Although Gandhi is remembered for his espousal of non-violence as an effective strategy for conflict resolution, his philosophy covered a much wider canvas and included a vision of development based on small, self-sufficient communities that grew their own food, in a sustainable model with decision-making vested at the grassroots level. The same idea of local self-sufficiency, particularly in food, is the central theme of the Worldwatch Institute's publication titled "Eat Here", which describes the enormous environmental price that modern societies pay, in terms of transport costs (and the pollution that millions of trucks and lorries cause, leading to widespread increases in respiratory illnesses around the world), the tons of chemical preservatives that get added to food products to prevent spoilage in transit across long distances, and the health costs that the community ends up paying under this global supermarket pattern of development.
Only 6 per cent of what one pays for a supermarket loaf of bread, Eat Here points out, goes to the farmer who actually grows the wheat.The rest goes into the pockets of middlemen, transporters, and oil companies. It is the same with perishable fruit and vegetables hauled over long distances. No wonder farmers, who feed the country, remain impoverished and contemplate suicide, while mammoth agribusiness corporations rake in earnings greater than the GDPs of some nations.
It is considered an 'improvement in the quality of life' if a community can enjoy out-of-season fruit or exotic vegetables imported from thousands of miles away, but what about the costs involved in packaging, refrigeration, the huge amounts of waste and pollution? Who pays? Also, if the availability of Washington apples (or Australian butter) in Bangalore is construed as 'progress', what about accountability when problems arise? An outbreak of mad cow disease saw millions of cows being burnt on massive pyres in England recently (causing dioxin scares from the smoke) and the slaughter of millions of chicken worldwide in the wake of a fear of bird flu. When food comes from far, it becomes impossible to trace the trouble spot in the long chain from producer to importer to retailer to buyer. Whereas, with food grown locally, consumers know what they get, where it was produced, with what inputs, and who sold it. The supermarket model of food retailing defaults on accountability and dehumanizes the community links between buyer and producer. The non-quantifiable costs are huge.
No wonder then, that initiatives for small community level food production and sales, are growing all over the West, as part of a "healthy, holistic model of living'. "The food tastes fresher, it is tastier, there is less processing and less of additives, and less chance of contamination between farm and plate, so it is healthier," say members of this growing movement for 'eating local'. It is described as "food democracy" (because there is less dependence on huge companies that can dictate monopolistic terms, to suppliers as well as buyers) and a movement against "culinary imperialism" (protesting against mass promotion of invariant fast food items that over-ride the attractions and advantages of local, culture-related eating traditions in the name of 'novelty' or 'modernity' especially in the developing countries).
Gandhi's protest was against another kind of imperialism, but his ideology encompassed a pattern of local self-sufficiency that is exactly what members of the 'local foods' movement in Europe and USA are promoting. Some of the shelf food is actually described by these groups as "embalmed food", because of the enormous amounts of synthetic chemicals that go into them.
Food trucks account for 40 per cent of road freight in the UK. In the US, food travels on average 2,400 km from farm to plate. That calls for enormous amounts of oil for transport - and oil becomes the reason for even going to war, because without oil the nation starves. Under the Gandhian model of local self-sufficiency, not only is dependence on extraneous factors (oil imports) reduced, the costs too get reduced. Imported foods, Eat Here estimates, costs four times as much as local food if the environmental costs are added. There are also the additional bonuses of better human relations within the community, cultural cohesiveness, and the dignity of individuals that comes with self-reliance that Gandhi valued so highly.
From consumer activist Ralph Nader, to the president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in the US, and professors of bio-ethics and nutrition at Princeton and Columbia, praise for Eat Here's focus on 'reclaiming homegrown pleasures in a global supermarket' has flown instintedly from different quarters of the West. Farmers' markets are burgeoning, and even American school cafeterias are choosing locally grown foods. While we, in the developing countries, scurry to adopt the dehumanized, cost-ridden, environmentally unsound models of supermarket retailing of food, in the name of 'progress'.
