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101 uses for stinging nettles
Warren, Piers

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Adapting buildings and cities for climate change : a 21st century survival guide
Roaf, Susan

Agricultural testament (an), by Sir Albert Howard
Howard, Albert

Agri-Culture : reconnecting people, land, and nature
Pretty, Jules N.

Agriculture : an introductory reader
Steiner, Rudolf

Agroforestry options for landowners
Agroforestry Research Trust

Allotment gardening : an organic guide for beginners
Berger, Susan

Allotment handbook (the) : a guide to promoting and protecting your site
Andrews, Sophie

Alternative approaches to education : a guide for parents and teachers
Carnie, Fiona

Alternative irrigation : the promise of runoff agriculture
Barrow, Christopher J.

Apple grower (the) : a guide for the organic orchardist
Phillips, Michael

Art of natural building (the) : design, construction, resources
Kennedy, Joseph F.

Asking the earth
Pereira, Winin

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Back garden seed saving : keeping our vegetable heritage alive
Stickland, Sue

Backyard composting
Roulac, John

Backyard poultry - naturally
Moore, Alanna

Backyard science
Maynard, Christopher

Ballymaloe bread book (the)
Allen, Tim

Bamboo : the poor man's timber

Barefoot doctor's handbook for heroes
Russell, Stephen

Barns, sheds & outbuildings : placement, design, and construction
Halsted, Byron David

Basics of permaculture design (the)
Mars, Ross

Beginner's guide to candlemaking
Constable, David

Beginners' guide to herb gardening
Cuthbertson, Yvonne

Beginners' guide to water gardening
Clarke, Graham

Betting on biodiversity : why genetic engineering will not feed the hungry or save the planet
Shiva, Vandana

Bicycle repair step by step : how to maintain and repair your bicycle
Van der Plas, Rob

Biodynamic food and cookbook (the) : real nutrition that doesn't cost the earth
Cook, Wendy E

Bio-dynamic gardening
Soper, John

Biodiesel : growing a new energy economy
Pahl, Greg

Biodynamic agriculture
Schilthuis, Willy

Biopiracy : the plunder of nature and knowledge
Shiva, Vandana

Bioregional solutions for living on one planet
Schumacher Society.

Blessing seed (the) : a creation myth for the new millennium
Matthews, Caitlín

Bob Flowerdew's complete book of companion gardening
Flowerdew, Bob

Bob Flowerdew's complete fruit book : a definitive source book to growing, harvesting and cooking fruit
Flowerdew, Bob

Bob Flowerdew's organic bible : successful gardening the natural way
Flowerdew, Bob

Book of masonry stoves (the) : rediscovering an old way of warming
Lyle, David

Bringing the food economy home : local alternatives to global agribusiness
Norberg-Hodge, Helena

Bringing water back to life : counteracting damaging electro-magnetic radiation

Build your own earth oven : a low-cost wood-fired mud oven, simple sourdough bread, perfect loaves : for bakers and beginners both
Denzer, Kiko

Building a wood-fired oven for bread and pizza
Jaine, Tom

Building green : a guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements
Greater London Authority.

Building small barns, sheds & shelters
Burch, Monte

Building with cob : a step-by-step guide
Weismann, Adam

Building with lime : a practical introduction
Holmes, Stafford

Building with logs
Mackie, B. Allan

Building with stone
McRaven, Charles

Building with straw bales : a practical guide for the UK and Ireland
Jones, Barbara

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Cabin fever : sheds and shelters, huts and hideaways
Boyer, Marie-France

Captive state : the corporate takeover of Britain
Monbiot, George

Car sick : solutions for our car-addicted culture
Sloman, Lynn

Caring for small woods
Broad, K. F.

Carrots love tomatoes : secrets of companion planting for successful gardening
Riotte, Louise

Celtic sacred landscapes
Pennick, Nigel

Charmed garden (the) : sacred and enchanting plants for the magically inclined herbalist
Morgan, Diane

Cheesemaking and dairying
Thear, Katie

Chicken coops : 45 building plans for housing your flock
Pangman, Judy

Chicken tractor : the permaculture guide to happy hens and healthy soil
Lee, Andrew W.

