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Chelsea Green Publishing
Spring 2015Rights List
(Updated June 2015)
Brianne Goodspeed
Senior Editor and Subrights Manager
bgoodspeed@chelseagreen.com
802-295-6300 x107www.chelseagreen.com
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The Permaculture CityResilient Living in Cities, Towns, and Suburbs
By Toby Hemenway
The Permaculture Cityprovides a new way of thinking about urban
living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energysecurity, close-knit communities, local and meaningful livelihoods,
and sustainable policies in our cities and towns. The same nature-
based approach that works so beautifully for growing food
connecting the pieces of the landscape together in harmonious
waysapplies perfectly to many of our other needs.
The Permaculture Citybegins in the garden but takes what we have
learned there and applies it to a much broader range of human
experience; were not just gardening plants but people,
neighborhoods, and even cultures. Hemenway lays out how
permaculture design can help towndwellers solve the challenges of
meeting our needs for food, water, shelter, energy, community, andlivelihood in sustainable, resilient ways.
This important book documents the rise of a new sophistication,
depth, and diversity in the approaches and thinking of permaculture
designers and practitioners. Understanding nature can do more than
improve how we grow, make, or consume things; it can also teach
us how to cooperate, make decisions, and arrive at good solutions.
Toby Hemenwayis the author of Gaias Garden: A Guide to Home-
Scale Permaculture, a seminal work in the field of permaculture,
which has been translated into French, Italian, Korean, Turkish,Latvian, and Hungarian. In 2009, Chelsea Green published a revised
and updated edition of this important classic.
From 1999 to 2004, Toby was associate editor ofPermaculture
Activist, a journal of ecological design and sustainable culture. His
writing has appeared in magazines such as Whole Earth Review,
Natural Home, andKitchen Gardener. A widely sought-after teacher,Toby consults, lectures, and offers workshops on ecological design.
He lives in Sebastopol, CA. Find more information at his web site,
www.patternliteracy.com.
From the bestselling author of
Gaias Garden, permaculture for
urban dwellers
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Art Program: Black & whiteillustrations, 16-page color insert
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Half the worlds people now live in cities,
and as Toby Hemenway convincingly
demonstrates, they can be at the very
forefront of the revolution in how we live.
This book will thrill you! Bill McKibben,author ofDeep Economy
The Permaculture Cityis essential.
Richard Heinberg, senior fellow at the Post
Carbon Institute
Read this book like the life of your children
depended on it ... because it does. John D.
Liu, director of the Environmental
Education Media Project
The function of a well-conceived city, he
says, is to inspire. This book inspires.
Albert Bates, president of Global Village
Institute for Appropriate Technology
The Permaculture Cityis a triumph in
bringing the wisdom of permaculture
practices to city dwellers. Paul Stamets,
author ofMycelium Running
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The Art of Natural CheesemakingUsing Traditional, Non-Industrial Methods and Raw
Ingredients to Make the World's Best Cheeses
Including more than 35 step-by-step recipes from the Black Sheep
School of Cheesemaking
By David Asher
Foreword by Sandor Ellix Katz, author of The Art of
Fermentationand Wild Fermentation
Most DIY cheesemaking books are hard to follow, complicated, and
confusing, and call for the use of packaged freeze-dried cultures,
chemical additives, and expensive cheesemaking equipment. In The
Art of Natural Cheesemaking, David Asher practices and preaches a
traditional, but increasingly countercultural, way of making
cheeseone that is natural and intuitive, grounded in ecological
principles and biological science.
This book encourages home and small-scale commercial
cheesemakers to take a different approach by showing them:
How to source good milk, including raw milk;
How to keep their own bacterial starter cultures and fungal
ripening cultures;
How make their own rennetand how to make good cheese
without it;
How to avoid the use of plastic equipment and chemical
additives; and
How to use appropriate technologies.
Introductory chapters explore and explain the basic elements ofcheese: milk, cultures, rennet, salt, tools, and the cheese cave. The
fourteen chapters that follow each examine a particular class of
cheese, from kefir and paneer to washed-rind and alpine styles,
offering specific recipes and handling advice. The techniques
presented are direct and thorough, fully illustrated with hand-drawn
diagrams and triptych photos that show the transformation of
cheeses in a comparative and dynamic fashion.
David Asher is an organic farmer, goatherd, and farmstead
cheesemaker who lives on the gulf islands of British Columbia. David
runs the Black Sheep School of Cheesemaking and has been teaching
cheesemaking for more than seven years.
The Art of Fermentation
meets natural cheesemaking
Revised Publication Date:July 2015Pages: 320
Size:8 x 10
Art Program: 218 color photosRights Held:World
The Art of Natural Cheesemakingis a
breakthrough book. The interest among
eaters to explore this next stage in do-it-yourself living in the 21st century has finally
reached dairy. Richard McCarthy,
executive director, Slow Food USA
If you want to know every possible detail
about cheesemaking the natural way and on
a small scale in your home, The Art of
Natural Cheesemakingis the book for you.
