books by Chelsea Green Publishing Company     books:     Chelsea Green Publ...      Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape Brad Lancaster Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006 Wonderful, readable, and essential This is an incredible study of a topic that most of us don't think about much, that is, how we are wasting our rainwater, and what we could be doing instead. This is required reading for anyone who cares about the environment. Best, the book is highly readable, ...             Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems Paul Gipe Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999 A Good Overview of Wind Power Technolgies Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems by Paul Gipe is an excellent overview of wind power turbines both past and present. It also does an excellent job of acquainting readers with the major components of a Wind Renewable Energy (RE) system and the ...             Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business Paul Gipe Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004 Make This Your 1st Book on Wind Power Paul Gipe truly knows his industry. Whether you're thinking about installing a small wind turbine or want to invest in a megawatt model, you should make this your first purchase. You'll feel like you've completed a college course on wind power after reading this book.             Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.) Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000 Excellent resource This is a great book and for anyone thinking of building in a damp climate a must have. Great information about the various ways of doing things, allowing the reader to make the best choice for their site, budget and level of skill. Covers wet weather considerations ...             The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar ... Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, ... Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002 More than a book It's a guide. No matter if you will be building in cob or not, it' real pleasure to read this book. I recommend it heartfully.             The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates Richard D. Estes Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999 Well Written, by and Expert I just returned from Tanzania, and used this book while on Safari in Serengetti, Ngorongoro crater, Lake Manyara, and Tarangire. The main strength of the book is the high level overview given to game viewing in the beginning and at the beginning of each animal ...             The Savvy Woman's Guide to PCOS: The Many Faces Of A 21st Century Epidemic... And What You Can Do About It. Elizabeth Lee Vliet Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006 Ugly cover, great information If you're not put off by the awful cover choice, this book is full of great information, charts, health tests, etc. I read this book in a 2 hour sitting, and took it with me to my nutritionist who specializes in PCOS and it really helped to guide my questions and ...             The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling Daniel D. Chiras Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002 Amazing book - quite possibly the BEST on solar building My copy of this book is a mess. It has highlighting and notes all throughout the pages and looks well worn even though I've only had the book for a year. When the time came to do some studying on solar design, this was the book that was recommended to me. And for ...             The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A ... Eliot Coleman Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1995 simply down to earth - literally This is absolutely the best, straightforward, down to earth, organic gardening book I have ever read. No hype, no buzzwords, no new age crap, no agenda. Simply down to earth - literally.             Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods Sandor Ellix Katz Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2003 The Health Superstar This is a wonderful book for anyone who is interested in building their health to a high level. Sandor Katz writes in a fun, insightful way, to bring the history and health giving properties to this subject, and all the ways to produce fermented foods. As a person who ...             Simple Food for the Good Life Helen Nearing Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999 The Uncook Book This book is a collection of essays and recipes explaining and demonstrating Helen Nearing's philosophy about food. Nearing is the first to point out that she does not enjoy cooking in the least. For this reason, she spent as little time as possible in food ...             The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2001 Straw-Bale Wannabe's Delight To be frank, the chance that I'll actually build and live in a straw-bale house is very slim. For those of us who like to look -- and figure we can pick up a few enviro-friendly ideas along the way -- this is the perfect book on straw-bale. The color photos are very ...             Sauna: A complete guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath Robert L. Roy Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004 A fine book I wouldn't feel compelled to write a review of this book, except for the low star rating of the only other reviewer of this book [at this writing anyhow]. This is an excellent book for building a free-standing sauna--as long as cordwood masonry building style works for ...             Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home James Kachadorian Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006 Solar Home Design I have been using this book as a text book for my class - Solar Home Design for the past several years because the thermal analysis worksheets are an excellent way for my students to learn the fundamental principles of energy & thermal performance of various building ...             Solar Gardening: Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American Intensive Way (The Real Goods Independent Living ... Leandre Poisson, Gretchen Vogel Poisson Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1994 This book is full of it!! One of the best gardening books I have ever read! Excellent information on solar gardening & instructions on how to construct the garden cones, frames & pods. They provide practical information in an easy to understand format. I highly recommend this book to anyone ...          products you might be interested in search for books construction, fermentation, hand-sculpted, independent, live-culture, philosophical      geepe.com    web randomly chosen DVD: Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Collection