Ecology

"In this DVD Craig introduces you to each part of his bio-fuel conversion so that you can convert your own vehicle to run on used cooking oil. If you want to stop paying outrageous gas prices and cut your emissions, then this DVD is for you."

This is a very short, approachable guide to using used vegetable oil (i.e., cooking oil) to power a diesel engine car. Very practical instructions from local author Craig Sommers. If you've been itching to get out of the petroleum economy affordably, this book is for you.

Table of Contents:
Foreword
Dedication

Chapter 1
History of the Diesel Engine
Biodiesel or Strait Vegetable oil
How the Conversion Works

Chapter 2
My Conversion Story
Los Angeles to New York, How We Gathered the Fuel

Chapter 3
What You Need To Know About Filtering Veggie Oil Before It Goes In The Tank
Collecting Veggie Oil

Chapter 4
The Components You’ll Need
Conclusion

Chapter 5
Resources
Which Vehicles Have Been Successfully Converted

From the publisher: Micro eco-farms are part of the new renaissance to restore beauty and nature to the world. They thrive in cities, backyards, and they make rural living profitable again. They are "design-your-own" rather than generic formula farms, and their design depends on your local culture, bio-region, and your own passions. There is not one copycat formula to follow, but this title gives an overview of the micro eco-farming movement, including universal traits that assure each farm's success, such as: Beyond organic growing methods, awareness of the big picture, community connection, adaptability, diversification, selling the farm's "story," … along with real life examples of successful micro eco-farms that make these concepts quickly graspable and adaptable to your very own one-of-a-kind micro eco-farm.

A plan for building a sustainable and ethical global economy. On sale for $5.

by D'Arcy Thompson
From the publisher: Classic of biology and modern science sets forth seminal "theory of transformation" — that one species evolves into another not by successive minor changes in individual body parts but by large-scale transformations involving the body as a whole. Rich literary style. Over 500 photographs

From the publisher: "Together, these elegant and exciting essays make a compelling case that our most profound and responsible relationships with the natural world are not with an abstraction called "environment" but with the richly textured, endlessly diverse, and very particular places in which we make our earthly homes. Anyone interested in the landscapes of America will want to read and own this book." --William Cronon, author of Changes in the Land and Nature's Metropolis

From the publisher: Since the early 1990s, activists, corporations, and government officials have battled for the heart and soul of the environmental movement. In Earth for Sale, Brian Tokar examines the economic issues, political divisions, and worldviews that have shaped this conflict, and their implications for a renewed ecological movement for the twenty-first century.

From the publisher: The vanishing of the rainforest haunts our imagination, and we urgently need to understand the root causes of a global environmental crisis. In this scrupulously researched book, ecologists Vandermeer and Perfecto look beyond simplistic explanations to show exactly why biodiversity is in such jeopardy around the world and what steps must be taken to slow the ravaging of the rainforests.

From the publisher: In his award-winning book WATER, Marq de Villiers provides an eye-opening account of how we are using, misusing, and abusing our planet's most vital resource. Encompassing ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, de Villiers reports from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas, and the Middle East, where swelling populations and unchecked development have stressed fresh water supplies nearly beyond remedy. Political struggles for control of water rage around the globe, and rampant pollution daily poses dire ecological threats. With one eye on these looming crises and the other on the history of our dependence on our planet's most precious commodity, de Villiers has crafted a powerful narrative about the lifeblood of civilizations that will be "a wake-up call for concerned citizens, environmentalists, policymakers, and water drinkers everywhere" (Publishers Weekly).

From the publisher: In a world filled with stories of environmental devastation and social dysfunction, EcoVillage at Ithaca is a refreshing and hopeful look at a modern-day village that is taking an integrated approach to addressing these problems.

This book tells the story of life at EcoVillage at Ithaca, an internationally recognized example of sustainable development. It transports the reader into the midst of a vibrant community that includes cohousing neighborhoods, small-scale organic farming, land preservation, green building, energy alternatives and hands-on education. By integrating proven social and environmental alternatives into a living model, EcoVillage at Ithaca provides a rare glimpse into one possible - and positive - future for the planet.