Everything is beautifully illustrated and
carefully explained. Sally Fallon Morell,
president of the Weston A. Price Foundation
David Ashers book is brave and important,
teaching us to tend to what matters by helping
us understand process before recipes. This
book expands the boundaries of sustainability,
deepening the power of independentautonomy and local flavor, making our worldmore delicious.--Shannon Hayes, author,
Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming
Domesticity from a Consumer Culture
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Beyond the War on Invasive SpeciesA Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration
By Tao Orion
Foreword by David Holmgren, co-orginator of the
permaculture concept
Invasive species are everywhere, from forests and prairies to
mountaintops and river mouths. Their rampant nature and sheer
numbers appear to overtake fragile native species and forever
change the ecosystems that they depend on. Concerns that invasive
species represent significant threats to global biodiversity and
ecological integrity permeate conversations from schoolrooms to
boardrooms, and concerned citizens grapple with how to rapidly and
efficiently manage their populations. These worries have culminated
in an ongoing war on invasive species, where the arsenal is
stocked with bulldozers, chainsaws, and herbicides put to the task of
their immediate eradication.
Beyond the War on Invasive Speciesoffers a much-needed
alternative perspective on invasive species and the best practices for
their management based on a holistic, permaculture-inspired
framework. Utilizing the latest research and thinking on the
changing nature of ecological systems,Beyond the War on Invasive
Species closely examines the factors that are largely missing from
the common conceptions of invasive species, including how the
colliding effects of climate change, habitat destruction, and changes
in land use and management contribute to their proliferation.
Orion demonstrates that there is more to the story of invasive
species than is commonly conceived, and offers ways ofunderstanding their presence and ecosystem effects in order to make
more ecologically responsible choices in land restoration and
biodiversity conservation that address the root of the invasion
phenomenon. The choices we make on a daily basisthe ways we
procure food, shelter, water, medicine, and transportationare the
major drivers of contemporary changes in ecosystem structure and
function; therefore, deep and long-lasting ecological restoration
outcomes will come not just from eliminating invasive species, but
through conscientious redesign of these production systems.
Tao Orionteaches permaculture design at Oregon State University
and Aprovecho, a 40-acre nonprofit sustainable-living educationalorganization. She also consults on holistic farm, forest, and
restoration planning through Resilience Permaculture Design, LLC,
and runs a 6.5-acre homestead, Viriditas Farm, in the southern
Willamette Valley of Oregon.
A paradigm shift in
invasive species management
Revised Publication Date:Aug 2015Pages: 272
Size:6 x 9
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A gathering body of evidence against the
scale of chemical interventions in both
agriculture and wild nature is fueling a battle
of geopolitical proportions. Orion exposes a
deep ethical corruption at the heart of bothecological science and the environmental
movement. David Holmgren, from the
foreword
An important book that offers a path away
from unsuccessful restoration effortsbasedon poor science and policyand toward
new, ecologically sound programs for
building and preserving biodiversity.
Toby Hemenway, author of Gaias Garden
and The Permaculture City
A devastating expos of the military
industrial invasive species complex. Ben
Falk, author of The Resilient Farm and
Homestead
Chelsea Green has produced yet another
pioneering book, demonstrating how
permaculture is way ahead of conventional
land-management practices. Maddy
Harland, editor ofPermaculturemagazine
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Will Bonsalls Essential Guide to
Radical, Self-Reliant GardeningInnovative Techniques for Growing Vegetables, Grains, and
Perennial Food Crops with Minimal Fossil Fuel and Animal
Inputs
By Will Bonsall
Society does not generally expect its farmers to be visionaries.
Perhaps not, but Will Bonsall possesses a clarity of vision that
extends all the way from the finer points of soil fertility and seed
saving to exploring how we can transform civilization and make our
world a better, more resilient place.
In Will Bonsall's Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant
Gardening, Bonsall maintains that to achieve real wealth we first
need to understand the economy of the land, to realize that things
that might make sense economically don't always make senseecologically, and vice versa.
For him the solution is, first and foremost, greater self-reliance,
especially in the areas of food and energy. What this means in
practical terms is that Bonsall draws upon the fertility of on-farm
plant materials: compost, green manures, perennial grasses, and
forest products like leaves and ramial wood chips. And he grows
and harvests a diversity of crops from both cultivated and perennial
plants: vegetables, grains, pulses, oilseeds, fruits and nutseven
uncommon but useful permaculture plants like groundnut (Apios).
Bonsall imparts a wealth of knowledge drawn from his more thanforty years of farming experience. My goal, he writes, is not to
feed the world, but to feed myself and let others feed themselves. If
we all did that, it might be a good beginning.
