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- Inspirational Non-Technical
- Permaculture
- Rainwater Harvesting and Recycling
- Waste Recycling
- Fuel Production
- Sustainable and Organic Farming
- Home Design
- Sustainable and Alternative Building
- Construction
Inspirational Non-Technical
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
(2007) by Michael Pollan
The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
(2006) by James Howard Kunstler
Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education
(2003) by Michael Pollan
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
(2002) by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
(1998) by Michael Pollan
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
(1995) by Daniel Quinn
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-Made Landscape
(1994) by James Howard Kunstler
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining
(1972) by Misc Authors
Permaculture
Edible Forest Gardens
(2005) by David Jacke and Eric Toensmeier
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
(2001) by Toby Hemenway and John Todd
Introduction to Permaculture
(1997) by Bill Mollison
Rainwater Harvesting and Recycling
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 2): Water-Harvesting Earthworks
(2007) by Brad Lancaster
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape
(2006) by Brad Lancaster
The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems - Includes Branched Drains
(2006) by Art Ludwig
Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use–Includes How to Make Ferrocement Water Tanks
(2005) by Art Ludwig
Waste Recycling
The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure
(2005) by Joseph C. Jenkins
Fuel Production
Alcohol Can Be a Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century
(2007) by David Blume
Sustainable and Organic Farming
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
(2005) by Paul Stamets
You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise
(1998) by Joel Salatin
The New Organic Grower: A Master’s Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener
(1995) by Eliot Coleman
Owner Built Homestead
(1977) by Barbara and Ken Kern
Stalking The Wild Asparagus
(1962) by Euell Gibbons
Home Design
Off The Grid Homes
(2007) by Lori Ryker
Off The Grid
(2005) by Lori Ryker
Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design
(2005) by Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, Barbara Winslow
Good House Cheap House: Adventures in Creating an Extraordinary Home at an Everyday Price
(2005) by Kira Obolensky
Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home
(2002) by Sarah Susanka
Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
(1996) by Francis D. K. Ching
The Timeless Way of Building
(1979) by Christopher Alexander
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
(1977) by Christopher Alexander
The Owner-Built Home
(1972) by Ken Kern
Sustainable and Alternative Building
Earth-Sheltered Houses
(2006) by Rob Roy
The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding
(2004) by Clarke Snell
The New Ecological Home: A Complete Guide to Green Building Options
(2004) by Dan Chiras
The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling
(2002) by Daniel D. Chiras
The Cob Builders Handbook: You Can Hand-Sculpt Your Own Home
(1998) by Becky Bee
The Rammed Earth House: Revised Edition
(2007, originally 1996) by David Easton
The Complete Book Of Underground Houses: How To Build A Low Cost Home
(1994) by Rob Roy
The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book
(1981) by Mike Oehler
Building for Self-Sufficiency: Tools, Materials, Building, Heat, Insulation, Solar Energy, Wind Power, Water and Plumbing, Waste and Compost, Methane, Transport, Food
(1977) by Robin Clarke
Construction
Residential Square Foot Costs 2008: Contractor’s Pricing Guide (Means Residential Square Foot Costs)
(2007) by Robert W. Mewis
Means Residential Detailed Costs 2008: Contractor’s Pricing Guide
(2007) by Robert W. Mewis
Building Construction Illustrated
(2000) by Francis D. K. Ching
Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
(1996) by Francis D. K. Ching
Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way
(1996) by Sam Clark
Handbook of Alternative Materials in Residential Construction
(1998) by Richard T. Bynum
