1. List of Sources
List of Sources
Zero Cost Living: Complete list of sources:
REFERENCES BY CHAPTER:
References from Chapter 1: Introduction
Under a Green Sky by Peter D. Ward
No Shortcut to the Top by Ed Viesturs
The Road by Jack London
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Sailing the Farm by Ken Neumeyer
Shantyboat by Harlan Hubbard
Voyaging on a Small Income by Annie Hill
The Owner built Homestead by Ken Kern
The Contrary Farmer by Gene Logsdon
The Farm by Louis Broomfield
Walden by Thoreau
References from Chapter 2: Extreme Thrift
www.hollowtop.com/sandals.htm
Shelters Sheds and Shanties by D.C.Beard
The First Billion is the Hardest by T. Boone Pickens
Healthy at 100 by John Robbins
Living Homes by Thomas Elpel.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel
Doing Nothing by Tom Lutz
Participating in Nature by Thomas Elpel
Enlightened Chocolate by Camilla V. Saulsbury, Cumberland House Publishing
Nashville, TN).
Walden by Thoreau
References from Chapter 3: Homeless
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Road by Jack London
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
www.thehomelessguy.blogspot.com
www.Thespoon.com/trainhop
Predators: Who they are and how to stop them. by Cooper, King and McHoes.
Into Thin Air by John Krakouer
“An appeal to the homeless. Self sufficiency through shoplifting” by Lone Wolf and
Prometheus.
Desperate Voyage by John Caldwell
How to Live in the Woods on Pennies a Day by Bradford Angier 1971 by Stackpole
Books ISBN 0-8117-2009-8
Stalking the Wild Asparagus by Euell Gibbons
Botany in a Day by Thomas Elpel
How I Lived Seven Years without Electricity and Running Water by Esther Holmes.

2. Participating in Nature by Thomas Elpel
Book of Survival by Anthony Greenbank 1967 Harper and Row
Homeless Living: A Week in a Library by Venus Lee
Sleep Close to the Fire by Jim Allen
Living Well on Practically Nothing by Edward Romney
Art of Nothing by Thomas Elpel
www.hollowtop.com - Thomas Elpel
A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
www.kenkifer.com
Art of Cycling by Robert Hurst.
Easy Rider
Car Living Your Way by A.J. Haim
10 Consecutive Years Living in Cars by Craig Roberts
Mobile Homeless: One woman’s account of living on the streets of San Francisco in her
camper-truck. by Cynthia Johnston San Francisco Chronicle March 2, 2003.
www.tinytears.com
How to Build Campers and Trailers by Gartner.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer 1996
Tananaina Plantlore by
How to Live in the Woods on Pennies a Day by Bradford Angier 1971 by Stackpole
Books ISBN 0-8117-2009-8
Botany in a Day by Thomas Elpel
Grass Beyond the Mountains: The true story of the discovery of the last great cattle
frontier on the North American Continent by Richmond P. Hobson:
Freshwater Saga by Eric and Pam Morse
Water and Sky by Alan Kesselheim:
References for Chapter 4: Seasteading
Shantyboat and Payne Hollow by Harlan Hubbard
The Self Sufficient Sailor and other books by Lin and Larry Parday
Voyaging on a Small Income and other books by Annie and Pete Hill.
One Hand for Yourself One for the Ship and other books by Tristan Jones:
Incredible Voyage by Tristan Jones
Sailing the Farm by Ken Neumeyer
Living off the Sea by Bonnie O”Boyle
Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach by Don Casey & Lew Hackler
The Simplistic Sailboat by Dan Hookham
Seasteading by Jerome FitzGerald
www.the cheap pages.com
References from chapter 5: Homesteading
Payne Hollow by Harlan Hubbard
The Farm by Louis Broomfield
One Man’s Wilderness by Dick Proenneke
Alone in the Wilderness
oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com
Living Well on Practically Nothing by Edward H. Romney
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel

3. How to Live in the Woods on Pennies a Day by Bradford Angier,
Museum of Early American Tools by Eric Sloane
Living Homes by Thomas Eppler,
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by D.C. Beard
Water and Sky by Alan Kesselheim Dell Publishing1989
Natural Solar Architecture by David Wright.
Whole Earth Catalog,
Resurgence,
Radical Technology,
The Integral Urban House
The Carbon Free House: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit by
Stephen and Rebekah Hren Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 2008 P.O.B 428 White River
Junction VT 05001.
builditsolar.com
aprovecho.net and aprovecho.org
The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse by Rick Fischer and Bill Yanda Design,
Construction, and Operation John Muir publ. 1980 Santa Fe New Mexico 87501
www. realgoods.com
Goodbye to the Flush Toilet by
builditsolar.com
The Contrary Farmer by Gene Logsdon
New Farm magazine July/August 1990.
Gardening Without Work by Ruth Stout.
Jeff Ball’s 60 Minute Vegetable Garden by Jeff Ball
Home Hydroponic System.
‘Low Cost Versatile Hoophouses’ by George DeVault. 2003. The Mother Earth News
Feb.-Mar. issue 2003.
Article Earth Sheltered Greenhouse by Mike Oehler in The Mother Earth News Feb-Mar
2004 issue 202
Rocket Stoves by Ianto Evans
builditsolar.com/projects/Sunspace/sunspaces.htm.
Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacker
Natural Cures “they” don’t want you to know about and Natural Cures Revealed by
Kevin Trudeau web site: www.naturalcures.com Alliance Publishing Group Elk Grove
Village, Illinois
The Forgotten Arts and Crafts by John Seymour 2001 Edition. Dorling Kindersley
Publishing, Inc. 95 Madison Avenue N.Y. N.Y. 10016 ISBN 0-7894-5847-0
How I Lived Seven Years without Electricity and Running Water by Esther Holmes.
No Shortcut to the Top by Ed Vestiers
Hopping Freight Trains in America by Duffy Littlejohn (Sand River Press 1993)
www.slackaction.com/hopping.html
www.Thespoon.com/trainhop.
Eighty Acres by Ron Jager
Roving in Open Boats by Ian Nicolson (Ashford Press publishing, Southhampton,
England 1988).
The Simplistic Sailboat by Dan Hookham

4. Eiger Dream: Ventures Among Men and Mountains The Lyons Press 1990 by Jon
Krakauer
References from Chapter 6: Comfortable Living:
The Conduct of Life by Emerson
The Cure by Timothy Brantley
Reversing Heart Disease by Dr. Dean Ornish, Ballentine Books 1990
Organic Housekeeping by Ellen Sandbeck
The Perricone Promise by Nicholas Perricone
www.sproutman.com.
The Hundred Year Lie by Randall Fitzgerald
www.mitleidermethodgardening@yahoogroups.com
Goodbye to the Flush Toilet: Water Saving Alternatives to Cesspools, Septic Tanks, and
Sewers by Carol Hupping Stoner (Editor) 1978.
The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins, Jenkins Publishing Grove City Pa. 3rd
Edition 2005.
Good Germs, Bad Germs by Jessica Snyder Sachs, Hill and Wang Publishers 2007.
Shantyboat by Harlan Hubbard.
England’s Ideal by Edward Carpenter 1909.
Alcohol Can be a Gas by David Blume International Institute for Ecological Agriculture
2007.
Solviva ‘How to Grow $$500,000 on One Acre and Peace on Earth’ by Anna Edey
(Trailblazer Press 1998).
MetroFarm: The Guide to Growing for Big Profit on a Small Parcel of Land by Michael
Olson (TS Books 1994).
Natural Solar Architecture: A Passive Primer, by David Wright
The Passive Solar Energy Book by Edward Mazria, Rodale Press 1979
The Passive Solar House by James Kachadonian, Chelsea Green Publishing 2006.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Working Alone: Tips and Techniques for Solo Building by John Carroll
The Taunton Press, Inc. Newtown , CT 2001
Home Hydroponic System by John Duckworth - Papa Duck’s Water Farm P. O. Box 1080
Weaverville, N.C.28787
www.realgoods.com
‘Miami Murder Mystery’ by John Lantigua from Dwell, architectural magazine June
2001 page 64.
Finnish Fireplace; Heart of the Home by A Barden and H. Hyytiainen, (Finnish Building
Center 1993)
Rocket Stoves to Heat Cob Buildings by Ianto Evans with Leslie Jackson
Solar Energy: Why it’s better than ever’ by Scott Gibson in Mother Earth News
August/Sept. 2008.
Participating in Nature by Thomas Elpel
Never shower in a Thunderstorm by Anahad O’Connor
The Vinegar Book by Emily Thacker (Tresco Publishers, 12th edition 1996)
frugal about .com
www. bangernomics.com