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http://www.carbon.org http://www.greenthumbnyc.org http://www.yesmagazine.com/article.asp?ID=576 http://www.trees.co.za http://www.gleanerscoalition.org http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permacultureinternational.org http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://www.csa-india.org http://neemfoundation.org http://www.neemresource.com http://www.cocopeat.esmartweb.com http://www.treesforlife.org http://www.livingnutrition.com http://www.emnz.com http://www.acresusa.com http://www.growbiointensive.org http://www.organicdownunder.com http://www.tilth.org http://www.naturewise.org.uk http://www.echonet.org http://www.healthmasters.comhttp://www.remineralize.org http://www.organicgarden.org.uk http://www.soilassociation.org http://www.invisiblegardener.com http://www.seercentre.org.uk http://www.seaveg.com http://www.squarefootgardening.com http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com http://www.veganorganic.net http://goodgrub.org http://www.sistersonline.org/Articles/index.cfm?article_id=257 ORGANIC FARMING WILL FEED THE WORLD
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http://www.midiaindependente.org/en/blue/2005/06/320339.shtml book: Eco-Farm; author: Charles Walters
http://www.acresusa.com journal: Acres
http://www.acresusa.com utilizing ORGANIC COMMUNITY GARDENS to feed the hungry
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http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://www.growingpower.org http://www.greenguerillas.org http://www.greenthumbnyc.org http://www.st.catharines.com/recreation/pt/grow_row.asp http://www.earthandtable.com/commgarden/cgresources.html http://www.tbdhu.com/food/security/Gardening.htm http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.html http://www.foodsecurity.org/links.html http://www.communitygarden.org.au/news/cgjun05_email.pdf http://www.longbeachorganic.org/Site/englishstartupguide.PDF http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/startup_guide.html http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/spew4th.pl?ascribeid=20030513.123819&time=13+19+PDT&year=2003&public=1 http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=476 http://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot4.html http://www.organicfood.co.uk/stories/historicfarm.html http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi http://www.lta.org/resources/index.html http://www.lta.org/publicpolicy/advocates.htm Free book:
http://www.wasatchgardens.org/Library/CommunityGardenStart-upHandbook.PDF book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; author: Jeanette Abi-Nader
http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php book: Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool; author: Karen Payne
http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php book: Community Planning Handbook; author: N. Wates
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Sustainable Communities; author: H. Barton
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Sustainable Community - A Practical Guide
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Common Sense of Community; author: D. Atkinson
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Conservation Finance Handbook; author: Kim Hopper
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/items/conservationfinance book: Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation
http://www.amazon.com book: In Gardens We Trust
http://www.tpl.org/tier2_kad.cfm?folder_id=1385 connecting ORGANIC HOME GARDENS with FOOD BANKS to feed the hungry
P Patch Gardening and Grow a Row for the hungry
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http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch http://www.seattletilth.org http://www.growarow.org/overview.html http://www.organicconsumers.org http://www.winnipegharvest.org/index.cfm?SC=6&PT=101 http://www.gleanerscoalition.org http://lifecyclesproject.ca/food_directory/?q=node/444 http://www.compost.org/growarowintro.html http://www.ywcapeterborough.org/growarow.htm http://www.hmk.on.ca/plantarow.html http://www.cnh.bc.ca/foodsecurity/growarow.htm http://www.afbna.ca/plantarow.html http://www.tbdhu.com/food/security/N148Plantarow%20Growarow.pdf book: New Organic Grower; author: Eliot Coleman
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3c.html#NOG book: Super Nutrition Gardening; author: William Peavy
http://www.alibris.com book: Practical Guide to Container Gardening; author: Susan Berry
http://eco-artware.com/books.shtml book: Dirt Doctor's Guide to Organic Gardening; author: J. Howard Garrett
http://www.alibris.com book: Planning Your Organic Vegetable Garden; author: Dick Kitto
http://www.alibris.com book: Organic Gardening; author: Elizabeth Miller
http://www.alibris.com book: Soul of Soil; author: Grace Gershuny
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3e.html#SS6 book: Permaculture Garden; author: Graham Bell
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc2.html#PCG book: Organic Salad Garden; author: Joy Larkcom
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3d.html#OGC book: Growing and Using Herbs Successfully; author: Betty Jacobs
http://acresusa.com book: Heirloom Vegetable Gardening; author: William Weaver
http://www.alibris.com book: Organic Methods of Pest and Disease Management
http://www.ciks.org/pub-org.htm book: Weeds-Control Without Poisons; author: Charles Walters
http://acresusa.com book: Secret Life of Compost; author: Malcolm Beck
http://acresusa.com book: Handbook of Successful Ecological Lawn Care; author: Paul Sachs
http://acresusa.com book: Neem, The Ultimate Herb; author: John Conrick
http://www.neemassociation.com/products.htm book: Neem, a User's Guide
http://www.ciks.org/pub-org.htm book: Hydroponic Home Food Gardens; author: Howard Resh
http://www.alibris.com book: Planting a Bible garden; author: F. Nigel Hepper
http://www.alibris.com book: Keeping the Harvest; author: Nancy Chioffi
http://acresusa.com book: Allergy-Free Gardening; author: Thomas Ogren
http://www.allergyfree-gardening.com organic seeds:
http://www.heirloomseeds.com http://www.seedalliance.org http://www.seedsavers.net http://www.enscseeds.org http://www.seedsavers.org http://www.nativeseeds.org http://www.korewildfruitnursery.co.uk Free Cataloge reviewing books about Organic Gardening, Natural pest control and Natural weed control
http://acresusa.com Jouranl: Acres
http://acresusa.com utilizing ORGANIC GARDENING in SCHOOLS-UNIVERSITIES
for improving Academic Performance and social development