Chicken health handbook (the)
Damerow, Gail

Children's gardening : a month by month guide advancing educational gardening activities in schools
Society for Horticultural Therapy.

Children's year (the) : crafts and clothes for children and parents to make
Cooper, Stephanie

Chinese biogas manual (a): Popularising technology in the countryside
Van Buren, Ariane

Choices of love.
Maclean, Dorothy

Choosing wind power
Piggott, Hugh

Circles of strength : community alternatives to alienation
Forsey, Helen

Composting : an easy household guide
Scott, Nicky

Cob builders handbook (the) : you can hand-sculpt your own home
Bee, Becky

Common Ground book of orchards (the): conservation, culture and community
Common Ground (Organisation)

Community planning handbook (the) : how people can shape their cities, towns and villages in any part of the world
Wates, Nick

Complete book of the greenhouse (the)
Walls, Ian G. (Ian Gascoigne)

Composting with worms : why waste your waste?
Pilkington, George

Contraction and convergence : the global solution to climate change
Meyer, Aubrey

Controlling weeds without using chemicals
Henry Doubleday Research Association.

Cordwood building : the state of the art
Roy, Robert L.

Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family ...
Cobbett, William

Craft and art of bamboo (the) : 30 elegant projects to make for home and garden
Stangler, Carol

Create an oasis with greywater : your complete guide to managing greywater in the landscape
Ludwig, Art

Creating a life together : practical tools to grow ecovillages and intentional communities
Christian, Diana Leafe

Creating ceremony
Kindred, Glennie

Creating harmony : conflict resolution in community
Jackson, Hildur

Creating small habitats for wildlife in your garden
Briggs, Josie

Creating sustainable cities
Schumacher Society

Crystal healer (the) : a guide to understanding crystals and their healing gift
Sheldrake, Marianna

Culpeper's complete herbal
Culpeper, N

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Dead daisies make me crazy : garden solutions without chemical pollution
Nancarrow, Loren

Dead snails leave no trails : natural pest control for home and garden
Nancarrow, Loren

Designing and maintaining your edible landscape naturally
Kourik, Robert

Designing your natural home : a practical guide
Pearson, David

Dry stone walling : a practical handbook
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers

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Earth building : methods and materials, repair and conservation
Keefe, Laurence

Earth care manual : a permaculture handbook for Britain and other temperate climates
Whitefield, Patrick

Earth radiation : the startling discoveries of a dowser : results of research on more than 3000 apartments, houses, and work places : the recognition and correction of geopathic disturbances of sleep, health, and school performance
Bachler, Käthe

Earth roads : a practical guide to earth road construction and maintenance
Hindson, Jack

Earth user's guide to permaculture
Morrow, Rosemary

Earth writings
Burnett, Graham

Earth's cycle of celebration (the)
Kindred, Glennie

Earth-sheltered houses : how to build an affordable underground home
Roy, Rob

Earthbag building : the tools, tricks and techniques
Hunter, Kaki

Easy edible mushroom guide (the) : Britain and Europe
Pegler, David

Eat more raw : a guide to health and sustainability
Charter, Steve

Eco-design handbook (the) : a complete sourcebook for the home and office
Fuad-Luke, Alastair

Eco-refurbishment : a guide to saving and producing energy in the home
Smith, Peter F. (Peter Frederick)

Eco-renovation : the ecological home improvement guide
Ecology Building Society

Ecoforestry : the art and science of sustainable forest use
Drengson, Alan R.

Ecohouse 2 : a design guide
Roaf, Susan

Ecohouse : a design guide
Roaf, Susan

Ecological aquaculture : a sustainable solution
Hutchinson, Laurence

Ecology and equity : the use and abuse of nature in contemporary India
Gadgil, Madhav

Ecology begins at home : using the power of choice
Duncanson, Archie

Ecovillage living : restoring the Earth and her people
Gaia Trust.

