Ecovillages
Finding Books at the UMass Libraries
Use the Library Catalog to locate books at the UMass (and Four College) Libraries
Below are examples of relevant Subject Headings that may be used in searching the library catalogs (and many databases as well). Select SUBJECT BEGINS WITH:
Architecture and Society
Alternative Lifestyles
Buildings – Environmental aspectsCollective Settlements
Common Good
Communitarianism
Dwellings – Energy conservation
Ecological Houses
Environmental Responsibility
Gaia Hypothesis
Garden Cities
Green Products
Greenbelts
Green Roofs (Gardening)
Greenways
House Construction – Environmental aspects
Human Geography
Natural landscaping
Permaculture
Personal Space
Public Spaces
Renewable Energy Sources
Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Buildings
Sustainable Development
Urban Homesteading
Selected titles
Common purse, uncommon future : the long, strange trip of communes and other intentional communities by Call Number: UM W.E.B. Du Bois HX653 .M12 2010ISBN: 9780313384622
Creating a life together : practical tools to grow ecovillages and intentional communities by Call Number: UM Internet (E-book)
Design for water : rainwater harvesting, stormwater catchment, and alternate water reuse by Call Number: UM Science TD353 .K55 2007ISBN: 0865715807
Ecovillages : new frontiers for sustainability by Call Number: UM W.E.B. Du Bois HX635 .D39 2006ISBN: 1903998778
Edible forest gardens by Call Number: UM Science SB454.3.E35 J24 2005ISBN: 1890132608
Families and communes : an examination of nontraditional lifestyles by Call Number: UM W.E.B. Du Bois HQ971 .S55 1999ISBN: 0761910735
Gaia’s garden : a guide to home-scale permaculture by Call Number: UM Science / SB439 .H44 2001ISBN: 1603580298
Permaculture one : a perennial agriculture for human settlements by Call Number: UM W.E.B. Du Bois S494.5.P47 M65 1990ISBN: 0908228031
Rain gardens : managing water sustainably in the garden and designed landscape by Call Number: UM W.E.B. Du Bois SB475.83 .D86 2007ISBN: 0881928267
Seven rules for sustainable communities : design strategies for the post-carbon world by Call Number: UM W.E.B. Du Bois GF78 .C66 2010ISBN: 1597266507
Your eco-friendly home : buying, building, or remodeling green by Call Number: UM W.E.B. Du Bois HD259 .D396 2009ISBN: 0814410375
Book Review
Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities
“Every potential ecovillager should read it. This book will be an essential guide and manual for the many Permaculture graduates who live in communities or design for them.” — Bill Mollison, co-founder of the Permaculture movement, and author, Permaculture: A Designer's Manual
From Diana Leafe Christian's web site
