RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Recommended Books
These are just a few favorites from our Metta Earth library.
Active Hope – How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
Braiding Sweetgrass – Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Brilliant Green – The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola
The Carbon Farming Solution – A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security by Eric Toensmeier
Ecovillage Living: Restoring the Earth and Her People by Hildur Jackson
Ecovillage – 1001 Ways to Heal the Planet by Kosha Joubert and Leila Dregger
Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate – At Work in the Wild and Cultivate World by Wendy Johnson
House of Light by Mary Oliver
How to Move Like a Gardener -Planting and Preparing Medicines from Plants by Deb Soule
Inviting Silence by Gunilla Norris
Kripalu Yoga: A Guide to Practice on and Off the Mat by Richard Faulds
Leading from the Emerging Future – From Ego-System to Eco-System – Applying U Theory to Transforming Business, Society, and Self by Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer
Love Letter to the Earth by Thich Nhat Hanh
Mycellium Running – How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets
Nature’s Chaos by James Gleick and Eliot Porter
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Radical Ecology by Thich Nhat Hanh
Radical Simplicity by Jim Merkel
The Rebirth of Nature – The Greening of Science and God by Rupert Sheldrake
The Smell of Rain on Dust – Grief and Praise by Martin Prechtel
The Soul of Nature: Visions of a Living Earth by Michael Tobias
Source – The Inner Path of Knowledge Creation by Joseph Jaworkski
Spiritual Ecology – The Cry of the Earth edited by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Soygal Rinpoche
The Way of Council by Jack Zimmerman & Virginia Coyle
The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology by Thich Nhat Hanh
And here are two handbooks printed locally.
Metta Earth Yoga: Contemplative Ecological Practices for a Sustainable Future by Russell Comstock
Quantum Community – The Archetype of Communion & Community, An Interdisciplinary Inquiry by Gillian Kapteyn Comstock