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Fall 2009

Celebrating 25 Years

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contentscontentThe Transition Timeline The Looting of America Howard Deans Prescription

for Real Healthcare Reform Connected Wisdom From Asparagus to Zucchini Social Change 2.0 Marijuana Is Safer Nontoxic Housecleaning Sustainable Food Times Up! The Polytunnel Handbook Stone House The Organic Farmers Business Handbook Death & Sex The People v. Bush Money and Soul

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THE TRANSITION TIMELINEFor a Local, Resilient FutureShaun ChamberlinForeword by Rob Hopkins

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The revolutionary Transition Movement has been changing the way communities plan theirfuture by teaching them to prepare for the confluence of climate change and peak oil. Nowmovement leaders have taken their transition training one step further, crafting a timeline forthose who seek a life that is neither reliant on oil, nor based on the myth of perpetual growth.

The Transition Timelinelightens the fear of our uncertain future by mapping out the challenges weface and our pathways to addressing them. The book describes four possible scenarios for thenext twenty yearsranging from the denial scenario, in which we reap the consequences of failingto acknowledge and respond to our environmental challenges, to the transition vision, in which

we shift our cultural assumptions to fit our circumstances and move into a more fulfilling, lower-energy world.

The practical, realistic details of this transition vision are examined in depth, covering key areassuch as food, energy, demographics, transport, and health care. The authors provide a sense ofcontext for communities working toward a thriving future, as well as a detailed and accessibleupdate on climate change and peak oil and the interactions between themincluding theirpresent and future impacts.

Use The Transition Timelineto choose your path, and then make that future real with youractions, individually and with your community. As Transition movement founder Rob Hopkinsoutlines in the chapter he has contributed, there is a rapidly spreading movement addressingthese challenges, and it needs you.

Its possible to protect yourself and your community fromclimate change and peak oil. Heres how.

Shaun Chamberlin is the founder of www.darkoptimism.org and hasbeen involved with the Transition Network since its inception. He isalso the Tradable Energy Quotas Development Director at The LeanEconomy Connection and a member of the Department of Energyand Climate Change's Personal Carbon Allowances AdvisoryGroup, as well as a core member of Transition Town Kingston, UK.

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So here it is: the map and timeline of how to save our world and ourselves.

Whether we WILL take up these suggestions as scheduled is a question for the cynicand dreamers to debate. For us realists, the only relevant questions are, Where do start?, and, Will you join us? Richard Heinberg, senior fellow of the Post CarbonInstitute, and author of eight books, including The Partys Overand Peak Everything

The Transition Timelineisnt another climate jeremiad, but a map of the course weneed to take over the coming decade if we are to save our planet, and ourselves. Iis a book of hopeful realism, making clear that the future we want remains in ourgraspbut only for a short while longer. Jamais Cascio, cofounder ofWorldChanging.com and founder of OpenTheFuture.com

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THE LOOTING OF AMERICAHow Wall Streets Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs,Pensions, and Prosperityand What We Can Do About ItLes Leopold

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How could the best and brightest in finance crash the global economy and then get us to bailthem out? What caused this mess? And what can Main Street do about it?

In The Looting of America, Les Leopold debunks the prevailing myths that blame low-incomehomebuyers, credit-card debtors, and government interference. Instead, readers will discoverhow Wall Street undermined itself and the rest of the economy by playing and losing a highlylucrative and dangerous game of fantasy finance.

He also asks some tough questions:

Why did Americans let the gap between workers and executives pay grow so large? Why did we fail to realize that the excess money in those executives pockets was fueling

casino-style investment schemes? Why did we buy the notion that financial products that no one could even understand would

somehow form the backbone of Americas new economy? And how can we get our money back and never give it away to gamblers again?

In this page-turning, plain-speaking narrative, Leopold tells us how everyone from individualinvestors to school districts to institutions around the world fell victim to Wall Streets innovativefinancial productslike collateralized debt obligations, better known as CDOs, which suckedtrillions of dollars from the global economy when they failed.

As the country teeters on the brink of a depression, he warns we should be especially wary ofadvice from the so-called financial experts who got us here and then conveniently got themselves

out. So far, it appears theyve won the battle, but The Looting of Americarefuses to let them writethe historyor plan its aftermath.

Not a Wall Street insider?A guide to the economic crisis for the rest of us.

Les Leopold cofounded and currently directs two nonprofit organi-zations, the Labor Institute and the Public Health Institute, and is theauthor of the award-winning The Man Who Hated Work andLoved Labor: The Life and Times ofTony Mazzocchi. Leopolddesigns research and educational programs on occupational safetyand health, the environment, and economics and helped form analliance between the United Steel Workers Union and the SierraClub. He attended Oberlin College and Princeton UniversitysWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Helives in Montclair, New Jersey.photo: Lilah Leopold

Les Leopolds account of the economic crisis is the clearest and most accessiblethat I have seen. It gives a reader with little economics or financial background ariveting description of how Wall Street tore down our economy and what we cando about it. Its a page turner we all should read.Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers

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HOWARD DEANS Prescription for REAL HEALTHCARE REFORMHow We Can Achieve Affordable Medical Care for Every American and Make Our Jobs SaferHoward Deanwith Igor Volsky and Faiz Shakir

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What would real healthcare reform look like? And howcan everyday Americans trump big money and puthealthcare back on track? Howard Dean speaks out.

