Transition Reading List

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Books for TransitionBooks for Transitionfrom Chelsea Green Publishing

Chelsea Green is the U.S. publisher of The Transition Handbookand The Transition Timeline, but we also have many

additional resources for Transition groups.

Chelsea Green offers wholesale discounts to retailers, and non-profit/corporate/association discounts to groups ordering

at least 20 books at a time.

If youd like to inquire about ordering books for your Transition Initiative, please contact your local representative.

Featured Titles

THE TRANSITION HANDBOOKFrom Oil Dependency to Local ResilienceBy Rob Hopkins

$24.95 Paperback

The book that launched a movement. Explains the context for TransitionTown Initiatives, and how to start one in your community.

THE TRANSITION TIMELINEFor a Local Resilient FutureNew & Now Available!By Shaun Chamberlin

$22.95 Paperback

Follows up on the Handbook with a more detailed vision of the path toenergy descent.

FUTURE SCENARIOSHow Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate ChangeNew & Now Available!By David Holmgren

$12.00 Paperback

Holmgrens newly released application of scenario planning to issues facing aworld confronted with peak oil and a warming climate.
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Additional Resources

PERMACULTUREPrinciples and Pathways Beyond SustainabilityBy David Holmgren

$30.00 Paperback

Holmgren is one of the originators of the permaculture concept, and hisseminal work explores how to use the principles of permaculture as aframework for energy descent.

INQUIRIES INTO THE NATURE OF SLOW MONEYBy Woody Tasch

$21.95 Hardcover

A philosophical defense of and exploration into the importance ofinvesting in local food systems.

MONEYUnderstanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal TenderBy Thomas Greco

$25.00 Paperback

A practical and inspirational manual for creating a vibrant and effectivecommunity currency system.

WHEN TECHNOLOGY FAILSA Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability,and Surviving the Long EmergencyBy Mat Stein

$35.00 Paperback

An encyclopedic reference for self-sufficiency, sustainable living, andsurviving a crisis.

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FOUR SEASON HARVESTOrganic Vegetables From Your Garden All Year LongBy Eliot Coleman

$24.95 Paperback

Techniques for the home and market gardener for growing food year-round.

PRESERVING FOOD WITHOUT FREEZING OR CANNING

Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol,Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic FermentationBy Terre Vivante

$25.00 Paperback

Low-energy techniques and methods of preserving food.


THE WINTER HARVEST HANDBOOKYear-Round Vegetable Production Using DeepOrganic Techniques and Unheated GreenhousesBy Eliot Coleman

$29.95 PaperbackJust released from the bestselling author of The New Organic GrowerandFour-Season Harvest, a revolutionary guide to year-round harvests of fresh,organic producewith little or no energy input.

GAIAS GARDENA Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture

By Toby Hemenway$29.95 Paperback

Newly expanded introduction to permaculture for the home gardener.


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THE CARBON-FREE HOME36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil Fuel HabitBy Stephen and Rebekah Hren

$35.00 PaperbackProjects for all budgets that can help reduce energy use at home.

WIND ENERGY BASICSA Guide to Home and Community Scale Wind-Energy Systems

By Paul Gipe$29.95 Paperback

A how-to for small-scale and community wind power projects, combinedwith policy advice for promoting energy independence.

FRESH FOOD FROM SMALL SPACES

The Square-Inch Gardeners Guide toYear-Round Growing, Fermenting, and SproutingBy R.J. Ruppenthal

$24.95 Paperback

Methods for home-based small-scale food production.


SEED TO SEEDSeed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable GrowersBy Susan Ashworth

$24.95 Paperback

The best book available on edible plant seed saving.


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RAINWATER HARVESTINGfor Drylands and Beyond, Volumes 1 & 2By Brad Lancaster

Vol. 1: $24.00 Paperback

Vol. 2: $32.95 Paperback

Principles and methods for capturing, directing, and utilizing rainwater.

FOOD NOT LAWNSHow to Turn Your Yard into a Garden,and Your Neighborhood into a CommunityBy Heather Flores

$25.00 Paperback

Inspiration from an activist gardener on applying the principles of simplicity,resourcefulness, creativity, and community to the act of building a gardenand to all aspects of life.

THE USES OF WILD PLANTSUsing and Growing the Wild Plants of the United States and Canada

By Frank Tozer$24.95 Paperback

A detailed reference to the useful plants of North America: how they wereused in the past, and can be used today.

NEW SOLAR ELECTRIC HOME, 3RD ED.

The Complete Guide to Photovoltaics for Your HomeBy Joel Davidson and Fran Orner

$39.95 Paperback

A complete, concise, and reality-based education in solar electricityfor your home.



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HIGH NOON FOR NATURAL GASBy Julian Darley

$18.00 Paperback

Explores the implications of the peak and decline of not only oil but also

natural gas.

THE CITIZEN-POWERED ENERGY HANDBOOKCommunity Solutions to a Global CrisisBy Greg Pahl

$21.95 Paperback

Short case studies of successful community-scale renewable projectsaround the world.

NATURAL HOME HEATING

The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy OptionsBy Greg Pahl

$30.00 Paperback

Examines a wide range of alternatives to heating with gas and coal.

SOLVIVA

How to Grow $500,000 on One Acre and Peace on EarthBy Anna Edey

$35.00 Paperback

A hopeful testimony to the potential of living sustainably, with practicalapproaches to growing food, greenhouse design and handling waste water.



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THE LOW CARBON DIETA 30-Day Program to Lose 5,000 PoundsBy David Gershon

$12.95 Paperback

Workbook designed for groups of people wanting to support each otherin reducing their carbon footprint.

THE END OF MONEY AND THE FUTURE OF CIVILIZATIONAvailable April 30, 2009By Thomas Greco

$19.95 Paperback

Reviews the history of banking and currency and proposes a plan todemocratize the economy and restore the credit commons.


Coming Soon!

WILD FERMENTATIONThe Flavor, Nutrition and Craft of Live-Culture FoodsBy Sandor Katz

$25.00 Paperback

Cookbook and how-to for making all varieties of fermented foods at home.

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