Will Bonsallis the director of the Scatterseed Project, which he
founded to help preserve our endangered crop-plant diversity. His
first book, Through the Eyes of a Stranger(Xlibris, 2010), is an eco-novel set in a sustainable society of the future. Will lives and farms
in Industry, Maine, with his wife, Molly Thorkildsen, and two sons.
Vegan-inspired agriculture from
Americas agro-rebel
Revised Publication Date:June 2015Pages: 400
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Art Program: Color photos,illustrations throughout
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If you wish to live well and eat well no
matter what is going on in the rest of the
world, this book is for you. Thresh your own
grain and press your own oil. Can't buy
seeds, no problem. Can't buy fertilizer, no
problem. Will Bonsall will help you enjoy
the good life under any and all conditions. Eliot Coleman, co-owner of Four Season
Farm and author of The New Organic
Grower
Every gardener and small farmer can
benefit from Will Bonsalls decades of
focused, quality experience. Wills book is
one of the key practical resourcesyou
should readas you reach for full
sustainable soil fertility in your garden or
farm! John Jeavons, author, executive
director of Ecology Action, and developer of
sustainable biointensive mini-farming
If you want to learn from a master, you
need this book. Janisse Ray, author of
Ecology of a Cracker Childhoodand The
Seed Underground
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The Local Economy SolutionHow Innovative, Self-Financing "Pollinator" Enterprises
Can Grow Jobs and Prosperity
By Michael Shuman
In cities and towns across the nation, economic development is at acrossroads. A growing body of evidence has proven that its current
cornerstoneincentives to attract and retain large, globally mobilebusinessesis a dead end. Even those programs that focus on local
business, through buy-local initiatives, for example, depend on ongoing
support from government or philanthropy. The entire practice of economic
development has become ineffective and unaffordable and is in need of a
makeover.
The Local Economy Solutionsuggests an alternative approach in which
states and cities nurture a new generation of enterprises that help local
businesses launch and grow. These cutting-edge companies, which
Shuman calls pollinator businesses, are creating jobs and the conditions
for future economic growth, and doing so in self-financing ways.Pollinator businesses are especially important to communities that are
struggling to lift themselves up in a period of economic austerity.
The book includes nearly two dozen case studies of successful pollinator
businessesin the United States and abroadthat are creatively
facilitating business and neighborhood improvements, entrepreneurship,
local purchasing, local investing, and profitable business partnerships.
Michael H. Shumanis an economist, attorney, author, and
entrepreneur, and a globally recognized expert on community
economics. He is one of the architects of the crowdfunding JOBS
Act signed into law by President Obama in April 2012. Hes afellow at Cutting Edge Capital and Post Carbon Institute and a
founding board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living
Economies (BALLE). He teaches economic development at Simon
Fraser University in Vancouver. He has authored or coauthored nine
books, includingLocal Dollars, Local Sense; The Small Mart
Revolution; and Going Local. He has given an average of more than
one invited talk per week, mostly to local governments and
universities, for thirty yearsin forty-seven states and eight
countries. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows,
such as the The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and NPR's Talk of the
Nation and All Things Considered, and has written nearly one
hundred articles for such periodicals as The New York Times, TheWashington Post, The Nation, The Weekly Standard,Foreign
Policy,ParadeMagazine, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Previously, he has been a W.K. Kellogg National Leadership fellow.
Sustainable economic development for
small-business success
Revised Publication Date:June 2015Pages: 248
Size:6 x 9
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Shuman is the worlds most knowledgeable
cheerleader and observer of efforts to
promote local economies, and each of his
books offers essential, practical information
to advance the cause. If you have anyinterest in furthering your regions economic
resilience, this brilliant, clear book should be
at the very top of your reading list. Richard Heinberg, senior fellow at the Post
Carbon Institute
Shumans book is critically important to
anyone who cares about genuine economic
development. Michael Kinsley, manager
of Rocky Mountain Institute
Shuman is a pioneering voice for an
economic development model that issustainable and truly democratic. KevinDanaher, co-founder of Global Exchange
Shumans many followers in the new
economics movement will relish this latest
offering for its focused message, compelling
stories, and coherent vision. Diana
Chapman Walsh, president emerita of
Wellesley College
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The New Bread BasketHow the New Crop of Grain Growers, Plant Breeders, Millers,
Maltsters, Bakers, Brewers, and Local Food Activists are
Redefining Our Daily Loaf
By Amy Halloran
For more than 10,000 years, grains have been the staples of Western
civilization. The stored energy of grain allowed our ancestors to
shift from nomadic hunting and gathering and build settled
communitieseven great cities. Though most bread now comes
from factory bakeries, the symbolism of wheat and breadamber
waves of grain, the staff of lifestill carries great meaning.