Ecology of health (the)
Schumacher Society (Great Britain)

Ecovillages : a practical guide to sustainable communities
Bang, Jan Martin

Edible container garden (the) : fresh food from tiny spaces
Guerra, Michael

Encyclopedia of green woodworking (the)
Tabor, Raymond

Enemy of nature (the) : the end of capitalism or the end of the world?
Kovel, Joel

Energy beyond oil
Mobbs, Paul

Energy evolution (the) : harnessing free energy from nature
Schauberger, Viktor

Energy saving house (the)
Salomon, Thierry

Energy-efficient building : the best of Fine homebuilding

Everyone wins! : cooperative games and activities
Center for Educational Guidance (North San Juan, Calif.)

Exploring an environment : discovering the urban reality
Alkazi, Feisal

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Factor four : doubling wealth - halving resource use : the new report to the Club of Rome
Weizsäcker, Ernst U. von

Farmageddon : food and the culture of biotechnology
Kneen, Brewster

Fences, gates, and bridges : a practical manual
Martin, George A.

Ferrocement water tanks and their construction
Watt, S. B. (Simon B.)

Fertile Earth (the) : nature's energies in agriculture, soil fertilization and forestry
Schauberger, Viktor

Festivals, family and food
Carey, Diana

Flowforms : the rhythmic power of water
Wilkes, John

Food for free
Mabey, Richard

Food lover's guide to canning (the) : contemporary recipes & techniques
Rich, Chris

Food not lawns : how to turn your yard into a garden and your neighborhood into a community
Flores, H. C.

Forest gardening : rediscovering nature & community in a post-industrial age
Hart, Robert A. de J. (Robert Adrian de Jauralde)

Free range education : how home education works
Dowty, Terri

Free to be human : intellectual self-defence in an age of illusions
Edwards, David

Free to learn : introducing Steiner Waldorf early childhood education
Oldfield, Lynne

Freewheeling homes
Pearson, David

From here to sustainability : politics in the real world
Real World Coalition.

From the fryer to the fuel tank : the complete guide to using vegetable oil as an alternative fuel
Tickell, Joshua

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Gaia's garden : a guide to home-scale permaculture
Hemenway, Toby

Gaia's kitchen : vegetarian recipes for family & community from Schumacher College
Schumacher College (Dartington, England)

Gaian democracies : redefining globalisation and people-power
Schumacher Society.

Gardening for life - the biodynamic way : a practical introduction to a new art of gardening, sowing, planting, harvesting
Thun, Maria

Gardening under plastic : how to use fleece, films, clothes and polytunnels
Salt, Bernard

Gardening without digging
Guest, A.

Gardening without water : creating beautiful gardens using only rainwater
Henry Doubleday Research Association.

Getting started in permaculture
Mars, Ross

Going with the flow : small scale water power
Langley, Billy C.

Got sun? go solar : get free renewable energy to power your grid-tied home
Ewing, Rex A.

Grafter's handbook (the)
Garner, R. J.

Green woodwork : working with wood the natural way
Abbott, Mike

Grow your own vegetables
Larkcom, Joy

Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms : Shokuyåo oyobi yakuyåo kinoko no saibai
Stamets, Paul

Growing under glass without using chemicals
Henry Doubleday Research Association.

Growing unusual vegetables : weird and wonderful vegetables and how to grow them
Hickmott, Simon

Growth illu$ion (the) : how economic growth has enriched the few, impoverished the many, and endangered the planet : Alt. Growth illusion
Douthwaite, R. J.

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Handbook of sustainable building : an environmental preference method for selection of materials for use in construction and refurbishment
Anink, David

Handfasting : a practical guide
Neasham, Mary

HDRA encyclopedia of organic gardening
Henry Doubleday Research Association.

