Interview guest: Lilian Enders Ribeiro, founder of 7 Irmas, is based out of Sintra, Portugal.  Lily is a visual artist, mother of two, and focuses on the versatility of the hemp plant through the production and transformation of products based on home-grown hemp. Check her out here: https://www.instagram.com/7_irmas http://www.quinta7nomes.com/canhamo.html  Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: [email protected] or leave a voice message and get featured in the next podcast episode! (anchor.fm/ecovillage-library) If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here.

How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea combines elements of natural navigation history, techniques for observing the weather and the way flora and fauna give clues about any kind of water, and personal narrative to encourage readers to become engaged noticers.

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Interview guest: Martin Robinson from Queensland, Australia. Martin is a beekeeper and grows his own food on one acre. To see more visit his page at: https://www.instagram.com/on_one_acre/ Send an email! Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: [email protected] or leave a voice message and get featured in the next podcast episode! (anchor.fm/ecovillage-library) If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here.

The Andean region is facing an increased shortage of water. What are the solutions to these water stresses? Perhaps a look at the regions ancestral wisdom may provide us with some clues........

‘The water is our mother, that is why we should respect and take care of her’ is an Andean proverb.

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 Practicing aquaculture on the homefront may provide greater certainty of whether or not you’ll be eating in the future. And not only that, aquaculture produces the finest homegrown protein in the smallest amount of land.  It all happens 3-dimensionally! That is quite the bargain when you consider that in today’s markets, protein calories are the most expensive calories to produce. It is estimated by the FAO that aquaculture would account for 62% of the world's fish supply for human consumption by 2030. Aquaculture has been a way of life since ancient times. For the majority who live away from the coasts, domestic freshwater aquaculture provides the best opportunity for self-sufficiency in the least amount of land. 

A great resource to get started with to learn more about freshwater aquaculture is with New Alchemy Institute and the following great book that lays it out for anybody to understand all its dimensions:

The Freshwater Aquaculture Book: https://amzn.to/2XX4Epc

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1.  Permaculture A Designer’s Manual: https://amzn.to/2JQ83ja

2. The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: https://amzn.to/2YAe5I3

3. Nature and the Human Soul: https://amzn.to/2TEVB5n

4. The Hand-Sculpted House: https://amzn.to/2HLnLKx

5. Holistic Management: https://amzn.to/2HMNnXu

6. The Art of Living: https://amzn.to/2V4oJo9

7. A New Earth: https://amzn.to/2HMNN00

8. Creating a Life Together: https://amzn.to/2TFZwiw

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Christopher Kinney is experienced in the field of sustainable development and engineering and has worked with over 30+ communities around the world in the areas of water resources, natural building, sustainable agricultural systems, renewable energy, appropriate technology ecological footprint analysis and ecovillage design.

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In this book you will find a short history of timber framing and a fully illustrated discussion of the different kinds of joinery, assembly of timbers, and raising of the frame. There are also detailed sections on present-day design and materials, house plans, site development, foundation laying, insulation, tools, and methods.

 For centuries, post-and-beam construction has proved to be one of the most durable building techniques. It is being enthusiastically revived today not only for its sturdiness but because it can be easily insulated, it is attractive, and it offers the builder the unique satisfaction of working with timbers. Building the Timber Frame House is the most comprehensive manual available on the technique. In it you will find a short history, of timber framing and a fully illustrated discussion of the different kinds of joinery, assembly of timbers, and raising of the frame. There are also detailed sections on present-day design and materials, house plans, site development, foundation laying, insulation, tools, and methods. 

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Ecovillage Library beginner's reading list: 1.  Permaculture A Designer’s Manual: https://amzn.to/2JQ83ja 2. The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: https://amzn.to/2YAe5I3 3. Nature and the Human Soul: https://amzn.to/2TEVB5n 4. The Hand-Sculpted House: https://amzn.to/2HLnLKx 5. Holistic Management: https://amzn.to/2HMNnXu 6. The Art of Living: https://amzn.to/2V4oJo9 7. A New Earth: https://amzn.to/2HMNN00 8. Creating a Life Together: https://amzn.to/2TFZwiw =================================== About Christopher Kinney: Christopher Kinney works in the field of sustainable development and engineering and has worked with over 30+ communities around the world in the areas of water resources, natural building, sustainable agricultural systems, renewable energy, appropriate technology ecological footprint analysis and ecovillage design. Music Credit: Strivers by tubebackr | https://soundcloud.com/tubebackr Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

The Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds is a comprehensive overview of reed bed systems and treatment wetlands for household effluent treatment. Going from system selection and design to construction, planting and maintenance; this guide offers the reader a complete how-to manual for getting your own reed bed system up and running.

Reed beds are an efficient, effective, low-energy filter system for protecting local groundwater and streams from septic tank effluent and greywater. This thorough book explains the background to wastewater treatment and water quality and describes how reed beds work to get wastewater clean again.

