A review of books about living lightly on the earth.

Welcome to Earth Friendly Gardening, a blog by Caroline Brown, a freelance writer, rat race refugee, nature lover, and gardener-in-training. I live just outside of Providence, Rhode Island with my husband Curt and three cats, Simba, Tiny, & Scout. At the s

"Permaculture Two" delves deeper into the concept of

Author Michelle Eva Portman presents a wonderful adventure where a young girl and her mom convert a storage box into a house for their new pets. The box becomes a vermicomposting bin and the pets are redworms. Portman’s poetic, rhyming couplets provide a g

Selections from article; "Black Holes, in particular, emerge as one of the best metaphors available both for our powers to enact change, or to envision a new reality and birth it into our physical world, as well as for our collective experience of disempow

Sustainability and simple living should NOT be about deprivation or self-righteousness. I do all this because it’s fun and rewarding; because I like experimenting to see how much “waste” I can turn into resources. And because I like being close to nature a

While this book is an absolute must read for any rice farmer, its beauty, for the rest of us, lies in the creativity and design sense that led Mr. Furuno to his revolutionary and ecologically sound alternative to the ubiquitous, chemical-intensive rice pro

... -Peter Bane Publisher, The Permaculture Activist magazine Edible Forest

First published in 1986, this classic is back in print by popular demand. It is the authoritative text on edible landscaping, featuring a step-by-step guide to designing a productive environment using vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs for a combinatio

This book is about one woman’s vision and commitment to learning to live sustainably and in harmony with life on Earth. Since 1976 Anna Edey has made one astonishing discovery after another, developing methods of sustainable living under the name Solviva S