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Books on:
Animal Rights
Black
History
Clean
Energy
Democracy
Eco
Design
Eco History
Food
and Nutrition
Genetic
Engineering
Green
Cities
Green
Politics
Local
Economics
Natural
Building
Peace
and Nonviolence
Simple
Living
Trees
and Forests
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Books on Community Living
- EcoVillage
at Ithaca: Pioneering a Sustainable
Culture
- Liz Walker, New Society Publishers,
2005, Paperback
Human scale, accessible and inspiring, the
example of EcoVillage at Ithaca will help readers
imagine fresh alternatives to “life as usual.” It
will appeal to all who are hungry to learn
about successful working models of a more sustainable
approach to living with each other and the
earth.
Liz Walker co-founded and has directed EcoVillage
at Ithaca since its inception in 1991 and has
lived there with her family since the first
buildings
were completed. She has worked on all aspects
of the community’s development and has written
and lectured widely on the topic.
- The Findhorn Book of Community Living
- Bill Metcalf, Findhorn Press, 2004, Paperback
A resident of Findhorn, the most famous
and successful intentional spiritual
community
in
the world, offers an introduction
into community living.
- Joyfully Together: The Art of Building a Harmonious Community
- Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, 2003, Paperback,
Thich Nhat Hanh explores the spiritual, emotional, and practical aspects
of developing a community for life. He stresses the importance of communication
in all our relationships as the basis for resolving difficulties and
maintaining an atmosphere of harmony in "Sanghas," families, and even
nations.
- Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and
Intentional Communities
- Diana Leafe Christian, New Society
Publishers, 2003, Paperback
Provides step-by-step practical information
distilled from numerous firsthand sources
on how to establish an intentional community.
It deals
with structural, interpersonal and leadership
issues, decision-making methods, vision
statements, and the development of a
legal structure,
as well as profiling well-established
model communities. Diana Leafe Christian
is the editor of Communities magazine
and a member of an intentional community
in North Carolina.
- Ecovillage Living: Restoring the Earth
and Her People
- Edited by Jackson, Hildur and Svensson,
Karen, Green Books, 2002, Paperback
- Voices from the Farm: Adventures in Community Living
- Rupert Fike, Book Publishing Company,
1998, Paperback
In 1972, at the height of the counter-culture movement, several hundred
hippies drove their school buses into southern rural Tennessee and founded
America's largest, modern-day intentional community: The Farm. In this
book, past and present members of The Farm recount some of their more
memorable experiences.
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