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A great selection of books based on the idea of community. For books on how to build sustainably go to Building - Sustainable Buildings (now there's a surprise)
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EUROTOPIA - Directory of Intentional Communities and Ecovillages in Europe
Author - Combined
Not a lot more to add - packed with facts, articles
on communal living, maps, addresses and net-works.
Essential tool. OUT OF STOCK - EMAIL US FOR LATEST NEWS
£ 15.95
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THE CO-HOUSING HANDBOOK
Author - C. Hanson
By far and away the best book on the process of setting up a Co-Housing (or any
other new housing) project.
£ 16.95
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ECO VILLAGE LIVING - RESTORING THE EARTH AND HER PEOPLE
Author - ed H Jackson
An eco village handbook with heavy weight contributions from the great and good o the eco village world. In my opinion ecovillages and co-housing are the way forward and this and the Co Housing Handbook are the one of the best resources.
£ 17.50
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DIGGERS & DREAMERS
Author - Ed. S. Bunker & others
Reverted to old larger format for the NEW 2008-2009 edition. Now with a whole lot more information, articles and essays on communal living - still contains a list of UK communities with info about their aims and objectives.
£ 12.50
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COHOUSING
Author - C. McCamant & C. Durett
Cohousing is a form of community living which
emphasises the individuals need for private space, while building in shared resources and community
activities.
£ 25.99
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THINKING ABOUT COHOUSING
Author - M Field
At last a British book about Co Housing. Not a 'how to' more a 'what is' type of publication, but with very useful case studies and legal structures. And at last available to buy
£ 7.50
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CREATING A LIFE TOGETHER
Author - D L Christian
The latest guide to launching and sustaining eco-villages and communities based on research from successful communities. Some very interesting facts like communities that eat together more than 4 times a week tend to have stronger 'social glue'.
£ 18.00
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THE COMMUNITY PLANNING HANDBOOK
Author - N. Wates
Mainly about how people can have a say in
shaping their environment. Tried and tested techniques,
skills, bags of colour photos, charts, plans,
diagrams - hugely recommended.
£ 16.99
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UTOPIA BRITANNICA - BRITISH UTOPIAN EXPERIMENTS 1325-1945
Author - C Coates
A journey through the hopes and dreams of our ancestors had of setting up their own Utopian communities. Fascinating stuff from Anarchy in the Cotswolds to Robert Owen's Harmony Hall.
£ 16.50
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QUAKING HOUSES
Author - Kemp & Griffiths
Sub-titled Art, Science and the Community, I would
compel anyone thinking of carrying out a com-munity
project to read it.
£ 12.00
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THE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY - A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Author - Combined
Based on the successful Hockerton Housing
Project, this guide aims to help others plan and set
up their own sustainable projects. Important,
practical information.
£ 7.50
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THE COMMON SENSE OF COMMUNITY
Author - D. Atkinson
Practical vision for revitalising local communities,
based on developing clusters of local self-governing
institutions working together.
£ 5.95
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GATES AND STILES
Author - M. Roberts
The history and design of British gates and styles
- loads of pictures. Sounds dreadful but it really is
fascinating stuff.
£ 11.00
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FROM PLACE TO PLACE
Author - Ed. S. Clifford & A. King
Maps offer a way of capturing a place. They are
works of art and statements of power. This
book gathers together a
range of writings about
maps and places, with
examples in colour.
£ 10.00
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