Regenerative Library
The books behind every guide, grouped by homestead system.
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Design
DesignPermaculture: A Designers' ManualBill Mollison's comprehensive textbook of permaculture design for farms, gardens, and human settlements.Learn More
DesignPermaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond SustainabilityDavid Holmgren's guide to the twelve permaculture principles and the whole-systems thinking behind them.Learn More
DesignA Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, ConstructionA handbook of more than two hundred design patterns for towns, buildings, and rooms, written so people can shape places that feel alive.Learn More
DesignGaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale PermacultureA home-scale permaculture guide to turning a yard into a diverse, productive garden that needs less upkeep once it is established.Learn More
DesignIntroduction to PermacultureA shorter introduction to Mollison's permaculture design system, written as an accessible starting point for beginners.Learn More
DesignThe Resilient Farm and HomesteadA whole-systems homestead manual covering perennial crops, soil fertility, water security, and nutrient-dense food.Learn More
Power
PowerSolar Electricity HandbookA practical guide to designing and installing solar PV systems, in the 2023 edition linked here.Learn More
PowerPhotovoltaics: Design and Installation ManualSolar Energy International's training manual for designing and installing photovoltaic systems.Learn More
PowerThe Independent Home: Living Well With Power from the Sun, Wind, and WaterA classic account of living well with household power from the sun, wind, and water.Learn More
PowerWind Power BasicsA plain-language introduction to small-scale wind power for homes and independent energy systems.Learn More
Water
WaterWater for Every FarmP.A. Yeomans's presentation of Keyline design, a method for working with a landscape's natural water flow to build fertility.Learn More
WaterRainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Vol. 1Guiding principles for welcoming rain into the landscape, from directing runoff to designing water-wise home grounds.Learn More
WaterCreate an Oasis with GreywaterA practical guide to greywater reuse, with integrated design for conservation, reuse, and sustainable landscaping.Learn More
WaterThe Water-Wise HomeHow to conserve, capture, and reuse water in the house and landscape, including rainwater and greywater.Learn More
Food
FoodThe Market Gardener (Le jardinier-maraîcher)A handbook of low-tech, high-yield methods for small-scale organic market farming, drawn from the author's Quebec micro-farm.Learn More
FoodEdible Forest Gardens, Vol. 1The first volume of a two-part work that explains the ecological vision and principles behind temperate-climate forest gardens.Learn More
FoodSepp Holzer's Permaculture (Sepp Holzers Permakultur)An account of Sepp Holzer's integrative permaculture methods, developed through decades of farming steep alpine land.Learn More
FoodThe New Organic GrowerEliot Coleman's manual of tools and techniques for small-scale organic growing, for home gardens and market farms.Learn More
Heat & Cooling
Heat & CoolingRocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You Can BuildA guide to building rocket mass heaters, wood stoves designed to store heat in a thermal mass bench or floor.Learn More
Heat & CoolingThe Passive Solar HouseJames Kachadorian's method for designing houses that can heat and cool themselves with ordinary materials and a solar slab.Learn More
Heat & CoolingThe Solar House: Passive Heating and CoolingA guide to passive solar heating and cooling, written to help a house stay comfortable with less mechanical equipment.Learn More
Shelter
ShelterEarthship: How to Build Your Own, Vol. 1Michael Reynolds's first volume on building Earthships, passive-solar houses made with earth-packed tires and other reused materials.Learn More- ShelterLiving Building Challenge (Standard)The International Living Future Institute's certification and advocacy program for regenerative buildings, landscapes, and communities.Learn More
ShelterThe Hand-Sculpted HouseA practical and philosophical guide to building a cob cottage, covering both the craft and the reasons to build this way.Learn More
ShelterThe Straw Bale HouseA foundational guide to straw-bale construction for people who want to build walls with this natural, insulating system.Learn More
Waste
WasteThe Humanure HandbookJoseph Jenkins's guide to composting human manure and using compost toilets so nutrients can be safely returned to soil.Learn More
WasteThe Composting Toilet System BookA practical guide to choosing, planning, and maintaining composting toilet systems as a water-saving alternative.Learn More
WasteThe Toilet PapersSim Van der Ryn's classic on designs that recycle human waste and water, including dry toilets and greywater systems.Learn More
Land & Soil
Land & SoilHolistic Management: A New Framework for Decision MakingA decision-making framework, developed by Allan Savory, for managing land, grazing, and other resources as a whole.Learn More
Land & SoilTeaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food WebAn organic gardener's guide to the soil food web, explaining how soil life supports plant health.Learn More
Land & SoilThe Carbon Farming SolutionA global survey of perennial crops and farming practices aimed at storing carbon in landscapes while producing food.Learn More
Land & SoilDirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative AgricultureGabe Brown's first-person account of converting his North Dakota farm to regenerative agriculture.Learn More
Community
CommunityDoughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century EconomistKate Raworth's seven-way rethink of economics, using the doughnut model of a social foundation inside planetary boundaries.Learn More
CommunityCreating a Life TogetherPractical tools for starting ecovillages and intentional communities, written for people who want to form a group.Learn More
CommunityFinding CommunityA guide to evaluating and joining an ecovillage or intentional community, written as a companion to starting one.Learn More
CommunityEcovillage Living: Restoring the Earth and Her PeopleAn overview of ecovillage practice, from shared energy and water systems to the community life behind them.Learn More
Regenerative Design & Architecture
Regenerative Design & ArchitectureDesign with NatureIan McHarg's foundational method for ecological planning, layering natural systems into the design of sites and regions.Learn More- Regenerative Design & ArchitectureA Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, ConstructionA handbook of more than two hundred design patterns for towns, buildings, and rooms, written so people can shape places that feel alive.Learn More
Regenerative Design & ArchitectureCradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make ThingsWilliam McDonough and Michael Braungart's argument for designing products so their materials stay in safe technical or biological cycles.Learn More
Regenerative Design & ArchitectureBiophilic Design: The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to LifeA collection on biophilic design: the theory, science, and practice of bringing the experience of nature into buildings.Learn More
Regenerative Design & ArchitectureRegenerative Development and Design: A Framework for Evolving SustainabilityPamela Mang, Ben Haggard, and the Regenesis Group's framework for regenerative, place-based development beyond conventional sustainability.Learn More- Regenerative Design & ArchitectureThe Hand-Sculpted HouseA practical and philosophical guide to building a cob cottage, covering both the craft and the reasons to build this way.Learn More
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