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If the State bought these lamps for every household at $2 each, total cost would be $120 million. Could we build the same 17 power plants for $120 million? Not by a long shot!, book: Fuel Savers by Bruce N. Anderson ~~}Solar Indoor Lighting (saves electricity and increases employee work performance): http://www.solatube.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.sun-dome.com ~~}LED Lighting and LED business signs (extremely energy efficient, very durable and long lasting): http://www.sloanled.com http://www.isolite.com http://www.trans-lux.com http://www.alpha-led.com http://www.pvled.com http://www.theledlight.com http://www.superbrightleds.com ~~}If every household in California replaced 1 average-flow showerhead with an energy saving showerhead we would save 1.3 kwh per day per household or 19.2 gWh per day - or enough energy saved to shut down another 15 power plants. If the State bought these low flow shower heads for every household at $1 each, total cost would be $15 million. Could we build the same 15 power plants for $1 million each? Hardly! ~~}If every household in California installed a solar hot water heater which saves 5.8 kwh/day, we would cumulatively save 87 gWh/day - or enough energy saved to shut down another 67 power plants. ~~}Solar Heating of Water, Buildings and Homes: http://www.solarthermal.com http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.fraccaro.it http://www.sssolar.com http://www.sundasolar.com/aboutus.htm ~~}GeoThermal Heating and Cooling of Buildings and Homes (reduces energy cost by 30% to 65%): ~GeoThermal can be combined with Solar Heating: http://www.swisssolartech.com http://www.geoheat.co.uk http://www.earthheat.ca http://www.u-h-c.co.uk http://www.nordic-uk.com http://www.dwightsgeothermal.com http://www.geotility.ca http://www.u-h-c.co.uk http://www.waterfurnace.com http://www.advantagehomenergy.com http://www.pcigeothermal.com http://www.nu-heat.co.uk http://www.invisibleheating.co.uk http://www.geothermalsystems.org http://www.earthwisescotland.co.uk http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.radiantec.com ~~}Monolithic Dome Homes and Buildings This type of building reduces energy use by 40% to 80% Also, Monolithic Domes are virtually Indestructible. Use Kalwall Windows - http://www.kalwall.com Monolithic Domes are Hurricane proof, Tornado proof, Earthquake proof, Tidal Wave proof and Fire Proof. http://www.monolithic.com ~~}Reduce air conditioning cost by 20% to 40% ~Paint your house & roof white, which will reflect infra red sunlight: http://www.sta-kool.com/linedetails.aspx?id=60 http://www.roofassets.com/crtech.htm http://www.acecoating.com/aroof.html http://www.toppsproducts.com/Energy.html http://www.arizonafoam.com/pages/coolroofs.html http://www.rohmhaas.com/springhouse/aboutus/whatwemake/coolroof.htm http://www.cosmodec.co.za/Therma-Masta%202.htm http://www.coolroofs.org/documents/September2006ProductDirectory090106.pdf http://www.stevensroofing.com/Energy/Energy_GeorgaWhtRoof.htm http://www.duro-last.com/buildingowners/coolzone http://www.silvercote.com/reflective.asp http://www.akzonobel-ccna.com/html/coolchemistry01.pdf http://www.ersystems.com/product_msds.htm http://www.weatherstarcoatings.com ~~}Insulating house paint (reduces energy costs by 10% to 25% ) http://www.insuladd.com ~~}solar Attic fans (reduce air conditioning cost by 10% to 25%): http://www.solaratticfans.com http://www.solarroofvent.com http://store.sundancesolar.com/nali10wasoat.html ~~}insulating window quilts and insulating window coverings (reduces energy cost by 10% to 35%) http://www.1windowquilts.com http://www.symphonyshades.com http://www.sheltercraft.com/windowsNF.htm http://www.brading.com/products http://www.israsun.com ~~}Refrigerators (extremely energy efficient): http://www.sunfrost.com ~~}Clothes Washers and Dryers (very energy efficeint and reduces water use): http://www.staber.com ~~}Efficient Electric motors (reduce energy costs by 20% to 40%) http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com ~~}Eliminating Phantom Electrical Loads from appliances. This a cheap way to reduce energy use. For information: http://www.redwoodenergy.org/ContentPage.asp?ContentID=374 http://www.positivenergy.com/reduceneeds.html http://www.windchasers.ca/new_page_7.htm http://www.greenmountainsolar.com/view.php/page/gotphantoms http://www.homeenergy.org/archive/hem.dis.anl.gov/eehem/96/960715.html