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http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/schools.php http://www.studentsseedsandsoil.com http://www.schoollunchinitiative.org http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/cla_lessons.html http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl-guide.html http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.organicconsumers.org http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/cfj_factsheetsarticlesetc.htm http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/cla_edures.html http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/kit_lessons.html http://www.utafoundation.org/Sunshine/home.htm http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/pubs/index.html http://hort.ufl.edu/ggk/resbook.htm http://www.communitygarden.org/commgreenrev-99.pdf http://www.thewatershedproject.org/Library/research%20library.html http://www.cherylcorson.com/lbd.pdf http://www.drjaygordon.com/nutrition/goodfood/healthy01.htm http://www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/create_orderakit.cfm http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/Toolkit.pdf http://64.243.182.248/going_solar/better_schools.cfm http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/programs/nc_solar_in_schools.cfm http://www.solarschools.com http://irecusa.org/schools http://www.crestuk.org http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au http://www.rise.org.au http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/ed/teachers/links.htm http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/ProfessionalDevelopment/index.htm http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/sep02/82148.asp?format=print http://www.bibleplus.org/health/ms_lupus.htm http://www.healthmasters.com http://www.livingnutrition.com http://www.wellbeingjournal.com http://www.stevitastevia.com book: Learning About Lifecycles Using An Organic Garden; author: Allan Randall
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc16.html#LAL2 book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; author: Charles Wilber
http://www.acresusa.com book: Square Foot Gardening; author: Mel Bartholomew
http://www.squarefootgardening.com book: Windowsill Gardening, Year-Round Indoor Gardening Projects for Kids; author: Klutz
http://eco-artware.com/books.shtml book: Super Nutrition Gardening; author: William Peavy
http://www.acresusa.com book: Permaculture Teachers' Guide; author: Andrew Goldring
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc2.html#PTG book: Manual For Teaching Permaculture Creatively; author: Robin Clayfield
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Soul of Soil; author: Grace Gershuny
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3e.html#SS6 book: All New Square Foot Gardening; author: Mel Bartholomew (available February 2006)
book: Growing Naturally: A Teacher's Guide to Organic Gardening; author: M. Brown
book: A Child's Organic Garden, Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables; author: Fryer Bradford
http://www.alibris.com book: Children’s Gardens: A Field Guide for Teachers, Parents, and Volunteers; author: Elizabeth Bremner
book: Let's Grow!: 72 Gardening Adventures with Children; author: Linda Tilgner
http://www.alibris.com book: Digging Deeper: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrating Youth Gardens into School and Communities; author: Kiefer and Kemple
book: Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities; author: Terry Williams
http://www.oriononline.org/pages/ob/index_ob.html book: Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World; author: Michael Stone
http://www.bioneers.org/programs/books/ecolit.php book: How To Talk So Kids Can Learn; author: Adele Faber
http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Ability Development from Age Zero; author: Shinichi Suzuki
http://www.azsuzuki.org/readlist.htm book: Nurtured by Love, The Classical Approach to Talent Education; author: Shinichi Suzuki
http://www.alibris.com book: The Mozart Effect for Children; author: Don Campbell
http://www.growingyourmusician.com/booksforparents.html book: The Healthy School Handbook : Conquering the Sick Building Syndrome
http://store.nea.org/NEABookstore/control/productdetails?item_id=1866400 http://www.seventhgeneration.com/site/pp.asp?c=coIHKTMHF&b=84958 Jouranl: Acres
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http://www.acresusa.com http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk http://www.organicconsumers.org http://www.soil-health.org.nz http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk http://www.soilassociation.org http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/book_list.html#Anchor%20L http://agebb.missouri.edu/sustain/moa/almanac/2001fall journal: Acres
http://www.acresusa.com BOOKS ABOUT BIODYNAMIC GARDENING-FARMING
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http://www.biodynamic.org.uk http://www.acresusa.com http://www.biodynamics.com http://www.biodynamic.org.nz http://www.biodynamics.net.au http://www.ibdf.de http://www.moscowfoodcoop.com/books/wilson.html ORGANIC GARDENING THERAPY
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http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.camphillkimberton.org http://www.horticulturaltherapy.com.au http://www.growingcenter.org http://www.gardening4good.org http://www.plants-for-people.org http://www.camphill.org.uk http://htinstitute.org http://www.steinerwaldorf.org.uk http://www.kidsgardening.com http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.kurisu.com/kurisu-restorative-gardens.shtml http://www.meristem.org http://www.sustland.umn.edu/design/healinggardens.html http://www.kinghorngardens.com/healing.htm http://www.kurisu.com http://www.djc.com/special/landscape98/10037844.htm http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/swt_0905p19.htm http://www.talesoftheearth.com/pages/articles.html http://www.mhtachapter.org/resources.htm http://www.healthdesign.org/resources/pubs/books/books_gardens.php book: Starting a Horticultural Therapy Program; author: Cathedne Drew
http://www.horticulturaltherapy.com.au/Object.asp?ObjectID=468 book: Healing Gardens, Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations; author: Clare Cooper Marcus
http://www.alibris.com book: Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled; author: Joann Woy
book: Restorative Gardens; author: Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs
http://www.alibris.com book: Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population; author: Suzanne Wells
book: Horticulture As Therapy: A Practical Guide to Using Horticulture As a Therapeutic Tool; author: Mitchell Hewson
NATURAL ANIMAL CARE and HEALING BOOKS
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http://acresusa.com WINTER FARMING AND GARDENING TECHNOLOGY
