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BARK: An Intimate Look at the World's Trees by Cedric Pollet
This is such a stunning book and is ideal for any nature lover, such as myself. Cedric Pollet wrote about and photographed many spectacular examples of bark that he found across five continents, and along with the images, reveals the trees special characteristics. The image I chose from inside Bark is of the Eucalyptus Coccifera or also called Tasmanian snow gum which shows its amazing multi colored bark, is so beautiful. If you are interested in learning how rubber and cork are harvested, some of nature's versatile and natural renewable resources, then Bark is the book for you.
Find BARK on Amazon: Bark: An Intimate Look at the World's Trees
Green Guide For Artists by Karen Michel
The Green Guide for Artists
Eco Books - December 2011
1000 Families by Uwe Ommer
Fantastic book! I love it because it's just so interesting. Uwe Ommer traveled through 5 continents, covering 150,000.00 miles to photograph this very special family album of the planet. The 1000 families featured come from all levels of society; from heads of state to shoe shine boys. He even trekked out to the remotest villages where he discovered that so many families have a wonderful future ahead of them. This is a fabulous book for the whole family. The text is printed in three languages: English, French and German.
1000 Families is available from Amazon
Wisdom: With Three Interviews by Andrew Zuckerman
This is another great read. Wisdom is a profound and fascinating book. Andrew Zuckerman captured the thoughts and ideas of fifty of the world's most prominent writers, artists, designers, actors, politicians, musicians and religious and business leaders, all over sixty-five years old, creating honest and revealing portraits of these luminaries. Learn what wisdom Clint Eastwood, Jane Goodall, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Henry Kissinger, to name a few that are featured, have shared with us.
What the World Eats
What The World Eats
What the World Eats
Garden Anywhere
Garden Anywhere by Alys Fowler is my favorite gardening book at the moment. You will enjoy following Alys as she takes you through her charming garden, showing you how to do no garden gardening, which plants are the easiest to propagate (penstemon), and how to eat your weeds into submission.
Garden Anywhere
Homework by Lloyd Kahn
HOMEWORK, a handbuilt shelter by Lloyd Kahn is a quirky and unique book of homes, and their builders from around the world. Included are over 1000 photos and 300 drawings of all manner of homes assembled by hand. Documented are houses of the indigenous people in Africa, Asia, and South America.
This book is a wonderful resource for dreamers who are drawn to a simpler life living on land or on the water, and those who are making it happen.
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Eco Books - August 2011
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
by Abigail R. Gehring
If you or someone you know is interested in learning basic living skills and discovering the pleasures and challenges of being self-sufficient, you or they will love this book. Starting with how to buy property in the country and then building your own home, making your home energy efficient, growing your own fruit and vegetables as well as raising your own livestock. There are so many interesting ideas in this book of which one or more could inspires you to be more self-sustainable.
Unlikely Friendships
by Jennifer S. Holland
I have always loved animals, and the more I learn about them, the more I am in awe of them. Unlikely Friendships is very special. Read one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. If you are an animal lover like I am, you may be familiar with one of the stories but there are so many more I hadn't heard about that are just wonderful. I wish this book existed when my children were younger, because I would have sat them down on either side of me and read them one story after another.
When we open our eyes and hearts to the amazing beings with whom we share our planet, we discover how compassion and empathy smoothly cross species borders - Marc Bekoff
Eco Books - July 2011
THE WORLD OF TREES by Hugh Johnson
The World of Trees
SKY TREE by Thomas Locker
This is such a special book. I bought this book for my children when they were little because I wanted them to understand how a tree is more than a thing of beauty; its changes represent the passage of time in nature. Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art
Eco Books - June 2011
COUNTRY WISDOM & KNOW-HOW
Everything you need to know to live off the land.
If you are interested in Simple Living and want to learn everything from building Chicken Coops, to cooking with Edible Flowers, growing the Best Vegetables, Healing with Natural Home Remedies, and making your own Herbal Teas to Poultices, this nearly 500 page manual is the best practical guide to every single thing you need to know.
WORK: The world in photographs
This is such a great book! National Geographic has captured 190 stunning images of men and women doing diverse jobs over the past century, in many different countries and cultures. I have looked at this book so many times and every time, I discover another powerful image I missed before. Not only is WORK an absolutely fascinating book but it also shows many images of how close to nature and it's natural rhythms people have lived or still live by, at times brutal and others, beautiful.
Books: A Home in the World
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