The Appropriate Technologies Library

The Appropriate Technologies library is put out by Village Earth. It contains the complete text of over 1050 practical books on village and small community technology. It covers such things as small water supply systems, renewable energy devices such as water mills and improved cook stoves, agricultural tools and implements, intensive gardening, nonformal education, small business management, transportation, small industries and other topics.

The sourcebook has been purchased by the foundation and is available to all members electronically. The following is a list of the subject areas and books available:

Background Reading
Appropriate Technology for African Women
Appropriate Technology: Problems and Promises
Coming Full Circle
Design for the Real World
Experiences in Appropriate Technology
High Impact Appropriate Technology Case Studies
Introduction to Appropriate Technology
Paper Heroes
Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Research and Development
Questioning Development
Radical Technology
Repairs Reuse Recycling
Rural Women
Sharing Smaller Pies
Uncertain Promise: Values in Technology Transfer
The AT Reader: Theory and Practice of Alternative Technology
Strategies for Small Farmer Development Projects
Technology and Employment in Industry
Technology for the Masses in Invention Intelligence
The Barefoot Book
The World of Appropriate Technology
Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology
Village Technology in Eastern Africa
When Aid is No Help

General References File
Appropriate Technology and Research Projects
Appropriate Technology Directory
Appropriate Technology: Directory of Machines Tools Plants Equipment Processes and Industries
Bibliography of Appropriate Technology Information for Developing Countries
Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes
Economically Appropriate Technologies for Developing Countries
Fichier Encyclopedique du Development Rural
Field Director's Handbook
Foxfire Book 1
Foxfire Book 2
Foxfire Book 3
The Book of the New Alchemists
The Formula Manual
A Guide to Appropriate Technology Institutions
Appropriate Technology for Rural Development
Appropriate Technology Institutions: A Directory
Appropriate Technology Institutions: A Review
China at Work
Field Engineering
Foxfire Book 4
Foxfire Book 5
Foxfire Book 6
Guide to Technology Transfer in East Central and Southern Africa
How to Build Up a Simple Multidimensional Documentation System on Appropriate Technology
Intermediate Technology in Ghana
Introducing Family Planning in Your Neighborhood
Knots for Mountaineering: Camping Climbing Utility Rescue Etc.
Liklik Buk
Mini Technology
Mini Technology II
MINKA
More Other Homes and Garbage
Non-Agricultural Choice of Technology
People's Workbook
Pictorial Handbook of Technical Devices
RAINBOOK
Simple Technologies for Rural Women in Bangladesh
Simple Working Models of Historic Machines
Soft Tech
Teknologi Kampungan
The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 1
The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 3
The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 4
The Mechanical Engineers' Pocket Book
The Use of the Radio in Family Planning
Traditional Crafts of Persia
Village Technology Handbook
Visual Aids Tracing Manual
World Neighbors in Action
Guide to Convivial Tools
One Hundred Innovations for Development
The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 5
Tinker Tailor Technical Change
Appropriate Technology for Local Self-Reliance File A Landscape for Humans
Alternative Development Strategies and Appropriate Technology
Another Development: Approaches and Strategies
Appropriate Technology in Social Context
Learning from China
Local Responses to Global Problems
Rural Small-Scale Industry in the People's Republic of China
Rural University
Small Scale Cement Plants
Soft Technologies Hard Choices
Technologies for Basic Needs
Technology for Ujamaa Village Development in Tanzania
The Breakdown of Nations
Towards Village Industry

