The Sustainable Community – A Practical Guide (2001) (£8.50)

Based on the experience of the Hockerton Housing Project (HHP), this 52-page guide aims to help others plan and set up their own sustainable projects. The guide identifies 28 key issues that are likely to need consideration, including community, legal, financial, planning, and design subjects. For each issue an explanation is provided of the main considerations, tips provided and details of how HHP managed the issue. It should help decide which issues are important to a particular project and whether to investigate them further. Details of organisations and other useful sources of information are provided for each issue. Further sections cover general information about sustainable communities, details on what attracts people to community living, and what are the key blockages to developing a sustainable community.

In a densely packed, magazine format guide, the Hockerton Housing Project have distilled their experiences of putting into practice the principles of ecological living. From questions of "What is a sustainable community?" through to "Are you ready to live in a small community?" to "Selecting green furnishing and household goods", the guide takes you step-by-step from the depths of your armchair to the door of your own eco-community. A veritable eco-friendly mine of useful information. (Edge of Time)

48 pp paperback, b&w illus and photos