Steve Charter

Sisällysluettelosta:
Foreword by Dr Douglas Graham
Introduction; Raw Foods – Fad or Feeling?; Permaculture – Fad or Feeling?; Why Raw Food and Permaculture
Part One: A Practical Philosophy; Interconnectedness; Acceptance…or Response – Ability?; Personal and Planetary Health; A Healthy or Unhealthy Future?; Pottenger’s Cats – an Omen for the Junk Food Lifestyle?; A Healthy Economy?; Health and Sustainability: Where are We Going?; Whole Health; Life in the 21st Century…So What Now?; Working With Nature: A Philosophy of, and for, Life; A Route to Personal and Planetary Health?; Thriving by Meeting Our Needs; Sustainable Living; Working With Nature In Diet: Observation and Evolution As Our Guides; What is Permaculture?; Earth Care: Ecological Sustainability; People Care: Meeting Human Needs; Fair Share: Equity in Choice and Consumption, and Sharing of Surplus; ‘Mollisonian’ Permaculture Design Principles and their Relevance to Diet; Work With Not Against It; Everything Gardens; Minimum Effort for Maximum Effect; Yield is Theoretically Unlimited; Harvest Only Sunshine; The Problem is the Solution; The Many Benefits: Multi-Function and Multi-Supply; Some ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ About Raw Foods: The Cooking Question; The Protein Question; The Fat Question; The Meat Question; The Starch Question; The Nutritional Research Question
Part Two: The Practicalities; Transitional Living; Making the Transition; Detox: - the body’s natural detoxification process; Taking Care of Yourself in the Short and Long Term: Maintaining Balance; Raw Parenting; To Create Healthy People and a Healthy Planet; Some FAQs About Eating More Raw Foods; Meditation; Positive Mental and Spiritual Nutrition; Holistic Eco-Health; The Role of Permaculture; Learning About Permaculture: Zones, Sectors and Slope; Perennials, Self-Seeders; Companions and Guilds; The Design Process; What Is Forest Gardening?; The Role of Flowers; Wild Foods; Growing Foods to Cook; Your Permaculture Tool Bag
Part Three: There Is Plenty of Information And Inspiration Out There; The Forest Garden Diet; Free and Natural Life; Indoor Gardening and Living Foods; Paradise Gardening; Plants for a Future; The Conclusion: This Is Just the Beginning, Not the End; Shift From Consuming Life to Producing Abundance
Part Four: The Appendices; Appendix 1: Some Recipes and Meal Ideas; Appendix 2: Ecoforest; Appendix 3: Useful Contacts and Information; A Handful of Seed and Plant Suppliers; Appendix 4: A Selection of Varieties for Establishing a Forest Garden: Temperate Climate; Sub-Tropical and Mediterranean Type Climates… (mais)