Price List - New Alchemy Institute Publications
JOURNALS : [ 1973 - 1981 ]
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 1 1973 66 pp. $25.00 (photocopied, unbound)
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 2 1974 134 pp. $25.00 (photocopied, unbound)
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 3 1976 130 pp. $25.00 (photocopied, unbound)
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 4 1977 150 pp. $25.00 (photocopied, unbound)
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 5 1979 154 pp. $15.00
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 6 1980 186 pp. $25.00 (photocopied, unbound)
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 7 1981 178 pp. $25.00 (photocopied, unbound)
(article reprints : $.20/page, postage paid)
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 1 1973 66 pp. editor Nancy Jack Todd (publ. New Alchemy Institute.)
[selected articles]
"Wind Power" by Earle Barnhart
"A Windmill in India" by Marcus Sherman
"Costa Rica - The Endangered Tropics" by John Todd
"Costa Rica - Restoration & Reconstruction in Costa Rica" by John Todd
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 2 1974 134 pp. editor Nancy Jack Todd (publ. New Alchemy Institute.)
[selected articles]
"A Water Pumping Windmill That Works" by Marcus Sherman
"New Alchemy's Ark." by Robert Angevine, Earle Barnhart, & John Todd
"A ..Study of .. Twenty Varieties of Cabbages and Cabbage Worm Butterfly Pieris rapae " Hilde Maingay
" Irrigation of Garden Vegetables with Fertile Fish Pond Water". by Wm. McLarney
"Walton Two: A Compleat Guide to Backyard Fish Farming" by Wm. McLarney & John Todd. pp 79-115.
[ a working manual of tilapia aquaculture reviewing previous 3 year's research.]
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 3 1976 130 pp editor Nancy Jack Todd (publ. New Alchemy Institute.).
[selected articles]
"The Trash Fish Cook Book" by Wm. McLarney & Bryce Butler
"An Advanced Sail-Wing for Water-Pumping Windmills " by Earle Banhart
"Savonius Rotor" by Earle Barnhart
"An Ark for Prince Edward Island" by John Todd
"Further Experiments in the Irrigation of Garden Vegetables with Fertile Fish Pond Water" by Wm. McLarney
"The World in Miniature" by John Todd [ ecological and cultural transformations ]
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 4 1977 150 pp. editor Nancy Jack Todd (publ. New Alchemy Institute.)
[selected articles]
"Intensive Vegetable Production" by Hilde Maingay
"Fertile Fish Pond Water Irrigation Trials" by Susan Ervin
"The Saga of the Solar-Algae Ponds" by Ron Zweig
"Three Experiments with Semi-Enclosed Fish Culture Systems" by Ron Zweig
"Cage Culture" by Wm. McLarney
" Tomorrow is Our Permanent Address" by John Todd [ bioshelter concepts & PEI Ark details ]
"Bioshelters as Organisms" by Ron Zweig
"Bioshelter Primer" by Earle Barnhart
"The Six-Pack : A Backyard Solar Greenhouse" by Laura Engstom
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 5 1979 154 pp editor Nancy Jack Todd (publ. New Alchemy Institute.).
[selected articles]
"Calculating Engines" by Albert Doolittle, Jr.