Agriculture File
Agricultural Extension: The Training and Visit System
Agro-Forestry Systems for the Humid Tropics East of the Andes
Approved Practices in Soil Conservation
As You Sow
Backyard Composting
Basic Soil Improvement for Everyone
Better Farming Series #1 The Plant: The Living Plant The Root
Better Farming Series #10 The Farm Business Survey
Better Farming Series #11 Cattle Breeding
Better Farming Series #12 Sheep and Goat Breeding
Better Farming Series #13 Keeping Chickens
Better Farming Series #14 Farming with Animal Power
Better Farming Series #15 Cereals
Better Farming Series #16 Roots and Tubers
Better Farming Series #17 Groundnuts
Better Farming Series #18 Bananas
Better Farming Series #19 Market Gardening
Better Farming Series #2 The Plant: The Stems; The Buds; The Leaves
Better Farming Series #20 Upland Rice
Better Farming Series #21 Wet Paddy or Swamp Rice
Better Farming Series #22 Cocoa
Better Farming Series #23 Coffee
Better Farming Series #24 The Oil Palm
Better Farming Series #25 The Rubber Tree
Better Farming Series #26 The Modern Farm Business
Better Farming Series #3 The Plant: The Flower
Better Farming Series #4 The Soil: How the Soil is Made Up
Better Farming Series #5 The Soil: How to Conserve the Soil
Better Farming Series #6 The Soil: How to Improve the Soil
Better Farming Series #7 Crop Farming
Better Farming Series #8 Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals
Better Farming Series #9 Reproduce
China: Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture
Composting for the Tropics
Composting in Tropical Agriculture
Composting: Sanitary Disposal and Reclamation of Organic Wastes
Conservation Farming for Small Farmers in the Humid Tropics
Environmentally Sound Small Scale Agricultural Projects
Fields and Pastures in Deserts
Gardening for Better Nutrition
Gardening with the Seasons
Growing Garden Seeds
Guayule
Guide for Field Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics
Handbook of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture
How to Grow More Vegetables
How to Make Fertilizer
How to Perform an Agricultural Experiment
Hydroponics
Intensive Gardening for Profit and Self Sufficiency
Irrigation Principles and Practices
Jojoba and Its Uses
Jojoba Happenings
Jojoba: A Guide to the Literature
The Basic Book of Organic Gardening
The Farmer's Guide
Vetiver Grass
Agricultural Extension
An Agromedical Approach to Pesticide Management
Animal Husbandry in the Tropics
Code of Practice for Safe Use of Pesticides
More Water for Arid Lands
Permaculture II
Pigs and Poultry in the South Pacific
Practical Poultry Raising
Raising Rabbits
Simple Assessment Techniques for Soil and Water
Small Farm Development
Small Farm Weed Control
Small Plastic Greenhouses
Small Scale Irrigation
Soils Crops and Fertilizer Use
Soils, Crops, and Fertilizer Use: A Guide for Peace Corps Volunteers
Surface Irrigation
Test the Soil First
The Book of Geese
The Samaka Guide to Homesite Farming
The self-sufficient Gardener
The UNICEF Home Gardens Handbook
The Water Buffalo
The Winged Bean
Tropical Feeds
Tropical Legumes
Two Ears of Corn
Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promising Economic Value
A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice
A Planning Guide for Small-Scale Livestock Projects
Goat Health Handbook
Gully Control and Reclamation
Illustrated Guide to Integrated Pest Management in Rice in Tropical Asia
Insights of Outstanding Farmers
Integrated Pest Management
Intercropping in Tropical Small-holder Agriculture with Special Reference to West-Africa
Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Practices
Keeping Livestock Healthy
Leucaena Based Farming
Manual for Calculation of Check Dams
Rabbit Production
Raising Goats for Milk and Meat
Raising Healthy Cattle Under Primitive Conditions
Raising Healthy Goats Under Primitive Conditions
Raising Healthy Pigs Under Primitive Conditions
Raising Healthy Poultry Under Primitive Conditions
Raising Healthy Rabbits Under Primitive Conditions
Raising Poultry the Modern Way
Raising the Home Duck Flock
Sheep Health Handbook
Small Scale Pig Raising
Soil Tillage in the Tropics and Subtropics
The Homesteader's Handbook for Raising Small Livestock
The Nursery Manual
Training and Visit Extension
Tropical Vegetables
Try the Rabbit
Understanding Small Farmers
Vegetable Production Under Arid and Semi-Arid Conditions in Tropical Africa
Vegetable Seeds for the Tropics
Lightweight Seeder/Spreader
Alternative Agriculture
Farm Management Research for Small Farmer Development
Friends of the Rice Farmer
Guide for Small Holder Coffee Farmers
Guidelines for Watershed Management
Integrated Farm Management
Integrated Pest Management: A Catalogue of Training and Extension Materials
Lost Crops of the Incas
Managing Pests and Pesticides in Small Scale Agriculture
Operation and Maintenance of Small Irrigation Schemes
Small Scale Pig Raising
Soil Conservation
Technology Applications Gap
Simple Assessment Technique fpor Soil and Water
The Art of the Informal Agricultural Survey
The Design and Optimization of Irrigation Distribution Networks
Understanding Traditional Agriculture