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Americans have pondered how to reform healthcare since the days of Harry Truman. But formost Americans, little has changedexcept that healthcare costs have soared, health insurancecompanies have grown bigger and more oppressive to both doctors and patients, and todayeven those Americans who pay dearly for health insurance frequently find that their policiesdont adequately cover them when they need their coverage most.

Something has got to give. In his bold new book, Howard Deanthe physician and formergovernor widely credited for reviving the Democratic Party after the 2004 electionstells

Americans what needs to be done to successfully reform healthcare. One key, he writes, is tooffer Americans the option to participate in a public health insurance program, much likeMedicare. America has had socialized medicine since 1964, says Dean. Its called Medicare;it covers every American over 65, and they are very happy with the program. The rest of

America deserves a similar option.

In this straight-talking guide to overcoming todays healthcare crisis, Dean spells out: What Obamas healthcare plan is all about How other countries handle healthcare Which special interests are standing in the way of progress and why How healthcare reform will help American businesses prosper Why Americans need choicebetween private and public health insurance coverage

Millions of Americans lack health insurance; millions more pay for coverage that doesnt protectthem from serious illness; and the status quo leaves Americans at the mercy of corporate interests.This persuasive argument from a passionate political strategist shows Americans how to take backthe healthcare reins.

Howard Deanphysician and former chairman of the DemocraticNational Committee (DNC)served six terms as Governor of Vermonbefore running for the Democratic Partys presidential nomination inthe 2004 election. Dean also founded Democracy for America (DFA),the grassroots organization that organizes community activists, trainscampaign staff, and endorses progressive candidates. While he wasVermonts governor, the state expanded its universal healthcare pro-gram to cover nearly every child under age 18and also lowered itspublic debt, balanced its budget, and reduced taxes.

Faiz Shakir, currently the research director at the Center for American Progress inWashington, D.C., has been a researcher for the Democratic National Committee, a U.S.Senate legislative aide on veterans affairs, and a White House communications aide.

Igor Volskyis a healthcare researcher and blogger at the Center for American Progress.

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Chelsea Green JulyPolitics & Social Justice

from Howard Deans Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform:Much has been made of the 48 million Americans whodont have health insurance. Their stories are heart-rend-ing, and its a scandal that in the wealthiest nation onearth, we do not cover everybody. No other industrialdemocracy in the world puts up with this embarrass-ment. But the debate on healthcare reformwhich iscoming to a peak once againshould also focus on thefact that many Americans who dohave health insurancedont find out that it doesnt adequately cover them untilit is too late.

Whats the real issue?

The real issue in the debate over healthcare reform is notwhether we should have socialized medicine or not. Its

whether we should continue with an extraordinarilyinefficient system that today features a private insurance

industry that takes large amounts of money out of thehealthcare system for shareholders, administrators, andexecutives, while denying people the basic coverage theyhave paid for.

How to frame the debate.

The debate about healthcare reform is not a debateabout how much a role the government should play.Instead, the debate should focus on this simple ques-tion: Should we give Americans under 65 the samechoice we give Americans over 65? Should we give allAmericans a choice of opting out of the private healthinsurance system and benefiting from a public healthinsurance plan? Americans ought to be able to decide

for themselves.

What Americans Should Demand of Real Healthcare Reform.

Choice: Everyone should be able to choose between a public health insurance optionlike Medicareor a private health insurance option.

No forced moves: If you like the health insurance coverage you have, you should be able to keep it.

Coverage options for small business: Very small businesses should have the option of handing over healthinsurance coverage for their employees to a public or private plan subsidized by the government.

Everybody in, nobody out: Public and private health insurance plans should turn no one away based onillness, pre-existing conditions, or other criteria.

Similar premiums for everyone: Despite age or illness, all Americans should be able to opt into a public orprivate healthcare without wide discrepancies in cost based on age or previous illness.

More options, not less: Healthcare reform should expand Americans healthcare choices, not reduce them.

Financial protection:A public health insurance option is more affordable because its more efficient.This protects families financial health.

Fewer of your healthcare dollars spent on overhead:A public health insurance option is much cheaperto operate and will help reduce non-health-related overhead costs.

Universality: Everyone other than those already covered by Medicare or Medicaid should have the optionto join a public plan.

Portability:A public health insurance plan should cover you no matter how many times you move, no matterwho you work for, and no matter where you live.
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CONNECTED WISDOMLiving Stories About Living SystemsLinda Booth Sweeney, Ed.D.

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Connected Wisdom: Living Stories About Living Systemsgathers twelve stories from differentcultures that each reveal a unique example of a living system. Through them, Linda BoothSweeney shows that what we now call systems thinking has been around for a very long time.

A Balinese folktale tells the story of a gecko who cannot sleep because of the sparks from afirefly. He traces the cause of his complaint from one animal to another to the mosquitoes hedepends on for his survival. Like this gecko, young readers will understand that all life is inter-related, and will be able to grasp the concept of the living system of interdependence. In aBurmese folktale, a king spills a drop of honey on his windowsill, too little to bother cleaningup. Yet the drop draws a fly, which attracts a lizard, which is followed by a cat, then a dog, and

the owners of the cat and the dog, each armed with a stick. When civil war erupts, the kingand readers understand the living system of linearity, in which an effect is disproportionate toits cause.

