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Wish List
We have great pride in our library here at Aprovecho. Staff, Interns, and Visitors alike all enjoy the privilege of having an exceptionally diverse library at their fingertips.
Here are some books that we would very much like to add to the Aprovecho Library. If you have any of these books you are willing to donate, or are able to acquire any of them for us, they can be sent to us at: 80574 Hazelton Rd. Cottage Grove, OR 97424
We would like to extend a complimentary year-long membership to any kind people who bless us with their donations!
Community Living
NonViolent Communication by Marshall RosenbergThanks Puddle Dancer Press!!
Getting Past the Pain Between Us by Marshall Rosenberg
The Surprising Purpose of Anger by Marshall Rosenberg
We Can Work it Out: Resolving Conflicts Peacefully and Powerfully by Marshall Rosenberg
Social/Environmental Critique
The Modern Crisis by Murray Bookchin
Towards and ecological society by Murray Bookchin
The Ecology of Freedom: the emergence and dissolution of hierarchy by Murray Bookchin
Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin
The Third Revolution: Popular Movements in a Revolutionary Era by Murray Bookchin
Lifestyle Anarchism versus Social Anarchism; the unbridgeable chasm by Murray Bookchin
Which Way for the Ecology Movement: Essays by Murray Bookchin
Pacifism and Pathology: Reflections on the Armed Struggle in North America by Ward Churchill
No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change by Dinyar Godrej
Food Not Lawns: How to turn your yard into a garden and your neighborhood into a community Heather Flores
The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
The Way of Ignorance and other essays by Wendell Berry
Thoughts in the presence of fear by Wendell Berry
Gone Tomorrow: the hidden life of garbage by Heather Rodgers
Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit by Vandana Shiva
Gaviotas: the village to Reinvent the world by Alan WeismanThanks Ross Mathena!
The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power by Wolfgang Sachs
The Struggle for Rural Mexico by Gustavo Esteva
Grassroots Post-Modernism by Gustavo Esteva
The Lorax by Dr. Suess
Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History
Speak Peace in a World of Conflict by Marshall Rosenberg
Thanks Puddle Dancer Press!!
The Heart of Social Change by Marshall Rosenberg
Homesteading
Living the Good Life by the Nearings
Continuing the Good Life by the Nearings
Loving and Leaving the Good Life by the Nearings
The Making of a Homesteader by the Nearings
The Gift of Good Land by Wendell Berry
Education
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire and Myra Bergman Ramos
Thanks Laura Fattal!!
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
Escaping Education by Gustavo Esteva
Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich
Life-Enriching Education by Marshall Rosenberg
Thanks Puddle Dancer Press!!
The Compassionate Classroom: Relationship Based Teaching and Learning by Marshall Rosenberg
Thanks Puddle Dancer Press!!
Teaching Children Compassionately: How Students and Teachers Can Succeed with Mutual Understanding
Thanks Puddle Dancer Press!!
3rd World Development
Campesino A Campesino: Voices from Latin America's Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable Agriculture by Eric Holt-gimenez
Agriculture
Designig and Maintaining your Edible Landscape. Kourik, Robert.
Farmers of Forty Centuries. King F.H.
Ferment and Human Nutrition. Mollison, Bill.
The Grafters Handbook. Garner, Robert.
The Natural Way of Farming. Fukuoka, Masanobu. Thanks Ross Mathena!
The One-Straw Revolution. Fukuoka, Masanobu.
Small Scale Grain Raising. Logsden, Gene.
Weeds and What They Tell. Pfeiffer, Ehrenfried.
Seed to Seed. Ashworth, Susan.
The Hummingbird Garden. Tekulsky, Mathew.
Propagation of Pacific Northwest Native Plants. Rose, Robin.
Thanks S. Smitt!
Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington. B. Jennifer Guard.
Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. Horst Marschner.
Hands on Agronomy. Kinsey, Neal.
Eco Farm: An Acres USA Primer. Walters, Charles.