Heat : how to stop the planet burning
Monbiot, George

Hidden nature : the startling insights of Viktor Schauberger
Bartholomew, Alick

History of the countryside (the) : the classic history of Britain's landscape, flora and fauna
Rackham, Oliver

Home heating with wood
Laughton, Chris

Home water supply (the) : how to find, filter, store, and conserve it
Campbell, Stu

Home work : handbuilt shelter
Kahn, Lloyd

How to build small barns & outbuildings
Burch, Monte

How to grow more vegetables : and fruits, nuts, berries, grains, and other crops than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine : a primer on the life-giving sustainable grow biointensive method of organic horticulture
Jeavons, John

How to make a forest garden
Whitefield, Patrick

How to make soil and save Earth
Shepherd, Allan

How to mind map : the ultimate thinking tool that will change your life
Buzan, Tony

How to store your garden produce : the key to self-sufficiency
Warren, Piers

Humanure handbook (the) : a guide to composting human manure
Jenkins, Joseph C.

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Interest and inflation free money : creating an exchange medium that works for everybody and protects the earth
Kennedy, Margrit I.

Irish Celtic magical tradition (the) : ancient wisdom of the Battle of Moytura
Blamires, Steve

It's a breeze! : a guide to choosing windpower
National Centre for Alternative Technology

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Juicing bible (the)
Crocker, Pat

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Langstroth's hive and the honey-bee : the classic beekeeper's manual
Langstroth, L. L.

Life in plastic : the impact of plastics on India
Edwards, Robert

Lifting the lid : an ecological approach to toilet systems
Centre for Alternative Technology (Great Britain)

Lime in building : a practical guide
Schofield, Jane

Limits to growth : the 30-year update
Meadows, Donella H.

Liquid gold : the lore and magic of using urine to grow plants
Steinfeld, Carol

Living energies : an exposition of concepts related to the theories of Viktor Schauberger
Coats, Callum

Living water : Viktor Schauberger and the secrets of natural energy
Alexandersson, Olof

Living willow sculpture
Warnes, Jon

Living wood : from buying a woodland to making a chair
Abbott, Mike

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Making a difference : education for sustainable development within the personal and social education framework at key stage 2
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Making bent willow furniture
Cameron, Brenda

Making bentwood trellises, arbors, gates & fences
Long, Jim

Making rustic furniture
Mack, Daniel

Managing for a change : how to run community development projects
Voluntary Service Overseas.

Managing soil without using chemicals
Henry Doubleday Research Association.

Manual of information on the automatic hydraulic ram for pumping water (a)
Intermediate Technology Development Group

Microhydro : clean power from water
Davis, Scott

Mind maps for kids : the shortcut to success at school
Buzan, Tony

More straw bale building : a complete guide to designing and building with straw
Magwood, Chris

Mothering with soul : raising children as special work
Salter, Joan

Muck and magic : start your own natural garden with colourful, simple projects
Readman, Jo

Mulch it! : a practical guide to using mulch in the garden and landscape
Campbell, Stu

Mushrooms and fungi
Kibby, Geoffrey

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Natural building : a guide to materials and techniques
Woolley, Tom

Natural plaster book (the) : earth, lime and gypsum plasters for natural homes
Guelberth, Cedar Rose

Natural soap book (the) : making herbal and vegetable-based soaps
Cavitch, Susan Miller

Natural step (the) : towards a sustainable society
E.F. Schumacher Society

Natural swimming pools : inspiration for harmony with nature
Littlewood, Michael

Nature as teacher : how I discovered new principles in the working of nature
Schauberger, Viktor

New complete book of self-sufficiency (the) : the classic guide for realists and dreamers
Seymour, John

New independent home (the) : people and houses that harvest the sun
Potts, Michael

New military humanism (the) : lessons from Kosovo
Chomsky, Noam

New organic grower (the) : a master's manual of tools and techniques for the home and market gardener
Coleman, Eliot

New rulers of the world (the)
Pilger, John

New woodburner's handbook (the) : a guide to safe, healthy &efficient woodburning
Bushway, Stephen

Night sky
Tildsley, Kevin

No-work garden (the)
Flowerdew, Bob

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Once upon a starry night : a book of constellation stories
Mitton, Jacqueline

One-straw revolution (the) : an introduction to natural farming
Fukuoka, Masanobu

Only connect : soil, soul, society : the best of Resurgence Magazine, 1990-1999 / selected by John Lane and Maya Kumar Mitchell
Lane, John

Organic apple production : pest and disease management
Henry Doubleday Research Association.

