jeepers! I feel so crazy stupid right now! this doesnt have anything to do with a book, but it has everything to do with educating ourselves more and more about permaculture, so I thought it would be in line with a posting under book club. The reason
Read more…I see that there are a lot of good books about permaculture, can anyone tell me if there are any specific to the Phoenix area? Specifically choosing, growing and cooking foods?
Read more…Call for Coops and an invitation for Book Club Group to have a presence at one of the coops! The tour is educational as well as fun, and we want to expose the group to a large audience. If you have an interesting coop, and as a member of book club wo
Read more…Hi All, in an effort to revive discussion around the Book Club's future please join me in a potluck at my house at 6:30pm, Wednesday April 28th. We'll be watching Food Inc when the sun goes down enough to see the screen on my back patio under the gr
Read more…I've just started reading this book by Novella Carpenter. It's a cute story of a woman who loves city life, its culture, crowds and energy, but just can't get push out her upbringing by two back-to-the-earth hippies. The story takes place (so far) in
Read more…Welcome to the new, improved (I hope:) sustainabillity book club. I do hope that many of our 39 members will be ready, willing, and able to participate in our online book discussions. If you are not a member - no problem. Sign up - it's FREE:) and jo
Read more…If any permie members are interested in reading book reviews – rather than having to read the entire book – here are a few I have found:Blue Gold book review:http://beabookworm.blogspot.com/2008/07/book-review-blue-gold.htmlIn Defense of Food book re
Read more…Today's meeting of the Sustainability Book Club was attended by only two members: Judy Tobar and Lindy Barnes. Judy and I spent a little time discussing the defense of real food. We discussed how we both felt the book contains excellent information a
Read more…Due to a lack of interest in the book club plus the fact that I have to drive 200 miles round trip to get to the Downtown Market I will be bowing out of the "facilitator" position effective immediately. If there are any members willing to step up and
Read more…Greetings sustainability bibliophiles,Our book choice for November (2nd Saturday, 11/08/08) is In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.
Hello Bibliophiles, Just a reminder that we will be discussing "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan this coming Sat. Please come prepared with thoughts of just why food needs to be defended and how we can go about doing this. I would also be intere
Read more…For those of you interested in discussions of "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" you might like to read the brief discussion summary on the following link:http://susanalbert.typepad.com/Scroll to July 15, 2008Animal, vegetableLindy
Read more…I've just started reading this, and am now on the soil cum biochemistry part. It's really interesting, and very intense! It'll take me awhile to get through, time well spent. I wonder what you all remember about and/or benefited most from in this boo
Read more…I attended the downtown market for the first time today. I saw the PHX Permie Booth, I attended the first book discussion, and absolutely best of all I was able to put names with faces as I met people I have been networking with online for a year but
Read more…As many of you already know the book for October is "Blue Gold". The book is about water and its importance to life on this planet and what we are doing to destroy our fresh, potable water. It is also about what we can do to protect our water from th
Read more…Greetings Book Clubbers:Here is the way things are stacking up for our book club:I have made arrangements through Changing Hands and they are ready, willing and happy to handle our book orders as well as some advertising. I have talked with Jennifer
Read more…Did you know "animal, vegetable, miracle" is available for free download at the Phoenix Public Library??!! I wish I would have before I bought it. Just do a search for it on the site and there it is...They have 2 digital copies available for free dow
Read more…As you already know the selection for August is Food not Lawns. As of this writing it looks as though the Toolbox for Sustainable Cities book will be the selection for September. There are 5 votes for Toolbox and no votes for anything else. As long a
Read more…Hello Book Clubbers:I am waiting as I write this to hear back from Changing Hands bookstore regarding a set process for obtaining the 10% discount they offered us. I am also waiting to hear if we need to order a certain number of books of the same ti
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