"On the Cryptic Phrase "Mathematical Modelling - John Wolfe
" Costa Rica 1977" by Wm. McLarney
"The New Alchemy Sailwing - Earle Barnhart and Gary Hirshberg
"The Green Gulch Sailwing" by Tyrone Cashman
"Effects of Mulches" by Susan Ervin
" A Study of the Energy Efficiency of Intensive Vegetable Production" by Hilde Maingay
"Some Other Friends of the Earth" [earthworms] by Jeffrey Parkin
"On the Feasibility of a Permanent Agricultural Landscape" by Earle Barnhart
"Open System Fish Culture - 1977 " Wm.McLarney & Jeffrey Parkin
"Investigations of Semi-closed Aquatic Ecosystems" by Ron Zweig
"The Birth and Maturity of an Aquatic Ecosystem" by Ron Zweig
"Biotechnic Strategies in Bioshelters" by Earle Barnhart
"Soundings from the Cape Cod Ark" by Kathi Ryan
"Where Does All the Heat Go?" by Joe Seale [ a computer model to calculate heat in the PEI Ark]
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 6 1980 186 pp. editor Nancy Jack Todd (publ Stephen Green Press ISBN-8289-0367-0)
[selected articles]
"Farm Saturdays and Beyond" by Nancy Jack Todd [ on-site education ]
"A Water-Pumping Windmill Primer" by Gary Hirshberg
"Further Experiments on the Effects of Mulches on Crop Yields and Soil Conditions" by Susan Ervin
"Tree Crops: Creating the Foundation of a Permanent Agriculture" Earle Barnhart
"New Alchemy Tree Crop Research" by Paula Gifford & Earle Barnhart
"Cage Culture" Wm. McLarney & Jeffrey Parkin
"Solar Aquaculture :
Historical Overview by Ron Zweig
The Dome as Nursery by Ron Zweig
Summary of Fish culture Techniques in Solar-Algae Ponds by John Wolfe & Ron Zweig
Sunlight Patterns Without, Chemistry Patterns Within : the View from a Solar Algae Pond
by John Wolfe, Dave Engstrom, Ron Zweig
The Energetics of Solar-Algae Pond Aquaculture by John Wolfe
"From Our Experience : The First Three Years Aboard the Cape Cod Ark"
by NAI staff and Solsearch Architects
The Journal of the New Alchemists No. 7 1981 178 pp editor Nancy Jack Todd (publ Stephen Green Press ISBN-8289-0406-0)
[selected articles]
"New Alchemy and Ecodevelopment in Costa Rica" by Wm. McLarney
"A Report From the Tree People :
Nitrogen-Fixing Trees & Shrubs
Tree Crops For Structural Materials
Weaving With Willow
"Alternatives to Commercial Feeds in the Diets of Cultured Fish" Wm. McLarney & Jeffrey Parkin
"Defining & defying Limits to Solar-Algae Pond Fish Culture" by Dave Engstrom, John Wolfe, and Ron Zweig
"Modelling Algal Growth and Decline in Solar-Algae Ponds" by Dave Engstrom, , and Ron Zweig
"Logging the Course of the Ark :
"Indoor Gardening" by Colleen Armstrong
"Controlling the Whitefly" by Colleen Armstrong
"Toxic Materials in the Bioshelter Food Chains & Surrounding Ecosystems"
by Dr. Han Tai, Colleen Armstrong, and John Todd
"Modelling and Design of Future Bioshelters" by Joe Seale & John Wolfe
"The Village as Solar Ecology" Nancy Jack Todd & John Todd
"Energy And Architecture :
"Solar village Principles & construction Ideas" by Malcolm Wells.
"Soft-Energy Paths From Here To The Village" by Amory Lovins
"A Dome Bioshelter as a Village Component" by J. Baldwin.
TECHNICAL BULLETINS :
1. How to Build the New Alchemy Sailwing Windmill. 8 pp. $2.50
2. How To Construct a Solar Algae Pond. 4 pp. $1.50
3. Notes on Greenhouse Agricultural Management. 8 pp. $4.00
5. Designing Sustainable Small Farms & Homesteads 12 pp. $4.00
6. Home-Scale Wastewater Treatment Systems (available online)
7. Controlling Aphids in the Greenhouse. 9 pp. $4.00
8. Nontoxic Insect Pest Management for the Garden. 23 pp. $5.50
9. Toxins In the Home and Safe Alternatives. 22 pp. $5.50
10. Gypsy Moth Control (available online)
RESEARCH REPORTS: [ 1979 - 1995 ]
$5.50 RESEARCH REPORT 1-A. Greenhouse CO2 Dynamics and Composting in a Solar Heated Bioshelter. 1979. 19 pp.
$5.50 RESEARCH REPORT 1. An Economic Comparison of Four 10,000-Square-Foot Food-Producing Greenhouses for Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. April 1986. 19 pp.
$5.50 RESEARCH REPORT 2. An Analysis of Costs and Returns in Conventional and Organic Vegetable Production. July 1986. 16 pp.
$5.50 RESEARCH REPORT 3. The Composting Greenhouse at New Alchemy Institute: A Report on Two Years of Operation and
Monitoring. Nov 1986. 30 pp
$0 RESEARCH REPORT 4. Not available.
$5.50 RESEARCH REPORT 5. The Potential for Commercial Food-Producing Greenhouses in the Northeast : A Review of the Literature.
March 1987. 19 pp.
$5.50 RESEARCH REPORT 6. Report on a Survey of New England Organic Farms. June 1987. 22 pp.