Organic farming
Lampkin, N. (Nic)

Organic farming and growing
Blake, Francis

Organic garden book (the)
Hamilton, Geoff

Organic gardening
Royal Horticultural Society

Organic greenhouse & conservatory (the)
Lacey, Roy

Organic poultry
Thear, Katie

Organic salad garden (the)
Larkcom, Joy

Our ecological footprint : reducing human impact on the Earth
Wackernagel, Mathis

Out of the woods : environmental timber frame design for self build
Walter Segal Self Build Trust.

Outgrowing the earth : the food security challenge in the age of falling water tables and rising temperatures
Earth Policy Institute

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Passive solar home (the) : using solar design to heat and cool your home
Kachadorian, James

Permaculture : a beginner's guide
Burnett, Graham

Permaculture : principles and pathways beyond sustainability
Holmgren Design Services.

Permaculture : teachers' guide
Goldring, Andrew

Permaculture book of ferment and human nutrition (the)
Mollison, Bill

Permaculture garden (the)
Bell, Graham

Permaculture in a nutshell
Whitefield, Patrick

Permaculture plot (the)
Pratt, Simon

Permaculture way (the) : practical steps to create a self-sustaining world
Bell, Graham

Pests
Soil Association.

Pests : how to control them on fruit and vegetables
Pears, Pauline

Places of the soul : architecture and environmental design as a healing art
Day, Christopher

Planetary influences upon plants : a cosmological botany
Kranich, Ernst Michael.

Plant (the)
Grohmann, Gerbert

Plant (the) : volume 1 : a guide to understanding its nature
Grohmann, Gerbert

Polytunnel companion (the) : the complete guide to choosing and using your polytunnel
Neville, Jayne

Plant propagation
Royal Horticultural Society

Planting green roofs and living walls
Dunnett, Nigel

Plants for a future : edible & useful plants for a healthier world
Fern, Ken

Plants, gardening and play : a guide to using plants for informal and extra-curricular activities in school grounds
Learning through Landscapes Trust

Power plants : biofuels made simple
Horne, Brian

Power with nature : alternative energy solutions for homeowners
Ewing, Rex A

Powerdown : options and actions for a post-carbon world
Heinberg, Richard

Practical beekeeping
De Bruyn, Clive

Practical mulching : compiled by Patrick Whitefield
Whitefield, Patrick

Practical photovoltaics : electricity from solar cells
Komp, Richard J.

Principles of biodynamic spray and compost preparations
Klett, Manfred

Pruning : expert answers to all your questions
Bird, Richard

Pruning Kentish cobnuts
Cannon, John

Pruning
Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)

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Rainwater catchment systems for domestic supply : design, construction and implementation
Gould, John

Raw family : a true story of awakening
Boutenko, Victoria

Rodale book of composting (the)
Martin, Deborah L.

Root cellaring : the simple no-processing way to store fruits and vegetables
Bubel, Mike

Roses love garlic : companion planting and other secrets of flowers
Riotte, Louise

Roots of health (the) : realizing the potential of complementary medicine
Schumacher Society

Rustic retreats : a build-it-yourself guide
Stiles, David R

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Safe as houses? : ill health and electro-stress in the home
Cowan, David

Sacred tree (the)
Kindred, Glennie

Salads for small gardens
Larkcom, Joy

Sanctuary : finding a new relationship with the land
Edwards, Elizabeth

Sauna (the)
Roy, Robert L.

Saving the planet without costing the earth : 500 simple steps to a greener lifestyle
McCarthy, Donnachadh

Secret life of cows (the)
Young, Rosamund

Secret places of the goddess : contacting the Earth spirit
Heselton, Philip

Seed savers' handbook (the)
Cherfas, Jeremy

Sewage solutions : answering the call of nature
Grant, Nick

Sharing nature's interest : ecological footprints as an indicator of sustainability
Chambers, Nicky

Silent invaders : pesticides, livelihoods, and women's health
Jacobs, Miriam

Silent spring
Carson, Rachel

Silva : the tree in Britain
Miles, Archie

Small ecological garden (the)
Stickland, Sue

Small is beautiful : a study of economics as if people mattered
Schumacher, E. F. (Ernst Friedrich)

Small wind systems for rural energy services
Intermediate Technology Development Group

Small-scale water supply : a review of technologies
Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough

Smallholder's manual (the)
Thear, Katie

'Sod it' : an introduction to earth sheltered development in England and Wales
British Earth Sheltering Association

Soil
Soil Association.