Reed beds and treatment wetlands are well-established elements within permaculture design, and many of the permaculture principles are readily applied to them. This guide goes a step further than simply explaining how to design and build reed beds by providing greater insight into permaculture as a design tool and exploring how to maximize the yields, beneficial relationships, and sustainability of the reed bed and indeed the whole sewage treatment process within your site.

Complete with an overview of planning guidelines for the UK and Ireland, The Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds is an invaluable resource for homeowners who want to build their own system. It is also an essential reference manual for permaculture designers, architects, engineers, landscape designers, planners and others with an interest in this area. Easy to follow and clearly set out, with beautiful line drawings to illustrate the text, this is a book you'll find both useful and inspiring.

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Ecovillage Library beginner's reading list:

1.  Permaculture A Designer’s Manual: https://amzn.to/2JQ83ja

2. The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: https://amzn.to/2YAe5I3

3. Nature and the Human Soul: https://amzn.to/2TEVB5n

4. The Hand-Sculpted House: https://amzn.to/2HLnLKx

5. Holistic Management: https://amzn.to/2HMNnXu

6. The Art of Living: https://amzn.to/2V4oJo9

7. A New Earth: https://amzn.to/2HMNN00

8. Creating a Life Together: https://amzn.to/2TFZwiw

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About Christopher Kinney:

Christopher Kinney works in the field of sustainable development and engineering and has worked with over 30+ communities around the world in the areas of water resources, natural building, sustainable agricultural systems, renewable energy, appropriate technology ecological footprint analysis and ecovillage design.

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Nothing is as important as water these days. From “countdown cities” to military conflict over water, it’s essential that you and your community secure your supply for generations to come. Water storage is certainly one of the key needs of the 21st century.  

This do-it-yourself guide is an invaluable resource for designing, building, and maintaining water tanks, cisterns, and ponds, and sustainably managing groundwater storage. It will assist you with handling your independent water system, fire protection setup, and disaster preparedness plan, while keeping costs low and incorporating ecologically sound designs. It also includes building instructions for several styles of ferro-cement water tanks.

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Ecovillage Library beginner's reading list: 1.  Permaculture A Designer’s Manual: https://amzn.to/2JQ83ja 2. The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: https://amzn.to/2YAe5I3 3. Nature and the Human Soul: https://amzn.to/2TEVB5n 4. The Hand-Sculpted House: https://amzn.to/2HLnLKx 5. Holistic Management: https://amzn.to/2HMNnXu 6. The Art of Living: https://amzn.to/2V4oJo9 7. A New Earth: https://amzn.to/2HMNN00 8. Creating a Life Together: https://amzn.to/2TFZwiw =================================== About Christopher Kinney: Christopher Kinney works in the field of civil engineering and sustainable development and has worked with over 30+ communities around the world in the areas of water resources, natural building, sustainable agricultural systems, renewable energy, appropriate technology ecological footprint analysis and ecovillage design. Music Credit: Strivers by tubebackr | https://soundcloud.com/tubebackr Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

 The ecovillage movement is growing: worldwide, new communities and inhabitants of existing villages and suburbs are consciously choosing the path of sustainable development. In the face of both ecological and economical crisis, poverty in the South and social isolation in the urban North, people are coming together to assume joint responsibility for their region, its resources and their social surroundings. In the process they find themselves actors in and creators of their own reality. Learn all about the good, the bad, and the ugly as Jonathan Dawson takes you on a journey through the world of ecovillages.  

In the last twenty years ecovillages (local communities which aim to minimise their ecological impact but maximise human wellbeing and happiness) have been springing up all over the world. They incorporate a wealth of radical ideas and approaches which can be traced back to Schumacher, Gandhi and the alternative education movement. This Briefing describes the history and potential of the ecovillage movement, including the evolution of the Global Ecovillage Network and the current developments. The threads that are brought together in Ecovillages include: learning from the best elements in traditional and indigenous cultures, community banks and currencies, using permaculture design, eco-building, locally-based food production and processing, reviving small-scale participatory governance. In an age of diminishing oil supplies, the Briefing examines the lessons that we can learn from ecovillages to show us how to live in a more ecologically sound and sustainable way. 

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Ecovillage Library beginner's reading list: 1.  Permaculture A Designer’s Manual: https://amzn.to/2JQ83ja 2. The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: https://amzn.to/2YAe5I3 3. Nature and the Human Soul: https://amzn.to/2TEVB5n 4. The Hand-Sculpted House: https://amzn.to/2HLnLKx 5. Holistic Management: https://amzn.to/2HMNnXu 6. The Art of Living: https://amzn.to/2V4oJo9 7. A New Earth: https://amzn.to/2HMNN00 8. Creating a Life Together: https://amzn.to/2TFZwiw =================================== About Christopher Kinney: Christopher Kinney works in the field of civil engineering and sustainable development and has worked with over 30+ communities around the world in the areas of water resources, natural building, sustainable agricultural systems, renewable energy, appropriate technology ecological footprint analysis and ecovillage design. Music Credit: Strivers by tubebackr | https://soundcloud.com/tubebackr Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com