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ROUNDWOOD TIMBER FRAMING
Building Naturally Using Local Resources
Ben Law
Filled with detailed colour photographs and drawings, this unique and practical ‘how to’ book will unquestionably be a benchmark for sustainable building. It will encourage communication between woodsmen, planners, architects and builders and help close the loop between environmental conservation, use of renewable local resources and the regeneration and evolution of traditional skills to create durable, ecological and beautiful buildings.
ISBN 13 978-1856230452
168pp
RTF £19.95
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ROUNDWOOD TIMBER FRAMING DVD
Ben Law
In this film, Ben Law takes you through the design techniques and build of the roundwood timber framed Woodland Classroom. Other examples of Ben’s builds are also explored: the Lodsworth Larder (a roundwood shop in his own village), his own workshop and his home – the Woodland House. He also demonstrates how to build a small lean-to. These projects all make use of local wood, and lead the way in the future of sustainable building. This DVD also includes guidance for the creation of cordwood walls and rammed earth floors. A prefect, practical, must-have companion to Ben’s book buildings.
ISBN 13 978-1856230575
1 DVD, 60mins, PAL, Region0
DVD-RTF £19.95
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MEAT
A Benign Extranagance
Simon Fairlie
Meat is an exploration of the difficult environmental, ethical and health issues surrounding the human consumption of animal flesh. It lays out in detail the reasons why we must decrease the amount of meat we eat, both for the planet and for ourselves, and explores how different forms of agriculture shape our landscape and culture. At the heart of this book, Simon Fairlie argues that society needs to reorientate itself back to the land, both physically and spiritually, and explains why an agriculture that can most readily achieve this is one that includes a measure of livestock farming.
ISBN 13 978-1856230551
336pp
MBE £19.95
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FIND YOUR POWER
A Toolkit for Resilience & Positive Change
Dr Chris Johnstone
Find Your Power describes how to strengthen your ability to bring about positive change. It includes proven strategies for improving mood, building strengths and increasing effectiveness. The tools described can be used for any kind of change, from tackling depression to world issues like peak oil and climate change.
ISBN 13 978-1856230506
328pp
FYP £12.95
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BIRTHRITES
Rituals & Celebrations For The Child-bearing Years
Jackie Singer
Encouraging us to create our own celebrations and rituals around the subject of conception, birth, naming, adoption and also loss. Inspiring and inclusive, it helps us to mark significant events with families and community, as well as more intimate private moments.
ISBN 978 1 85623 049 0.
208pp
BRR £12.95
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THE LIVING LANDSCAPE
How To Read & Understand It
Patrick Whitefield
From Patrick’s years of observing the British landscape and his wealth of knowledge, he explains how we can start to read the landscape. He helps the reader to connect much deeper to our familiar countryside, its history and its uses.
ISBN 978 1 85623 043 8.
344pp.
LLS. £19.95
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THE ALTERNATIVE KITCHEN GARDEN
An A-Z
Emma Cooper
Emma Cooper introduces us to her diverse back garden of exotic food and sustainable gardening. With easily accessible A-Z information and beautiful colour photographs this is an entertaining and very useful guide for anyone wanting to grow their own.
ISBN 978 1 85623 046 9.
376pp.
AKG. £14.95
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THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE
John-Paul Flintoff
Journalist John-Paul Flintoff shares his humorous personal tale of escaping the world of designer clothes, learning about the impact of the clothing industry on its workers and the natural environment and finding happiness through making his own clothes.
ISBN 978 1 85623 045 2.
232pp.
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THE WOODLAND YEAR
Ben Law
A month-by-month journey through Ben’s woodland in the Sussex Weald, this a celebration of every aspect of sustainable woodland management.
ISBN 978 1 85623 033 9.
176pp. 318 colour photos.
HBK. £19.95
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BUILDING A LOW IMPACT ROUNDHOUSE
Second Edition With 10 Year Update
Tony Wrench
Tony shares his skills and techniques, from the process of visualising and designing the house to lifting the living roof, infilling the walls, laying out the rooms and adding renewable, autonomous technology.
ISBN 978 1 85623 042 1
144pp. 6 col.+ 89 b&w photos, diagrams.
PBK. £12.95
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DO IT YOURSELF 12 VOLT SOLAR POWER
Michel Daniek
A practical introduction to solar power and 12 volt supplies for anyone who wants to introduce alternative power supplies to the home or live totally off-grid in your boat, caravan or yurt.
ISBN 978 1 85623 039 1.
128pp. 158 drawings & 28 photos.
PBK. £9.95
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BEYOND YOU & ME
Inspiration & Wisdom For Building Community
edited by Kosha Anja Joubert & Robin Alfred
This is for anyone seeking to rebuild fragmented villages and communities, establish new group enterprises and ecovillages, and heal the wounds of conflict and social division.
ISBN 978 1 85623 038 4.
304pp. 84 photos & illustrations.
PBK. £19.95
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SEPP HOLZER: THE REBEL FARMER
Sepp Holzer
The autobiography of Europe’s most innovative farmer and permaculturist. Describes the basic principles of his life and thinking, and his struggles with the public authorities that try to prevent alternative forms of farming.
ISBN 3 7020 1054 8.
240pp. 70 photos & illustrations.
HBK. £24.95
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HOLISTIC LIFE
Sustainability Through Permaculture
Ian Lillington
An excellent introduction for anyone wanting to know how to live a more sustainable lifestyle. It explains what permaculture is and how it provides solutions to our unsustainable consumer society.
ISBN 978 1 85623 037 7.
144pp. 150+ photos & illustrations.
PBK. £14.95
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ROOTS DEMYSTIFIED
Change Your Gardening Habits To Help Roots Thrive
Robert Kourik
Roots are the key to sustainable gardening and this book offers the key insights into the hidden world below the surface. It contains scale drawings and astonishingly detailed pictures which are an education in themselves.
ISBN 978 1 85623 040 7.
176pp. 95 illustrations.
PBK. £18.95
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GETTING STARTED IN PERMACULTURE
Ross & Jenny Mars
Accessible and informative, it features over 50 practical projects which show how to build and design productive gardens. Shows you how to recycle bottles, waste paper and tyres into a number of useful projects.
ISBN 978 1 85623 035 3.
96pp. Many line drawings.
PBK. £9.95
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VEGAN RUSTIC COOKING
Through The Seasons
Diana White
This mouth-watering book contains over 160 delicious recipes that will help you live and eat healthily through the seasons. The recipes are organised in sections according to seasonal availability.
ISBN 978 1 85623 034 6.
208pp. Many illustrations.
PBK. £9.95
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EARTH USER’S GUIDE TO PERMACULTURE
Rosemary Morrow
This is a simple guide to being more sustainable and illustrates how to assess and design a permaculture garden of any size, whether you live in a small city apartment, in a house or on acreage in the country.
ISBN 0 7318 1271 9.
288pp.100s of illustrations. 22 photos.
PBK £19.95
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