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DVDs come from different regions and use different TV standards which mean not everyone may be able to play them. Hopefully these notes will help you make the right choice.

Standards

PAL & NTSC are two very different encoding methods for TV signals. NTSC is the US standard and locks to their electricity supply which is at 60 cycles per second. PAL is the UK standard and locks to our electricity supply which is at 50 cycles per second.

DVD Regions

DVDs have a region encoded onto them so that commercial products can't be pirated by other parts of the world. In theory they will only play in the region encoded. Region 0 has no coding and can be played anywhere in the world, subject to it being the correct standard. Region 1 is encoded for the USA and Canada and will be in NTSC. Region 2 is encoded for the UK, Europe, Egypt, Arabia, Japan & S Africa and will be in PAL Except for Japanese DVDs which may be in NTSC. Region 3 is for Korea, Thailand & Borneo. Region 4 is for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, the Caribbean & S. America. Region 5 is for India, Africa, Russia & former USSR countries. Region 6 is China. 7 is unused, 8 airlines & cruise ships, 9 can be used as region free.

Compatibility

If you live in the correct region and use the same TV standard there will be no problem. If you live in another region and/or use a different TV standard you will need to check the compatibility of your equipment. For instance if you live in the UK and want to play a region 1, NTSC disc you will need a multiregion DVD player with NTSC to PAL decoding or a multiregion player and a TV which accepts NTSC signals. Some computers can play all types of DVD, but others either don't or require software switching from one region/standard to another. In any case please check your systems capability before purchasing.

DVDs

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	A-Z BUSHCRAFT 26 Outdoor Skills Learn new outdoor skills with Andrew Price, all ably and clearly demonstrated. Firemaking, cordage, finding clean water, foraging, getting help, knives, knots, shelter, trapping, outdoor cooking, comfy snoozing, etc. 1 DVD. 100 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-AZB £14.99 add to cart

	THE AGRICULTURAL REBEL (Der Agrar Rebell) Permaculture In The Saltzburg Alps Bertram Verhaag Introducing Sepp Holzer, the permaculture farming genius, who grows top and soft fruit plus poly-cultures of vegetables on his forest farm at 1500m in the Austrian Alps. He demonstrates perma-culture in terms of broadscale farming and horticulture, and shows how he integrates domesticated and wild animals, heritage grain crops plus aquaculture systems.This is permaculture and forest farming at its very best. 1 DVD. 43 mins. PAL. Region: 0. English, German & Spanish DVD-TAR £24.95 add to cart

	AGROFORESTERIE PRODUIRE AUTREMENT Agroforestry - Alternative Production Fabian Liagre & Nicolas Girardin Agroforestry lies close to the original heart of permaculture: it means growing a mix of field crops and trees in the same place. Beautifully filmed, fast-moving and not without a sense of humour, this DVD’s aim is clearly to get more farmers involved in agroforestry. 1 DVD. 65 mins. PAL. Region: 0. Language: French. English, Portuguese & Dutch subtitles DVD-APA £24.95 add to cart

	ANCIENT FUTURES Learning From Ladakh + Paradise With Side Effects ISEC First, the award-winning film based on Helena Norberg-Hodge’s book, with live footage from Ladakh. Then a new documentary following two Ladakhi women on a trip to England as part of an International Society For Ecology & Culture (ISEC) ‘reality tour’, introducing Ladakhi participants to everyday life in the West as it really is, thereby helping to balance some of the glamorised images of the modern world. Very moving and inspiring. 1 DVD. 1 hour 40 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-AFL £19.95 add to cart

	BRIDGING INDUSTRY TO PERMACULTURE Directed by Mark Russell Berns An inspiring documentary presenting solutions for climate change and peak oil. It covers international examples of permaculture, sustainable living and new renewable technologies, small and large-scale. Intelligently presents the potential for a sustainable and abundant future. 1 DVD. 56mins. NTSC. Region: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 DVD-BIP £14.95 add to cart

	CATCH & COOK with Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall & Nick Fisher A complete guide to sea and shellfish that can be caught off Dorset’s Jurassic coast throughout the year, from mackerel in spring, to black bream and bass in summer and autumn early winter squid. With sections on preparing the fresh catch, home smoking, a feast of recipes (70 minutes of brand new footage) plus a best of River Cottage fish fun and good counsel about putting back what you don’t eat. 1 DVD. 100mins. PAL. Region: 2 DVD-CAC £21.95 add to cart

	A CONVENIENT TRUTH A Story Of Hope From Curitiba, Brazil Giovanni Vaz Del Bello / Maria Terezinha Vaz An important film about a marvellous city and its people called Curitiba where the problems of poverty, seasonal flooding, waste, transport and slums have been solved with little money but much political will and many ground breaking ideas. If you have any concern about what is happening to our planet Earth and wonder if there are any solutions to our present problems, you need to see this film. It’s uplifting! 1 DVD. 52mins. NTSC. Region: 0 DVD-CTU £16.95 add to cart

	DRY STONE WALLING with Andy Radford A thoroughly comprehensive and easy to follow guide; Andy Radford gives a history of dry stone walling in the UK and then clearly demonstrates all you need to know to build or repair a wall. Chapters on Tools and Safety, Dismantling the wall, Preparation and Foundations, Grading Stones, Laying Foundations and Building the wall take you through step by step. 1 DVD. 82mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-DSW £19.95 add to cart

	FOREST GARDENING With Robert Hart Also Featuring Ken Fern of Plants For A Future, & Mike & Julia Guerra. Directed by Malcolm Baldwin 45 years ago the late Robert Hart had a vision of planting a small food-producing forest, which could fulfil the needs of a healthy diet and at the same time create a beautiful and ecologically sound environment. This film explores his practical and philosophical ideas and looks at 2 other projects inspired by the principles of forest gardening and perennial vegetable growing. Ken Fern’s plot in Cornwall where he grows 1500 species of useful perennials and North of London Mike and Julia Guerra have created a small garden as an inspiration to anyone who wants to act locally. 1 DVD. 50 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-FGR £14.95 add to cart

	A FOREST GARDEN YEAR with Martin Crawford Martin’s garden is a wonderful example of what can be done with minimum of effort to produce an abundant crop of unusual edible trees, plants, shrubs and ground cover. You can apply the principles of forest gardening to spaces big and small. He shows you how to plan your planting to mimic the layering, density and diversity of a natural forest. 1 DVD. 49 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-FGY £14.95 add to cart

	THE FUTURE OF FOOD There's A Revolution Happening. Deborah Koons Garcia An excellent wake up call to remind us why we are striving for a sustainable future and why our choices as consumers are so important. Giving a voice to the farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been destroyed by unlabelled GM patented food that has silently been filling our supermarket shelves for the past decade; this film explores the health implications of GM food, government policies and global influence of multinational corperations that seek to control the world’s food system. Informative, educational and motivating!y. 1 DVD. 2 hours 8 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-FOF £19.95 add to cart

	GAME ON with Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall, Nick Fisher & Ray Smith How to catch, butcher and cook wild meat, it will have you heading off into the woods and fields in search of edible ‘vermin’ such as squirrels, rabbits and pigeons or even deer. There are comprehensive sections on plucking, skinning, gutting and butchering wild meat with a selection of wonderful game recipes. Whether you are a ‘road kill’ forager or have access to a rough shoot, this is a really useful DVD about how to use the entire animal in the kitchen, and eat wild. With footage from the River Cottage TV series plus new material.. 1 DVD. 1 hours 57 mins. PAL. Region: 2 DVD-GON £24.95 add to cart

	THE GLOBAL GARDENER With Bill Mollison Bullfrog Films A series of four half-hour programs on a single DVD. Each episode looks at examples of permaculture in different bioregions: the tropics, arid lands, cool climates and urban. With footage filmed in Australia, Africa, USA and Europe, these films have introduced thousands of people to permaculture design and Bill Mollison’s vision. Essential viewing! 1 DVD. 1 hour 52 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-GG £21.95 add to cart

See also Earthships Vol.1,2 &3	GARBAGE WARRIOR Oliver Hodge Charts Michael Reynolds’ architectural journey and the evolution of his earthships concept. Beer can and rammed tyre houses, the introduction of passive solar design and thermal gain, and renewable technology. The final result is dwellings that require no heating systems even at minus 30ºF in winter, are completely autonomous in water and sewage treatment and have large indoor growing spaces. All this experimentation has been despite years of legal struggles with the authorities in New Mexico. A gritty, stunning and inspirational film. A must for earthship fans everywere! 1 DVD. 1 hour 24 mins. PAL. Region: 2 DVD-GWA £19.95 add to cart

	AN INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING with Paul Metcalf This DVD shows you all the routine tasks in the hive from April until the onset of winter. Paul Metcalf has been keeping bees for over 50 years; he assumes some prior knowledge of terminology etc. but his instructions are clear and extremely easy to understand for anyone who has taken a basic course or read one of the books. Includes swarm control, disease control, honey extraction and feeding, identifying brood, finding eggs, marking the queen and much more. An excellent way to build confidence working with your own colonies. 1 DVD. 1 hour 40 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-ITB £19.95 add to cart

	IN TRANSITION From Oil Dependence To Local Resilience Transition Network ‘In Transition’ is essential a film wiki. The Transition Movement asked transitioners to send in film clips and then edited disk one into an introductory film presenting the Transition movement. It is therefore a snap shot of groups around the world as well as an explanatory film about how about communities around the world are responding to peak oil and climate change. Best of all, it is imaginative and funny. The star of the film is a little boy explaining transition, and why it is necessary with absolute conviction and genuine understanding for his subject. Amazing! The ‘bonus’ disk contains Hidetake Enomoto on Transition Japan, Richard Heinberg on peak everything, Transition talks from New Zealand, and Sophy Banks: psychology of change and burn out. Plus there are lots of outtakes and extras. 2 DVD special edition. 2 hours 49 mins PAL. Region: 2 Subtitles in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch DVD-ITF £19.95 add to cart

	JOANNA MACY The Work That Reconnects Joanna Macy Intensives This DVD set presents oral teachings and experiential methods of The Work That Reconnects to transform despair in the face of societal and ecological crises into positive, creative action. This is brilliant, profoundly spiritual work by Joanna Macy. Used the world over to empower people, the DVDs are a tool for activists, educators, caring professionals, clergy, trainers and anyone who is worried about Planet Earth. Invaluable inspiration for the Great Turning. 2DVDs. 4 hours 21 mins. NTSC. Region: 0 DVD-WTR £27.95 add to cart

	MOTHER EARTH A New Future For Small Farmers Paul Enkelaar & Jan Paul Smit The message behind this film is one of the upmost importance and one which we would like to be spread far and wide: One that shows the story of hope within the solidarity and strength of women working together, in a truely sustainable way. From a common situation of the cash for mono crops system, relying on unstable government subsidies, working alone and existing in poverty, to combining land, resources, swapping seeds, creating crop diversity, harvesting together and providing food for their families and local community. 1 DVD. 30 mins. PAL. Region: 0. English & Telugu; English or Dutch Subtitles DVD-MEN £14.95 add to cart

	MUSHROOM MAGIC with Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall & John Wright Introduces mushroom foraging, takes a tour of the tastiest mushrooms the countryside can offer, gives top tips on how and when to find and pick them and how to avoid poisonous fungi. Then there’s an array of mouth-watering recipes for the novice and aficionado forager. With a good identification guide like Mushrooms by Roger Phillips, this is a great way to become a mycophile. With footage from the River Cottage TV series plus new material. 1 DVD. 1hr 5 mins. PAL. Region: 2. DVD-MRM £24.95 add to cart

	ONE MAN, ONE COW, ONE PLANET Tom & Barbera Burstyn Hoes rather than swords are at the frontline of a battle for agricultural control that is being fought over Indian soil. Its outcome could well determine the future of the entire earth. Using biodynamic-organic methods, farmers of India are reclaiming their lands and livelihood. This documentary focuses on how to address the agricultural crisis that the world faces and explores what an environmentally sustainable food system capable of feeding everyone actually looks like. 1 DVD. 56 mins. PAL. Region: 0. DVD-OMO £16.95 add to cart

	OUR SEEDS - SEEDS BLONG YUMI Michel & Jude Fanton Filmed across 11 countries with 20 tribal groups, Our Seeds shows how food quality and health have local solutions. A damning argument against the corporate seed companies, GM crops and com-mercial hybrids and a film that celebrates the keepers of the seed; the farmers and gardeners who preserve and share the source of our diverse food heritage. This DVD can be freely reproduced for non-commercial reasons and for training materials contact www.seedsavers.net. Share it and spread the word. 1 DVD. 57 mins. PAL. Region: 0, Languages: English & Pigin. Subtitles in English & French. DVD-OSS £19.95 add to cart

	PERMACULTURE & AQUAPONICS Shot at Glen Martinez’s Hawaiian smallholding that feeds 18 families, the principles and practices explained here are applicable everywhere: how to develop a commercial worm farm integrating horses, chickens, ducks and fish wastes, and how to cycle the fish waste through aquaponic systems containing ‘snack beds’ full of cinders growing abundant, healthy veg. 1 DVD. 60 mins. NTSC. Region: 1 DVD-PAA £19.95 add to cart

