iPermie! by Bob Waldrop

I came across this book when I was looking into the writings of Bob Waldrop. He was a Permaculture Designer living in Oklahoma City. He created a set of flyers called the Better Times Emergency Notes, which I republished on this site. He passed away in 2019.

In 2013 he wrote a tome on permaculture called iPermie!. Its subtitle: How to permaculture your urban lifestyle: a good-life design guide for Millennials, Boomers, and Generation X.

I downloaded the sample from his archived website and made it available here as well. It only contains the first three sections of the book and already runs at a whopping 416 pages! I was already hooked.

The sample PDF covers the sections

• Introduction,
• (permaculture) 00 Basics,
• 01 Invisible Structures and
• 02 Food.

If you choose to follow along, and I highly recommend you do, it will guide you to make a permaculture design for your (urban) life. What you will end up with is an ever-evolving design that helps you get clear on what you value in life and ways to bring these values to life.

The omitted sections from the full book only add depth to other area's for investigation. Here's a list of the other sections only found in the complete book:

• 03 Energy,
• 04 Shelter,
• 05 Water,
• 06 Geography, Access, Transportation,
• 07 Community,
• 08 Economics,
• 09 Constancy, Persistence, Resilience,
• 10 Health
• 11 Education
• 12 Family, and finally
• 13 Putting this together

I bought the full ebook at Smashwords.com for USD 1.99. For this price you get a fantastic resource.

If you're interested in permaculture and are looking for a practical, hands-on guide, I highly recommend getting this book while it is still available and working through it at your own pace. Or study it with a group of friends by designing and creating the Learning Community (sample PDF, section 00081, from page 34).