Diet for a Dead Planet: how the food industry is killing us: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis by Christopher Cook
Diabetes: Sugar Coated Crisis: Who gets it, Who profits and How to stop it by David Spero
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America’s Underground Food Movements: Sandor Ellis Katz
Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply by Vandana Shiva
Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture by Andrew Kimbrell
Agriculture: A course of Eight Lectures by Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Stieners Contribution to the History and Practice of Agricultural Education
Brewing/Fermentation
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charles Papazian
The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charles Papazian
Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods by Sandor Ellis Katz and Sally Fallon
Permaculture
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond sustainability by David Holmgren
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway and John Todd
Thanks Ross Mathena!
Permaculture: A Designers Manuel by Bill Mollison and Reny Mia Slay
The Best of Permaculture, A Collection. Lindegger and Tap edditorsThanks
Introduction to Permaculture. Slay, Reny and Mollison, Bill
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. Holmgren, David.
Ecology and Whole Systems
Holistic Resource Management. Savory, Alan.
Design with Nature. McHarg, Ian.
Ecological Design. Van der Ryn, Sim.
Patterns
The Fractal Geometry of Nature. Mandelbrot, Benoit.
On Growth and Form. Thompson, D'arcy.
A Pattern Language. Alexander, Christopher.
Changes in the Land. Cronin, William.
Water
The Freshwater Aquaculture Book. McClarney, William.
Design and Construction of Small Earth Dams. Nelson, K.D.
Sensitive Chaos. Schwenk, Theodore.
Water for Every Farm. P.A. and Ken Yeomans
Greywater
Create an Oasis with Greywater. Ludwig, Art.Thanks to Shanna Schack and family!
The Toilet Papers. Van der Ryn, Sim.
Forests, Hedgrows, and Tree Crops
Agroforestry for Soil Management. Young, Anthony.
North American Agroforestry. H.E. Garret
Bioengineering for Land Stabilization and Conservation. Schiechtl, Hugo.
Firewood Crops. National Academy of Sciences.
Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape. Hart, Robert.
Hedging: A Practical Handbook. British Trust for Conservation Volunteers.
Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture.
Trees on the Treeless Plains. Holmgren, David.
Creating A Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow an Ecovillage or Intentional Community. Dianna Leaf Christian
Cooking
Simple Food for the Good Life by the Nearings
Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition by Paul Pitchford
How it all Vegan: Irresistable Recipes for an Animal Free Diet by Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer
Garden of Vegan : How it all Vegan again by Sarah Kramer and Tanya Barnard
Eat by Choice, not by Habit by Sylvia HaskvitzThanks Puddle Dancer Press!!
BeeKeeping
Towards Saving the Honeybee by Hauk
Bees: nine lectures on the nature of bees by Rudolph Steiner
The ABC and XYZs of Bee Culture by A. I. Root
Thanks to Shanna Schack and family!
A Beekeeping Handbook by HRC Riches
The Hive and the Honeybee
Biodiesel
Biodiesel Basics and Beyond: A Comprehensive Guide to Production and Use for Home and Farm by William Kemp
From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: A Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel by Josh Tickell, Kaia Tickell, Kaiaa Roman
Bicycles
Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance
Thanks to Shanna Schack and family!
Plant Spirits
Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions and Herb Craft by Dale Pendell
Pharmako/Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path by Dale Pendell
Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft by Dale Pendell
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollen
The Spirit in the Realm of Plants by Rudolf Stiener
The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird
Health
The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine by Vasant Lad and David Frawley
Thanks to Shanna Schack and family!
Our Bodies Ourselves: A new edition for a new era by the Boston Women’s Health Collective
Thanks to Shanna Schack and family!
Building
The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander
The Oregon Experiment by Christopher Alexander
Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter by Lloyd Kahn
Shelter by Bob Easton and Lloyd Kahn
Serious Strawbale: A Home Construction Guide for all Climates by Paul Lacinski
More Strawbale Building: A Complete Guide to Designing and Building with Straw by Christopher Magwood and Peter Mack
Sheds: The Do-it-Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders by David Stiles
DVD’s or VHS
In Grave Danger of Falling Food. Mollison, Bill. Available From the Permaculture Activist.
The Global Gardener. Mollison, Bill.
The Basics of NonViolent Communication
Manufacturing Consent
A Year in the Streets
The Corporation
Fast Food Nation
Speaking Peace
Creating Your Own Radio Station
Free Radio
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage
You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving train