Partial Permaculture Reference List
Begin with these:
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition, Hemenway, Toby.
Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT; 2001.
The Permaculture Handbook: Gardening for Town and Country, Peter Bane.
New Society Publishers, 2012.
Introduction to Permaculture, Bill Mollison with Mia Slay.
Tagari Press, Tyalgum, Australia; 1991.
Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability, David Holmgren.
Holmgren Design Services, Hepburn, Australia; 2002.
Edible Forest Gardens: Vol. 1: Vision and Theory, Dave Jacke.
Chelsea Green,White River Junction, VT; 2005.
Edible Forest Gardens: Vol. II: Design and Practice, Dave Jacke.
Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT; 2005
The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and cookbook: recipes for changing times, Albert Bates.
New Society Publishers, 2006.
The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience, Toby Hemenway.
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015.
The Foodscaping Revolution, Brie Arthur.
St. Lynn’s Press, Pittsburg, PA. 2017.
General/ Introductory:
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition, Hemenway, Toby.
Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT; 2001.
Introduction to Permaculture, Bill Mollison with Mia Slay.
Tagari Press, Tyalgum, Australia; 1991.
Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability, David Holmgren.
Holmgren Design Services, Hepburn, Australia; 2002.
The Permaculture Handbook: Gardening for Town and Country, Peter Bane.
New Society Publishers, 2012
Earth User's Guide to Permaculture: 2nd Edition: Rosemary Morrow, Rob Allsop.
Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW, Australia, 2006
Earth Users Guide to Permaculture, Rosemary Morrow.
Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, Australia; 1993.
Permaculture: A Designers' Manual, Bill Mollison.
Tagari Press, Tyalgum, Australia; 1988.
The Integral Urban House, The Farallones Institute.
Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA; 197
Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development, John Lyle.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY; 1994.
The Natural Garden Book: A Wholistic Approach to Gardening, Peter Harper.
Simon & Shuster, Inc., London; 1994.
The Earth Care Manual, Patrick Whitefield.
Permanent Publications, 2005.
Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren.
Tagari Press, Tyalgum, Australia; 1st ed. 1978; 2nd ed. 1981.
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough & Michael Braungart.
North Point Press, NY; 2002.
Solviva: How to Grow $500,000 on One Acre & Peace on Earth, Anna Edey.
Trailblazer Press, Martha's Vineyard, MA; 1998.
The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and cookbook: recipes for changing times, Albert Bates.
New Society Publishers, 2006.
The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit, Stephen & Rebekah Hren.
Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 2008.
Toolbox for Sustainable City Living, Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew.
Southend Press, Cambridge, MA; 2008.
Small Stories, BIG CHANGES, Lyle Estill.
New Society Publishers, Gabriola, BC, Canada; 2013.
The Dream of the Earth, Thomas Berry.
Sierra Club Books; 1988.
The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future, Thomas Berry.
Bell Tower/Random House; 1992.
The Permaculture City, Toby Hemenway.
Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermot. 2015.
Fiction Worth Reading:
World Made by Hand, James Howard Kunstler.
Atlantic Monthly Press, NY, NY; 2008.
Bamboo:
IL 31: Bambus-Bamboo, Institute for Lightweight Structures.
Karl Kramer Verlag Stuttgart, Germany; 1992.
The Book of Bamboo, David Farrelly.
Sierra Club Books, San Francisco;1984.
Grow Your Own House, Simon Velez.
Vitra Design Museum/ZERI/C.I.R.E.C.A; 2000.
Bio-Nutrient Management:
The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure, J.C. Jenkins.
Jenkins Publishing Co., Grove City, PA; 1994.
Create an Oasis with Greywater, 4th Ed., Art Ludwig.
Oasis Design, Santa Barbara, CA; 2002.
Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to grow Plants, Carol Steinfeld.
Ecowaters Books, Concord, MA; 2004-2007.