$5.50 RESEARCH REPORT 7. Laboratory and Field Application of Entomologenous Nematodes for Control of Insect Pest Species-
Part One - Literature review. 1986. 19 pp
$5.00 RESEARCH REPORT 8. Lab and Field Trials 1987: Nematodes
$5.00 RESEARCH REPORT 9. Lab and Field Trials 1989: Nematodes
$6.00 RESEARCH REPORT 10. Cover Cropping and Green Manuring on Small Farms in New England and New York - An
Informal Survey. July 1988. 27 pp
$5.00 RESEARCH REPORT 11. Bigflower Vetch and Rye vs. Rye Alone as a Cover Crop for No-Till Sweet Corn. 1995 12 pp.
$5.00 RESEARCH REPORT 12. A Preliminary Experiment on Covering Sweet Corn with Netting to Exclude Raccoon. 1995. 8pp.
$5.00 RESEARCH REPORT 13. Winter Annual Cover Crops for the Home Garden. 1995. 24pp.
$5.00 RESEARCH REPORT 14. Evaluation of a Paper Mulch Made from Recycled Materials as an Alternative to Plastic Film Mulch
for Vegetables. 1995. 22pp.
$25.00 Solar Aquaculture : Perspectives in Renewable, Resource-Based Fish Production
A Report to the National Science Foundation (151 pp.) September 1981.
[ this is a final report summarizing all research & computer modelling of solar pond aquaculture up to June, 1982 ]
$25.00 Progress Report No. 6 - Part 1 Experimental Data - June 30-1982
$25.00 Progress Report No. 6 - Part 2 Computer Simulation Model September 1981
New Alchemy Quarterly: [1980 - 1990]: $2.50 each
[ note selected articles in each Quarterly]
1. Spring 1980. Notes on Tree Crops at New Alchemy. 8 pp.
2. Summer 1980. 8pp.
3. Fall 1980. 8 pp.
4. Winter Solstice 1980. - Notes on Greenhouse Agricultural Management. by Colleen Armstrong. 12 pp.
5. Summer 1981.. 16 pp.
-- Gardening in Fertile Waters by Carl Baum
6. Fall 1981. 24 pp.
-- Bioshelters - Pillowdomery by J. Baldwin
7. Winter 1981/1982. 24 pp.
-- Relative Insulating Properties of Gases. by Joe Seale
8. Spring 1982: Reading Up, Reaching Out. 24 pp.
-- Costa Rica : A Report from N.A.I.S.A. by Wm. McLarney
-- Aquaculture - Hydroponics in the Ark. by Peter Burgoon
9. Summer 1982 Second Generation Bioshelters 24 pp.
-- Tefzel
-- The Pillow Dome Opening : The Modern Age of Bioshelters Begins. by Gary Hirshberg
-- The Latest Year of Research on Bioshelters : A Summary. by John Wolfe
-- [Fish] Breeding in Bioshelters. by Linda Gusman
-- Bioshelters : How's the Dome Project doing? by J. Baldwin
-- Heat Transfer with Insulating Gases. 12 pp. by Joe Seale
10. 1982 . Annual Report
11. Spring 1983. 24 pp.
-- Farming Black Locust and Bamboo on Cape Cod. by Earle Barnhart
-- Notes from the Winter Dome. by Daryl Bergquist
12. Summer 1983: 24 pp.
13. Fall 1983: Naives and Visionaries 20 pp.
-- Overall, the Pillow Dome is working well. by Daryl Bergquist
14. Winter 1983: 24 pp.
-- The Composting Greenhouse for Commercial Regenerative Agriculture. by Bruce Fulford
-- Some New Ideas for Residential Bioshelters. by Earle Barnhart
-- Working to Breed a Better Predator. [ greenhouse IPM] by Colleen Armstrong.
-- How Warm are Our Bioshelters? by Daryl Bergquist.
-- Seasonal Aquaculture : Outdoor Summer Production. by Ron Zweig & Linda Gussman
15: Spring 1984. 24 pp.
16. Summer 1984. Alternative Agriculture. 24 pp.
17. Fall 1984., 24 pp.
18. Winter 1984.. Do Integrated Systems Really Work Better? . 24 pp
-- Business School Student Looks at NAI's Composting Greenhouse. by Norm Marshall.
-- The economics of Integration : The Composting Greenhouse as a Case Study. by Bruce Fulford.
-- When Do Solar Algae Ponds Make Cents?. by Ron Zweig.