Solar greenhouses and more
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http://www.newfarm.org/features/0404/moore/greenhouse.shtml http://www.newfarm.org/features/0404/moore/greenhouseII.shtml http://biointensiveforrussia.igc.org http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.growbiointensive.org/newsletter/may2000/passive-solar.html http://www.homepower.com Passive Solar Greenhouse Workshop: design, construction and year round production:
contact:
sandcmoore@juno.com telephone: 717.225.2489 (USA) Steve and Carol Moore book: Four Season Harvest; author: Eliot Coleman
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/main/books/books.html book: Solar Gardening; author: Leande Vogel Poisson
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3e.html#SG2 book: Winter Harvest Manual; author: Eliot Coleman
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/main/books/books.html book: Lasagna Gardening; author: Patricia Lanza
http://www.alibris.com HEATING GREEN HOUSES with SOLAR HOT WATER and radiant heating systems
(Using the floor as a Thermal Mass for Retaining Heat at Night - see THERMAL MASS)
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http://www.radiantsolar.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.thermomax.com http://www.orange-energy.de Free Installation Manual:
http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm book: Energy Conservation for Commercial Greenhouses; author: John Bartok
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Biodynamic Greenhouse Management; author: Heinz Grotzke
http://www.alibris.com book: Greenhouses for Homeowners and Gardeners; author: John Bartok
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Complete Greenhouse Book, Building and Using Greenhouses from Cold-Frames to Solar Structures; author: Peter Clegg
http://www.alibris.com book: Complete book of the Greenhouse; author: Ian Walls
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3.html book: Greener Greenhouses;
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Greenhouse Gardener's Companion; author: Shane Smith
http://www.alibris.com book: Building Your Own Greenhouse; author: Mark Freeman
http://www.alibris.com book: Gardening Under Cover: A Northwest Guide to Solar Greenhouses, Cold Frames; author: William Head
http://www.alibris.com book: Building and Using Cold Frames
http://www.alibris.com book: Polytunnel Companion; author: Jayne Neville
book: Gardening Under Plastic: How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels; author: Bernard Salt
book: Starting Early Flowering and Vegetable Plants Under Glass; author: Charles Nissley
http://www.alibris.com HEATING GREEN HOUSES with GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS and radiant heating systems
(note: some manufactures in Europe combine geothermal with solar hot water and solar wall heating systems)
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http://www.advgeothermal.co.uk http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.orange-energy.de http://www.twapanels.ca BRINGING SUN LIGHT INDOORS for Gardening inside your home
(recycling indoor air with plants, save energy)
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http://www.solatube.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.sun-dome.com book: Daylight Design of Buildings; author: Nick Baker
http://www.cat.org.uk UTILIZING ORGANIC ALLOTMENTS TO FEED THE HUNGRY
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http://www.hhdra.org.uk http://www.nsalg.org.uk http://www.farmgarden.org.uk http://www.soilassociation.org http://www.jardins-familiaux.org http://www.allotment.info http://www.allotments-uk.com http://www.allotment.org.uk http://neildixon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk http://www.earthlypursuits.com/AllotGuide/AllotGuide.htm http://www.btinternet.com/%7Erichard.wiltshire/alldoc13.htm http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1127689 http://www.allotments.net http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/default.html http://perrone.blogs.com http://www.staan.co.uk http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/default.html http://www.kitchengardens.dial.pipex.com/homepage.htm http://www.paddocks-allotments.org.uk http://www.othas.org.uk http://www.spahill.org.uk/shogg http://www.firsestateallotments.co.uk http://www.btinternet.com/~richard.wiltshire/draa1.htm http://www.wlcsallotments.org.uk http://www.weybridgeoasis.org http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ari http://www.foodsecurity.org/UAHealthArticle.pdf book: The City People's Book of Raising Food, authors: William Olkowski and Helga Olkowski
http://www.alibris.com book: Allotment Gardening; author: Susan Berger
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3.html#AGO book: Successful Allotments
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3b.html#SA2 book: The Allotment Handbook
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3.html#AH1 PERMACULTURE
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http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.tagari.com http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html http://www.permaculture.co.uk http://www.berg-en-dal.co.za http://www.permacultureinternational.org http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com http://www.permacultura-es.org http://www.permacultureactivist.net http://www.permaculture.org.au http://www.permacult.com.au http://www.permacultura.org http://permakultur.dk http://www.permaculture-steve.net http://www.permacult.com.au/noosa http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au http://www.permaculture.biz http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura http://www.3.telus.net/permaculture http://permaculturevisions.com http://www.permaculture.net http://www.openpermaculture.com http://www.permaculture.org.nz http://www.permacultura-bahia.org.br http://www.permacultura-montsant.org http://www.permacultura.org.br http://www.tierramor.org http://www.ecohabitar.org http://www.ecocentro.org http://www.pacificos.org http://permacultura.freeservers.com http://www.permacultura.cl http://permacultura.no.sapo.pt http://www.utopie.it/ecovillaggi/permacultura.htm http://www.gaia.org.ar/cursoperma.htm http://www.vidasana.org http://www.ufpa.br/permacultura http://www.mutantia21.com.ar/permacultura.html http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://colombiaenhechos.org/permacultura.htm http://www.permacultura.it http://www.ipemabrasil.org.br http://www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk http://www.torri-superiore.org http://www.agrorede.org.br/curso-permacultura http://www.ybytucatu.com.br/permacultura.htm http://www.amazonia.org http://www.permacultura-rs.org.br http://www.mmrfbz.org http://www.permaculture.org http://www.moa-inter.or.jp/english/naturefarm/nf-contents.html http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/oop/click_ord/showlist.html?sid=5845&list=Gardening journal: Permaculture Activist
