Simple Critial Infrastructure Maps (what keeps you from dying from the "6 ways to die"?) http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/SCIM-Simple_Critial_Infrastructure_Maps_Vinay_Gupta.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/local%20infrastructure.pdf ALL ROUND GUIDES Toolbox for Sustainable City Living http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/Toolbox_for_Sustainable_City_Living.pdf Otesha Handbook UK http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/OteshaUK_Handbook.pdf The Otesha Book (original Canadian version, much longer and in depth, less digestable) http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/the_otesha_book.pdf Do It Yourself - A Handbook for Changing Our World http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/Do_It_Yourself-A_Handbook_for_Changing_Our_World.pdf Recipes for Disaster - An Anarchist Cookbook http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/recipes.for.disaster.an.anarchist.cookbook.pdf Short Circuit (amazing book that outlines why we need community land, food, energy, money) http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Short_Circuit.pdf Guide to Putting on Grassroots Events (which is a bit like creating a small temporary village and so also has a fair bit of good stuff about compost toilets, cooking etc) http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/Guide_to_putting_on_grassroots_event.pdf (although very annoyingly a pdf designed to be printed and turned into a booklet and so not in the right order to read on screen. Still a LOAD of good info captured by people who know what they are talking about) The Transition Handbook: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Transition_Relocalisation_Resilience/Transition_Network/Transition-Handbook.pdf The Post Carbon Reader: http://www.postcarbon.org/reader/downloads Ecology Begins at Home: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/EcologyBeginsAtHome.pdf FOOD REPORTS: A Viable Food Future: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/A_Viable_Food_Future.pdf A Rough Guide to the UK Farming Crisis: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/A_Rough_Guide_to_the_UK_Farming_Crisis.pdf Outgrowing the Earth: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Outgrowing_the_Earth.pdf The Food and Farming Transition: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/PCI-food-and-farming-transition.pdf One Planet Agricultulre - The Case for Action: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/One_Planet_Agriculture-The_Case_for_Action.pdf Nice Meals from Anarchy - Oil dependence, climate change and the transition to resilience http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Nine_Meals_from_Anarchy.pdf Setting the Table - Sustainable Diet Policy Recommendations: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Setting_the_Table-Sustainable_Diet_Policy_Recommendations.pdf The Future of Farming: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/The_future_of_farming.pdf The True Cost of Food: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/The_true_cost_of_food.pdf Eating Oil - Food Supply in a Changing Climate: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Eating_Oil-Food_Supply_in_a_Changing_Climate.pdf Recipe for a Greener Curry - How London’s ethnic business can celebrate sustainable food http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/greener_curry.pdf One Planet Dining - London's Growing Market for Eating Out Sustainably: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/one_planet_dining.pdf Can Britain Feed Itself? http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/CanBritainFeedItself.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Can_Britain_Feed_Itself.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/rethinking_britains_food_security.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/An_inconvenient_truth_about_food%e2%80%93Neither_secure_nor_resilient.pdf (best thing on this is Simon Fairlie's book 'Meat: A benign extravagance') Small Farms: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Benefits_of_small_farms.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Small_is_Beautiful_Evidence_of_Inverse_Size_Yield_Relationship.pdf http://www.ecologicalland.coop/sites/ecologicalland.coop/files/Small_is_Successful.pdf FOOD HOW TO's Sustainable Agriculture: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Sustainable_Agriculture.pdf The greenhorns Guide for Beginning Farmers: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Guide_for_Beginning_Farmers.pdf How to buy food for disasters http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/how_to_buy_food_for_disasters.pdf Drying Fruits and Vegetables: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Food_Production_and_Processing/Drying_Fruits_and_Vegetables.pdf Community Food: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community-led_Food_Initiatives.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Growing_Community_Food_Systems-Post_Carbon_Reader.pdf Community Supported Agriculture: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_Supported_Agriculture_Action_Manual.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_investment_in_CSA.pdf Community Food Assesment: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/CommunityFoodAssessment.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_Food_Security_Assessment_Toolkit.pdf Food Co-ops: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Food_co-ops_toolkit.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Cultivating_Cooperatives.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Grow_a_Grocery-guide_to_starting_and_growing_a_wholefood_co-operative.pdf Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/TheCompleteBookOfSelfSufficiency.pdf Food Miles: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/DEFRA_Food_Miles_Report.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Food_Miles.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/wise_moves.pdf Local Food: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Making_Links-A_Toolkit_for_Local_Food_Projects.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Food-Producing-Neighbourhood.