Chelsea Green Publishing: 239 books
Occupy World Street
A Global Roadmap for Radical Economic and Political Reform
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Ordinary citizens the world over have long paid the price for the swashbuckling behavior of the corporate and political elite. We've seen the reigning establishment widen the gap between rich and poor, champion endless growth on a finite planet, wreak havoc on developing nations, and ravage ecosystems...
The Organic Grain Grower
Small-Scale, Holistic Grain Production for the Home and Market Producer
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
The ultimate guide to growing organic grains on a small and ecological scale, The Organic Grain Grower is invaluable for both home-scale and commercial producers interested in expanding their resiliency and crop diversity through growing their own grains. Longtime farmer and organic pioneer Jack Lazor...
Compost, Vermicompost and Compost Tea
Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Part of the NOFA Guides series.
Information on composting techniques, including:
Principles and biology of composting
Temperature, aeration and moisture control
Composting methods
Materials (additives and inoculants, biodynamic preparations)
About costs (site preparation, equipment,...
The New Feminist Agenda
Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Feminists opened up thousands of doors in the 1960s and 1970s, but decades later, are U.S. women where they thought they'd be? The answer, it turns out, is a resounding no. Surely there have been gains. Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law...
The Zero Waste Solution
Untrashing the Planet One Community at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Waste is something we all make every day but often pay little attention to. That's changing, and model programs around the globe show the many different ways a community can strive for, and achieve, zero-waste status.
Scientist-turned-activist Paul Connett, a leading international figure...
The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook
Community Solutions to a Global Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2007
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Al Gore's summer blockbuster An Inconvenient Truth, and crude oil prices soaring to all-time highs, more people than ever know the truth about our oil addiction. Global warming is here. M. King Hubbert's oil peak is fast approaching (or may already have arrived)....
Dreaming the Future
Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Few would deny that we are entering a period of great change. Our environment is collapsing. Social disruption abounds. All around, it seems, we are experiencing breakdown. But out of this chaos comes the opportunity for breakthrough-the opportunity to reimagine our future.
In Dreaming the...
Limits to Growth
The 30-Year Update
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global 'overshoot,' or resource use beyond the carrying capacity of the planet. Now, preeminent environmental...
The Climate Change Playbook
22 Systems Thinking Games for More Effective Communication about Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Advocates and teachers often find it difficult to communicate the complexities of climate change, because the people they are trying to reach hold so many mistaken assumptions. They assume, for example, that when climate change becomes an obvious threat to our everyday lives, there will still be time...
The Permaculture City
Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living, with...
Climate Solutions
A Citizen's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Millions of Americans are demanding that all levels of government—local, state, and federal—take immediate and effective action to fight climate change. But there’s a big problem. Hundreds of policy ideas are floating about, and many of them aren’t very good. It’s quite possible that bad...
The New Bread Basket
How the New Crop of Grain Growers, Plant Breeders, Millers, Maltsters, Bakers, Brewers, and Local Food Activists Are Redefining Our Daily Loaf
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
For more than 10,000 years, grains have been the staples of Western civilization. The stored energy of grain allowed our ancestors to shift from nomadic hunting and gathering and build settled communities—even great cities. Though most bread now comes from factory bakeries, the symbolism of wheat...
Gaia's Garden
A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
The first edition of Gaia’s Garden sparked the imagination of America’s home gardeners, introducing permaculture’s central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively revised and expanded second edition broadens...
by Ross Mars
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2005
The Basics of Permaculture Design, first published in Australia in 1996, is an excellent introduction to the principles of permaculture, design processes, and the tools needed for designing sustainable gardens, farms, and larger communities.
Packed with useful tips, clear illustrations, and...