Agricultural Tools File
A Feeder to Improve the Performance of a Hand Operated Groundnut Sheller
A Pedal Operated Grain Mill
Adjustable Width VDrag Ditcher/ Bund Former
Agricultural Technology for Developing Nations
American Farm Tools
Animal Traction in Africa
Appropriate Industrial Technology for Agricultural Machinery and Implements
Bell Alarms and Sack Hoists in Windmills
Carts
Cassava Grinder
Chain Link Fence Making Machine
Chitedze Ridgemaster Toolbar
Clod Crushers Two Designs
Eight Simple Surveying Levels
Farm Implements for Arid and Tropical Regions
Foot Powered Thresher
Guide Book for Rural Cottage and Small and Medium Industries: Paddy Rice Cultivation
Harrows
Horse Drawn Farm Implements
How to Repair Briggs and Stratton Engines
IDC Weeding Attachment for EMCOT Plow
IDCBornu Groundnut Lifter and IT Groundnut Lifter
IT Expandable Cultivator
IT Granule Applicator
IT High Clearance Rotary Hoe
Kabanyalo Toolbar
Making Coir Rope
Mechanics in Agriculture
Multi-Action Paddy Field Puddling Tool
Oil Soaked Wood Bearings
Old Farm Tools and Machinery
Ox-Drawn Tie Ridger/ Weeder Implement
Prototype multipurpose Ox-Drawn Tool
Rice: Postharvest Technology
Rotary Corn (Sorghum) Thresher
Rotary Weeder for Row Planted Rice
Seed Dressing Drum (Hand Operated)
Single Row and Three Row Rice Seeders
Sled Type Corrugator Irrigation Furrow Former
Small Gas Engines
Small Scale Oil Extraction from Groundnuts and Copra
The " Rasulia" Bladed Roller Thresher
The Agribar Operator's Manual
The Animal Drawn Wheeled Tool Carrier
The Draft Horse Primer
The Employment of Draught Animals in Agriculture
The Handcart Handbook
The Harness Maker's Illustrated Manual
The Harnessing of Draught Animals
The Scythe Book
The Weeder Mulcher
The Winnower
Tools for Agriculture
Tools for Homesteaders Gardeners and Small-Scale Farmers
Treadle Operated Peanut Thresher
Winnowing Fan
A Hand Operated Bar Mill for Decorticating Sunflower Seed
A Hand Operated Winnower
Animal Drawn Wheeled Tool carriers: Perfected Yet Rejected
Animal Power in Farming Systems
Animal Traction
Cereal Processing
Dibble Sticks Donkeys and Diesels
Harnessing and Implements for Animal Traction
Introduction of Animal Powered Cereal Mills
Oil Extraction
Repair and Maintenance of Stationary Diesel Engines
Root Crop Processing
Rural Africa Development Project
Small Farm Equipment for Developing Countries
Small Scale Maize Milling
Small Scale Processing of Oilfruits and Oilseeds
Small-Scale Solar Powered Irrigation Pumping Systems
Solar Photovoltaics for Irrigation Water Pumping
Solar Water Pumping: A Handbook
The Agribar Operator's Manual
The Potential for Small-Scale Solar Powered Irrigation in Pakistan
The Tropicultor's Manual: Field Operations
Land Clearance: Alternative Techniques for Removing Trees and Bushes
Crop Preservation File A Survey of Solar Agricultural Dryers
Appropriate Technology for Grain Storage
China: Grain Storage Structures
Construction of a Brick Hot Air Copra Dryer
Cookbook for Building a Solar Crop Dryer
Domestic Grain Storage Bins
Dry It You'll Like It
Drying and Processing Tree Fruits
Drying Equipment for Cereal Grains and Other Agricultural Produce
Evaluation of the Bissa
Fish Processing
Food Drying
Fruit and Vegetable Processing
Guide to the Manufacture of Metal Bins
Handling and Storage of Food Grains in Tropical and Subtropical Areas
Home Scale Processing and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables
How to Build a Solar Crop Dryer
How to Dry Fruits and Vegetables
How to Make a Solar Cabinet Dryer for Agricultural Produce
How to Salt Fish
Manual on Improved Farm and Village-Level Grain Storage Methods
Postharvest Food Losses in Developing Countries
Potential of Solar Agricultural Dryers in Developing Areas Preservation of Foods
Principles of Potato Storage
Rural Home Techniques: Food Preservation
Simple Grain Drier
Small Farm Grain Storage
Small-Scale Processing of Fish
Solar Drying: Practical Methods of Food Preservation
Solar Grain Drying
Stocking Up
Storage Management
Storage of Food Grain
Storing Vegetables and Fruits in Basements Cellars Outbuildings and Pits
Sun Dry Your Fruits and Vegetables
Systems

Forestry File
A Forest Tree Seed Directory
Barnacle Parp's Chain Saw Guide
China: Forestry Support for Agriculture
Constructing and Operating a Small Solar Heated Lumber Dryer
Environmentally Sound Small-Scale Forestry Projects
Firewood Crops
Forestry Case Studies
Forestry for Local Community Development
Land Clearance
Leucaena
Natural Durability and Preservation of One Hundred Tropical African Woods
Reforestation in Arid Lands
Short-Rotation Forestry
The Chainsaw and the Lumbermaker
A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya
Agroforestry Species: A Crop Sheets Manual
An Overview of Possible Uses of Sawdust
Crosscut Saw Manual
Forest Farming
Frame Saw Manual
Make Your Own Precision Milled Lumber from Logs and Trees: Alaskan MKII
Manual of Reforestation and Erosion Control for the Philippines
People and Trees
Planning for Agroforestry
Planting Tree Crops
Reforestation in Arid Lands
Savanna Afforestation in Africa
Small and Medium Sawmills in Developing Countries
The Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees
Timber Drying Manual
Tree Crops
Tree Planting in Africa South of the Sahara
Wood Harvesting with Hand Tools

Aquaculture File
Aquaculture Practices in Taiwan
Artificial Salmon Spawning
Elementary Guide to Fish Culture in Nepal
Fish Catching Methods of the World
Fish Culture in Central East Africa
Freshwater Fish Pond Culture and Management
Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture in China
Making Aquatic Weeds Useful
Practical Shellfish Farming
Profitable Cage Culture
Raising Fresh Fish in Your Home Waters
Better Freshwater Fish Farming: The Fish
Better Freshwater Fish Farming: The Pond
Fishing with Bottom Gillnets
Freshwater Fish Farming: How to
Pair Trawling with Small Boats
Salmon Rancher's Manual
Tropical Oysters

Water Supply: Background File
Environmentally Sound Small- Sca-Le Water Projects
Guidelines on Health Aspects of Plumbing
Water for the Thousand Millions

Water Supply: Participation File
Hand Pump Maintenance in the Context of Community Well Projects
Programmes

