Video and Book List - Summer 2002

Here are some recommended readings and viewings for summer 2002 at Surya Nagar Farm:

Films

The Man Who Planted Trees
Ecological Designers
The Next Industrial Revolution
Living the Good Life
Ruth Stouts Garden
The Back to Nature Garden
The Global Gardener
Alternative Building Tour of the USA
Austrian Permaculture Films
The Eliot Coleman Series
The Bill Mollison Series
The Living Land

Books

Energy:

Other Homes and Garbage
Back Issues of Home Power Magazine (paper and CD-ROM)
Lonnie's Permaculture course notes
Mollison article
Direct Use of the Sun's Energy - DS Halacy


Permaculture Design:

Permaculture: A Designers Manual - Bill Mollison
Introduction to Permaculture - Bill Mollison
Back Issues of Whole Earth Review
Back issues of Mother Earth News
Back Issues of American, British and Australian permaculture magazines
Lonnie's article on Abundance Ecovillage
Ecological Designer - Sim Van Der Ryn
Designing Sustainable Communities: Lessons Learned from Village Homes - Michael Corbit


Gardening and Agriculture:


Policy:

Articles and books by Wendell Barry
Articles by Wes Jackson
The Man Who Planted Trees - Jean Giorno
Farmers of 40 Centuries - King
Tree Crops - J Russell Smith
The Generous Earth


Techniques:

How to have a green thumb without an aching back- Ruth Stout
The Permaculture Garden - Graham Bell
Gaia's Garden - Toby Hemingway
Lasagna Gardening
How to grow more vegetables… John Jeavons
Back issues of Kitchen Garden magazine
Back issues of Pomona (north American fruit explorers)
Four Season Gardener - Eliot Coleman