The following is not a comprehensive or necessarily an up-to-date list, but it reflects influences that have been formative to our outlook and resources that have helped us to create our family home and lifestyle.
PERMACULTURE
- The Food Forest – Annemarie and Graham Brookman http://www.foodforest.com.au/
- David Holmgren http://www.holmgren.com.au/
- Linda Woodrow: ‘The Permaculture Home Garden’ http://witcheskitchen.com.au/
- Transition Towns http://www.transitionnetwork.org/
GARDENING
- Annette McFarlane’s books (ABC shop): ‘Organic Vegetable Gardening’ and ‘Organic Fruit Growing’ http://www.annettemcfarlane.com/
- ‘The Resilient Gardener: Food production and self-reliance in uncertain times’ – Carol Deppe (available as a Kindle e-book through Amazon)
TRANSPORT, HUMAN-POWERED AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Team Trev http://teamtrev.com/
- Bionx http://www.bionx.ca/en/products/, Smart Trolley http://www.mysmarttrolley.com.au/, Chariot trailers http://www.chariotcarriers.com/.
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN & ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- Alternative Technology Association (ATA) – publishers of ‘Renew’ technology magazine and ‘Sanctuary’ sustainable homes magazine http://www.ata.org.au/
- Sustainable House Day http://www.sustainablehouseday.com/
- ‘Your Home: Technical Manual’ http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/index.html
- ‘Warm House, Cool House’ – Nick Hollo http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6869.htm
SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES
Global warming, peak oil and energy descent
- ’An Inconvenient Truth’ http://www.climatecrisis.net/index.php Al Gore
- ‘The Weather Makers’ Tim Flannery
- ‘Heat’ George Monbiot
- ‘Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy’ Mark Diesendorf
- http://www.peakoil.org.au/
- ‘The Post Carbon Reader’ Richard Heinberg & Daniel Lerch
- ‘Power Down’ Richard Heinberg
- ‘Sustainability and Cities’ Peter Newman & Jeffrey Kenworthy
- ‘Opportunities Beyond Carbon’ John O’Brien ed.
LIVING CONSCIOUSLY & CLOSER TO NATURE
- Homebirth and breastfeeding: http://www.maternitycoalition.org.au/member/birthsa.html http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/
- Yoga: http://www.coastyoga.com.au/
RESOURCES IN ADELAIDE
- Permaculture Association of SA http://www.permaculturesa.org.au/
- Glandore Community Centre – Community Garden http://www.marion.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=312
- Rare Fruit Society http://www.rarefruit-sa.org.au/
- The Food Forest http://www.foodforest.com.au/
- Adelaide Showground Farmers Market http://asfm.org.au/
- Gumtree http://adelaide.gumtree.com.au/
CATALOGUES – online and print
- Good Life Book Club – for everything on all the above topics! – and the associated ‘Earth Garden’ magazine. http://www.goodlifebookclub.com/catalog/index.php
- Green Harvest – books, seeds, garden equipment, etc http://www.greenharvest.com.au/
- Greenpatch Organic Seeds http://www.greenpatchseeds.com.au/