http://www.permacultureactivist.net journal: Permaculture Magazine
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc1.html journal: Permaculture Drylands Journal
http://www.permaculture.net PIL's Planet Newsletter
http://www.permacultureinternational.org/newsletter/newsletter.htm PERMACULTURE FARMING-GARDENING Methods for Europe and Temperate Countries
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book: The Earth Care Manual; author: Patrick Whitefield
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc2.html#ECM PEAK OIL AND PERMACULTURE
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http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/77679.php NATURE FARMING
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http://www.infrc.or.jp http://www.naturesnovel.com http://www.moa-inter.or.jp http://www.emlabo.co.jp book: Nature Farming and Microbial Applications; author: Hui-lian Xu
http://www.acresusa.com COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA)
keeping our communities Safe from Peak Oil
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http://www.cuco.org.uk/index.php?page=3 http://www.localharvest.org/csa http://www.biodynamics.com/csa.html http://www.csacenter.org http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/farmtrust/index.html http://solutions.synearth.net/2004/02/04 http://www.foodsecurity.org/PerspectivesOnCFS.pdf http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp http://www.planetfriendly.net/dontpave.html http://www.vlt.org/partners.html http://www.lta.org/newsroom/pr_090105.htm http://www.swcs.org/en/advocacy/societys_latest_action/letter_to_protect_land_stewardship_8_05.cfm http://www.seedinternational.com.au/CG%20article%201.html http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC42/Resource.htm http://www.indianlinefarm.com/csa.html http://www.communitylandtrust.salford.ac.uk http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/farmtrust http://www.nfucountryside.org.uk/news-1691.htm http://www.fordhallfarm.com/Project%20home.htm http://www.cureorganicfarm.com/curenews.htm http://farmlandtrust.coop/farmcoop/wrap.php?about.html http://www.farmers-market.org/vendors/kirsopfarm/kirsopfarm.html http://www.planetfriendly.net/dontpave.html http://www.ctnofa.org/Farmland.php http://www.farmland.org http://www.savelancasterfarms.org/savelanc http://www.ffcf.bc.ca/gg_new2/PDF%20and%20linked%20documents/Mar%202003%20Policy%20Priorities.pdf http://www.permacult.com.au/community/land_trust01.html http://www.umich.edu/~econdev/agrecondev http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~njuep/tec3.html http://www.landtrustalliance.bc.ca/research.html http://www.lta.org/publications/index.html http://www.lta.org/resources/index.html http://www.bodeganet.com/landtrust/about.html http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/36067.php http://www.isec.org.uk book: Sharing the Harvest; author: Elizabeth Henderson
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc17.html#STH book: Farms of Tomorrow: Community Supported Farms; author: Trauger Groh
http://www.greenpatchseeds.com.au/biodynamic.html book: Rebirth of the Small Family Farm, authors: Bob and Bonnie Gregson
http://www.acresusa.com book: MetroFarm; author: Michael Olson
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: The New Organic Grower: Master's Manual; author: Paul Hawken and Eliot Coleman
book: Valuable Vegetables; author: Mandy Pullen
http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Formula to Create Community Supported Agriculture; author: Robyn Van En
http://www.csacenter.org/brochure.html book: Community Land Trust, A Next Step In Hummanizing The Economy; author: Gretchen Older
http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Community Land Trust Handbook
http://www.amazon.co.uk http://www.alibris.com book: Starting a Land Trust, by Land Trust Alliance
http://www.alibris.com book: Sold Out; author: William Young
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc18b.html#SOT book: The Economics of Convulsion; author: Harold Wills
http://www.alibris.com video: CSA: Making a Difference
http://www.csacenter.org/brochure.html HEATING BUILDINGS and SPAS with Solar hot water
and radiant heating systems
(note: some manufatures combine solar hot water with geothermal heat pumps)
(Using the floor as a Thermal Mass for Retaining Heat at Night - see THERMAL MASS HEAT STORAGE)
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http://www.radiantsolar.com http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.thermo-dynamics.com/solar_radiant_heat.html http://www.solarthermal.com http://www.thermomax.com http://www.twapanels.co.uk http://www.radiantheatingweb.com/learn/101202.asp http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/images/construction/floor.htm training for: installing and maintaining solar radiant heating systems:
http://www.solarenergy.org sli@solarliving.org Gino Nicolai Hydronic Radiant Simulator Training Center
http://www.theiqa.com/gntc.shtml Free Installation Manual:
http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm book: Modern Hydronic Heating; author: Siegenthaler
http://www.alibris.com book: Radiant Heating and Cooling Handbook; author: Richard Watson
http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/go/library/10000/BS_1077567592 book: Solar Water Heating, A DIY Guide; author: Paul Trimby
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc13c.html#SWH book: Hydronic radiant heating, a practical guide for the nonengineer installer; author: Dan Holohan
http://www.heatinghelp.com book: Modern Hydronic Heating for Residential and Light Commercial Buildings; author: John Siegenthaler
http://www.radiantheatingweb.com/learn book: Radiant Floor Heating; author: R. Dodge Woodson
http://www.radiantheatingweb.com/learn book: Golden Rules of Hydronic Heating; author: Dan Holohan
http://www.amazon.com book: Installation Guide for Residential Hydronic Heating Systems
http://www.alibris.com SOLAR HEAT STORAGE
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http://www.iea-eces.org http://www.orange-energy.de http://www.freeheat.com.au http://www.solargenix.com http://www.warmwater.com THERMAL MASS HEAT STORAGE
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Some European manufactures use the floor for thermal mass heat storage. This can keep the building warm for three to seven days if electricity is lost or there are many cloudy days in a row or if there is little daylight during the winter.