Clear and simple notes accompany these and the other stories in Connected Wisdom.

Says Sweeney, If kids understand living systems, theyre more likely to think and act ininformed ways and less likely to jump to blame a single cause for the challenges theyencounter.

Connected Wisdomis a large-format, full-color volume that is as suitable for gift-giving as it isfor classrooms and libraries.

A new collection of folktales reveals how people haveunderstood sustainable living over the centuries.

Linda Booth Sweeney, Ed.D., is a researcher and writer dedicatedto making the principles of systems thinking and sustainabilityaccessible. She has worked with Outward Bound, Sloan School ofM.I.T., and Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development,or SEED. She is the author of The Systems Thinking Playbook;When a Butterfly Sneezes: A guide for helping children exploreinterconnections in our world through favorite stories; The SEEDWater Book; and numerous academic journals and newsletters.Sweeney lives outside Boston, Massachusetts. More informationavailable at www.lindaboothsweeney.net.

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The moment you touch and open this book, its wisdom is evident. This is the wisdo

of wholes, of belonging, and connecting the dots to see the richer tapestry of life.Raffi, singer and bestselling author of Wheels on the Bus and Baby Beluga

. . . Linda Booth Sweeney has assembled a wonderful collection of ancient folktales and myths from around the world, which convey the profound "systemic wis-dom" of peoples who lived close to nature and had a deep intuitive understandingof life's networks, cycles, and processes of transformation. I highly recommendConnected Wisdomas a superb tool for teaching and learning the systemic thinkingthat is critical in our globally interconnected world.Fritjof Capra, author, The Web of Lifeand The Hidden Connections
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FROM ASPARAGUS TO ZUCCHINIA Guide to Cooking Farm-FreshSeasonal Produce, Third EditionMadison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition

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Ever wonder how youll ever be able to use all your vegetables? From Asparagus to Zucchinianswers the question of what to do with your armloads of greens, exotic herbs, and never-beforeseen vegetables with recipes that are as concise and doable as they are appealing. Created for andby Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members, the book is an indispensable tool foranyone who wants to eat seasonally and locally.

Organized by vegetablefifty-three in alleach section includes nutritional, historical, and storageinformation, as well as cooking tips. With more than 420 original recipes created, tested, andenjoyed by chefs, CSA members, and farmers, youll never be without a delicious recipe to makethe most of the seasons bounty. The best part is that lesser-known vegetables like burdock andkohlrabi have more recipes, not fewer!

From Asparagus to Zucchiniis more than just a cookbook. Also included are essays that addressthe larger picture of sustainable agriculture, how our food choices fit into our economy,environment, and community, and more information on home food preservation and how tohelp kids appreciateand even eattheir vegetables. Readers will find an extensive resourcesection and recipe index to round out this unique resource. With this book, prepare to awakenand reaffirm your dedication to enjoying the unique flavors of local foods while nourishing thelife of sustainable family farms.

Anyone who wants to eat locally needs a copy of thisbestselling cookbookover 200,000 copies sold!

The Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition(MACSAC) is a nonprofit organization of CSA farms and memberspromoting the production and consumption of fresh, local, andsustainable foods in southern Wisconsin. MACSAC promotes andsupports CSA farms, coordinates community- and farmer-educationprograms on the benefits of locally grown foods, and operates thePartner Shares Program, which raises funds to subsidize CSAmemberships for limited-income households. To learn more, visitwww.macsac.org.


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From Aparagus to Zucchinisparkles with a sense of community, that all-importantextra that comes along with beautiful food fresh from the farm. It answers the quest

of what to do with your armloads of greens, exotic herbs, and never-before-seen vegetables with recipes that are as concise and doable as they are appealing. The essaysthat precede the recipes shouldnt be missedthey will reaffirmor awaken, as needbe, your dedication to enjoy the unique flavors of your local foods while nourishing thlife of the sustainable family farm. What could be better than that?Deborah Madison, author of Local Flavors, Cooking and Farmers Markets
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SOCIAL CHANGE 2.0A Blueprint for Reinventing Our WorldDavid Gershon

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Achieving the change in social change.

David Gershon is the author of ten books, including the best-sellingEmpowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life As You Want ItandLow Carbon Diet: A 30-Day Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds, winneof the Most Likely to Save the Planet Independent Publisher BookAward. He is founder and president of Empowerment Institute andcodirects its school for social change. His clients include cities,governmental agencies, nonprofits, large corporations, and socialentrepreneurs engaged in furthering social change. Gershon haslectured at Harvard, MIT, and Duke Universities and served as anadvisor to the Clinton White House and United Nations. He lives inupstate New York.

If change is the mantra of our moment in history, Social Change 2.0may be poised to becomeits bible. Drawing on his three decades in the trenches of large-scale societal transformation,David Gershonfounder and president of Empowerment Institute, and described by theUnited Nations as a graceful revolutionaryoffers an original and comprehensive roadmap tobring about fundamental change in our world.

