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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability -- Designing for Abundance
William McDonough and Michael BraungartWilliam McDonough and Michael Braungart 9780865477483
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Kitchen Garden Cookbook: Celebrating the Homegrown & Homemade
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Financing Our Foodshed: Growing Local Food with Slow Money
Carol Peppe HewittCarol Peppe Hewitt 9780865717237
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Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
Bea JohnsonBea Johnson 9781451697681
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The Prepper's Cookbook: 365 Recipes to Turn Your Emergency Food Into Nutritious, Delicious, Life-Saving Meals
Tess PenningtonTess Pennington 9781612431291

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Introduction to Permaculture
by Bill Mollison
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Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to Vegetable Gardening, Including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting and Storage Tips
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Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (2nd Edition)
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Foxfire 3 (Foxfire)
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The Straw Bale House (Real Goods Independent Living Book)
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