-- Infared Radiation Heat Loss Through Greenhouse Glazings. by Daryl Bergquist.
19. Spring 1985: Growing Food in Water: The Art & Science of Aquaculture and Hydroponics. 24 pp.
-- Why Aquaculture? by Wm. McLarney
-- A Simple Demand Feeder for [Fish] Cage Culture. by John Hargreaves.
-- The [Typical] New England Household. by David Rosenmiller & John Quinney.
-- Evaluation of Biological Islands for Control of Greenhouse Whitefly. by Richard Meadows.
-- The Compost [Greenhouse] Story Heats Up. by Bruce Fulford.
20. Summer 1985: Educating for the Future - Now. 24 pp.
21. Fall 1985: Beating the System. 24 pp.
-- An Aphidoletes Aphidimyza Update. by Colleen Armstrong
-- The Economics of Food-Producing Greenhouses in the Northeastern United States. by Norm Marshall
22. Winter 1985: Some New Ideas on the House of Your Dreams. 24 pp.
-- Our Superinsulated Auditorium : Monitoring Results Summary. by Bill Smith.
23. Spring 1986: Designing The New Landscape . 24 pp.
-- Lessons Learned from an Established Edible Landscape. by Earle Barnhart .
-- Composting Greenhouse Update. by Bruce Fulford
24. Summer 1986: Alternative Technology Around the World. 24 pp.
25. Summer 1986: The Future of the Small Farm. 24 pp.
26. Winter 1986: We Design Our House. 24 pp.
-- Hard Choices in Building Design [the New Alchemy House]
27. Spring 1987: Between the Pointed Stick and the Chisel plow : Small Farm Technology. 24 pp.
28. Summer 1987: Keeping Our Eyes On The Vision, Feet On The Ground. 24 pp.
29. Fall 1987: Solar Greenhouses. 24 pp.
-- Composting Greenhouse Design Update. by Norm Marshall
-- Refurbishing the Ark. by Mark Ward
-- Nitrogen in the Composting Greenhouse by Mark Schonbeck.
30. Winter 1987 : Biological Controls: A Promising Future. 24 pp.
31. Spring 1988: Meeting the Affordable Housing Challenge. 24 pp.
32. Summer I988: Preserving Genetic Diversity. 24 pp.
33. Fall 1988: Composting and Cover Crops. 24 pp.
-- Nitrate in Winter Greenhouse Leafy Vegetables. by Mark Schonbeck
34. Winter 1988 : Old Alchemists Write Home. 24 pp.
35. Spring 1989: Educating Tomorrow's Environmentalists'. 24 pp.
-- New Alchemy's Green Classroom. by Judy Salisbury
-- Ecosystems for the Classroom. by Earle Barnhart
36. Summer 1989: Managing Growth. 24 pp.
-- Composting Greenhouse Update. by Mark Schonbeck.
37. Fall 1989 : Promise Rediscovered : New Alchemy's First Twenty Years. 24 pp.
[ an overview of New Alchemy from 1969 to 1989 ]
38. Winter 1989-90: Curcs, Legumes, Fruit Loops & More: Our Researchers' Latest Work. 24 pp.
-- Growing Mulch in Place. by Mark Schonbeck & Ralph DeGregorio
39. Spring/Summer 1990 : A Message to Earthkeepers. 24 pp.
-- The Future of Entomogenous Nematodes and the Modern Insect Pest. by Dave Simser
-- Cover Crops at a Glance. by Mark Schoenbeck & Ralph DeGregorio
-- Cutting Off the Nitrate Supply. by Robert Rivera, Mark Schonbeck & Ralph DeGregorio
[ nitrates in winter-grown greenhouses leafy vegetables ]
34. Winter 1988 : Old Alchemists Write Home. 24 pp.
35. Spring 1989: Educating Tomorrow's Environmentalists'. 24 pp.
-- New Alchemy's Green Classroom. by Judy Salisbury
-- Ecosystems for the Classroom. by Earle Barnhart
36. Summer 1989: Managing Growth. 24 pp.
-- Composting Greenhouse Update. by Mark Schonbeck.