From his initiation as architect of the United Nationssponsored First Earth Runa mythicpassing of fire around the world symbolizing humanitys quest for peace on earth that drew tenof millions of participants, the planets political leaders, and, through the media, over a billionpeople at the height of the cold warto his recent climate-change work helping citizens, cities,and entire states measurably reduce their carbon footprint (using his bookLow Carbon Diet),

Gershon offers readers strategies to evolve an effective new model for transformative change atany scale. These include: The first comprehensive social-change model with proven, practical strategies and tools to

either launch a social-change initiative or improve the efficacy of any existing change program. A Practitioners Guide accompanying each chapter, to help readers apply this social-change

framework to their initiative.

The result is an inspiring book that will quickly find its way onto the desksand into the heartsof change agents from environmental activists, social entrepreneurs, community organizers, andcivic, government, and business leaders, to the vast number of baby boomers looking for a way togive back and the millennials just raring to go.


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High Point SeptemberPolitics & Social Justice

From the Introduction . . .

Social Change 2.0 has a simple and some might say radical premise: That thenatural starting point for changing our world for the better is us. That takingpersonal responsibility to make the needed changes within ourselves and ourcommunities is the foundation for changing our institutions, not the other wayaround. That people are willing to make these changes if empowered by apersonal vision and the means to bring it to fruition. That these changes can beaccelerated and reinforced with the right laws and financial incentives, but itbegins with us.
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MARIJUANA IS SAFERSo Why Are We Driving People to Drink?Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, and Mason Tvert

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Evidence shows marijuana is safer than alcohol.Yet alcohol is legal and marijuana is not. Isnt ittime for some citizen-led sanity?

Nationally recognized marijuana-policy experts Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, and Mason Tvertcompare and contrast the relative harms and legal status of the two most popular recreationalsubstances in the worldmarijuana and alcohol. Through an objective examination of the twodrugs and the laws and social practices that steer people toward alcohol, the authors pose a simpleyet rarely considered question: Why do we punish adults who make the rational, safer choice touse marijuana instead of alcohol?

Marijuana Is Saferreaches for a broad audience. For those unfamiliar with marijuana, it pro-

vides an introduction to the cannabis plant and its effects on the user, and debunks some ofthe governments most frequently cited marijuana myths. For current and aspiring advocatesof marijuana-law reform, as well as anyone else who is interested in what is becoming a majorpolitical battle, the authors spell out why the message that marijuana is safer than alcohol mustbe a prominent part of the public debate over legalization.

Most importantly, for the millions of Americans who want to advance the cause ofmarijuana-policy reformor simply want to defend their own personal, safer choicethis bookprovides the talking points and detailed information needed to make persuasive arguments tofriends, family, coworkers, and elected officials.

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Mason Tvert photo: Lori NagelPaul Armentano photo: Mike Milkovich


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Steve Foxis the Director of State Campaigns for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the nationslargest organization dedicated to reforming marijuana laws. From 2002-2005, he lobbiedCongress as MPPs Director of Government Relations. He cofounded Safer Alternative forEnjoyable Recreation (SAFER) in 2005 and has helped guide its operations since its inception. Heis a graduate of Tufts University and Boston College Law School and currently lives in Marylandwith his wife and two daughters.

Steve Fox photo: Lisa Fox

Mason Tvertis the cofounder and Executive Director of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation(SAFER) and the SAFER Voter Education Fund. He appears frequently in the news and travels thecountry promoting the Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol message. He resides in Denver, where heserves on the citys Marijuana Policy Review Panel appointed by Mayor John W. Hickenlooper.

Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML (The National Organization for the Reform ofMarijuana Laws) and the NORML Foundation, is a recognized expert in marijuana policy, health,and pharmacology. He appears regularly on Drew Pinskys nationally syndicated radio show, andhis work has appeared in over 500 publications. Armentano is the 2008 recipient of the ProjectCensored Real News Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism. He currently lives in Vallejo,California, with his wife and son.
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NONTOXIC HOUSECLEANINGAmy Kolb Noyes

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When it comes to cleaning products, society often values convenience over personal and planetaryhealth, thanks to decades of advertising propaganda from the chemical companies that marketoverpriced and dangerous concoctions. But awareness is changing: Not only are homemade andnontoxic cleaners strong enough for the toughest grunge, they are often as convenient as theircommercial counterparts.

Nontoxic Housecleaningthe latest in the Chelsea Green Guides seriesprovides a way for peopleto improve their immediate environment every day. Pregnant women, parents of young children,pet owners, people with health concerns, and those who simply care about a healthy environ-mentand a sensible budgetcan all benefit from the recipes and tips in this guide.

Included are tips for: The basic ingredients: what they are, and why they work. Specific techniques for each room and cleaning need in the house. Detailed recipes for homemade cleaners, including floor polishes, all-purpose cleanser,

disinfecting cleanser, window cleaner, oven cleaner, furniture polish, mold- and mildew-killing cleansers, bathroom scrub, deodorizers, stain removers, laundry boosters and starch,metal polishes, scouring powder, and more.

A pocket guide for making and using nontoxic

cleaning products.

Amy Kolb Noyes lives at Indecision Farm in Vermont and writesfrequently on home and garden topics for a variety of regionaland national publications. An environmental activist, she is vicechair of the nonprofit Green Up Vermont, has long served on itsboard of directors, and has authored Living the Green Up Way.She lives in northern Vermont.

