Books
Eco Home Improvement, Green-it-yourself, Green Lifestyle and various other categories of books related to sustainable development

We offer a number of relevant, well-written books on a variety of subjects. Please browse through our listing of available titles covering everything from solar living to natural capitalism and sustainable kitchen design. Every book comes recommended by Eco Design Resources of Santa Cruz staff. If it hasn't been read by one of us, it has come highly recommended by one of our incredible colleagues.

We also house an extensive Loaning Library. Come "check out" a book from us!

Books we stock include:

• Off the Grid, Lori Ryker
• Good Green Kitchens, Jennifer Roberts
• Good Green Homes, Jennifer Roberts
• The Passive Solar House, James Kachadorian
• Yurts, Living in the Round, Becky Kemery
• Redux, Designs that Reuse, Recycle and Reveal, Jennifer Roberts
• The Company we Keep, John Abrams
• Car Sick, Solutions for our Car-Addicted Culture, Lynn Sloman
• Biodiesel, Greg Pahl
• HumanKind, Yoshio Kamatsu & Eiko Komatsu
• Diary of an Eco-Builder, Will Anderson
• What Can I Do, Lisa Harrow
• The New Ecological Home, Daniel D. Chiras
• The Eco Villages, Johnathon Dawson
• Seeing Nature, Paul Krafel
• Earth Songs, Peter Abbs
• The Rammed Earth House, David Easton
• Homes that Heal, Athena Thompson
• The Straw Bale House, Steen, Steen & Bainbridge
• Green by Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living, Angela M. Dean
• EcoNest: Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw and Timber, Paula Baker-Laporte & Robert Laporte
• The Resourceful Renovator, Jennifer Corson
• Built by Hand, Bill Steen, Athena Steen and Eiko Komatso
• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins
• Extraordinary Interiors: Decorating with Architectural Salvage & Antiques, Brian D. Coleman
• It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth Friendly Living, Chrissy Trask
• Design for Life: The Architecture of Sim Van Der Ryn, Sim Van Der Ryn
• Farmer John's Cookbook, The Real Dirt on Vegetables, Farmer John Peterson & Angelic Organics
• Linoleum, Jane Powell
• Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough & Michael Braungart
• Color: A Natural History of the Palette, Victoria Finlay
• Making Better Concrete, Bruce King, P.E.
• Esalen Cookbook, Healthy & Organic Recipes from Big Sur, Charlie Cascio