Earth Matters

Resources for Sustainable Living

Charlie Headington, Ph.D.


Links and Resources

Reading Suggestions for Sustainable Living

  • Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel
  • Thomas Berry, The Great Work and The Universe Story
  • Marshall Sahlins, Stone Age Economics
  • Daniel Quinn, Ishmael
  • David Shi, The Simple Life, a History
  • Ed., Juliet Schor, The Consumer Society Reader
  • Henry David Thoreau, Walden
  • John De Graaf, et al., Affluenza

Reading Suggestions for Permaculture

  • Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison
  • Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemingway
  • Weedless Gardening by Lee Reich
  • Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza
  • The Basics of Permaculture Design by Ross Mars
  • How to Make a Forest Garden by Patrick Whitefield
  • Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow
  • Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren

Slow Food Resources

  • Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
  • Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture by Andrew Kimbrell
  • Hope’s Edge by Francis Moore Lappe
  • Documentary Tomorrow’s Harvest (three 30 minute films) produced by Amy Brown at GCTV. Available for $10 at Deep Roots on Spring Garden St, GSO
  • www.slowfood.com
  • Project Greenleaf
  • Carolina Farm Stewardship Association

Edible Schoolyards

Classes at UNCG


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