Today, bread and beer are once again building community as a new
band of farmers, bakers, millers, and maltsters work to reinvent
local grain systems. The New Bread Baskettells their stories and
reveals the village that stands behind every loaf and every pint.
While eating locally grown crops like heirloom tomatoes has
become almost a clich, grains are late in arriving to local tables,
because growing them requires a lot of land and equipment. Milling,
malting, and marketing take both tools and cooperation. The New
Bread Basketreveals the bones of that cooperation, profiling the
seed breeders, agronomists, and grassroots food activists who are
collaborating with farmers, millers, bakers, and other local
producers. The people profiled in The New Bread Basketare
returning to traditional methods like long sourdough fermentations
that might address the dietary ills attributed to wheat. Their work
and lives make our foundational crops visible, and vital, again.
Amy Halloranwrites about food and agriculture for farming
newspapers, cooking websites, and regional magazines. Her
involvement in local food systems began with the Troy Waterfront
Farmers Market in upstate New York, which bloomed under her
care to a fifty-vendor year-round marketplace with more than a
thousand weekly shoppers.
If youre curious about the future of
bread, beer, or even the locavore
movement itself, this is the place tostart. Samuel Fromartz, author of In
Search of the Perfect Loaf
Publication Date:August 2015
Pages: 246
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Amy Halloran is right on target. This is
living tradition at its finest, revinvented
in an exciting, contemporary manner.
An idea whose time has comeagain. Peter Reinhart, author ofBread
Revolution
A love story about grain and the people
captivated within its embrace. It is about
community, connections, and
conversations. From the history to the
science to the passionate individuals and
organizations involved, Amys book
will open your eyes to the revelations
taking place every day in the name ofgrains. As a baker, I give Amys book
my highest recommendation. Ciril
Hitz, master bread baker and author of
Baking Artisan Bread
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The Organic Medicinal Herb FarmerThe Ultimate Guide to Producing High-Quality Herbs on a
Market Scale
By Jeff Carpenterand Melanie Carpenter
Foreword by Rosemary Gladstar
Both a business guide and a farming manual, The Organic
Medicinal Herb Farmerwill teach readers how to successfully grow
and market organic medicinal Western herbs.
Using their Zack Woods Herb Farm in Vermont as a backdrop, the
Carpenters cover all the basic practical information farmers need to
know to get an organic herb farm up and running, including:
Size and scale considerations;
Layout and design of the farm and facilities;
Growing and cultivation information, including types of tools;
Field and bed prep;
Plant propagation; Weed control, and pests and diseases;
Harvesting, as well as wild harvesting and the concept of geo-
authentic botanicals;
Postharvest processing; and,
Value-added products and marketing.
The authors also provide fifty detailed plant profiles, going deeper
into the herbs every farmer should consider growing. In an easy-to-
understand, practical, and comprehensive manner, readers will learn
how to focus on quality over quantity, and keep costs down by
innovating with existing equipment, rather than expensive
technology. Market farmers who have never before consideredgrowing medicinal herbs will learn why its more important to
produce these herbs domestically.
The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer makes a convincing case that
producing organic medicinal herbs can be a viable, profitable,
farming enterprise, as can incorporating medicinal herbs into
existing operations.
Jeffand Melanie Carpenterown and operate Zack Woods Herb
Farm in Hyde Park, Vermont. A former apprentice of Rosemary
Gladstars, Jeff now partners with her in hosting the International
Herb Symposium.
Grow your own medicine
Publication Date:May 2015Pages: 416
Size:8 x 10Art Program: 250 photos
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With more than 20 years experience in the
field and running Zack Woods Herb Farm in
Vermont, the Carpenters explain
successfully all aspects of the organic
medicinal herb industry. Written for small-scale herb farmers, this book is also useful
for the home fardener with an interest in
medicinal herbs and organic gardening.
Library Journal
Rocks with practical insights for growing
healing herbs andmaking a viable living.
Locally grown medicine will be embraced
by local food movements as more
community herbalists get the word out.
Michael Phillips, author of The HolisticOrchard
Seasoned and novice growers alike will
find a mother lode of information andwisdom packed into this gem of a book!
Anyone interested in growing or using
medicinal herbs will reap the benefits of Jeff
and Mels meticulous research and hard won
expertise in the field and marketplace.
Nancy Phillips, author of The Herbalists
Way
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The New Livestock FarmerThe Business of Raising and Selling Ethical Meat
By Rebecca Thistlethwaiteand Jim Dunlop
Foreword by Nicolette Hahn Niman and Bill Niman
How can anyone from a backyard hobbyist to a large-scale rancher
go about raising and selling ethically produced meats directly to
consumers, restaurants, and butcher shops? With the rising
consumer interest in grass-fed, pasture-raised, and antibiotic-free
meats, how can farmers most effectively tap into those markets and
become more profitable? The New Livestock Farmerprovides
pasture-based production essentials for a wide range of animals,
from common farm animals (cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep, and goats)
to more exotic species (bison, rabbits, elk, and deer).
