Permaculture: A Sustainable Way of Farming by Stephen Mann
Photocopies of this booklet describing the thinking behind the need to introduce sustainable agricultural practices, together with many ideas about how to practise permaculture, are available from the Footsteps office. The booklet is based on the work of the Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre in Zimbabwe and reprinted in memory of Stephen (who sadly died in 1998, aged 28).
Footsteps, PO Box 200, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4WQ, UK.
Trilogy of Training Manuals by Chuck Stephens
This series of manuals aims to help leaders, trainers and managers to work more effectively in management. They present useful and practical information and tools from a biblical perspective. There are three manuals in the series:
Book One – Leading Groups in Civil Society
Book Two – Managing People and Resources
Book Three – Managing Work
They are available in both English and Portuguese.
Order from:
Lowveld Centre, PO Box 2510, White River, 1240, South Africa.
E-mail: c41@mweb.co.za
Raising Fish in Ponds: A Farmer’s Guide to Tilapia Culture by Dennis and Meredith Murnyak
Full details of all the fish farming techniques referred to in the article on pages 2–5 can be found in this useful, well illustrated and very practical manual. It costs $6, including postage, and can be ordered from:
Heifer Project, International, Box 808, Little Rock, AR 72203, USA.
Training For Transformation: Book 4 by Anne Hope and Sally Timmel
This is a new book which extends the original series of three workbooks for community development workers. It focuses on five issues which have become more prominent in community concerns around the world: the environment, gender and development, ethnic and racial conflict, intercultural understanding and participation in government. Each section contains information, case studies, discussion starters and ideas for use with the community.
The book is available from:
TALC, PO Box 49, St Albans, Herts, AL1 5TX, UK.
E-mail: talcuk@btinternet.com
How to Make and Use Visual Aids by N Harford and N Baird VSO Books
Visual aids can be very helpful in communicating new ideas effectively. This book provides a number of useful and practical methods for making visual aids quickly and easily, using low cost materials. Among the ideas included are card games, puppets, models and toys. The book is available from TALC (address above).