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photo: Mickey Smith

Grime Away Appliance CleanerIn an 32 oz spray bottle mix in the given order:

1 teaspoon castile soap with an essential oil

OR 1 teaspoon unscented castile soap and 8-10 drops of your favorite oil 1 teaspoon washing soda 3 cups warm water 1 tablespoon vinegar

Shake well to mix before each use.


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SUSTAINABLE FOODHow to Buy Right and Spend LessElise McDonough

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Wondering whether its worth it to splurge on the locally raised beef? What about those organiccarrots? New in the Chelsea Green Guides series, Sustainable Food: How to Buy Right and SpendLesshelps the average shopper navigate the choices, whether strolling the aisles of a modernsupermarket or foraging at a local farmers market.

This down-to-earth, casual guidesmall enough to be slipped into your pocketanswers theseand other questions for the shopper: What are the differences among organic, local, fair-trade, free-range, naturally raised, and

biodynamic foods? How affordable is it to subscribe to a CSA farmand what are the advantages?

Is it better to choose wild Alaskan salmon at $18.99, or the Chilean farmed fish at $11.99? What cooking oils can be sustainably sourced? How can a food co-op increase access to, and affordability of, healthier, Earth-friendly foods? Where can you find sustainably produced sugar, and are there any local replacements for

sweeteners from faraway lands? What do the distinctions between shade-grown and trellised coffee mean? Is shark okay to eat? How about mackerel? Why is the war on plastic bags so important?

Sustainable eating just got easier.

A guide to making ethical, budget-friendly,food-buying choices.

Elise McDonough trained at New York Citys Natural GourmetInstitute, but her informal training in counterculture cuisine began

at the Cleveland Food Co-op, where she was initiated into theworld of food politics, strange ingredients, and alternative diets.She lives in New York City, where she volunteers at the UnionSquare Greenmarket, and is actively involved in many local farmand food issues.

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Try these great tips to get started!

Fishing for good seafood? Try farmed tilapia, mussels, bay scallops,or wild salmon. (And avoid farmed salmon at all costs.) Looking to eat lower on the food chain? Expand your repertoire with

polished barley instead of rice, or polenta instead of potatoes. Think you cant afford organic food? Consider subscribing to a CSA farm.

Also, buying organic foods in bulk can be more frugal than the overlypackaged name-brand alternatives.


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TIMES UP!An Uncivilized Solution to a Global CrisisKeith Farnish

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How to survive the unfolding global crisis.

Keith Farnish is an environmental writer, philosopher, and activist.He founded The Earth Blog (www.theearthblog.org) in 2006 andwrites The Unsuitablog (www.unsuitablog.com). He is also a guestauthor on The Sietch Blog. Keith lives in Essex, England, with hiswife and children.

People know that the climate is changing for the worse, that species are being driven to extinctionat a rapidly increasing rate, and that entire ecosystems are becoming shadows of their formerrichness. They know but they do not understand. The global environmental crisis is closing in onhumanity from all directions, yet the crisis barely registers on this cultures list of problems. As westand around, humanity is doomed to a collapse that may leave only a few nomads and a toxic,barely survivable Earth in its wake.

So why is nothing being done beyond changing light bulbs, recycling, and buying organicfood? Its certainly not for a lack of good reasons. Humans have no motivation stronger thansurvival, yet the culture that dominatesthe culture we call industrial civilizationhas createda set of priorities that values financial wealth, the possession of superfluous goods, and short,

cheap thrills above that most basic need. In short, we are prepared to die in order to live a lifethat is killing us.

Times Up!is about changing our behavior. The book describes how our actions affect the verythings on Earth that we depend on for survival, at scales that we rarely contemplate. It arms us

with the tools to free us from a culture that has blinded us for centuries, and which will allowus to live in a way that will give Earth, and ourselves, a viable future.


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What Farnish does very well in this book is to present the reader with a little morthan the obvious. It goes beyond recycling and bicycling, and he goes a step furthin the way he explains climate change. His solutions may not be revolutionary, butmaybe they dont need to be. Farnish gives us the knowledge, the inspiration, andthe empowerment to pull together and start this fight, even if we cant all be likehimwe can and we have do something.The Ecologist
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THE POLYTUNNEL HANDBOOKPlanning Siting Erecting Using Maintaining

Andy McKee and Mark Gatter

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The last decade has seen an unprecedented rise in demand for organic fruit and vegetables, andeach year more of us are discovering that homegrown food is fresher, tastier, and more nutritiousthan food shipped in from elsewhere. A polytunnel can be used as an affordable, low-carbon aidto growing your own food all year round, from crispy salads and fresh vegetables in the dead of

winter to juicy melons and mouthwatering grapes in high summer.

The Polytunnel Handbooklooks at all aspects of polytunnel use, from planning your purchase toharvesting the rewards, and includes a step-by-step guide detailing how polytunnels are put upand maintained. There are chapters on developing healthy soil and preventing pests, and a jargon-free guide to the range of often mystifying accessories that many tunnel retailers offer. In addition

the do-it-yourself enthusiast will find a full set of instructions for building a polytunnel fromscratch, and the authors explain how to keep your polytunnel productive in every season.

An affordable organic method of growing fresh foodall year round.

