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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape17 reviews
Brad Lancaster

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006

Wonderful, readable, and essential
This is an incredible study of a topic that most of us don't think about much, that is, how we are wasting our rainwater, and what we could be doing instead. This is required reading for anyone who cares about the environment. Best, the book is highly readable, with excellent illustrations. I knew literally nothing about this topic before I read this book. Now I am a believer. The story of ... 		  
  







  
  
The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot162 reviews
Naomi Wolf

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

An important and timely book
* Naomi Wolf has written a profoundly disturbing book, subtitled a "letter of warning to a young patriot." Focusing primarily on events of the current Bush administration, she discusses ten steps that dictatorships take to limit personal, political and corporate freedom, steps that she says, clearly and with unimpeachable evidence, that the current Bush administration have taken since its ... 		  
  







  
  
The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling20 reviews
Daniel D. Chiras

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002

Amazing book - quite possibly the BEST on solar building
My copy of this book is a mess. It has highlighting and notes all throughout the pages and looks well worn even though I've only had the book for a year. When the time came to do some studying on solar design, this was the book that was recommended to me. And for good reason - it packs a wallop and provides SO MUCH great information in its pages. At the time I got the book I was somewhat of ... 		  
  







  
  
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods48 reviews
Sandor Ellix Katz

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2003

WILD fermentation not sterilized
This book is required reading for any and all who are on the verge of crossing the paper thin bounderies of fear that our sanitized, white bread culture has shocked us all into believing is right and true. I have read a few of the other comments that people have left and I wonder if they were speaking more of their own lives and not of the life that this book will possibly help you realize. It ... 		  
  







  
  
Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business9 reviews
Paul Gipe

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004

Buy this book before investing in wind power!
Unless you already work in the wind industry (and even if you do) this book is invaluable. It contains very detailed information of nearly all aspects of wind power. I've only had this book several weeks and have not yet purchased a wind mill. I especially like the sections on towers, safety and the comparison charts for many models of turbines. 		  
  







  
  
When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival28 reviews
Matthew Stein

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

Preparing for "CHAOS" in the United States.
This manual guides one toward survival, when technology fails.....and it will, it's only a matter of time now. It has already begun. Most people cannot hunt, grow food, or recognize anything growing in the wild that would help them survive, if they needed to. The United States is nearing full circle in it's ablility to sustain this government, it could have survived, but it won't. There ... 		  
  







  
  
Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems10 reviews
Paul Gipe

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999

A Good Overview of Wind Power Technolgies
Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems by Paul Gipe is an excellent overview of wind power turbines both past and present. It also does an excellent job of acquainting readers with the major components of a Wind Renewable Energy (RE) system and the functions thereof. In the opinion of this reviewer, the book does what it is intended to do: provide an overview a wind-based RE ... 		  
  







  
  
Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, ...10 reviews
The Gardeners and Farmers of Centre Terre Vivante

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

Preserving food
Very nice book. Lots of information on very old, but also contemporary, methods of food preservation. Recipes that have never previously been published. Simple, practical, ways to store the harvest. 		  
  







  
  
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A ...17 reviews
Eliot Coleman

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1995

simply down to earth - literally
This is absolutely the best, straightforward, down to earth, organic gardening book I have ever read. No hype, no buzzwords, no new age crap, no agenda. Simply down to earth - literally. 		  
  







  
  
The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates22 reviews
Richard D. Estes

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999

Well Written, by and Expert
I just returned from Tanzania, and used this book while on Safari in Serengetti, Ngorongoro crater, Lake Manyara, and Tarangire. The main strength of the book is the high level overview given to game viewing in the beginning and at the beginning of each animal section. Without some background in behavioral biology it is tough to watch the animals and find it interesting for too long. After ... 		  
  







  
  
The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar ...21 reviews
Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, ...

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002

Brilliant and much needed
This will sound like a strange thing to say about a book on building, but I've been moved to tears reading this. One might think that the authors of such a book would be Luddites proposing a return to savagery or some such, but this is not the case. What they propose, beautifully, is a return to sanity and perspective. The subtitle of this book, "A Practical and Philosophical Guide..." is dead ... 		  
  







  
  
Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home7 reviews
James Kachadorian

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006

Describes some original thinking into solar houses
This is the first book on solar house design that I've seen where the author is a professional engineer who worked in the housing industry. He built houses of the conventional design when energy was cheap. When the price of energy started going up he began looking into solar heated homes and eventually got a patent on a passive system that is remarkably inexpensive when compared with other ... 		  
  







  
  
The Savvy Woman's Guide to PCOS: The Many Faces Of A 21st Century Epidemic... And What You Can Do About It.17 reviews
Elizabeth Lee Vliet

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006

The Savvy Woman's Guide to PCOS
This is a very good book with a lot of information. I did buy it for my teenage daughter who has just been diagnosed with PCOS and it's a little complicated for her to understand, so I am reading it first and giving her the most important information. 		  
  







  
  
Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.)17 reviews
Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000

Excellent resource
This is a great book and for anyone thinking of building in a damp climate a must have. Great information about the various ways of doing things, allowing the reader to make the best choice for their site, budget and level of skill. Covers wet weather considerations better than most other books. A good addition to your straw bale library. One warning, in this book the straw bale slab system is ... 		  
  







  
  
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture10 reviews
Ross Conrad

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

Organic beekeeping
I have really enjoyed this book. The author isn't just writing about beekeeping, but applies the philosophy of beekeeping to life in general. Very interesting approach. 		  
  







  
  
The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, Revised and Expanded11 reviews
Lynn Byczynski

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008

The one book you need to start.
If you are just starting out, looking for a business or just love cut flowers, this book will get you off to the right start. What to plant and how much, for getting started. Highly recommended. 		  
  







  
  
Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power15 reviews
Mark Schapiro

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

Buy this book before you vote in 2008!!!
I heard him on NPR and immediately bought his book! I found out that the European Union has rules about safety for toys, makeup, etc. which our corporate-lobbyist-paid-off government lead by the Republican Administration refuses to incorporate into law protecting us. Why won't they protect American children? Because they say it is 'bad for business.' Simply stated this means parents of ... 		  
  







  
  
Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, A Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious and Easy to ...3 reviews
Eric Toensmeier

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

Very useful book - highly recommended.
I very seldom buy new books, and even more seldom buy books as expensive as this. But I had a $25 Amazon gift certificate, so I went ahead and bought it, and I'm very glad I did. The first section of the book is useful information on growing perennial vegetables (and other perennials, for that matter), and on landscaping using these plants, many of which have great ornamental value. Part ... 		  
  







  
  
Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods1 review

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008

A fascinating book on food traditions that have become little known
The book's key focus is summarized on page xi, from a Foreword penned by Deborah Madison: "The Renewing America's Food Traditions (RAFT) collaborative. . .suggests a different scenario, one in which foods that are old might well be new again; these unfamiliar products from our country's regional food traditions can be every bit as compelling as the exotic foods we import from afar." The ... 		  
  







  
  
The New Ecological Home: A Complete Guide to Green Building Options (Chelsea Green Guides for Homeowners)5 reviews
Dan Chiras

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004

An Excellent Overview of Green Building...Superb!
Author Dan Chiras has produced a series of amazing books on green building, including The Natural House, The Solar House, Superbia!, and The Natural Plaster Book. His books are extremely well written, well organized, comprehensive, and extremely well illustrated. He's truly one of the best, if not the best, writer in the green building field. The New Ecological Home is no exception. In fact, ... 		  
  







  




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