Water Supply: Pumps File
A Manual on the Hydraulic Ram Pump for Pumping Water
Chinese Chain and Washer Pumps
Hand Pumps for Use in Drinking Water Supplies in Developing Countries
Handpumps Testing and Development: Proceedings of a Workshop in China
Handpumps Testing and Development: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Testing
Manual of Information: RIFE Hydraulic Rams
Popular Mechanics Hydraulic Ram0
Pump Selection Pumps and Water Lifters for Rural Development
The Construction of a Hydraulic Ram Pump
Use of Hydraulic Rams in Nepal

Water Supply: References File
Rainwater Harvesting
Using Water Resources

Water Supply: Small Systems File
A Handbook of Gravity-Flow Water Systems for Small Communities
Design Problems for a Simple Rural Supply System
Gravity Flow Water Systems
Hand Drilled Wells
Hand Dug Wells and Their Construction
Manual for Rural Water Supply
Manual for Water Systems and Pipe Work
Public Standpost Water Supplies
Public Standpost Water Supplies: A Design Manual
Rainwater Harvesting for Domestic Water Supply in Developing Countries
Residential and non-residential Drinking Water Installations and Drainage Requirements in Buildings in
Nepal Rural Water Supply in China
Rural Water Supply in Developing Countries
Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Concrete
Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Construction Design Course
Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Hydrology and Water Cycle
Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Pipes and Fittings
Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Stone Masonry
Self-help Wells
Small Community Water Supplies
Village Water Systems
Water Supply for Rural Areas and Small Communities
Water Wells Manual
Well Construction Using Curved Hollow Block
Wells Construction: handgun and Hand-Drilled

Water Supply: Pumps File
A Comparative Assessment of Photovoltaics Handpumps and Diesels for Rural Water Supply
Community Water Supply: The Handpump Option
Hydraulic Rams: Consumer's Guide
Laboratory Testing of Handpumps for Developing Countries
The Rower Pump
Village Hand-pump Technology
Water Current Turbines
Water-Pumping Devices
The Wind Power Book
Pump Selection: Field Guide for Developing Counties
Women and the Transport of Water

Water Supply: Sanitation File
A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: A Planner's Guide
A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Health Aspects of Excreta and Sullage Management
A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Low-Cost Technology Options for Sanitation
A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Night Soil Composting
A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sanitation Alternatives for Low-Income Communities4
A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sociocultural Aspects of Water Supply and Excreta Disposal
A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Technical and Economic Options
Aquaculture: A Component of Low Cost Sanitation Technology
Compost Toilets
Double Vault Composting Toilets
Dry Composting Latrines in Guatemala
Excreta Disposal for Rural Areas and Small Communities
Goodbye to the Flush Toilet
How to Build a Pit Latrine
Human Faeces Urine and Their Utilization
Manual on the Design Construction and Maintenance of Low Cost Pour-Flush Waterseal Latrines in India
Natural Sewage Recycling Systems
Sanitation Handbook (Nepal)
Sanitation in Developing Countries
Sanitation Without Water
Septic Tank Practices
The Co-Composting of Domestic Solid and Human Wastes
The Design of Small Bore Sewer Systems
The Design of Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines
Pit Latrine Ventilation: Field Investigative Methodology
Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines
Ventilated Pit Latrines: Vent Pipe Design Guidelines

Water Supply: Solid Waste File
Management of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries
Recycling from Municipal Refuse
Residential Water Re-Use
Wastewater Irrigation in Developing Countries

Water Supply: Tanks File
Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Rainwater Collection Tanks
Construction Manual for 3500 gal. Ferrocement Water Tank
Ferrocement Water Tanks and Their Construction
From Ferro to Bamboo
Water Supply: Treatment File Construction Operation and Maintenance
Design and Construction Manual
How to Make a Solar Still (Plastic Covered)
Installation of a Solar Distillation Plant on Ile de la Gonave Haiti
Plans for a Glass and Concrete Solar Still
Simple Solar Still for the Production of Distilled Water
Simplified Procedures for Water Examination
Slow Sand Filtration
Slow Sand Filtration for Community Water Supply in Developing Countries
Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water and Oral Rehydration Solutions
Solar Distillation as a Means of Meeting Small Scale Water Demands
The Purification of Water on a Small Scale
Water Treatment and Sanitation

Energy: Cookstoves File
A Woodstove Compendium
Brief Notes on the Design and Construction of Wood-burning Cook-stoves
Burning Issues
Charcoal Making for Small Scale Enterprises
Charcoal Production Using a Transportable Metal Kiln
Comparing Simple Charcoal Production Technologies for the Caribbean
Cook-stove Construction by the Terra-CETA Method
Designing a Test Procedure for Domestic Wood-burning Stoves
Double Drum Sawdust Stove
From Lorena to a Mountain of Fire
Guidelines on Evaluating the Fuel Consumption of Improved Cookstoves
Helping People in Poor Countries Develop Fuel-Saving Cookstoves
How to Build an Oil Barrel Stove
Laboratory and Field Testing of Monolithic Mud Stoves
Lorena Owner-Built Stoves
Modern Stoves for All
New Nepali Cooking Stoves
Rice Husk Conversion to Energy
Rice Husks as a Fuel
Sawdust-Burning Space Heater Stove
Testing the Efficiency of Wood-Burning Cookstoves
The Complete Book of Heating with Wood
Wood Conserving Cook Stoves: A Design Guide