Solar house : a guide for the solar designer
Galloway, Terry R.

Solar water heating : a DIY guide
Trimby, Paul

Solar world (a): climate change and the green energy revolution
Schumacher Society (Great Britain).

Song of the earth
Hoffman, Mary

Spirit & place : healing our environment : healing environment
Day, Christopher

Square foot gardening : a new way to garden in less space with less work
Bartholomew, Mel

Starting with a smallholding
Hills, David

Starting with bantams
Scrivener, David

Starting with bees
Gordon, Peter

Starting with chickens : a beginner's guide
Thear, Katie

Starting with ducks
Thear, Katie

Starting with geese
Thear, Katie

Starting with goats
Thear, Katie

Starting with pigs : a beginner's guide
Case, Andy

Starting with sheep
Castell, Mary

State of the world 2002 : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
Worldwatch Institute

Successful organic gardening
Hamilton, Geoff

Sustainable careers handbook (the)
Shepherd, Allan

Sustainable communities : the potential for eco-neighbourhoods
Barton, Hugh

Sustainable community (the) : a practical guide / written by and based on experiences of the members of the Hockerton Housing Project
Hockerton Housing Project

Sustainable education : re-visioning learning and change
Schumacher Society

Sustainable vegetable garden (the) : a backyard guide to healthy soil and higher yields
Jeavons, John

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Tapping the sun : a guide to solar water heating
Laughton, Chris

Thatching
Hall, Nicolas

Timber pole construction : an introduction
Jayanetti, Lionel

Timeless way of building (the)
Alexander, Christopher

Tipi living
Whitefield, Patrick

Toys and tales with everyday materials
Khanna, Sudarhsan

Traditional woodland crafts
Tabor, Raymond

Transforming economic life : a millennial challenge
Schumacher Society (Great Britain)

Tree planting and aftercare : a practical handbook
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers.

Treehouses
Pearson, David

Treehouses : the art and craft of living out on a limb
Nelson, Peter

Turning green wood
Guild of Master Craftsmen

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Unqualified education : a practical guide to learning at home : age 11-18
Lewis, Gareth

Urban permaculture
Watkins, David

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Valuable vegetables : growing for pleasure and profit...
Pullen, Mandy

Vegan cooking : recipes for beginners
Batt, Eva

Vegan feasts
Elliot, Rose

Vegan rustic cooking : through the seasons
White, Diana

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Water treatment and sanitation : a handbook of simple methods for rural areas in developing countries
Mann, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

Water wizard (the) : the extraordinary power of natural water
Schauberger, Viktor

Watersheds : a practical handbook for healthy water
Beck, Gregor Gilpin

Weaving without a loom
Burningham, Veronica

Weedless garden (the)
Reich, Lee

Weeds
Henry Doubleday Research Association.

Well fed - not an animal dead! : a source-book for vegan cooking, gardening and living
Burnett, Graham

When technology fails : a manual for self-reliance & planetary survival
Stein, Matthew R.

Whole house book (the) : ecological building design & materials
Borer, Pat

Wild food
Phillips, Roger

Windpower workshop : building your own wind turbine
Centre for Alternative Technology (Great Britain)

Woodland house (the)
Law, Ben

Woodland way (the) : a permaculture approach to sustainable woodland management
Law, Ben

World is in my garden (the) : using gardening issues to illuminate universal concerns
Maser, Chris

World is not for sale (the) : farmers against junk food
Bové, José

Worm book (the) : the complete guide to worms in your garden
Nancarrow, Loren

Wormpost : a beginner's guide to practical worm farming
Curtis, Maurice John

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