http://www.coolcaledon.org/PDFs/Phantom_Electrical_Loads.pdf http://www.neutralexistence.com/Reduce-Phantom-Electrical-Loads.html http://www.builditsolar.com/References/Half/ProjectsConservation.htm http://www.econet.sk.ca/solutions/energy/cutting.html ~~}Solar Wall: http://www.solarwall.com http://www.cansolair.com ~~}Other Potential Energy Savings Lap Top computer versus other computers LED TV' versus regular TV Kalwall Windows versus regular Windows- http://www.kalwall.com Note: if most of the above technologies were used for buildings and homes, energy used in our country would be drastically reduced. Our country would be able to reduce its energy use to the point that many fossil fuel energy generating plants and nuclear power plants could be closed. Furthermore, what little energy would be needed, could easily be generated by using Local renewable energy technologies. Below are listed additional technologies for reducing energy use and for reducing the use of nuclear power, oil, coal and other fossil fuels in our economy. The various sustainable technologies are improving rapidly and becoming more effective and affordable. Due the rapid changes and improvements, this resource list does not cover all technologies or the latest improvements in existing sustainable technologies. The resource list is just a tip of the iceberg in listing the creative innovations going on around the world. Some the best new technologies are coming from small business, versus coming from large corporations. If our country has the political will, it can survive the peak oil aftermath. Additionally, the sooner the various sustainable technologies are incorporated into our economy, the easier the transition will be. What are we waiting for? Do not allow the fossil corporations and their political cronies to defeat us. Our grandchildren's future is in our hands. Do not give up. ---------------------- MORE JOBS and ECONOMIC GROWTH Per the Wisconsin Energy Bureau, locally generated renewable energy (solar water heating, solar pool heating, solar building heating, solar daylighting, solar electric, wind, micro-hydro, organic vegetable diesel fuel, solar-hydrogen fuel cells, wind-hydrogen fuel cells, wave-hydrogen fuel cells, tidal power, Geothermal Hydronic heating and cooling, organic farming and gardening) creates THREE TIMES more jobs and economic growth in local economies than using imported fossil fuel or energy from other regions. Keep our country strong like a rock! Please support LOCALLY generated and LOCALLY owned renewable energy systems WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, SEMINARS and Online Training: ~ renewable energy and sustainable tech http://solarenergy.org http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm http://www.greendragonenergy.co.uk Solar Energy, Sustainable Technology CATALOG http://www.gaiam.com/realgoods JOURNAL - renewable energy, sustainable technology http://www.homepower.com http://www.solartoday.org http://www.sses.ch more web sites: http://www.sourceguides.com/energy http://www.ises.org Refinery Reform, Pollution and Death http://www.refineryreform.org http://www.sunkills.com http://bulgaria.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14135/index.php http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37113/index.php http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25422 http://www.offshore-environment.com http://shellfacts.com ---------------------------- BUILD INTO THE FUTURE Indestructible and energy efficient buildings and homes (Hurricane proof, Tornado proof, Earthquake proof and Tidal Wave proof) Reduces energy use by 40% to 80% ------------------ http://www.monolithic.com http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.swisssolartech.com http://www.ormat.com http://radiantsolar.com http://dsegroup.com http://www.fraccaro.it http://solargenix.com http://plantdrive.com http://sssolar.com http://www.microhydropower.com http://www.powerlight.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.bomin-solar.de http://www.isolite.com http://magenn.com http://teslamotors.com http://www.solarthermal.com http://www.solatube.com http://www.solarwall.com http://www.greengridroofs.com http://www.sunpower.com http://www.cansolair.com http://www.insuladd.com http://www.vestas.com http://www.sunfrost.com http://www.staber.com http://www.canadiansolartechnologies.ca http://www.sloanled.com http://www.sunutility.com http://lorentzpumps.com http://www.hlf.org.np http://rainharvesting.co.uk http://zeolite.com.au http://grasscrete.com http://www.ultimateair.com http://www.tri-steel.com http://harvesthomes.ca http://meadowoodindustries.com http://rammedearthworks.com http://atlantium.com http://www.calearth.org/whatis.htm http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/42480.php FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE http://www.openoffice.org - word processor, spreadsheets, data bases and much more http://directory.fsf.org - education, games and more http://www.theopencd.org http://www.safer-networking.org - Securtiy and Spy Ware GEOTHERMAL heating and cooling ~ very efficient heating and cooling of buildings - homes and water http://www.advantagehomenergy.com http://www.swisssolartech.com http://www.eco-hometec.co.uk http://www.geotility.ca http://www.u-h-c.co.uk http://www.pcigeothermal.com http://www.nu-heat.co.uk http://www.dwightsgeothermal.com http://www.nordic-uk.com http://www.geoheat.co.uk http://www.invisibleheating.co.uk http://www.geothermalsystems.org http://www.earthwisescotland.co.uk http://www.geoexchange.org http://www.earthenergy.co.uk http://www.heatpumpcentre.org http://www.aphgeothermal.com http://www.alliantenergygeothermal.com http://www.earthenergy.ca http://www.geosource.info http://www.igshpa.okstate.edu http://www.orange-energy.de http://www.geothermalheatpump.com http://www.earthcomfort.com http://www.hydronmodule.com http://www.geothermal-heat-pump-resource.org http://www.hydro-temp.com http://www.geo-systems.com http://www.econar.com http://www.sustainablehawaii.com http://www.solterra.ie http://ecoflo.ie http://www.nef.org.uk/gshp http://www.ahac.ie http://www.solarindiasolutions.com book: Geothermal Heat Pumps, Introductory Guide http://www.hvacbooks.com/heat_pumps.htm book: Closed Loop geothermal heat pump design handbook; author: Canbek Karaca book: Commercial geothermal heat pumps; author: J. Mark Hannifan book: Geothermal heat pump options manual; author: J. Mark Hannifan book: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Design of Geothermal Systems for Commercial & Institutional Buildings; author: Stephen Kavanaugh book: How Come, Hydronic heating questions we've been asking for 100 years; author: Dan Holohan book: Residential Hydronic Heating, The I=B=R Coursebook; author: Dan Holohan ~~}solar Radiant Under Floor Heating (Hydronic)- http://www.escosolar.com http://www.solar.org.uk http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.twapanels.co.uk http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.h2ohtg.com/Stadler http://www.infloor.com http://www.spnwsupply.com http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/images/construction/floor.htm training for: installing and maintaining solar radiant heating systems: http://www.solarenergy.org sli@solarliving.org Gino Nicolai Hydronic Radiant Simulator Training Center http://www.theiqa.com/gntc.shtml Free Installation Manual: http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm book: Modern Hydronic Heating; author: Siegenthaler http://www.alibris.com book: Radiant Heating and Cooling Handbook; author: Richard Watson https://www.books4hvac.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=601 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh021/2001044881.html book: Solar Water Heating, A DIY Guide; author: Paul Trimby http://www.cat.org.uk/catpubs/book.tmpl?sku=swh http://www.eco-logicbooks.com/index.cfm?fa=book_details&book_id=262 http://www.lowimpact.org/manuals.htm book: Solar Heating In Cold Regions; author: Jean-François Rozis http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=660 http://www.sei.se/red/red9612e.html http://styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=46471 http://www.booksteps.ie/books/Month/month24.htm book: Hydronic radiant heating, a practical guide for the nonengineer installer; author: Dan Holohan book: Modern Hydronic Heating for Residential and Light Commercial Buildings; author: John Siegenthaler http://www.radiantheatingweb.com/learn book: Radiant Floor Heating; author: R. Dodge Woodson http://www.radiantheatingweb.com/learn book: Golden Rules of Hydronic Heating; author: Dan Holohan book: Installation Guide for Residential Hydronic Heating Systems http://www.alibris.com GERMAN SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY: intelligent design translate German => english: http://babelfish.altavista.com http://www.bomin-solar.de http://www.solarinfo.de http://www.passivhaustagung.de http://www.inn-plan.de http://www.optigruen.de http://www.sses.ch http://www.orange-energy.de http://www.firstsolar.com http://www.thyssen-solartec.com http://www.wind-energie.de http://www.solarfoerderung.de http://www.biocar.de http://www.iwr.de http://www.evt-scooter.de http://www.intersolar.de http://www.sunversy.de http://www.solarwaterworld.de http://www.aet.de http://www.berger-biotechnik.de http://www.biodieselverband.de http://www.btec-rosenheim.de http://www.campa-biodiesel.de http://www.cleanenergy.de http://www.dewind.de http://www.eg-solar.de http://www.elsbett.com http://www.energiekontor.de http://www.fmso.de http://www.geothermie.de http://www.rerorust.de http://www.velomobile.de http://www.optigruen.de http://www.zinco.de http://www.sunoven.de http://www.mindquest.de/Zonnewater http://www.energieteam-bvsg.de http://www.tinox.de http://www.bva-bielefeld.de/zeit/sw http://www.sun-and-ice.de http://www.solarserver.de http://www.zeo-tech.de Solar energy, SOLAR HEATED HOMES - BUILDINGS Solar heated SWIMMING POOLS, spas and hot tubs. ~~Advanced Sustainable Technologies for Economic Progress http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/112665.php http://www.pluggingintothesun.org.uk/btsolarguide.htm http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/903470.php solar dehumidifiers- http://www.solarventi.co.uk http://www.homepower.com http://www.solarthermal.com http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.fraccaro.it http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.aosol.pt http://www.aucklatsolar.com http://www.calpak.gr http://www.solar.mk20.com http://www.solteknik.com free books: http://www.ecs-solar.com/publications.htm book: Solar Hot Water Systems: Lessons Learned 1977 to Today; author: Tom Lane http://www.ecs-solar.com/lessons_learned.htm book: Tapping The Sun, A Guide To Solar Water Heating http://www.cat.org.uk/catpubs/book.tmpl?sku=tts http://books.mysic.ca/Solar_Air_Conditioning http://pacificecologist.org/archive/pe11.html http://www.eco-logicbooks.com/index.cfm?fa=book_details&book_id=265 http://www.lowimpact.org/manuals.htm http://www.sda-uk.org/cat4b.html http://www.books-by-isbn.com/1-898049 http://www.diydata.com/books/bookssolar.htm http://www.touchwoodbooks.co.nz/tapping.html book: Solar Water Heating, A DIY Guide; author: Paul Trimby http://www.cat.org.uk/catpubs/book.tmpl?sku=swh http://www.eco-logicbooks.com/index.cfm?fa=book_details&book_id=262 http://www.lowimpact.org/manuals.htm book: Solar Heating In Cold Regions; author: Jean-François Rozis http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=660 http://www.sei.se/red/red9612e.html http://styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=46471 book: Cascade Solar Water Heating Plans; author: Bob Larson http://www.cmpbs.org/html_mirror/projects.htm training for: installing and maintaining Solar water heating systems: http://www.solarenergy.org http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm http://greendragonenergy.co.uk http://www.rpc.com.au sli@solarliving.org http://www.homepower.com ---------------------------- HEATING GREEN HOUSES with SOLAR HOT WATER and radiant heating systems (Using the floor as a Thermal Mass for Retaining Heat at Night - see THERMAL MASS) http://www.radiantsolar.com http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.thermomax.com http://www.orange-energy.de training for: installing and maintaining solar radiant heating systems: http://www.solarenergy.org Free Installation Manual: http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm book: Energy Conservation for Commercial Greenhouses; author: John Bartok http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Biodynamic Greenhouse Management; author: Heinz Grotzke http://www.alibris.com book: Greenhouses for Homeowners and Gardeners; author: John Bartok http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Complete Greenhouse Book, Building and Using Greenhouses from Cold-Frames to Solar Structures; author: Peter Clegg http://www.alibris.com book: Complete book of the Greenhouse; author: Ian Walls book: Greener Greenhouses; http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Greenhouse Gardener's Companion; author: Shane Smith http://www.alibris.com book: Building Your Own Greenhouse; author: Mark Freeman http://www.alibris.com book: Gardening Under Cover: A Northwest Guide to Solar Greenhouses, Cold Frames; author: William Head http://www.alibris.com book: Building and Using Cold Frames http://www.alibris.com book: Polytunnel Companion; author: Jayne Neville book: Gardening Under Plastic: How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels; author: Bernard Salt book: Starting Early Flowering and Vegetable Plants Under Glass; author: Charles Nissley http://www.alibris.com ---------------------------- PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING of BUILDINGS http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs14.htm http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/phase2.htm http://www.sunplans.com http://www.passivhaustagung.de http://www.solardwellings.com.au http://www.omsolar.net http://www.poweredliving.co.nz http://www.solarliving.org book: Warm House, Cool House: Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing; author: Nick Hollo http://www.unireps.com.au/isbn/0947277226.htm http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/housedesign/moreinfo.shtml http://www.aseg.net/InTheNews.htm http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/programs/sustainable_buildings/books_on_sustainable_architecture_and_building http://www.architext.com.au/Cat/environmental.htm http://www.facs.gov.au/indigenous/housing_guide2/b8.htm http://www.bookworm.com.au/bookworm/dw000013.htm http://www.theownerbuilder.com.au/Bookshop.pdf book: Passive Solar House; author: James Kachadorian http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/passivesolarhouse2 http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/passolhous.html http://www.urbanharvest.org/permaculture/pclinks.html http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/bccde3d2434d17fba19afeb4da09e526.html http://www.homesteadinginfo.com/books/chelseapublishing/passive_solar_house.html http://store.sundancesolar.com/pasohoussode.html http://www.acresaustralia.com.au/bookstore/prod381.htm http://www.rockymtsolar.com/passivesolar.htm book: Solar House, Passive Heating and Cooling; author: Ph.D. Chiras http://www.nesea.org/publications/NESun/review_chiras.html http://store.altenergystore.com/Books-Videos/Solar/c457/ https://www.oikos.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=160 https://www.naturalhomeandgarden.com/nhgecom/router.aspx?PageId=ProDetail&ItemNumber=1436 http://www.dynamiclist.com/?node=a55acf4b-3c30-407f-b74a-712446aeb04d http://www.designcoalition.org/features/lansing/details/aircore/aircore.htm book: Affordable Passive Solar Homes; author: Richard Crowther http://www.alibris.com http://www.nesea.org/buildings/passive.html http://www.ases.org/print_catalog/residential_design.htm http://www.austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%20Building/Sourcebook/passiveSolarDesign.htm http://www.3sc.net/solarm/resources.htm http://www.permacult.com.au/shelter/energy_solar.html http://www.cectoxic.org/pdf/BuildingGreen.pdf book: Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook; author: Michael J. Crosbie http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471183083.html http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageId=492 http://www.cecer.army.mil/Sustdesign/SDRFavBooksPV.cfm http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/solardesign.html http://www.greensage.com/CEU/4467nr/CEU4467nrbooks.html http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/heatwithsun.htm book: The Passive Solar Energy Book: A Complete Guide to Passive Solar Home, Greenhouse, and Building Design; author: Edward Mazria http://www.alibris.com book: Solar Projects for Under 500 Dollars; author: Mary Twitchell http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Passive Solar Construction Handbook; author: Levy Emanuel http://www.alibris.com book: Survey of European Passive Solar Buildings; author: Commissariat a L'ene http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Profiting from Sunshine - Passive Solar Building in the Mountains http://www.amazon.co.uk book: Passive Solar Design Strategies; National Renewable Energy Lab http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books book: Passive Solar Retrofit; author: Darryl Strickler http://www.alibris.com High Performance Passive Houses http://www.viking-house.net ---------------------------- ORGANIC VEGETABLE DIESEL FUEL ~ run your car on Vegetable Oil and Recycling Used Cooking Oil into Fuel ~~book: From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank; author: Joshua Tickell http://www.joshuatickell.com/books_films.htm http://www.plantdrive.com http://www.biodieselwarehouse.com http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25107 http://www.ebb-eu.org http://www.agropower.biz http://www.oilpress.com http://www.biofueloasis.com http://www.rerorust.de http://www.biodrive.ch http://www.ufop.de http://www.greasecar.com http://www.dieselveg.com http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk http://www.utahbiodieselsupply.com http://www.biodiesel-intl.com http://www.pflanzenoel-motor.de http://www.solaroilsystems.com http://www.vegoilconversions.netfirms.com http://www.greaseworks.org http://www.biodiesel.org.au http://www.vegburner.co.uk http://www.biodieselnow.com http://www.fmso.de http://www.aldabiodiesel.co.uk http://www.boulderbiodiesel.com http://www.solaroilsystems.com http://www.elsbett.com http://www.biofuels-sa.com http://www.mrfunnel.com http://www.ybiofuels.org http://www.veggiepower.org.uk http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com http://www.biodiesel-intl.com http://people.freenet.de/sthl http://www.petrotec.de http://www.oregonbiodieselworkshop.com http://www.localb100.com http://www.grownfuel.com http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/6/ubb.x?a=cfrm&s=447609751 http://www.mauirecycles.com Converting Used Cooking Oil into Diesel Fuel: http://plantdrive.com/Used_Cooking_Oil_Fuel_4_18_07.pdf book: How to Make Biodiesel; author: Dan Carter http://www.lowimpact.org/manuals.htm book: Biodiesel Power; author: Lyle Estill http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3898 ~~}heating buildings with organic Vegetable Diesel Fuel - http://www.homepower.com ~~}Convert your vehicle to use organic vegetable oil as a fuel - http://plantdrive.com ~~}Video: BILLION dollar CROP- http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/hemp.html http://www.hempoilcan.com http://www.kenex.com/english/Default.htm QUADRUPLING FOOD PRODUCTION Per a report from Malaysia, crops grown with Volcanic Rock Dust ( http://www.remineralize.org ) and Eeffective Micro-organisms (EM http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org ) increased production by 400%. References: Permaculture Magazine, #51, Spring 2007; article: Stone Age Science; author: Dylan Keating http://www.remineralize.org/story.php?story=EEZFAlEukZOJwODROk.html http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.squarefootgardening.com http://www.carbon.org http://www.localharvest.org book: Bread from Stones; author: Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; author: Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com book: Eco-Farm; author: Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com book: Recycle With Earthworms; author: Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm http://elementgreen.com book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; author: David Ernst http://www.acresusa.com Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm CARBON SOILS Adding CHARCOAL to soil ~ http://www.eprida.com ~ greatly increases crop production for very many years. References: Solar Today journal, Nov/Dec 2006, article: Chair's Corner: Positive Charcoal equals Negative Carbon; author: Roanl Larson Permaculture Magazine, #50, Winter 2006; article: The Magical Soils Of El Derado; author: Terra Preta http://www.newfarm.org/columns/research_paul/2006/0106/charcoal.shtml http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org http://iaiconference.org http://www.carbonnegative.info http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/terra_preta/TerraPretahome.htm http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publications.htm http://deltafarmpress.com/news/051114-terra-preta http://www.dynamotive.com/english/biooil/char.html http://www.agri-therm.com CHARCOAL SOIL: Adaptation Strategies for Global Change: http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/MitAdaptStratGlobChange%2011,%20403-427,%20Lehmann,%202006.pdf http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/Lehmann%20et%20al.,%202002,%20WCSS%20Bangkok,%20paper%20no.0449.pdf book: Carbon Cycle; by Leonard Ridzon http://www.acresusa.com ---------------------------- ELIMINATING CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS made from OIL /==}Reduce or eliminate the use of Chemical fertilizers made from IMPORTED OIL. 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Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques. Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time. 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