Resources

This is not an exhaustive list, but below is a collection of resources that we at Hundredfold have found to be very helpful.  We’d like this list to continue to grow, so If you have any favorite books or websites that you think should be added, please let us know.

Online

About Gettysburg:

• A Gettysburg Address

Alternative Energy:

• Alternative Energy Institute www.altenergy.org
• Home Power: The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power www.homepower.com
• Backwoods Solar Electric Systems www.backwoodssolar.com
• Astropower Solar Electric Home Power Systems www.astropower.com
• Solar Today magazine www.solartoday.org

Community Development

• The Community Development Society www.comm-dev.org
• Sustainable Communities Network www.sustainable.org

Community Supported Agriculture

• Community Supported Agriculture of North America www.umass.edu/umext/csa/
• Alternative Farming Systems Information System –CSA www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/

Green Building

• The Green Building Alliance www.gbapgh.org/index2.html
• Solar Strategies Development Corporation www.solarstrategies.com
• Interon PowerSewer www.interoncorp.com

Group Process

• Resources for Meeting and Group Process www.ic.org/nica/Process/meeting.html

Intentional Communities

• Mid-Atlantic Region of The Cohousing Network www.cohomac.org
• The Cohousing Network www.cohousing.org
• Intentional Communities www.ic.org

Organic Gardening

• Soil Foodweb Inc.: The Lab Measuring The Life In Your Soil www.soilfoodweb
• Rodale Institute www.rodaleinstitute.org/home.html
• Grow Biointensive Workshops www.johnjeavons.info

Permaculture

• Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html
• Permaculture the Earth www.permaearth.org/
• The Permaculture Research Institute www.permaculture.org.au/

Simple Living

• The Simple Living Network www.simpleliving.net/
• Alternatives for Simple Living www.simpleliving.org/index.shtml

Sustainability

• The Rocky Mountain Institutewww.rmi.org

Offline Resources (you know, books)

Alternative Energy

• Jago, Jeffery. Achieving Energy Independence - One Step at a Time. Gum Spring, Virginia: Dunimis Technology, 1999.
• Kachadorian, James. The Passive Solar Home Book.  White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1997.

Community Development

• Norwood, Ken and Kathleen Smith. Rebuilding Community in America: Housing for Ecological Living, Personal Empowerment, and the New Extended Family. Berkley, CA.: Shared Living Resource Center, 1995.

Community Supported Agriculture

• Gregson, Bob and Bonnie Gegson. Rebirth of the Small Family Farm: A Handbook for Starting a Successful Organic Farm Based on the Concepts of Community Supported Agriculture. Vashon Island, Washington: Island Meadow Farm, 1996.

Green Building

• Chappell, Steve (Ed.). The Alternative Building Sourcebook for Traditional, Natural and Sustainable Building Products and Services. Brownfield, Maine: Fox Maple Press, 1998.
• Del Porto, David and Carol Steinfield. The Composting Toilet System Book. Concord, Massachusetts: The Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention, 2000.
• McClintock, Mike. Alternative Housebuilding. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1989.

Group Process

• Kaner, Sam, Lenny Lind, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Fisk and Duane Berger. Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. Gabriola Island, B.C. Canada: New Society Publishers, 1996.

Intentional Communities

• Communities Directory: A Guide To Cooperative Living. Rutledge, Missouri: Fellowship for Intentional Community, 1996.
• Hanson, Chris. The Cohousing Book. Building a Place for Community. Point Roberts, WA.:Hartley & Marks Publishers, 1996.
• McCamant, Kathryn, and Charles Durrett, with Ellen Hertzman. Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. Berkley, CA.: Ten Speed Press, 1994.

Organic Gardening

• Bradley, Fern M., and Barbara Ellis, eds. Rodale’s All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening. The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener. Emmaus, PA.:Rodale Press, 1997.
• Jeavons, John. How to Grow More Vegetables, 5^th Ed. Berkley, CA.: Ten Speed Press, 1995.

Permaculture

• Mollison, Bill. Permaculture: A Designers’Manual. Tyalgum, Australia: Tagari Publications, 1997.
• Mollison, Bill and Reny Mia Slay. Introduction to Permaculture. Tyalgum, Australia: Tagari Publications, 1997.

Simple Living

• Luhrs, Janet. The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living. New York: Broadway Books, 1997.

Sustainability

• Menzel, Peter. Material World: A Global Family Portrait. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1995.
• Wackernagel, Mathis, and William Rees. Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth. Gabriola Island, B.C. Canada: New Society Publishers, 1996.