Each species chapter discusses the unique requirements of that
animal, then delves into the steps it takes to prepare and get them tomarket. Profiles of more than fifteen meat producers highlight some
of the creative ways these innovative farmers are raising animals
and direct-marketing superior-quality meats.
In addition, the book contains information on a variety of vital
topics:
Slaughtering and butchering logistics, including on-farm and
mobile processing options and sample cutting sheets;
Packaging, labeling, and cold-storage considerations;
Principled marketing practices; and
Financial management, pricing, and other business essentials.
Rebecca Thistlethwaiteruns Sustain Consulting, which specializes
in food and farm issues, working with both nongovernmental
organizations and for-profit businesses. Her website
is http://rebeccathistlethwaite.com . Rebecca also operates a small
farm and a community farm stand in Oregon with her husband and
coauthor, Jim Dunlop, and their daughter, Fiona. They previously
owned TLC Ranch in Watsonville, California, where they raised
organic, pastured livestock and poultry, selling to direct markets
across Northern California. Jim Dunlopworks as a horticultural
research manager for a progressive fruit orchard in the Columbia
River Gorge.
With information on cattle, pigs, poultry,
sheep, and goats, and exotics like bison,
rabbits, elk, and deer
Publication Date:June 2015
Pages: 336
Size:7.5 x 9.5
Art Program: 45 color photos, 15illustrations
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Great practical advice on choosing the
species to raise, humane treatment, and
marketing. Informative chapters on
processing, regulations, and starting a
business. Temple Grandin, author ofHumane Livestock Handling and Improving
Animal Welfare
Is what my father Wendell Berry would
call the best of books because it is a tool. It
fills a cultural need, and will give beginning
farmers just the information they need, just
the way they need it. Mary Berry,
executive director of The Berry Center
Responsible and healthful meatconsumption starts on the farm, literally
from the ground up, with solid and ethical
animal husbandry practices. The New
Livestock Farmerprovides a clearunderstanding of how to achieve fulfilling
and delicious results. Adam Danforth,
author ofButchering Beef andButchering
Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork
If youve ever wanted to know what it
takes to raise, market, and sell animal
products, The New Livestock Farmeris thebook for you. Carrie Balkcom, executive
director of American Grassfed Association
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What We Think About When We (Try
Not To) Think About Global WarmingTowards a New Psychology of Climate Action
A prescription for change
By Per Espen Stoknes
In What We Think About When We (Try Not To) Think About Global
Warming, Stoknes not only masterfully identifies the five main
psychological barriers to climate action, but addresses them with
five strategies for how to talk about global warming in a way that
creates action and solutions, not further inaction and despair.
These strategies work with, rather than against, human nature. They
are social, positive, and simplemaking climate-friendly behaviors
easy and convenient. They are also story-based, to help add meaning
and create community, and include the use of signals, or indicators,
to gauge feedback and be constantly responsive.
Whether you are working on the front lines of the climate issue,
immersed in the science, trying to make policy or educate the
public, or just an average person trying to make sense of the
cognitive dissonance or grapple with frustration over this looming
issue, What We Think About When We (Try Not To) Think About
Global Warmingmoves beyond the psychological barriers that
block progress and opens new doorways to social and personal
transformation.
Per Espen Stoknesis a psychologist and an economist. An
entrepreneur, he has cofounded clean-energy companies, and
he spearheads the BI Norwegian Business Schools executive
program on green growth. He has previously worked both as a
clinical and organizational psychologist and as an advisor in
scenario planning to a wide range of major national and
international businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit
institutions. His research interests include climate and
environmental strategies, economic psychology, and
energy systems. Teaching areas include green growth, foresight and
corporate strategy, behavioral economics and expressive arts. He
has written three books, includingMoney and Soul. He lives in
Oslo, Norway.
With a foreword by Jorgen Randers,
international bestselling author of 2052
Publication Date:April 2015
Pages: 320
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Rights Held:World
Stoknes has done a service for readers
alarmed or concerned about global warming.
He provides helpful strategies for accepting
and dealing with their own reactions to theevidence, reducing carbon footprints, and
influencing others to do likewise. Library
Journal
Stoknes, a Norweigan psychologist and
economist, addresses the polarized
American debate over anthropogenic climate
change, observing how it has devolved into
a deterioriating and desperate spiral. He
introduces a new aspect to the discussion,
focusing not on the phenomenons causes or
consequences, but peoples responses to it,
including how they think, what they do, andhow they live in the world. Publishers
Weekly
Navigates the obstacles and collective
denial of climate change. In every way this
is a book full of new perspectives and
insights. George Marshall, author of
Dont Even Think About It
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The Social Profit HandbookThe Essential Guide for Setting Goals, Assessing Outcomes,
and Achieving Success for Mission-Driven Organizations
By David Grant
The Social Profit Handbookoffers those who lead, govern, and
support mission-driven organizations and businesses new ways to
assess their impact in order to improve future work rather than
merely judge past performance.
Drawing upon decades of leadership in schools and the foundation
and nonprofit worlds, author David Grant offers strategiesfrom
creating mission time to planning backwards to constructing
qualitative assessment rubricsthat help organizations take
assessment back into their own hands, and improve their work as a
result. His insights, illustrated by numerous case studies, make this
book a unique organizational development tool for a wide range ofnonprofit organizations, as well as emerging mission-based social
venture businesses, such as low-profit corporations and B Corps.
The Social Profit Handbookpresents assessment and evaluation not
as ends in themselves but as the path toward achieving what matters
most in the social sector. The result: more benefits to
society and stronger, more unified, more effective organizations
prepared to make the world a better place.
David Grantis the former president and CEO of the Geraldine R.
Dodge Foundation in Morristown, New Jersey, where he was
responsible for development and evaluation of programs in thefoundations major areas of giving (Arts, Education, and
Environment), as well as the foundations major initiatives (Poetry
and Nonprofit Capacity Building). Grant now consults with people
and organizations that have a social or educational mission,
specializing in strategic planning, design of assessment systems, and
board development. During his years at the Dodge Foundation,
Grant delivered over a hundred keynote addresses on a range of
topics, led workshops titled Measuring What Matters for over two
hundred nonprofit organizations, and received numerous awards.He
has served as chair of the board of the Council of New Jersey
Grantmakers and a member of the board of directors of the Surdna
Foundation. He is currently a trustee of three social profit (formerlycalled nonprofit) organizations.
How to measure success for mission-driven
businesses and organizations
Publication Date:March 2015
Pages: 192
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Art Program: 30 rubricsRights Held:World
Grant has produced a book that belongs
on the shelves of every political and
social leader interested in translatinggoals to success. Peter Welch,
congressman in U.S. House of
Representatives
It has been my good fortune to help
launch and run about a dozen mission-
driven organizations over the past
several decades. When I finished
Grants wonderful new book, one
thought eclipsed all the others. Damn, I
thought, I sure wish I had had this guide
all those years! What a blessing thatwould have been! James Gustave
Speth, author ofAngels by the River
This is essential reading for mission-
driven leaders dedicated to constantly
improving their work. Adam
Werbach, co-founder of Yerdle and
former president of Sierra Club
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The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
CookbookFresh-from-the-Garden Recipes for Gatherings Large and
Small
By Olivia Rathboneand the OAECThe Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Cookbookis a beautifully
illustrated collection of 200 unique and delicious vegetarian recipes
from the renowned California-based farm, educational retreat
center, and eco-thinktank.
With sample seasonal menus to inspire cooks throughout the
year, The OAEC Cookbookoffers a wide range of recipes such as:
Carrot and Chamomile Soup, Summer Squash Ribbons with Purple
Shiso, Roasted Asparagus and Nettle Risotto with Pea Tendrils, and
Pepita-Encrusted Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Goat Cheese and
Mint. There are cold vegetable plates for warm summer picnics, and
readers will learn how to create delicious salad dressing recipes forgarden-fresh greens, including Loquat Ginger, Golden Tomato
Cumin, and Preserved Lemon Brine. There are comfort foods like
pots of savory Biodiversity Beans and Winter Sourdough Pizza, and
warming snacks like Toasted Hazelnuts with Thyme. Readers can
top a plate of veggie sides with a generous dollop of one of OAECs
famous sauces and pestos, and learn how to infuse their own Honey
Syrups for homemade cocktails. Last but not least, delicious
standout desserts like Fresh Fruit Fools, a Dark Roast Winter
Squash Tart with Hazelnut Crust, or the Cardamom-Rose-Plum
Bars.
This informative cookbook will help gardeners find new ways tocook with their vegetables, farmers market shoppers looking to
expand their repertoire, home cooks who want to cook healthy for
their family or host a big dinner party, chefs looking for inspired
recipes using weeds and perennial fruits and vegetables, and
community-based organizations who cook for crowds on a regular
basis.
Olivia Rathbonecurrently manages the dynamic kitchen at OAEC
and has tended the vibrant hearth of the community from the garden
to the table for over a decade. Life-long farmer and cook, she
orchestrates the inventive meals inspired by seasonal produce from
the OAEC Mother Garden. Formerly, she directed vocationaleducation programs and authored curriculum projects in the culinary
arts and holistic health in the San Francisco Bay Area.
