On this page you will find resources for projects, people and programs we find interesting as well as suggested reading material and links to other farms around Costa Rica.
Enjoy and let us know if there is anything you think we should add!
Inquiries Into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms & Fertility Mattered
By Woody Tasch
The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability
By Paul Hawken
Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual
By Bill Mollison & Reny Mia Slay
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability
By David Holmgren
Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide
By Toby Hemenway
The Way of Herbs
By Michael Tierra
Planetary Herbology
By Michael Tierra
Gardening for Life- The Biodynamic Way: A Practical Introduction to the New Art of Gardening, Sowing, Planting & Harvesting
By Maria Thun & Angelika Throll-Keller
Agricultural Course: The Birth of the Biodynamic Method
By Rudolf Steiner
The Spiral Dance & Dreaming the Dark
By Starhwk
The Green Building Revolution
By Jerry Yudelson
Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building
By Jerry Yudelson
Eco-Villages & Sustainable Communities: Models for 21st Century Living
By Jillian Conrad & Drew Withington
Ecovillages: New Fronteirs for Sustainability
By Jonathan Dawson
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
By Marshall B. Rosenberg
The Human Side of Human Beings: The Theory of Re-Evaluation Counseling
By Harvey Jackins
Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
By Vandana Shiva
Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed
By Vandana Shiva
Suggested Websites:
www.urbanpermacultureguild.org
www.permaculturepricciples.com
Suggested Projects in Costa Rica: