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Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)
The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015) ($5)
Renewables Can't Power Capitalism, But They Can Power Ecosocialism
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020) ($5)
A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
A New Story for Humanity (2016)
Money & Life (2013)
Feeding Ourselves (2017)
Singapore: Biophilic City (2012)
Tomorrow: Take Concrete Steps To A Sustainable Future ($5)
Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013) ($5)
The Nature of Cities (2010) ($5)
In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)
Communities Of Hope: Discovering the Ecovillages of Europe (2020)
Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)
Rundown Apartments Reborn as Food-Forest Coliving Agritopia (2021)
The Hardest Thing I've Ever Loved: Creating a Transformative Culture (2020)
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018) ($5)
The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy (2018)
Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (2008)
What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement (2020)
India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006) ($5)
Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)
Fantastic Fungi (2019) ($5)
A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016) ($5)
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Wendell Berry: 17 Rules for a Sustainable Local Community
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