	PERMACULTURE IN PRACTICE Ecologically Sound Living - By Design Directed by Malcolm Baldwin Now available as a DVD, this aims to inspire people to start their own permaculture projects. With four examples in very different settings in the UK; the Editors of Permaculture Magazine’s back garden in Hampshire, a housing estate in Bradford tackling problems of unemployment, environmental awareness and backyard food-growing, a community co-op in Devon and a small farm in the Forest of Dean supplying local produce. Filmed in 1997. 1 DVD. 48 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-PIP £14.95 add to cart

	PIG IN A DAY with Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall & Ray Smith A thorough grounding in small-scale pig rearing and a complete guide to butchering and processing a pig from nose to tail, so no part is wasted. You don’t have to keep pigs to enjoy this DVD, just be a pig and pork enthusiast who wants to find out how and why the best pork comes from the happiest pigs. With footage from the River Cottage TV series plus new material. 1 DVD. 140mins. PAL. Region: 2 DVD-PID £21.95 add to cart

	THE POWER DOWN SHOW The Powering Up Of Community, Creativity & Culture An excellent film, unpacking the wider facts about climate change and peak oil, it presents creative pathways for a more sustainable world: post-fossil fuel communities, relocalisation, local currency, renewable energy, sustainable transport, powerdown, permaculture, transition, world café, even whole systems theory. A prescient film. 1 DVD. 200 mins. PAL. Region: 2 DVD-PDS £19.95 add to cart

	THE POWER OF COMMUNITY How Cuba Survived Peak Oil The Community Solution This is the story of the Cuban people’s hardship after they lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s. In their own words the people tell of their ingenuity and triumph over sudden adversity – through co-operation, conservation and community. It is a model of how to create a low-energy society using permaculture, transforming fossil-fuel intensive farming to small, less energy-intensive organic farms and ur from a highly industrial society to a more sustainable one that fosters better education and health care. "Everyone who is concerned about Peak Oil needs to see this film" Richard Heindburg 1 DVD. 53mins. NTSC. Region: 0 DVD-PCH £14.95 add to cart

	SEPP HOLZER'S PERMACULTURE Farming With Nature, Farming With Water, Farming With Terraces & Raised Beds Crystal Lake Video These films describe Sepp Holzer’s extraordinary permaculture farm in Alpine Austria. In average annual temperatures of a mere 4.2ºC (39.5ºF), Sepp Holzer grows everything from apricots to eucalyptus, figs to kiwi fruit, peaches to wheat at an altitude of between 1,000 and 1,500 metres (3,300 and 4,900ft). Sepp has developed aquaculture ponds and comprehensive terracing and created an astonishingly abundant environment. 1 DVD. 1 hour 32 mins. PAL. Region: 2 Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Polish & Russian. DVD-SHP £23.95 add to cart

Click cover for preview	VOICES OF COHOUSING Building Small Villages In The City Matthieu Lietaert One of today’s biggest paradoxes, is that half of the world’s population lives in cities, yet many feel lonely and do not know their neighbours... Imagine 20 households, each with its own dwelling, but all sharing some common rooms and activities. Urban and rural cohousing schemes make life easier and more fun for both adults and children, while preserving privacy. This documentary, based on interviews conducted in 14 cohousings, shows that another life is possible. This dvd also has a 22 min. practical advise section. 1 DVD. 59 mins. PAL. Region: 0 Subtitles: German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian & Swedish. DVD-VCB £16.95 add to cart

	WE ARE TRAFFIC & THE RETURN OF THE SCORCHER Ted White We Are Traffic! Chronicles the development of the bicycle movement, Critical Mass. By demonstrating a vibrant alternative to cities choked with cars, Critical Mass organises cycling events, filling the streets with bikes. They are vibrant, pollution-free social spaces that over-flowing with camaraderie and they spread from San Francisco to 300 cities in 14 countries. In the 1890s, before the infernal combustion engine, bicycles were called ‘scorchers’ because of their blazing speed. Over a century later Return of the Scorcher discovers an inspired cycling renaissance. Shot in China, Europe and the US, it full of ideas and designs for sustainable transport, romance, social transformation and feminism. Perfect Transition City material... 1 DVD. 78 mins. PAL. Region: 0 DVD-WAT £19.95 add to cart

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