Energy: General File
Alternative Sources of Power
Design for a Pedal-Driven Power Unit for Transport and Machine Uses in Developing Countries
Energy for Rural Development
Energy for Rural Development (Supplement)
Energy: The Solar Prospect
Food or Fuel
Foot Power
Fuel Alcohol Production
Fuel from Farms
Gemini Synchronous Inverter Systems
Hot Water
Independent Energy
Manege: Animal-Driven Power Gear
Model Boilers and Boilermaking
Model Stationary and Marine Steam Engines
Pedal Power: In Work Leisure and Transportation
Proceedings of the Meeting of the Expert Working Group on the Use of Solar and Wind Energy
Rays of Hope
Renewable Energy Research in India
Renewable Energy Resources and Rural Applications in the

Developing World
Small Scale Renewable Energy Resources and Locally Feasible Technology in Nepal
Steam Power
The Economics of Renewable Energy Systems for Developing Countries
The Haybox
The Heat Generator
The Planning Installation and Maintenance of Low-Voltage Rural Electrification Systems and Subsystems
The Power Guide
The Solar Energy Timetable
The Use of Pedal Power for Agriculture and Transport in Developing Countries

Energy: Cookstoves File
Wood Stoves: How to Make and Use Them
A Cooking Place for Large-Sized Pots
Comparison of Improved Stoves
Improved Wood Waste and Charcoal Burning Stoves
Lab Tests of Fired Clay Stoves the Economics of Improved Stoves and Steady State Heat Loss from

Massive Stoves
Less Smoky Rooms
One Pot Two Pot, Jackpot
Report on Training of District Extensionists
Splitting Firewood
Technology Markets and People
Testing Timber for Moisture Content
The Construction Installation and Operation of an Improved Pit-Kiln for Charcoal Production
The Construction of a Transportable Charcoal Kiln
The Kenya Ceramic Jiko
The Socio-Economic Context of Fuelwood Use in Small Communities
Wood Conserving Cook Stoves Bibliography

Energy: Wind File
A Siting Handbook for Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems
A Survey of the Possible Use of Windpower in Thailand and the Philippines
Aspects of Irrigation with Windmills
Considerations for the Use of Wind Power for Borehole Pumping
Construction Manual for a Cretan Windmill
Construction Manual for PU350 and PU500 Windmills
Electric Power from the Wind
Energy from the Wind
Food from Windmills
Homemade 6-Volt Wind-Electric Plants
Horizontal Axis Fast Running Wind Turbines for Developing Countries
How to Build a "Cretan Sail" Windpump for Use in Low-Speed Wind Conditions
How to Construct a Cheap Wind Machine for Pumping Water
Low Cost Wind Speed Indicator
Low-Cost Windmill for Developing Nations
Matching of Wind Rotors to Low Power Electrical Generators
Optimization and Characteristics of a Sailwing Windmill Rotor
Performance Test of a Savonius Rotor
Piston Water Pump
Rotor Design for Horizontal Axis Windmills
Sahores Windmill Pump
Savonius Rotor Construction
Selecting Water Pumping Windmills
Set of Construction Drawings for PU350 and PU500 Windmills
Simplified Wind Power Systems for Experimenters
Syllabus for Irrigation with Windmills
Technical Report
The Gaudgaon Village Sailwing Windmill
The Homebuilt Wind-Generated Electricity Handbook
The Homemade Windmills of Nebraska
The Wind Power Book
Wind Power for Farms, Homes and Small Industry
Trees as an Indicator of Wind Power Potential
Un Molino de Viento Tropical Gaviotas
Vegetation as an Indicator of High Wind Velocity
Vertical Axis Sail Windmill Plans
Wind Power for Farms Homes and Small Industry
Windpower in Eastern Crete
Windpumping Handbook
Windpumping: A Handbook
Windpumps for Irrigation

Energy: Water File
A Design Manual for Water Wheels
A Pelton Micro-Hydro Prototype Design
Cost Reduction Considerations in Small Hydropower Equipment
Design of Cross-Flow Turbine BYS/T2
Design of Cross-Flow Turbine BYS/T3
Design of Small Water Storage and Erosion Control Dams
Design of Small Water Turbines for Farms and Small Communities
Harnessing Water Power for Home Energy
Directory of Manufacturers of Small Hydropower Equipment
Hints on the Development of Small Water-Power
Hydropower
Industrial Archaeology of Watermills and Waterpower
Local Experience with Micro-Hydro Technology
Low-Cost Development of Small Water Power Sites
Manual for the Design of a Simple Mechanical Water-Hydraulic Speed Governor
Micro Hydro Electric Power
Micro Pelton Turbines
Micro-Hydro Power: Reviewing an Old Concept
Micro-Hydro: Civil Engineering Aspects
Micro-hydropower Handbook Volume 233
Micro-hydropower Handbook Volume 234
Micro-Hydropower Schemes in Pakistan
Micro-Hydropower Sourcebook
Mill Drawings
Mini Hydro Power Stations
Multi-Purpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Basic Information
Multi-Purpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Operation and Maintenance Manual
Nepal: Private Sector Approach to Implementing Micro-Hydropower Schemes
New Himalayan Water Wheels
On Watermills in Central Crete
Overshot and Current Water Wheels
Small Earth Dams
Small Hydroelectric Powerplants
Small Hydropower for Asian Rural Development
Small Michell ( Banki) Turbine
Small Scale Hydropower Technologies
The Banki Water Turbine
The Dhading Micro-Hydropower Plant:
The Segner Turbine
Water Power for the Farm
Watermills with Horizontal Wheels
Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide
Your Own Water Power Plant