With a foreword by acclaimed chef
Alice Waters
Publication Date:April 2015Pages: 416
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The gardens and kitchen of the OAEC are
magical places which have been nourishing
and inspiring visitors there (including
myself) for decades. This compilation of
recipes from their kitchen opens this magic
to a broader audience of people looking to
cultivate values like sustainability,
seasonality, and wholesome goodness intotheir kitchens. Sandor Ellix Katz, author
of The Art of Fermentation
The OAEC is one of the most successful
and established permaculture sites in the
world. This cookbook introduces readers to
their work and their irresistible cuisine.
Want to learn how to cook gorgeous,
healthy, delicious food from your
permaculture garden? This book is for you.
Eric Toensmeier, author ofParadise Lot
andPerennial Vegetables
Reading this book and cooking theserecipes will transport you to a magical place,
where deep and important work is being
done, beautiful and delicious food is being
cooked, and the earth is being healed in a
thousand ways each and every day.
Jessica Prentice, author ofFull Moon Feast
and co-founder of Three Stone Hearth
Community Supported Kitchen
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The Community-Scale Permaculture
FarmThe D Acres Model for Creating and Managing an
Ecologically Designed Educational Center
With practical examples of alternative building, renewable energy,
holistic forestry, no-till gardening, hospitality management,
community outreach, and more
By Josh Trought
For almost twenty years, D Acres has challenged and expanded the
common definition of a farm. As an educational center that
researches, applies, and teaches skills of sustainable living and
small-scale organic farming, D Acres serves more than just a single
function to its community. By turns it is a hostel for travelers to
northern New England, a training center for everything from metal-
and woodworking to cob building and seasonal cooking, a gatheringplace for music, poetry, joke-telling, and potluck meals, and much
more.
From working with oxen to working with a board of directors, no
other book contains such a wealth of innovative ideas and ways to
make your farm or homestead not only more sustainable, but more
inclusive of, and beneficial to, the larger community. Readers will
find information on such subjects as:
Working with pigs to transform forested landscapes into
arable land;
Designing and building unique, multifunctional farm and
community spaces using various techniques and materials; Creating and perpetuating diverse revenue streams to keep
your farm organization solvent and resilient;
Receiving maximum benefits and yields for the farm
without denigrating resources or the regional ecology;
Implementing a fair and effective governance structure;
Constructing everything from solar dehydrators and cookers
to treehouses and ponds; and,
Connecting and partnering with the larger community
beyond the farm.
Emphasizing collaboration, cooperation, and mutualism, this book
promises to inspire a new generation of growers, builders,educators, artists, and dreamers who are seeking new and practical
ways to address todays problems on a community scale.
Josh Troughthelped to found D Acres of New Hampshire in 1997,
and today serves as its director. Currently he is a member of the
Artistic Roots co-op in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and serves as
treasurer of the Pemi-Baker Solid Waste District.
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D Acres co-founder Trought provides a
comprehensive blueprint for creating an
environmentally and culturally balanced
community homestead and shares some of the
economic and organizational experiments heand his collaborators have tried over the years.
An immensely useful guidebook for organic
farmers, cohousing advocates, and anyone
interested in learning about a place wheresustainability is truly possible. Booklist
One cannot discuss sustainable agriculture
without considering its community context,
nor vice versa. Trought has given a lot of
thought to both, and his experience and
observations are well worth sharing. Ivevisited D Acres and been very impressed at
the depth of its vision, which is clearly
expressed throughout the book. Will
Bonsall, author of Will Bonsalls Essential
Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening
What I love about the D Acres model is that
from the start, their intent was to experiment
AND share the learning. Thats exactly what
this book does, describing the philosophical
and historical roots of collective living and
permaculture, as well as the day-to-day workof growing and building, all with clear and
compelling storytelling. Tim Traver, author
of Sippewissett
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The Nourishing HomesteadOne Back-to-the Land Family's Plan for Cultivating Soil,
Skills, and Spirit
A way to grow nutrient-dense food, produce healthy fats, and live
the good life
By Ben Hewittand Penny Hewitt
The Nourishing Homesteadtells the story of how we can create
truly satisfying, permanent, nourished relationships to the land,
nature, and one another.
Ben and Penny (and their two sons) maintain copious gardens,
dozens of fruit and nut trees and other perennial plantings, as well as
a pick-your-own blueberry patch. In addition to these cultivated
food crops, they also forage for wild edibles, process their own
meat, make their own butter, and ferment, dry, and can their own
vegetables. Their focus is to produce nutrient-dense foods fromvibrant, mineralized soils for themselves and their immediate
community. They are also committed to sharing the traditional skills
that support their family, helping them be self-sufficient and thrive
in these uncertain times.