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Making_Local_Food_Work:-influencing_consumer_buying_behaviour.pdf Urban Agriculture http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/City_Harvest-Growing_More_Food_in_London.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Growing_Food_in_Cities.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Food_production_on_housing_estates.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Urban-Salad-Tipsheet.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/CultivatingHavana-UrbanAgricultureAndFoodSecurity.pdf Urban Farmers Market Toolkit: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Farmers_Markets/Urban_Farmers_Market_Toolkit.pdf Community Gardens: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_Gardens/CommunityGardening.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_Gardens/CommunityGardensGuide.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_Gardens/Community_Garden_Starter_Pack.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_Gardens/Scotland_Community_Garden_Starter_Pack.pdf Growing Food in Containers: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/How_To-Reservoir_System_Window_Farm.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/How_to-Three-Plant_Air_Lift_Window_Farm.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/How_to_Self-watering_Container.pdf Allotments: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/can_you_dig_it-meeting_commuity_demand_for_allotments.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/growing_in_the_community-allotments_best_practice.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/A_place_to_grow.pdf Aquaculture: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Farming_Carp-Organic_Aquaculture.pdf Cook books: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/community-cookbook.pdf COMMUNICATIONS: Wireless Networking for the Developing World (about setting up low cost wifi networks) http://wndw.net/pdf/wndw2-en/wndw2-ebook.pdf MONEY AND COMMUNITY CURRENCIES ETC: Great intros to the topic include: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Ecology-of-Money.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Interest_and_Inflation_free_money.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Community_Currencies/Money-Understanding_and_Creating_Alternatives_to_Legal_Tender.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Money_and_Debt.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Web_of_Debt-The_Shocking_Truth_about_our_Money_System.pdf Some how to guides: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Community_Currencies/Community_Currency_Guide.pdf http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Community_Currencies/Lewes-Pound-How-To-Guide.pdf A great article about the currencies of two ecovilages: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Community_Currencies/a-tale-of-two-ecovillages.pdf The Sharing Solution: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/The_Sharing_Solution.pdf This write-up of an art project is brilliant: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/MIA_Progress_Report.pdf This is a great collection of articles about self-organised counter-eocnmic strategies: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Self-Organisation-Counter-Econ-Strategies.pdf Tom Greco's chapter from his latest book about the web platform that is needed: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Community_Currencies/Ch17_from_End_of_Money.pdf A list of software to help run digital community currencies http://p2pfoundation.net/Complementary_Currency_Software A comprehensive plan for a Peer Economy: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/peer-economy.pdf For facts and figures (and large scale plans): UK; How dependent the UK is on everyone else: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/UK_Interdependence_Report.pdf The Art of Rapid Transition: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/The_Art_of_Rapid_Transition.pdf The Great Transition: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/The_Great_Transition-a_tale_of_how_it_turned_out_right.pdf WORLD: State of the World 2010 Preview edition: http://blogs.worldwatch.org/transformingcultures/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/SOW2010-PreviewVersion.pdf Even more of it is available here too (although the above includes all the overview chapters, which are probably best for this project): http://blogs.worldwatch.org/transformingcultures/contents/ State of the Worlrd 2009: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/State_of_the_World_2009.pdf State of the World 2009 in bullet points: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5988 Vital Signs 2010: http://www.groupedebruges.eu/pdf/Vital_Signs_2010.pdf Living Planet Report 2010: http://assets.panda.org/downloads/lpr2010.pdf Plan B 4.0 - pretty good on both the scale of global problems and what needs to be done about them (although totally misses the whole banking system stuff) http://files.uniteddiversity.com/More_Books_and_Reports/Plan_B_4.0.pdf The Happy Planet Index is great report that tracks how well countries are doing at creating "One Planet LIving" i.e. high quality of life with low ecological footprints: http://www.happyplanetindex.org/public-data/files/happy-planet-index-2-0.pdf A bunch of other report from the UN (I generally prefer the ones above, although GEO below isn't bad) The most recently published Global Environmental Outlook (GEO): http://www.unep.org/geo/GEO4/report/GEO-4_Report_Full_en.pdf And the "Summary for Decision Makers" version: http://www.unep.org/geo/GEO4/media/GEO4%20SDM_launch.pdf Human Development Report 2010: http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Complete_reprint.pdf HDR 2010 Summary: http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Overview_reprint.pdf UNEP 2011 Yearbook: http://www.unep.org/yearbook/2011/pdfs/UNEP_YEARBOOK_Fullreport.pdf Least Developed Countries Report 2010: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Download.asp?docid=14129&lang=1&intItemID=5737 -- Josef Davies-Coates 07974 88 88 95 http://uniteddiversity.com Together We Have Everything