Recommended

FILMS

The Future We Will Create, inside the world of TED

The Story of Stuff

Planet Earth: Complete Collection: 5-Disk Series

BBC Atlas: The First Eden

BBC Atlas: Europe

Flow: For Love of Water

The Future of Food

The Garden

E2 Design Series (4)

Cadillac Desert, Water and the West (4-part series)

Benjamin Franklin (2002 PBS)

Abraham and Mary Lincoln (2-disk series)

Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery(2-disk series)

Longitude (2 parts)

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (3-disk series)

Why We Fight

Speaking Freely: John Perkins

Speaking Freely: Susan George

Howard Zinn: You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train

Nobelity

Who Killed the Electric Car

Life and Debt

Maxed Out

The Corporation

 

BOOKS 

FOOD

Animal Vegetable Miracle Barbara Kingsolver

Coming Home to Eat  Gary Paul Nabhan

An Omnivore’s Dilemma Michael Pollan

In Defense of Food Michael Pollan

Renewing America’s Food Traditions Gary Paul Nabhan

Local Flavors: Cooking & Eating From America’s Farmers Markets Deborah Madison

 

SOIL

Soil and Health Sir Albert Howard

Soil Science Simplified Helmut Kohnke

The Soul of the Soil Grace Gershuny and Joseph Smillie

Dirt, The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth William Bryant Logan

Seaweed and Plant Growth T L Senn

The One-Straw Revolution, and Introduction to Natural Farming Masanobu Fukuoka

Let it Rot: the Home Gardeners Guide to Composting Stu Campbell

Weeds and What They tell You Erenfrheid Pfeiffer

The Biodynamic Spray and Compost Preparations Christian von Wistinghausen et al

What Every Gardener Should Know About Earthworms Dr. Henry Hopp

Teaming With Microbes, A Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web  Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis           

The Compost Tea Brewing Manual Dr. Elaine Ingham

Mycelium Running Paul Stamets                                                                                               

 

AGRICULTURE/ GARDENING

Permaculture Bill Mollison

Introduction to Permaculture Bill Mollison

Gaia’s Garden Toby Hemenway

Small Scale Grain Raising (second edition) Gene Logson

Another Turn of the Crank Wendell Berry

The Art of the Commonplace,  Agrarian Essays Wendell Berry

The Way of Ignorance Wendell Berry

Together at the Table Patricia Allen

 

CLIMATE, WEATHER & WATER

Cadillac Desert: The American West & its Disappearing Water  Marc Reisner

Floods, Drought and Climate Change Michael Collier and Robert H Webb

Microclimatic Landscape Design, Creating Thermal Comfort & Energy Efficiency Robert D Brown & Terry J Gillespie

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond  (2 Volumes) Brad Lancaster

 

 

RESILIENCE & RENEWAL

Urban Renewal and Municipal Revitalization the Case of Curitiba, Brazil  Hugh Schwarz

Cradle to Cradle, Remaking the Way We Make Things William McDonnough & Michael Braungart

Monocultures of the Mind  Vandana Shiva

Staying Alive:  Women, Ecology and Development Vandana Shiva

Blessed Unrest Paul Hawken

A Pattern Language Christopher Alexander                                                                       

 

RE-MEMBERING

Green Psychology, Transforming Our relationship to the Earth Ralph Metzner

The Geography of Childhood Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble

Last Child in the Woods, Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder Richard Louv

The Web of Life Fritjof Capra

The Universe is a Green Dragon Brian Swimme

An Unspoken Hunger Terry Tempest Williams

The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram

The Dream of the Earth Thomas Berry

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature David Suzuki

You Are the Earth: Know Your Planet So You Can Make it Better David Suzuki

The Rebirth of Nature Rupert Sheldrake

Healing Our Planet, Healing Ourselves Edited by Dawson Church & Geralyn Gendreau

Shadows in the Sun Wade Davis

The Sense of Being Stared At Rupert Sheldrake