Energy: Biogas File
A Chinese Biogas Manual
Biogas and Waste Recycling
Biogas Handbook
Biogas Plants in Animal Husbandry
Biogas Systems in India
Biogas Technology in the Third World
Compost Fertilizer and Biogas Production from Human and Farm Wastes in the People's Republic of China
Fuel Gas from Cow Dung
Renewable Sources of Energy: Biogas
Report on the Design and Operation of a Full-Scale Anaerobic Dairy Manure Digester
Running a Biogas Programme
The Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Wastes to Produce Methane
The Biogas/ Biofertilizer Business Handbook

Energy: Solar File
A Bibliography for the Solar Home Builder
A Solar Water Heater Workshop Manual
A Stateofthe-Art Survey of Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps Solar Cookers and Woodburning Stoves
An Attached Solar Greenhouse
Basic Principles of Passive Solar Design
Bread Box Water Heater
Elements of Solar Architecture for Tropical Regions
Evaluation of Solar Cookers
Homegrown Sundwellings
Low-Cost Passive Solar Greenhouses
Proceedings of the Conference on Energy-Conserving Solar-Heated Greenhouses
Reaching Up Reaching Out
Solar Dwelling Design Concepts
Solar Photovoltaic Products
Solar Water Heaters in Nepal
Solar-Powered Electricity
Technology for Solar Energy Utilization3
The Design and Development of a Solar Powered Refrigerator
The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse
The Fuel Savers
The Passive Solar Energy Book
The Solar Cookery Book
The Solar Greenhouse Book
The Solar Home Book
The Solar Survey Solar Energy
Window Box Solar Collector Design

Workshop File
4-Wheel Band Saw
A Blacksmith's Bellows
A Manual on Sharpening Hand Woodworking Tools
A Museum of Early American Tools
Amateur's Workshop
Basic Machines and How They Work
Bearing Design and Fitting
Blacksmithing
Blacksmithing Welding and Soldering
General Metal Work Sheet Metal Work and Hand Pump Maintenance
Heavy Duty Drill Press
How to Make Planes Cramps and Vices
How to Make Twelve Woodworking Tools
How to Mill on a Drill Press
How to Use Metal Tubing
How to Work Sheet Metal
How to Work with Copper Piping
Inch Table Saw
Lathe Sanders
Le-Jay Manual
Lost-Wax Casting
Metal Bending Machine
Metal Turning Lathe Built from Stock Parts
Metallurgy
Metalworking Handbook
Motorize Your Hacksaw
Oil Drum Forges
Practical Blacksmithing
Scroll Saw
Sharpening Small Tools
Sheet Metal Brake
Sheet Metal Former
Shop Tactics
Small Scale Foundries for Developing Countries
Smelting Furnace
Spring Design and Calculation
Stocking Spare Parts for a Small Repair Shop
Technology Metal 1 Fundamental Skills
The Beginner's Workshop
The Making of Tools
The Modern Blacksmith
The Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding
The Recycling Use and Repair of Tools
The Use of Hand Woodworking Tools
Three Welding Jigs
Tools and How to Use Them
Tools and Their Uses
Try Your Hand at Metal Spinning
Two-Speed Bandsaw Cuts Wood and Metal
Welding Craft Practices
Wood Planer for $0
Workshop Exercises Metal Fundamental Skills
De-Cristoforo's Book of Power Tools Both Stationary and Portable
Electric Motor Test and Repair
Electroplating for the Amateur
Equipment for Rural Workshops Fabricating Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering1
Farm Shop and Equipment
Foundrywork for the Amateur
Gear Wheels and Gear Cutting
Handtool Handbook for Woodworking
Hardening and Tempering Engineers' Tools
How to Make a Folding Machine for Sheet Metal Work