Andy McKee first grew vegetables with his father at the age of five,and since then he has grown food in situations ranging from aseventeenth-story window box to guerrilla gardening in the middleof a Christmas-tree plantation. McKee had his eyes opened to thepotential of polytunnels during a visit to one featuring a hot tubwarmed by a clay oven. He lives with his wife and family in ruralDorset, England, and is entirely self-sufficient in vegetables.

Mark Gatter began growing vegetables while homesteading innorthern California in the early eighties and has been an avidgardener ever since. Hes a firm advocate of an organic, raised-bedapproach and relies on a polytunnel to keep fresh food on the tableright through the winter. He and his wife share their smallholding inWales with eleven sheep, several chickens, and two dogs.


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STONE HOUSEA Guide to Self-Building with SlipformsRevised and UpdatedTomm Stanley


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53 diagrams and illustrations Green Building

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The classic text on building stone homes.

Tomm Stanleyis an American who has been living in New Zealandsince 1995. On his rural New Zealand property Tomm has createdan environmentally friendly, off-the-grid lifestyle that provides abalance to his professional life as an international managementconsultant. His Web-based business, www.heartbeatnursery.co.nz,assists in funding his personal mission of restoring the former hillsidefarm, now infested with an imported plant weed, to its natural,

forested state.

Stone House: A Guide to Self-Building with Slipformshas been the leading resource for people interestedin building with stone and slipforms since it was first released in 2003. Stonefield Publishings revisededition of this classic has two new chapters from author Tomm Stanley and many new photographs;in addition, the original pictures and diagrams have been digitally enhanced.

Stone Housecontains all the hard knowledge, helpful tips, and fresh ideas youll need to successfullybuild a stone home of your own. Tomm Stanley, an international business consultant, activeecologist, and all around handymanwho decided to go for his dream of building his ownhouseleads you through the entire process. Using a lighthearted narrative approach, Tommdescribes the trials and tribulations that accompanied the wonderful successes he experienced as a

first-time self-builder creating his own house of stone.Self-builders not working with stone will also find this book inspirational, educating, andentertaining. Alternative-building advocates will be interested in the eco-friendly approach thatTomm takes to building as much of his house as possible from locally sourced materials.

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THE ORGANIC FARMERS BUSINESS HANDBOOKA Complete Guide to Managing Finances,Crops, and Staffand Making a ProfitRichard Wiswall

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Contrary to popular belief, a good living can be made on an organic farm. Whats required isfarming smarter, not harder.

In The Organic Farmers Business Handbook, Richard Wiswall shares advice on how to make yourvegetable production more efficient, better manage your employees and finances, and turn a profit.From his twenty-seven years of experience at Cate Farm in Vermont, Wiswall knows firsthand the

joys of starting and operating an organic farmas well as the challenges of making a living fromone. Farming offers fundamental satisfaction from producing food, working outdoors, being onesown boss, and working intimately with nature. But, unfortunately, many farmers avoid learningabout the businessend of farming; because of this, they often work harder than they need to, orquit farming altogether because of frustratingand often avoidablelosses.

In this comprehensive business kit, Wiswall covers: Step-by-step procedures to make your crop production more efficient Advice on managing employees, farm operations, and office systems Novel marketing strategies What to do with your profits: business spending, investing, and planning for retirement

A companion CD offers valuable business tools, including easy-to-use spreadsheets for projectingcash flow, a payroll calculator, comprehensive crop budgets for twenty-four different crops, andtax planners.

Learn the business of running your own profitableorganic farm.

Richard Wiswall started Cate Farm in East Montpelier, Vermont,where he has farmed since 1981. Known for his work on farmprofitability and appropriate business tools, Wiswall consults withother farmers and writes and speaks frequently on organic-farmbusiness issues. To learn more about Wiswall and Cate Farm, visitwww.catefarm.com.

Chelsea Green OctoberGardening & Agriculture

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DEATH & SEXTyler Volk & Dorion Sagan

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On DEATH . . .

What does death have to do with life? In his short, intriguing look at how and why things die,Tyler Volk explains that death is not simply the end of life. Rather, it is an essential step in naturalselection that has long powered evolutionary design. Volk weaves the science of living and dyingin a deft narrative that illustrates how life uses death for more adaptive living. In fact, death hasbeen an exquisite, ever-shifting part of the grand evolutionary storyfrom lifes simple beginningnearly four billion years ago to the evolved human culture and consciousness of today; from thesimplicity of bacteria to the complexity of human psychology. Deathreveals the connectionsbetween life and death, not as opposites, not even as complements. Volk illuminates death as anorgan of liferather like wings or fingers, mating behaviors, or thoughts.

. . . and SEX

In Sex, Dorion Sagan takes a delightful, irreverent, and informative gambol through the science,philosophy, and literature of humanitys most obsessive subject. Have you ever wondered what thepromiscuous behaviors of chimpanzees and the sexual bullying of gorillas tell us about ourselves?

Why we lost our hair? What amoebas have to do with desire? Linking evolutionary biology topopular culture, Sextouches on topics ranging from animal genitalia to sperm competition, jeal-ousys status as an aphrodisiac, the origins of language, Casanova and music, ovulation andclothes, mother-in-law jokes and alpha females, love and loneliness. A brief, wonderfully enter-taining, highly literate foray into the origins and evolution of sex.

