Additional Course Material
Topics
- Principles of Natural Systems
- Sustainable Design Methodologies
- Patterns in Nature, Culture and Society
- Reading the Land & Understanding Natural Processes
- Large Scale Land Restoration Techniques
- Water Harvesting Techniques
- Design Principles of Sustainable Human Settlements
- Grey Water Recycling
- Natural Building Strategies
- Cultivated & Productive Ecologies
- Food Forests, Plant Guilds, Gardens for Self-Sufficiency
- Energy Conservation Technologies
- Appropriate Technologies and Renewable Energies
- Urban Environment Permaculture
- Wildlife Management and Biological Pest Control
- Land Arts and Community Activism
- Invisible Structures: EcoVillages & Credit Unions
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Strategies for an Alternative Nation
Readings
Books to Consider
Permaculture One by Bill Mollison
Permaculture Two by Bill Mollison
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison, Reny Mia Slay
Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison
Creating a Forest Garden by Martin Crawford
Earth Care Manual by Patrick Whitefield
Earth User's Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
People & Permaculture by Looby Macnamara
Permaculture: A Beginner's Guide by Graham Burnett
Permaculture Design: a Step by Step Guide by Aranya
The Permaculture Garden by Graham Bell
Permaculture Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgrem
PDFs
Designing for Permaculture by Bill Mollison
Forests in Permaculture by Bill Mollison
Permaculture in Arid Landscapes by Bill Mollison
Permaculture in Humid Landscapes by Bill Mollison
Permaculture on Islands by Bill Mollison
Permaculture Techniques by Bill Mollison
Water in Permaculture by Bill Mollison
Articles
Is Humanity Fatally Successful? by William E. Rees
1491– March 2002 article, Atlantic Monthly by Charles Mann
Water Harvesting Traditions in the Desert Southwest by Joel Glanzberg
Water Harvesting Principles, Information, Resources by Brad Lancaster
Greywater Site Assessment by Oasis Design
Greywater Laws by Oasis Design
Getting Clear on Greywater by Oasis Design
A Study on Mineral Depletion of the foods available to us as a nation over the period of 1940 to 1991 – by R.A. McCance and E.M. Widdowson
Still No Free Lunch- Nutrient Levels in the US Food Supply Eroded by Pursuit of High Yields, – by Brian Halweil
Our Home Flowering Tree – by Roxanne Swentzel, with permission
The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler
A Culture Gets Creative – by Sarah Van Gelder, Paul Ray
The Solomon Islands in the South Pacific– by Dr. Fizz Harwood