Housing and Construction File
Adobe as a Socially Appropriate Technology for the Southwest
Adobe Craft
Appropriate Building Materials
Bamboo as a Building Material
Bambu_ Su Cultivo y Aplicaciones
Build a Yurt
Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: A Guide for Improved Masonry and Timber Connections in Buildings
Chawama Self-Help Housing Project
Comparison of Alternative Design Wheelbarrows for Haulage in Civil Construction Tasks
Construire en Terre
Earth for Homes
Earth Sheltered Housing Design
Ferrocement a Versatile Construction Material
Ferrocement: Applications in Developing Countries
Fireplaces
Grasses_Their Use in Building
Handbook for Building Homes of Earth
House Form and Culture
Housing by People
How to Build a House Using Self-Help Housing Techniques
La CETARam
Low-Cost Country Home Building
Low-Cost Housing: Prefabricated Panel System
Making Building Blocks with the Cl-NVARam Block Press
Making the Adobe Brick
Manual for Building a Rammed Earth Wall
Manual of Rural Wood Preservation
The $50 and Up Underground House Book
100 to 3000 Capacity Brick Kiln
A Manual of Building Construction
A Series of Articles on the Use of Bamboo in Building Construction
Brickmaking in Developing Countries
Construction Reference Manual
Manual para la Construccion de la CETARam
Mud Brick Roofs
Mud Mud
Nuevas Tecnicas de Construccion con Bambu
Painting Inside and Out
Plastic Sheeting
Pole Buildings in Papua New Guinea
Popular Manual for Wooden House Construction
Rice Husk Ash Cement
Roofing in Developing Countries
Selection of Materials for Burnt Clay Brick Manufacture
Self-Help Construction of l-Story Buildings
Self-Help Practices in Housing
Shaft Lime Kiln
Shelter
Shelter II
Simple Bridge Structures
Small Scale Brickmaking
Small-Scale Manufacture of Burned Building Brick
Soil Cement
Standard Trail Suspended and Suspension Bridges
The Book of Bamboo
The Kenyan Low Cost Modular Timber Bridge
The Owner-Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry
The Owner-Built Home
The Owner-Built Homestead
The Timber Framing Book
The Use of Bamboo and Reeds in Building Construction
The Use of Wheelbarrows in Civil Construction
The Yurt
Traditional Bridges of Papua New Guinea
When You Build a House
Building with Earth
Construction of Trail Suspended Bridges in Nepal
Farm Structures in Tropical Climates
Roof Constructions for Housing in Developing Countries
Rural Building: Basic Knowledge
Rural Building: Construction
Rural Building: Drawing Book
Rural Building: Reference Book
Small-Scale Lime Burning
Small-Scale Production of Cementitious Materials
Soil Block Presses
Thatching
Traditional Suspension Bridges in Taplejung District
Wood Handbook
Wooden Bridges
Wood-Frame House Construction

Health Care File
A Barefoot Doctor's Manual
A Medical Laboratory for Developing Countries
A Model Health Centre
Animals Parasitic in Man
Better Care in Leprosy
Better Child Care
Communicable Diseases
Donde No Hay Doctor
Handbook on the Prevention and Treatment of Schistosomiasis
Health by the People
Health Care and Human Dignity
Health Care in China
Health Care in the Peoples Republic of China: A Biography w/ Abstracts
Health Records Systems
Health: The Human Factor
Helping Health Workers Learn
How to Make Basic Hospital Equipment
Manual of Basic Techniques for a Health Laboratory
Medical Care in Developing Countries
Medicine and Public Health in the People's Republic of China
Mosquito Control
Nutrition for Developing Countries
Nutrition Rehabilitation
Pediatric Priorities in the Developing World
Alternative Limbmaking
Anaesthesia at the District Hospital
Dermatological Preparations for the Tropics
Disabled Village Children
Establishing a Refugee Camp Laboratory
General Surgery at the District Hospital
How to Look After a Refrigerator
Independence Through Mobility
Low Cost Physiotherapy Aids
More With Less
Personal Transport for Disabled People
Philippine Medicinal Plants in Common Use
Rattan and Bamboo
Reference Material for Health Auxiliaries and Their Teachers
Simple Dental Care for Rural Hospitals
The Principles and Practices of Primary Health Care
The Provision of Spectacles at Low Cost
The Tooth Trip
The Village Health Worker
What is AIDS?
Where There Is No Dentist
Where There Is No Doctor

Nonformal Education File
Bridging the Gap
Demystifying Evaluation
Doing Things Together
From the Field
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
Perspectives on Nonformal Adult Learning
Towards Scientific Literacy

Science Teaching File
A Method for Cutting Bottles Light Bulbs and Fluorescent Tubes
Adventures with a Hand Lens
Anti-Pollution Lab
Construction and Use of Simple Physics Apparatus
Development and Production of School Science Equipment
Guidebook to Constructing Inexpensive Science Teaching Equipment
How to Make Tools
Low-Cost Science Teaching Equipment
Low Cost Science Teaching Equipment
New UNESCO Source Book for Science Teaching
Preserving Food by Drying
The Production of School Science Equipment

Beekeeping File
A Beekeeping Handbook
A Homemade Honey Extractor
Beekeeping Guide
Beekeeping in Rural Development
Golden Insect
Home Honey Production
Making and Using a Solar Wax Melter
Plans for a Complete Beekeeping System
Small Scale Beekeeping
The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture
The Beekeeper's Handbook
Tropical and Sub-Tropical Apiculture

