The Natural Advantage by Alan Heeks. Based upon Alan's own experience, as a non-farmer, of creating and leading a 130-acre organic farm and education centre. This book explains the principles and practices of organic cultivation, and shows how to apply these to your life and work as an individual, and to working organisations. It shows that the issues of personal and human sustainability are just as urgent as the environmental issues, and that similar approaches can help on both fronts. The Natural Advantage is available in the UK, US, The Netherlands, Japan and elsewhere. UK edition: ISBN 1-8578826-1-X.

Cohousing: The best general book on the field is Cohousing by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett (ISBN 0898 1 55398): very useful case histories from Denmark and USA.

Communities: A good book on communities generally is Creating a Life Together by Diana Leafe Christian (ISBN 0-86571-471-1): especially good on group forming/dynamics, decision making and conflict handling.

Builders of the Dawn: Community Lifestyles in a Changing World by Corinne McLaughlin & Gordon Davidson. One of the best guides about how to create intentional community, drawing on the experience of many projects around the world

Eco-Villages: Probably the best book on eco-villages and larger sustainable communities is: Ecovillage Living: Restoring the Earth and Her People, edited by Hildur Jackson and Karen Svensson (ISBN 1-903998-16-6).

Re-inventing Your Work: The Find your Gift in Work workbook by Alan Heeks, offers a guided process with a series of exercises to help you understand your needs, your values, your dreams, and how to relate this to a practical vision for the kind of work you want to do. Self-published: price £12, including UK postage, .

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Caduceus

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Resurgence Magazine

Permaculture Magazine

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