37. Fall 1989 : Promise Rediscovered : New Alchemy's First Twenty Years. 24 pp.
[ an overview of New Alchemy from 1969 to 1989 ]
38. Winter 1989-90: Curcs, Legumes, Fruit Loops & More: Our Researchers' Latest Work. 24 pp.
-- Growing Mulch in Place. by Mark Schonbeck & Ralph DeGregorio
39. Spring/Summer 1990 : A Message to Earthkeepers. 24 pp.
-- The Future of Entomogenous Nematodes and the Modern Insect Pest. by Dave Simser
-- Cover Crops at a Glance. by Mark Schoenbeck & Ralph DeGregorio
-- Cutting Off the Nitrate Supply. by Robert Rivera, Mark Schonbeck & Ralph DeGregorio
[ nitrates in winter-grown greenhouses leafy vegetables ]
40. Fall 1990 : New Alchemy in the '90's. 24 pp.
-- Cover Crops for Weed Control in Lettuce. by Mark Schonbeck, Judy Browne, & Ralph DeGregorio.
BOOKS :
$12.00 (photocopy, unbound) Backyard Fish Farm Book,: Growing Fish in Floating Cages. ,1981. 77 pp.
$25.00 (photocopy, unbound) The Book of the New Alchemists, 1977. 176 pp.
$20.00 (photocopy, unbound) A Teacher's Manual for the Green Classroom - A Garden Based Science Curriculum. Aug 1988. 166 pp
$20.00 (photocopy, unbound) Water Pumping Windmill Book . 1982. 141 pp
$25.00 (photocopy, unbound) A Guide to Home Food Production 1982. 176 pp.
$25.00 (hardback) Gardening for All Seasons 1983. 309 pp.
WORKING PAPERS : [ 1983 - 1988 ]
$ 4.00 1. The Pillow Dome Bioshelter : part 1, data analysis. Fall 1983
$10.00 2. The Pillow Dome Bioshelter : part 2 - test cell investigations. Spring 1984.
$ 6.00 3. Biothermal Energy : cogenerants of thermophilic composting and their integration within food-producing
and waste-recycling systems. Sept 1983. 19 pp.
$ 8.00 4. Year-round vegetable growing in Massachusetts : an economic comparison of a hydroponic greenhouse
and a composting greenhouse. May 1984.
$ 5.00 5. Studies on the suitability of several sages and scented geraniums as host plants for greenhouse whitefly
Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood and its parasite Encarsia formosa Gahan . Fall 1984.
$ 4.00 6. Integrated pest management in bioshelters : research and education. Dec. 1984.
$ 7.00 7. Non-chemical pest control for year-round food production in cold climates : research and education. April 1986
$ 8.00 8. Collaborative projects involving the egg-parasitic wasp, Edovum puttleri. December 1985.
$ 4.00 9. The use of nectar-bearing plants to enhance biological control of pests of collards. Jan 1986.
$18.00 10. Insects visiting flowering herbs on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Fall 1986. 64 pp.
$17.00 11. The New Alchemy Institute superinsulated auditorium : monitoring results - a low-cost computer monitoring system
for superinsulated buildings. Fall 1985.
$15.00 12. Relevant statistics on the life support systems of a typical family of four in New England. Jan 1985. 98 pp.
$25.00 13. An economic analysis of home food production. April 1987. 143 pp.
$ 5.00 14. Alternative technology demonstration houses. Spring 1986.
$ 5.00 16. The thermal performance of the New Alchemy Institute's composting greenhouse. Jan 1987. 19 pp.
$20.00 17. Co-composting dairy manures and bulking agents from the solid waste stream. Jun 1987. 79 pp.
$ 4.00 18. Considerations for New Alchemy Institute's role in green manure research. Aug 1986. 13 pp.
$20.00 19. Nitrogen dynamics in the New Alchemy Institute's composting greenhouse. June 1987. 78 pp.
$ 4.00 20. Toxicity of selected pesticides to the aphid predator Aphidoletes aphidimyza. May 1987.
$ 9.00 21. IPM for food production in cold climates : pesticide tolerance of Aphidoletes aphidimyza. 1987.
$ 9.00 22. Leaf composting pilot projects in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dec. 30, 1987..
$13.00 26. Greenhouse vegetables, nitrates, and human health : a literature review. Dec. 1987. 39 pp.
$12.00 27. Toxins in the home. Sept. 1987. 37 pp.
$15.00 28. The classroom ecosystem. 1988. 51 pp.
$ 8.00 29. lmproved composting greenhouse designs based on energy, nitrogen, and materials handling research. Dec 1987. 28 pp.
$ 5.00 30. Integrated pest management for greenhouse floriculture - chrysanthemums. 1988 .
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