Small Enterprises File
A Complete Cash-Analysis Accounts System for Businessmen
A Handbook for Cooperative Fieldworkers in Developing Nations
Basic Control of Assets
Basic Finances
Basic Marketing
Blacksmith Baker Roofing Sheet Maker
Business Arithmetic for Cooperatives and Other Small Businesses
Consultancy for Small Businesses
Cooperative Accounting 1: Thrift and Credit Cooperatives
Cooperative Accounting 2: Consumer Cooperative Societies
Cooperative Accounting 3: Marketing Cooperative Societies
Cooperative Bookkeeping
Cooperative Organization
Credit and Savings for Development
Developing Small-Scale Industries in India
Entrepreneur's Handbook
Financial Management of a Small Handicraft Business
Guidelines for Management Consulting Programs for Small-Scale Enterprises
How to Grow a Shop
Improve Your Business: Handbook
Improve Your Business: Workbook
Josbarko Enterprise
Managing Time and Personnel
Manual for Commercial Analysis of Small-Scale Projects
Refugee Enterprise
Rural Credit
Single-Entry Bookkeeping System for Small-Scale Manufacturing Businesses
Small Business in the Third World
Small Business Promotion
Small Enterprises in Developing Countries
Stock-Taking
The Business Plan
The Business Review
The Practice of Entrepreneurship
Training Village Entrepreneurs

Small Industries File
Basic Sewing Machine Repair
Book of Tempeh
Handloom Construction
How to Make Soap
Introduction to Soapmaking
The Backyard Dairy Book
Books from Directory: disk_25
Small Industries Cont. File
Barbs Prongs Points Prickers and Stickers
Cane Sugar
Community Canning Centers
Dye Plants and Dyeing
Dyeing and Printing
Environmentally Sound Leather Tanning
Glassware Manufacture for Developing Countries
Making Homemade Soaps and Candles
Manual on the Production of Rattan Furniture
Medleri Charkha
Natural Plant Dyeing
Remanufacturing
Rural Tanning Techniques
Silkworm Rearing
Simple Methods of Candle Manufacture
Small Scale Manufacture of Footwear
Small Scale Papermaking
Small Scale Recycling of Plastics
Small Scale Weaving
Small-Scale Gold Mining
Small-Scale Mining
Small-Scale Soapmaking
Soap Pilot Plant
Stone
Tanning of Hides and Skins
The Kiln Book
The Preparation of Soap
The Self-Reliant Potter
The Village Texturizer
Traditional Cheesemaking
Vegetable Dyeing
Work from Waste
Yay Soybeans!

Disaster Preparedness File
Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: Estimation of Extreme Wind Speeds and Guide to the Determination of Wind Forces
A Methodological Guide
ADAB News
and Architectural Considerations
Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: Overview
Disaster Mitigation
Economic Issues in Housing Reconstruction
Emergency Health Management after Natural Disaster
Emergency Vector Control after Natural Disaster
Environmental Health Management after Natural Disaster
Establishing Needs after a Disaster
How to Build a House of Modern Adobe
Improving Building Skills
Materials
Medical Supply Management after Natural Disaster
Minimum Standards for Cyclone-Resistant Housing Utilizing Traditional Materials
Program Planning Guide
Program Planning Options for the Reconstruction of Disaster-Resistant Housing
Shelter After Disaster
Shelter after Disaster: Guidelines for Assistance
The Management of Nutritional Emergencies in Large Populations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook for Emergencies: Field Operations
What is a Hurricane?
What is a Tidal Wave?
Wind-Resistant Block Houses

Transportation
Transportation File A.T. in Rural Development: Vehicles Designed for On and Off Farm Operations
Appropriate Industrial Technology for Low-Cost Transport for Rural Areas
Better Tools for the Job
Bicycle Resource Guide
Bicycles and Tricycles
Bicycles: A Case Study of Indian Experience
Bicycling Science
Boatbuilding Manual
Boats from Ferrocement
Earth Roads
Electric Vehicles
Fishing Boat Designs: Flat Bottom Boats
Gasoline Engine Tune-Up
Maintaining Motorcycles
Manual on the Planning of Labourlntensive Road Construction
Notes on Simple Transport in Some Developing Countries
Proceedings of ITDG Seminar "Simple Vehicles for Developing Countries"
Roads and Resources
The Backyard Mechanic Volume 1
The Backyard Mechanic Volume 2
The Backyard Mechanic Volume 3
The Bicycle Builder's Bible
The Design of Bicycle Trailers
The Dory Book
The Manufacture of Low-Cost Vehicles in Developing Countries
Three Wheeled Vehicles in Crete
Automotive Operation and Maintenance
Guide to Tools and Equipment for Labour-Based Road Construction
Handbook of Artisanal Boatbuilding
Installation and Maintenance of Engines in Small Fishing Vessels
Low Cost Transportation
Low-Cost Vehicles
New Working Watercraft
Rural Roads Manual
Rural Transport in Developing Countries
Small Boat Design
The Design and Manufacture of Animal-Drawn Carts
The Design and Manufacture of Low-Cost Motorized Vehicles
The Management of Animal Energy Resources and the Modernization of the Bullock Cart System
The Rural Access Roads Programme

Local Communications
Local Communications File 57 How-To-Do Charts on Materials, Equipment and Techniques for S.P.
Communicating with Pictures
Experiences in Visual Thinking
Grass Roots Radio
How to Do Leaflets Newsletters and Newspapers
Illustrations for Development
Low-Cost Printing for Development
Plain Talk
Print: How You Can Do It Yourself
Rural Mimeo Newspapers
Small Technical Libraries
The Copy Book
The Low-Cost Wooden Duplicator
The Organization of the Small Public Library
The Photonovel
The Sten-Screen
Visual Communication Handbook
Visual Literacy in Communication
Women and Graphics