One method is to put a layer of insulation on the ground, using the same insulation that is used for the Monolithic Dome, see www.monolithicdome.com. A three foot (one meter) layer of sand is placed over the insulation. In the sand is placed the hydronic radiant floor heating system or hot water pipes. Then the flooring system is placed on top of the sand.
A deeper base of sand may use to obtain more thermal mass for areas of extreme cold. The hot water heats up the thermal mass of sand allowing the retained heat to keep the building warm if electricity is lost or there are many cloudy days.
An additional option for multi story buildings is to place one foot ( 1/3 meter) of sand between upper level floors and to place additional hydronic heating pipes in the sand. A floor systems is placed on top of the sand. The building has be built extra strong to withstand the additional weight of sand sub-flooring. Some manufactures use the steel framing method for homes and building to obtain the strength needed for the additional weight of the sand. See www.tri-steel.com for steel homes and buildings.
HEATING BUILDINGS with VEGETABLE BioDiesel
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(recycled used Cooking Oil works better than home heating oil)
http://www.homepower.com http://www.dieselsecret.com/heatingoil.html http://www.biodieselwarehouse.com SOLAR WALLS
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http://www.solarwall.com http://www.kalwall.com FREE JOURNAL ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY, Sustainable Technologies:
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http://www.homepower.com http://www.epsea.org FREE CATALOG - RENEWABLE ENERGY
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http://www.realgoods.com/renew/service/catalog.cfm telephone: 800-919-2400 (USA and Canada)
TOURS of SOLAR HOMES and SOLAR BUILDINGS
and links to local chapter NGO's and their events
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http://www.ases.org http://www.solarhouseday.com/index01.shtml http://homepower.com PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING of BUILDINGS
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http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs14.htm http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/phase2.htm http://www.sunplans.com http://www.solardwellings.com.au http://www.omsolar.net http://www.poweredliving.co.nz http://www.solarliving.org book: Passive Solar House; author: James Kachadorian
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc12d.html#PSH book: Solar House, Passive Heating and Cooling; author: Ph.D. Chiras
http://www.alibris.com book: Affordable Passive Solar Homes; author: Richard Crowther
http://www.alibris.com book: Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook; author: Michael J. Crosbie
book: Warm House, Cool House: Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing; author: Nick Hollo
http://www.bookworm.com.au/bookworm/dw000013.htm book: The Passive Solar Energy Book: A Complete Guide to Passive Solar Home, Greenhouse, and Building Design; author: Edward Mazria
http://www.alibris.com book: Solar Projects for Under 500 Dollars; author: Mary Twitchell
http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Passive Solar Construction Handbook; author: Levy Emanuel
http://www.alibris.com book: Survey of European Passive Solar Buildings; author: Commissariat a L'ene
http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Profiting from Sunshine - Passive Solar Building in the Mountains
http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Passive Solar Design Strategies; National Renewable Energy Lab
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books book: Passive Solar Retrofit; author: Darryl Strickler
http://www.alibris.com GeoThermal Heat Pumps for HEATING and COOLING OF BUILDINGS
note - some Manufactures combine GeoThermal systems with solar hot water heating systems
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http://www.advgeothermal.co.uk http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.geothermalheatpump.com/how.htm http://www.geoexchange.org http://www.soundgt.com/links.htm http://www.earthenergy.co.uk http://www.heatpumpcentre.org http://www.aphgeothermal.com http://www.alliantenergygeothermal.com http://www.waterfurnace.com http://www.earthenergy.ca http://www.geosource.info http://www.igshpa.okstate.edu http://www.geothermalheatpump.com http://www.earthcomfort.com http://www.hydronmodule.com http://www.geothermal-heat-pump-resource.org http://www.hydro-temp.com http://www.geo-systems.com http://www.econar.com http://www.amgeo.com http://www.alliantenergygeothermal.com http://www.sustainablehawaii.com book: Geothermal Heat Pumps, Introductory Guide
http://www.hvacbooks.com/heat_pumps.htm book: Closed Loop geothermal heat pump design handbook; author: Canbek Karaca
http://www.amazon.com book: Commercial geothermal heat pumps; author: J. Mark Hannifan
http://www.amazon.com book: Geothermal heat pump options manual; author: J. Mark Hannifan
http://www.amazon.com book: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Design of Geothermal Systems for Commercial & Institutional Buildings; author: Stephen Kavanaugh
book: How Come, Hydronic heating questions we've been asking for 100 years; author: Dan Holohan
http://www.heatinghelp.com book: Residential Hydronic Heating, The I=B=R Coursebook; author: Dan Holohan
http://www.heatinghelp.com SOLAR WATER HEATERS and solar heated swimming pools and spas
