Further Resources
Here are a selection of excellent resources and good news stories shining the light to how we can heal the Earth and ourselves and have a wonderful time as we do it. Discover practical skills, great ideas, heartwarming initiatives and lots of other goodness. They are sorted according to general themes although there is much overlap and interconnections between them.
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Essential Reading
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible – Charles Eisenstein
The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth - Judith Schwartz
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth – Charles Massy
The Dream of the Earth – Thomas Berry
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature - David Suzuki
The Great Work - Thomas Berry
Here on Earth: An Argument for Hope – Tim Flannery
The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More – Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb
A Quest for the Eternal: Poetry, Physics and Philosophy - J. N. Dhamija
The Current System and How We Can Create a Better One
https://www.youtube.com/@charleseisenstein
2040 Film
Low Tox Life: A Handbook for a Healthy You and a Happy Planet – Alexx Stuart
Ancient Futures – Helena Norberg-Hodge
This Changes Everything: Capitalism versus the Climate – Naomi Klein
How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other – Naomi Klein and Rebecca Stefoff
People Over Profit: Neoliberalism and the Global Order – Noam Chomsky
Manufacturing Consent – Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky
The Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein
No Logo – Naomi Klein
How Everything Can Collapse: A Manual for Our Times - Pablo Servigne and Raphael Stevens
The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience - Rob Hopkins
Surviving the Future: Culture, Carinval and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy - David Fleming
Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It - David Fleming
A Short History of Progress - Ronald Wright
Now or Never - Tim Flannery
Oneness vs the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom - Vandana Shiva
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond
World as Lover, World as Self - Joanna Macy
In Defence of Food : An Eater's Manifesto - Michael Pollan
Earth Regeneration
https://www.youtube.com/KisstheGround
The Wilderness Garden - Jackie French
Plants of Power - Stacey Demarco and Miranda Mueller
The Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture -Rosemary Morrow
Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements - Bill Mollison and David Holmgren
https://drawdown.org/ Project Drawdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QUSIJ80n50 Lessons of the Loess Plateau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDgDWbQtlKI Regreening the Desert with John Liu
https://www.youtube.com/@SavoryInstitute - The Savoury Institute: Regenerative Agriculture
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-28/charlie-massy-regenerative-farming-movement/12438352
Alternative and Way More Enjoyable Ways of Being
How to Have an Amazingly Adventurous Life for Zero Dollars a Day - Kim
https://www.youtube.com/@happenfilms
Retrosuburbia: A Downshifter's Guide to a Resilient Future - David Holmgren
The Art of Free Travel: A Frugal Family Adventure - Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman
Essence of Permaculture - David Holmgren (Free Download)
Publications by the Simplicity Institute - Envisioning a Prosperous Descent
Healing Yourself and Others
Gratitude - Louis Schwartzberg
https://www.youtube.com/@ReflectionsofLife
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart – James Doty
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living – The Dalai Lama with Howard Cutler
Healthy as F*ck : The Habits You Need to Get Lean, Stay Healthy and Kick Ass at Life – Ooonah Duncan
A Life Less Stressed: The Five Pillars of Health and Wellness - Ron Ehrlich
Compassion and the Individual - https://www.dalailama.com/messages/compassion-and-human-values/compassion
Compassion and the Source of Happiness - https://www.dalailama.com/messages/compassion-and-human-values/compassion-as-the-source-of-happiness
Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche – Bill Plotkin
Soulcraft – Bill Plotkin
The Journey of Soul Initiation – Bill Plotkin
Fire in the Heart – Deepak Chopra
Women Who Run With the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Earthy Spirituality
The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature - Starhawk
The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era - A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos - Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry
Womb Awakening: Initiatory Wisdom from the Creatrix of All Life - Azra and Seren Bertrand
The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight - Lorin Roche
The Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield
The Fifth Sacred Thing - Starhawk
Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions - Starhawk, Diane Baker and Anne Hill
The Twelve Wild Swans: A Journey to the Realm of Magic, Healing and Action - Starhawk and Hilary Valentine
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology - David Abram
https://monacaron.com/ - Mona Caron Artist