Two books in one cover, Death & Sexunravel and answer some of lifes most fundamental questions

Two books under one cover deliver a brief, incisive, and

entertaining romp through the science of sex and death.

Dorion Sagan is author of numerous articles and twenty-threebooks translated into eleven languages, including Notes from theHolocene: A Brief History of the Futureand Into the Cool, co-authored with Eric D. Schneider. His writings have appeared in

The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Wired,Smithsonian, The Ecologist, Natural History, and numerous otherpublications. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Chelsea Green OctoberScience & Sciencewriters

Tyler Volkis head of the science track in New York Universitysenvironmental studies program and a professor of biology, witha research emphasis on the global carbon cycle. Volks previousbooks include CO2 Rising: The Worlds Greatest EnvironmentalChallenge; Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind; andGaias Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth. He lives in NewYork City.


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MONEY AND SOULThe Psychology of Money and the Transformation of CapitalismPer Espen StoknesTranslated from the Norwegian by Susan M. Davies

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A new way to think about money.

Many feel that money and what we perceive as the psyche (or soul) are bitter enemiesdo wechoose money or soul, finance or feelings, markets or common humanity? Money and Soultraces the origins of these opposing concepts, and the emotions that money provokes.Economic ideas often stand out as being universal, globally valid, and without cultural ties. But

when money is viewed in its cultural and philosophical context, it becomes evident that themoney of today is a particular system of symbolssomething that society itself has devised ovemany centuriesthat both reflects and reinforces societys dominant concerns.

In the twenty-first century, our major concerns include social cohesion, global warming, andenvironmental destruction. Per Espen Stoknes shows how new forms of money can be developed

that will encourage us to act in ways that protect these critically important aspects of our worldthat are currently excluded from the money system. He shows how currencies for natural andsocial capital could work in tandem with the manufactured capital that defines our monetarysystem to the exclusion of all else.

Money and Soulopens up new methods of looking at, thinking about, and using money. Itpoints to a future where our ideas about money will be greatly expanded; a future with differentkinds of moneyused for different social purposesin circulation.

Per Espen Stoknes is an organizational psychologist, senior lecturerat BI Norwegian School of Management, and a partner in theDigital Thinking Networkan international think tank for future-scenario planning. Stoknes has worked both as a clinical therapistand as an advisor to major national and international organizations.


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Green Books OctoberEthical Marketplace

Mainstream economics is bankrupt. In this book, Per Espen Stoknes guides ustowards a saner alternative. He plunges deeply into the roots of our relationship wmoney and emerges with solid, workable proposals for a new economy. Money &Soulis a vitally important contribution to creating a sustainable future.

Dr. Stephan Harding, coordinator of the MSc in Holistic Science at SchumacherCollege and author of Animate Earth

The need for new ideas has never been more pressing . . . Now is precisely the timto start thinking very differently indeedand Per Espen Stoknes certainly rises to tparticular challenge.Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future
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A RENEWABLE WORLDPolicies, Practices, & TechnologiesHerbert Girardet & Miguel Mendona


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Climate change and energy shortages are set to become the greatest challenges for humanity inthe twenty-first century. While a few reports have given some indication about whatcan be doneto come to grips with these problems, very little has been written about howthese necessarychanges can be brought about.A Renewable Worldoutlines the key steps needed to make thecrucial transition actually happen.

The latest climate research indicates that the challenge facing us is not just the reduction of ourannual global emissionsof greenhouse gases, but of their actual concentrationsin the atmosphere

After years of inaction, urgent and comprehensive action is now needed to turn an existentialcrisis for humanity into an opportunity to secure the well-being and prosperity of present and

future generations.

This book shows how we can: Accelerate the renewableenergy revolution Renewour local economies and our urban habitat Renewthe living systems of planet earth Renewand invigorate international cooperation

Illustrated in full color,A Renewable Worlddeals with a variety of urgent issues in a holistic,comprehensive, and accessible way.

How to influence and accelerate the measures needed todeal with climate change and the energy crisis.

Herbert Girardetis an author, filmmaker, and consultant focusingon sustainable development. He is director of programs of theWorld Future Council and a former chairman of the Schumacher

Society in the UK. He is a recipient of a UN Global 500 Awardfor outstanding environmental achievements. His previous booksinclude The Gaia Atlas of Cities, 1992 and 1996; Cities, People,Planet: Urban Development and Climate Change, 2004 and2008; and Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Change andOther Global Challenges, 2007.

Miguel Mendona is research manager for the World FutureCouncil. He works in both research and advocacy, focusingon renewable energy policy. He has worked on four continents,campaigning, coalition building, and speaking, and is a memberof the steering committee of the Alliance for Renewable Energy.

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HERBS FOR HOME TREATMENTA Guide to Using Herbs for First Aidand Common Health Problems

Anna Newton

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In Herbs for Home Treatment, Anna Newton explains the advantages of using herbsand providesherbal remediesto cure common ailments and improve general health. She provides easy-to-followadvice on creating your own apothecary with a small number of versatile herbs.