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http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.rpc.com.au http://www.tctsolar.com http://www.solar.org.uk http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.ecs-solar.com http://www.estif.org http://www.bubbleactionpumps.com http://www.heliosenergies.com http://www.sourceguides.com/energy http://www.sundasolar.com http://www.solarthermal.com http://www.thermotechs.com free books:
http://www.ecs-solar.com/publications.htm book: Solar Hot Water Systems: Lessons Learned 1977 to Today; author: Tom Lane
http://www.ecs-solar.com/lessons_learned.htm book: Tapping The Sun, A Guide To Solar Water Heating
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Solar Water Heating, A DIY Guide; author: Paul Trimby
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc13c.html#SWH book: Cascade Solar Water Heating Plans; author: Bob Larson
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books training for: installing and maintaining Solar water heating systems:
http://www.solarenergy.org http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm http://greendragonenergy.co.uk http://www.rpc.com.au sli@solarliving.org http://www.homepower.com BUILD INTO THE FUTURE
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Indestructible and energy efficient buildings and homes
(Hurricane proof, Tornado proof, Earthquake proof and Tidal Wave proof)
http://www.monolithicdome.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.solatube.com http://www.solarwall.com http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.advgeothermal.co.uk http://www.sloanled.com http://www.cansolair.com http://www.myecospace.com http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://www.wintersundesign.com cnalbant@skydome.com.au COHOUSING NETWORK
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http://www.cohousing.org http://www.cohousing.org.au http://www.cohousing.ca http://www.cohousingco.com http://www.converge.org.nz/evcnz http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/back/8ahrentzen.html http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/1999/0199bader.html http://www.berkeleydaily.org/article.cfm?storyID=3205 book: Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community; author: Chris Hanson
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books book: Cohousing; author: C. McCamant
http://www.tenspeedpress.com/catalog/all/item.php3?id=2079 book: Thinking About Cohousing; author: M. Field
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: The Challenge Of Sustainability; author: Lisa Gibellini
http://www.converge.org.nz/evcnz/resources/hb_paper.html book: Senior Cohousing; author: Charles Durrett
http://www.tenspeedpress.com/catalog/all/item.php3?id=2158 free book: The Needs Of Innovative Community Housing Projects; author: Peter Scott
http://pl.net/%7Epscott/rp/ journal: Cohousing Magazine
http://www.cohousing.org/magazine ECOVILLAGE NETWORK
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http://www.ecovillage.org http://www.villagepower.net http://www.zegg.de http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au http://www.ecohousing.pl.net http://www.earthaven.org http://www.lacaravana.org http://www.folkecenter.dk http://www.gen-europe.org .. http://www.feasta.org/documents/shortcircuit/contents.html book: Eco Village Living, Restoring The Earth And Her People; author: H. Jackson
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Creating A Life Together; author: D L Christian
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books book: EcoVillage at Ithaca, Pioneering a Sustainable Culture; author: Liz Walker
http://www.alibris.com book: Natural Step for Communities; author: Sarah James
http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3841 book: Findhorn Book of Community Living; author: William Metcalf
http://www.findhornpress.com journal: Communities magazine
http://communities.ic.org CAR SHARING
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http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/tdm/publications/carsharing.html http://carshare.com http://www.carsharing.org http://www.carshare.co.nz http://www.flo.net.au http://carshare.org http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/campuscars/join.htm http://www.stattauto-kassel.de http://www.stattauto.de http://www.flexcar.com http://www.commuterpage.com/carshare.htm http://www.dublintraffic.ie/Carpool.html http://www.rideinfo.co.nz http://www.carsharing.net http://www.victoriacarshare.ca http://www.autoshare.com http://afo.sandelman.ca/afz/issue9-II.html http://www.zipcar.com http://www.bilkollektivet.no book: International Developments Towards Improved Car-sharing Services; author: Ing Bodo Schwieger
book: Shared EVs in Denver: Extending the station car and car sharing concepts; author: Martin Bernard
SINGLE MOTHER COHOUSING
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http://www.co-abode.com http://www.homehold.org/about/hxacheiv.htm http://www.charityadvantage.com/goldengirlhomes/Home.asp http://www.womenspress.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=1243&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=233&S=1 COMMUNITIES for DISABLED PEOPLE
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http://www.camphill.org.uk http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.camphillsoltane.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk COMMUNITIES for THE OLDER PEOPLE
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http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.permaculture.org.uk INSULATING HOUSE PAINT
reduce heating and cooling costs and energy use
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http://www.insuladd.com REDUCE AIR CONDITIONING COST 20% to 40%
