joseph Kennedy

The Natural House by David Pearson

The Straw Bale House by Athena Swetzell Steen and David Steen

The Rammed Earth House by David Easton

Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings by Paul Graham McHenry, Jr.

Good Housekeeping – The Ecofriendly Home: Fresh Ideas for a Healthy Home by Dan

   Phillips

 

BOOKS: Energy

Solar Living Sourcebook by John Schaeffer, editor, Real Goods

Achieving Energy Independence: One Step at a Time by Jeffrey R. Yago

Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged by Suzy Banks

 

BOOKS: Miscellaneous

Living the Good Life by Helen Nearing and Scott Nearing

Moving to a Small Town by Wanda Urbanska and Frank Levering

Texas: A Geography by Terry Jordan