Learn how to: Prevent and treat common illnesses with herbs Avoid some of the adverse side effects that are common with chemical-based medicines Grow and store herbs, and create tinctures, oils, and ointments for a home apothecary

This user-friendly guide to herbs and their medicinal properties explains how to deal withcommon illnessesincluding digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and nervous-system conditions.Newton suggests essential herbs everyone should have on hand, and offers advice on how to getthe best out of herbs for general health, including how to maintain your energy level, increaseyour stamina, and improve your mood. Inside youll find information on dosages, possibleallergies, and clues for when its time to seek professional help. Also included is guidance onhow to make your own apothecary, how to concoct a first-aid kit for when traveling abroad,and a list of herb retailers and professional herbalists.

How to deal with common illnesses using medicinalherbs, and how to create your own apothecary.

Anna Newton studied herbal medicine at the University of Walesand has worked as a medical herbalist for Neals Yard inCheltenham for the past six years. Newton is a member of theNational Institute of Medical Herbalists and the College of

Practitioners of Phytotherapy.


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THE RAW MILK REVOLUTIONBehind America's Emerging BattleOver Food RightsDavid E. Gumpert

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How the fight over raw milk is changing the wayAmericans think about food-borne illness, chronic disease,and government regulation of what we eat and drink.

David E. Gumpertis a journalist who specializes in covering theintersection of health and business. His popular blog, www.thecompletepatient.com, has chronicled the increasingly unsettling battlesover raw milk. He has authored or coauthored seven books onvarious aspects of entrepreneurship and business and previouslyhas been a reporter and editor with The Wall Street Journalandthe Harvard Business Review. He lives in Needham, Massachusetts

Beginning in 2006, the agriculture departments of several large stateswith federal backinglaunched a crackdown on small dairies producing raw milk. Replete with undercover agents,sting operations, surprise raids, questionable test-lab results, mysterious illnesses, propagandablitzes, and grand jury investigations, the crackdown was designed to disrupt the supply ofunpasteurized milk to growing legions of consumers demanding healthier and more flavorfulfood.

The Raw Milk Revolutiontakes readers behind the scenes of the governments tough and occa-sionally brutal intimidation tactics, as seen through the eyes of milk producers, governmentregulators, scientists, prosecutors, and consumers. It is a disturbing story involving marginallylegal police tactics and investigation techniques, with young children used as political pawns ina highly charged atmosphere of fear and retribution.

Are regulators claims that raw milk poses a public health threat legitimate? That turns out tobe a matter of considerable debate. The Raw Milk Revolutionreveals that the governmentscampaignostensibly designed to protect consumers from pathogens like salmonella, E. coli0157:H7, and listeriawas based in a number of cases on suspect laboratory findings andillnesses that could well have had other causes, including pasteurized milk.

David Gumpert dares to ask whether regulators have the publics interest in mind or theeconomic interests of dairy conglomerates. He assesses how the governments antiraw-milk

campaign fits into a troublesome pattern of expanding government efforts to sanitize the foodsupplydespite rises in asthma, diabetes, and allergies. The Raw Milk Revolutionprovides anunsettling view of the future, in which nutritionally dense foods are ever less easy to obtain.

Chelsea Green NovemberFood, Health, & Travel

Pub Date November 2009

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WAITING ON A TRAINThe Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service

James McCommonsForeword by James Howard Kunstler

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Will America ever get passenger rail back on track?

During the tumultuous year of 2008when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set rider-ship records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in Californiajournalist JamesMcCommons spent a year on Americas trains, talking to the people who ride and work therails throughout much of the Amtrak system. Organized around these rail journeys, Waiting ona Trainis equal parts travel narrative, personal memoir, and investigative journalism.

Readers meet the historians, railroad executives, transportation officials, politicians, governmenregulators, railroad lobbyists, and passenger-rail advocates who are rallying around a simplequestion: Why has the greatest railroad nation in the world turned its back on the very form oftransportation that made modern life and mobility possible?

Distrust of railroads in the nineteenth century, overregulation in the twentieth, and heavy govern-ment subsidies for airports and roads have left the country with a skeletal intercity passenger-railsystem. Amtrak has endured for decades, and yet failed to prosper owing to a lack of political andfinancial support and an uneasy relationship with the big, remaining railroads.

While riding the rails, McCommons explores how the country may move passenger rail forwardin Americaand what role government should play in creating and funding mass-transportationsystems. Against the backdrop of the nations stimulus program, he explores what it will take tobuild high-speed trains and transportation networks, and when the promise of rail will be realizedin America.

James McCommons has been a journalist for more than twenty-five years and published hundreds of articles in magazines and

major newspapers. A former senior editor at Organic Gardeningmagazine, he specializes in ecology and travel writing. He grewup in a railroad family and has spent thirty-five years riding trainsin America. He currently teaches journalism and nature writing atNorthern Michigan University and lives in Marquette, Michigan.

Chelsea Green NovemberNature & Environment

America once had a passenger railroad system that was the envy of the world.Now we have one that the Bulgarians would be ashamed of. The task of revivingit could not be more important if we wish to keep people moving around this

continent-sized nation, especially as the airlines crap out and our system of massHappy Motoring founders on the shoals of peak oil. The infrastructure of our railsystem is lying out in the rain waiting to be fixed; the project would put scores ofthousands of people to work at meaningful jobs at all levels; and the fact thatwere not even talking about it shows how un-serious we are as a society. Thisbook is one small step toward the giant leap of consciousness necessary to repairour battered country. James Howard Kunstler, author of World Made ByHandand The Long Emergency

Pub Date November 2009

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