MUM courses:
- Energy Use by Man and Nature
- Hands On Course In Sustainable Technologies
- Permaculture Design Certification
- Sustainability Forest Academy
- Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement
- Local Economy
Grinnell College courses:
Resource Center
Course Reader
A Good Scythe by Wendell Berry - A classic and one of my favorite pieces
- Duncan Macmaster on Handcraft in the Age of Machines
- Duncan is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, a master craftsman, and Big Green Summer faculty. He loves showing people how to use traditional Japanese hand tools. See his work at http://www.templeworks.com. (Note from Big Green Summer founder Lonnie Gamble: My wife Valerie and I sleep on a bed that Duncan crafted using a traditional Japanese hand plane).
For Wednesday Evening: Read the piece on technology by Jerry Mander that David handed out in the afternoon.
If you didn't get that, read this:
An Arrticle on Compressed Earth Blocks:
http://www.networkearth.org/naturalbuilding/ceb.html
The Hacker Ethic:
Read the first few pages of this, and as much of the rest as you like