Building:
The Hand-Sculpted House, Ianto Evans, Michael Smith, and Linda Smiley.
Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT; 2002.
The Cobber's Companion: How to Build Your Own Earthen Home, Michael Smith.
Cob Cottage Co. Pub., Cottage Grove, OR; 1998.
The Cobbuilders Handbook: You Can Hand-sculpt Your Own Home, Becky Bee.
Groundworks, Murphy, Or; 1997.
The Good House Book, Clarke Snell.
Lark Books, NY, NY. 2004 Shelter. Shelter Publications, Bolinas, CA; 1973.
Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You Can Build, Ianto Evans and Leslie Jackson.
Cob Cottage Publications; 2006.
Build Your Own Earth Oven, 3rd Ed., Kinko Denzer and Hannah Field.
Hand Print Press.
Community:
Co-Housing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, McCamant K. and Durrett, C.
Ten Speed Press, 1994.
Creating A Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities, Diana Leafe Christian.
New Society Pub, 2003.
Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, Alan Weisman.
Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT; 1998.
We Build the Road as We Travel, Roy Morrison.
New Society Publishers, Pennsylvania, PA; 1991.
The Senior Cohousing Handbook, 2nd Edition, Charles Durrett.
New Society Publishing, Gabriola Is., BC; 2009.
Rebuilding Community in America, Ken Norwood and Kathleen Smith.
Shared Living Resource Center, Berkeley, CA; 1995.
Design:
A Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander, et. al.
Oxford Univ. Press, NY; 1977.
The Timeless Way of Building, Christopher Alexander, et. al.
Oxford Univ. Press; 1979.
The Nature of Order: Book One: The Phenomenon of Life, Christopher Alexander.
Center for Environmental Studies, Berkeley, CA; 2002
The Nature of Order: Book Two: The Process of Creating Life, Christopher Alexander.
The Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA; 2002.
The Nature of Order: Book Three: A Vision of a Living World, Christopher Alexander.
The Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA; 2005.
The Nature of Order: Book Four: The Luminous Ground, Christopher Alexander.
The Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA; 2004
"Meliodora" Hepburn Permaculture Gardens: 10 Years of Sustainable Living, David Holmgren.
Holmgren Design Services, Hepburn, Australia; 1995.
"Meliodora" Hepburn Permaculture Gardens: 1985-2005, eBook by David Holmgren.
Holmgren Design Services, Hepburn, Australia; 2005
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, Janine M. Benyus.
Perennial Press, NY, NY; 1997.
The Magic Land: Designing Your Own Enchanged Garden, Julie Messervy.
MacMillian, 1998.
The Old Way of Seeing, Jonathan Hale.
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1994.
The Not So Big House, Sarah Susanka.
Tauton Press, Newtown, CT; 2001.
Inside the Not So Big House, Sarah Susanka.
Tauton Press, Newton, CT; 2005.
Energy:
Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change, Frances Beinecke.
Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, NY, NY; 2010.
The Hydrogen Economy, Jeremy Rifkin.
Tarcher/Putnam, NY, NY; 2002.
The Third Industrial Revolution, Jeremy Rifkin.
Palgrave MacMillian, NY, NY; 2011.
Reinventing Fire, Amory Lovins.
Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, Vt; 2011.
Biodesiel Power: The Passion, the People, and the Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel, Lyle Estill.
National Library of Canada; 2005.
Economics:
The Next Economy, Paul Hawken.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY; 1983.
The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability, Paul Hawken.
Harper Business, NY; 1993.
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, Hawkins, P. Lovins. and A.Lovins, H.
Rocky Mountain Institute, 1999.
The Great Reset, Richard Florida.
Harper Business, NY; 2010.
Small is Possible: Life in a Local Economy, Lyle Estill.
New Society Publ.; 2008.
Industrial Evolution: Local Solutions for a Low Carbon Future, Lyle Estill.
National Library of Canada; 2011.