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Paint your house and roof white, which reflects infra red sunlight
http://www.duro-last.com/buildingowners/coolzone http://www.silvercote.com/reflective.asp REDUCE AIR CONDITIONING COST 10% to 20%
by using solar Attic fans
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http://www.atticsolarfan.com http://www.hotattic.com http://www.solarventtech.com http://www.solatube.com/res_solarstar.php http://www.theledlight.com/solar-fans.html http://www.cetsolar.com HOUSES FROM THE EARTH
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http://www.calearth.org http://www.rammedearthworks.com http://www.cobcottage.com http://www.earthshelter.com http://www.builderswithoutborders.org book: Cobber's Companion: How to Build Your Own Earthen Home; author: Michael Smith
http://www.cobcottage.com book: Hand Sculpted House; author: Ianto Evans
http://www.cobcottage.com book: Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture; author: Nader Khalili
http://www.calearth.org book: Earth-Sheltered House; author: Rob Roy
http://www.cat.org.uk book: Rammed Earth House; author: David Easton
http://www.rammedearthworks.com/publications.html book: The Owner-Built Adobe House; author: Duane Newcomb
book: Adobe Houses for Today; author: Laura Sanchez
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books book: Adobe Build It Yourself; author: P.G. McHenry
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/adbuilityour.html book: Cinva Ram block press Plans
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/cinvaramplans.html book: Australian Earth-covered building; author: S. Baggs
http://www.integratedliving.com.au/pub_aecb.htm book: Earth-Sheltered Dwellings in Tunisa; author: Gideon Golany
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books Dirtcheapbuilder Guide on CD
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com training:
http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm http://www.rammedearthworks.com STRAW BALE HOMES
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Recycling Straw- Create furniture and homes from straw waste
http://www.strawhomes.com http://www.greenbuilder.com/sbat http://www.primeboard.com http://www.strawboard.com http://www.meadowoodindustries.com http://www.odiseanet.com http://www.skillful-means.com http://www.environbiocomposites.com/biofiber.php http://www.nexwood.com http://www.kenaf-fiber.com http://www.kenaf-industries.com http://www.greenenaturalfibers.com http://www.visionpaper.com http://www.kenex.com book: The New Strawbale Home; author: Catherine Wanek
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/frame.books book: Building With Straw Bales; author: Barbara Jones
http://www.lowimpact.org/booksstrawbale.htm book: More Straw Bale Building; author: Chris Magwood
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc12c.html#SBB1 book: Serious Straw Bale; author: Paul Lacinski
http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/store.php book: Straw Bale Details; author: Chris Magwood
http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3791 book: Strawbale Homebuilding
http://www.soil-health.org.nz/books.htm book: The Straw Bale House: Designing and Building with a Resource-Efficient Material; author: Athena Steen
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/frame.books book: Papercrete and Low Cost Homes
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/paplowcoshom.html journal: The Last Straw;
http://www.strawhomes.com training for: buiding straw bale buildings
http://www.solarliving.org http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm STEEL FRAMED HOMES
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http://www.tri-steel.com http://www.heritagebuildings.com http://www.clarksteel.com http://www.sbi.se http://www.dietrichindustries.com http://www.cemcosteel.com http://www.marinoware.com ROOF TOP GARDENING and Farming
and storm water abatement (Recycling storm water)
Saving energy costs by reducing heating and cooling costs and heat island mitigation
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http://www.greengridroofs.com http://www.greengridroofs.com/advantages/greengridadv/index.htm http://www.rooftopgardens.org http://livingroofs.org http://www.greenhellas.com http://www.miller-roofscapes.co.uk http://www.optigruen.de http://www.zinco.de http://www.roofgreening.com http://www.greenroofservice.com http://www.greenroof.se http://www.igra-world.com http://www.sfg-gruen.ch http://www.greenroof.co.uk http://www.greenroofplants.com http://www.dachgaertnerverband.de http://www.ecoroofsystems.com http://www.prairie-tech.com http://greenroofblocks.com http://www.eltgreenroofs.com http://www.gardensinthesky.com http://www.greenroofnewyork.com http://www.countyflatroofing.co.uk/greenroofs.html http://www.greenroofs.com http://www.roofmeadow.com http://www.sarnafilus.com/vegetated_roofs_s http://www.xeroflora.com http://www.hadj.net http://www.ecoroofseverywhere.org http://www.re-natur.de http://www.scholz-barth.com http://greenroofonline.com http://www.greenfingers.com/articledisplay.asp?id=427 books:
http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.html ELECTRIC BICYCLES and ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Freedom from the Oil Pirates and Robber Barons
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http://manila.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=6058 solar boats, solar bicycles, making BioDiesel
RECYCLING USED COOKING OIL into BIODIESEL
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Run your diesel vehicle on used cooking oil.
Fill your gas tank at fast food restaurants.