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Rant in E-MinorRant in E-Minor by Bill Hicks
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Could ya'll stop rutting for a moment while we sort out this food, air, water, energy deal?
Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 yearsGuns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond
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Guns, Germs & Steel: a nicely summed up history of just how we got to this stage
A Crude Awakening [DVD] [2007] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]A Crude Awakening [DVD] [2007] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Haven't seen it but sounds like a timely reminder of our energy reserves
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SurviveCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
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Choices, choices? Hopefully
Operating Manual for Spaceship EarthOperating Manual for Spaceship Earth by R. Buckminster Fuller
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Spaceship Earth: Bucky is a dude but I'd probably skip this one until later
Fueling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy Is Changing Everything (Ingenuity Project)Fueling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy Is Changing Everything (Ingenuity Project)
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Fueling the Future: hopefully says exactly what it says on the tin
Urban Eden: Grow Delicious Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs in a Really Small PlaceUrban Eden: Grow Delicious Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs in a Really Small Place by Adam Caplin
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Urban Eden: ah, relief, a spot of gardening :o)
Permaculture in a NutshellPermaculture in a Nutshell by Patrick Whitefield
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Permaculture: more gardening with chickens, hooray :o) :o)
Funny Money: In Search of Alternative CashFunny Money: In Search of Alternative Cash by David Boyle
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Funny Money: how to make local money work and how bonkers money really is when you think about it
The Complete Book of Self SufficiencyThe Complete Book of Self Sufficiency by John Seymour
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The Good Life: ah, digging and ploughing and real food stuff
Living Lightly: Travels in Post-Comsumer SocietyLiving Lightly: Travels in Post-Comsumer Society by Walter Schwarz
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Living Lightly: trips to cool places where they're trying things out
Ziggy StardustZiggy Stardust by David Bowie
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We've Got Five Years! Just being facetious
Windpower Workshop: Building Your Own Wind TurbineWindpower Workshop: Building Your Own Wind Turbine by Hugh Piggott
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Wind power: hopefully does exactly... yadda, yadda
The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home (Real Goods Independent Living Book)The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home (Real Goods Independent Living Book) by James Kachadorian
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The Passive Solar House, ditto
Traditional Home and Herbal Remedies (By Appointment Only)Traditional Home and Herbal Remedies (By Appointment Only) by Jan De Vries
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Traditional Home & Herbal Remedies
Educating Your Child at HomeEducating Your Child at Home by Alan Thomas
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Educating your Child at Home
From Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological DesignFrom Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Design by John Todd
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Ecocities for the Future: or maybe now if we get our carp together
Woman on the Edge of Time (A Women's Press classic)Woman on the Edge of Time (A Women's Press classic) by Marge Piercy
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Future echoes or opportunities? Some cool ecotopian/dystopian fiction
EcotopiaEcotopia by Ernest Callenbach
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Visions for a future: ditto
Gaian Democracies (Schumacher Briefing)Gaian Democracies (Schumacher Briefing) by Roy Madron
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Gaian Democracies
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People MatteredSmall is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher
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Small is Beautiful: a classic of 21st Century thinking
The Consolations of PhilosophyThe Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
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Epicurus and others: happiness is a comfortable home, good friends and family, freedom from bosses and time to think
Together [VHS] [2000]Together [VHS] [2000]
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Abba, football and the fall of Franco. What more could you want?
Un-Jobbing: The Adult Liberation HandbookUn-Jobbing: The Adult Liberation Handbook by Michael Fogler
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Why don't you turn off that television set and go and do something less boring instead?
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen WritingsZen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings by Nyogen Senzaki
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All there is is Zen (so go and do your washing up)