Food:
The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping, Rosalind Cresay.
A Sierra Club Book, San Francisco; 1982.
You Can Have Your Permaculture and Eat It Too, Robin Clayfield.
Earthcare Education, Malaney, Australia; 1996.
Edible Flowers: From Garden to Palate, Cathy Wilkinson Barash.
Fulcrum Pub., Golden, Colorado; 1995.
How to Grow More Vegetables (and fruits nuts, berries, grains and other crops) Than You Ever Thought On Less Land Than You Can Imagine, 7th Ed, John Jeavons.
10 Speed Press, Berkley/Toronto; 2006.
Cornucopia: A Source Book of Edible Plants, Stephen Facciola.
Kampong Pub.; 1990.
The One Straw Revolution, Fukuoka, M.
Rodale Press, 1978.
Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz.
Chelsea Green, 2004.
Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallen.
1999.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Barbara Kinsgsolver.
HarperCollins Publishers, NY, NY. 2007.
Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables, Mike & Nancy Buybel.
Story Publishing; 1991.
Perennial Vegetables, Eric Toensmeier.
Chelsea Green Pub. Co., White River Junction, VT; 2007.
Mycelium Running, Paul Stamets.
10 Speed Press, Berkeley, CA, 2005.
Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine, Steven Foster and Rebecca Johnson.
National Geographic, Washington, D.C.
Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens, Allan M. Armitage.
Timber Press, Portland, OR; 2006.
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn, Fritz Haeg.
Metropolis Books, 2008.
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture, Ross Conrad.
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007.
The Practical Beekeeper: Beekeeping Naturally, Michael Bush.
X-Star Publishing Company, 2011.
The Barefoot Beekeeper: low cost, low impact, natural beekeeping for everyone, 3rd Ed., P.J. Chandler.
2009.
Around the World in 80 Plants: An Edible Perennial Vegetable Adventure for Temperate Climates, Stephen Barstow.
Permanent Publication, Hampshire, UK; distributed in US by Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 2014.
The Complete Kitchen Garden, Ellen Ecker Ogden.
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York. 2011.
The Foodscaping Revolution, Brie Arthur. St.
Lynn’s Press, Pittsburg, PA. 2017.
Forest Systems:
Edible Forest Gardens: Vol. 1: Vision and Theory, Dave Jacke.
Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT; 2005.
Edible Forest Gardens: Vol. II: Design and Practice, Dave Jacke.
Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT; 2005
Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape, Robert Hart.
Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT; 1996
Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture, Smith, J. Russell.
Devin Adair, 1953.
How To Make A Forest Garden, Patrick Whitefield.
1996.
The Forest Farms of Kandy, D.J McConnell. Ashgate Pub.
Limited; Burlington, VT. 2003.
Philosophical:
Envisioning a Sustainable Society: Learning Our Way Out, Lester W. Milbrath.
State Univ. of New York Press, Albany; 1989.
The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters, Sarah Susanka.
Random House, NY, NY. 2007
The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future, Thomas Berry.
Random House, NY, NY. 1999. Seeds:
Seed to Seed, Suzanne Ashworth.
Seed Savers Publications, Decorah, Iowa; 1991.
Soils:
Make Compost in 14 Days, by editors of Organic Gardening Magazine.
Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA; 1990.
The Soil Biology Primer, Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Soil and Water Conservation Society, Washington, D.C.
Best Ways to Improve Your Soil, Organic Gardening staff
Rodale Press, Inc., Emmaus, PA; 1978.
The Biochar Solution, Albert Bates.
New Society Publishers; 2010.
Water:
Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged, Suzy Banks and Richard Heinichen.
Tank Town Publishing, Dripping Springs, TX; 1997.
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Vol. 1, Brad Lancaster.
Rainsource Press, 2006, 2008.
Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds, Art Ludwig.
Oasis Design, Santa Barbara, CA. 2005