Much of what the Hewitts are attempting on their homestead is to
close the gaps that economic separation has created in our health,
spirit, and skills. Their story is reminiscent of The Good Life, by
Helen and Scott Nearing, and is sure to inspire a new generation of
homesteaders, or anyone seeking a simpler way of life and a deeper
connection to the world.
Benand Penny Hewittlive in Cabot, Vermont with their sons Fin
and Rye. Over the past 17 years, the Hewitt family has transformed
an over-grazed pasture and neglected woodlot into a thriving
homestead, producing an abundance of nutrient dense food in
biologically active soils. Utilizing a combination of permaculture
design, wildcrafting, and small-scale regenerative agriculture they
call practiculture, the Hewitt family raises and forages better than
90% of their calories, with a focus on pastured meats, healthy fats,
and fermented vegetables. They also produce all of their lumber and
firewood, and practice traditional land skills such as hide tanning
and basket making. Ben is the author of four other books,
including The Town That Food SavedandHome Grown. He alsoblogs at www.benhewitt.net.
The Good Lifefor the 21stCentury
Publication Date:January 2015
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The belief in nourishment in all aspects
Ben calls it practicultureof their lives,
including dealing with modern-day stuff and
raising children creates a running thread
throughout the book. While it is information-
dense, a conversational tone and practical tips
make this text a terrific resource forhomesteaders at all levels. Library Journal
Inspring and informative. A brilliant union oftheory and practice. Shannon Hayes, author
of The Radical Homemaker
If Waldenwere a how-to book and updated
for the twenty-first century, The Nourishing
Homesteadwould be it. The practical
usefulness of this book is hard to overstate;
the Hewitts have written a manual girded by
direct experience alone, not ideologya true
rarity. Ben Falk, author of The ResilientFarm and Homestead
The Nourishing Homesteadis just perfect for
young families embarking on a homestead
way of life. The rich detail of information on
how to make small scale farming work
successfully rings with genuine knowhow and
conviction. Gene Logsdon, author of GeneEverlasting
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A Man ApartBill Coperthwaites Radical Experiment in Living
By Peter Forbesand Helen Whybrow
A Man Apartis the storypart family memoir and part biography
of Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrows longtime friendship with BillCoperthwaite (A Handmade Life), whose unusual life and fierce
ideals helped them examine and understand their own.
Coperthwaite inspired many by living close to nature and in
opposition to contemporary society, and was often compared to
Henry David Thoreau. Much like Helen and Scott Nearing, who
were his friends and mentors, Coperthwaite led a 55-year-long
experiment in living on a remote stretch of Maine coast.
In this intimate and honest accountframed by Coperthwaites
sudden death and brought alive through the month-long adventure
of building with him what would turn out to be his last yurtForbesand Whybrow explore the timeless lessons of Coperthwaites
experiment in intentional living and self-reliance.
Peter Forbeshas become a leader for the American conservation
movement by creating a life in conservation as photographer, writer,
and storyteller about the relationship between people and place. He
is the co-editor of Our Land, Ourselves, author of The Great
Rememberingand What Is a Whole Community, and co-author of
Coming to Land in a Troubled World, and collaborated with
William Coperthwaite as the photographer forA Handmade Life.
You can learn more about him at Peterforbes.org.
Helen Whybrows life as an educator, farmer, and writer follows a
career in book publishing, where she was most recently an acquiring
editor for W. W. Norton and the publisher of their Countryman
Press imprint. She left publishing to cofound, with Peter Forbes,
what became a nationally recognized place of learning and change-
makingCenter for Whole Communitiesat their home place of
Knoll Farm in central Vermont. She is the editor ofDead Reckoningand co-editor of Our Land, Ourselves and The Story Handbook,
among other works. You can learn more about their farm and
ongoing projects at www.knollfarm.org.
A story of friendship and the quest
to design a better world
Publication Date:February 2015Pages: 272
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Forbes and Whybrow have crafted an
inspiring biography, complete with
photographs and architectural drawings, of a
man treasured as both a close friend and a
mentor. The authors capture the full
spectrum of this sometimes curmudgeonly
mans gregariousness, resourcefulness, and
optimism. This reverent memoirwill helpkeep his environmental ideals alive.
Booklist
Two remarkable people writing about athird remarkable manand full of lessons
for the ordinary rest of us. This is a lovelyand important book. Bill McKibben,
author ofDeep Economy
A great achievement of Forbes and
Whybrow inA Man Apartis to convey the
complexity of this strong-minded life fully
and honestly. Such an approach makes their
reflections on love, struggle, and grief all the
more powerful. John Elder, author of
Reading the Mountains of Home
Explore your misunderstandings to your
advantage, advises Zen master Dogen.A
Man Apartdoes exactly that. This is a
beautifully raw account of loving grief,
instructive failure, and steadfast allegiance
to an utter planetary necessity: major
cultural transformation. David James
Duncan, author of The River Whyand The
Brothers K
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