5. Drive it Forever by Bob Sikorsky
How to Repair Your Car by Paul Brand
Build Your Own Sports Car for as Little as L250 ($465 U.S.) by Ron Champion
Haynes Publishing 2nd edition 2000
“A cars middle back seat may be least desirable but is the safest.” University of Buffalo
study by Detrich Jehle, M.D June 27, 2007.
ecomodder.com/blog/a-672-electric car
Electricity4Gas.com
1993 Update: David Arthur’s’ Amazing Hybrid Electric Car interview by Matt Scanlon in
The Mother Earth News June/July 1993.
Art of Cycling by Robert Hurst
www.Kenkifer.com
Bicycling magazine - March 2006 issue.
Los Viegos by Grace Halsell
The Foxfire Book Edited by Eliot Wigginton Anchor BooksDoubleday1972.
Foxfire Book 2 Edited by Eliot Wigginton Anchor Books Doubleday1972.
Voyaging on a Small Income by Annie Hill
The Simplistic Sailboat by Dan Hookum
Tabernacles and Hinged Mast Steps’ beginning on page 58 in the magazine ‘Small Boat
Journal - January 1989 issue.
Eiger Dream: Ventures Among Men and Mountains The Lyons Press 1990 by Jon
Krakauer
The Ten Roads to Riches by Ken Fischer
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
References for chapter 7: Society Practicing ZCL:
Car Living Your Way by A. J. Heim.
How to Live in the Woods on Pennies a Day by Bradford Angier
Civil Disobedience by Thoreau
References from Chapter 8: Society verses ZCL:
The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter
The Farm by Louis Broomfield
Eighty Acres by Ronald Jager
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Waiting for the Morning Train by Bruce Catton
The Jungle by Sinclair Lewis
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
The Blue Death by Dr. Robert Morris
The Worst Hard Times by Timothy Egan
The Foxfire Book edited by Eliot Wigginton.
‘A Primer on the Thirties’ by John Steinbeck Esquire: October 1973
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
Manzilla Firefox
Fields Farms and Workshops Tomorrow by Petr Kropotkin 1912
172 Sources (some used several times)
SOURCES: from the end of the book (some already listed in the text and so not repeated

6. here).
It would be possible to make a hundred page book of sources useful for ZCL. Here are a
few. Some of these books I own and some are obtainable from a library sometimes using
their exchange service with other libraries. Some are out of print. Look for out-of -print
books on the internet, at garage sales and at flea markets where, following good ZCL
practice, many of my books were obtained for a dollar or two.
Most magazines, web sites and books used as references in this book are already
described right in the text so to avoid repetition and save space I have not included most
of them here.
MAGAZINES These have good web sites
with free articles.
Back Home
The Mother Earth News
Organic Gardening from Rodale Press
Hemmings Motor News Articles on old cars. Parts for sale.
Messing About in Boats
Small Boat Journal - long out of print. Look for copies in bookstores and websites selling
old magazines.
WEB SITES These are all preceded by
the usual “www”.
Living Cheap News by Larry Roth
The Cheap Page Free information and sources for cheap house building methods.
Frugalliving.About .com: Exhaustive tips many sent in by readers on cheap living.
Frugalcorner.com: links to dozens of web sites.
Gutenburg Project. Free books online.
Firefox Free software for internet browser.
Manzilla free software for web site building.
Linux Free operating system software.
Craigslist free advertising for stuff for sale.
Freecycle Free stuff from neighbors.
Lehmans.com Tools, supplies, products materials made and used by the Amish.
kenkifer.com: Philosophy,bike travel and camping.
propertyroom.com police auctions online – cheap stuff.
simpleliving.net extensive writings on ‘Voluntary Simplicity’.
iwon.com free web stuff.
webstakes.com free web stuff.
freebiesisland.com freebies.
OnlineBookTrader.com book exchange often for the cost of postage only.
Titletrade.com book exchange.

7. Paperbackswap.com book exchange.
Ocw.mit.edu all the course material for all the courses at M. I. T.
Sciencedaily.com all of the latest science news.
Idle theory.com google this for web sites on the value of idleness.
Thehomelessguy.com musings and personal experiences of a homeless guy - Kevin
Barbieux.
Whywork.org self explanatory.
Benandjerries.com example of a great website
Natural Building Colloquium Straw bale other often low cost houses.
Organic and health food sources online:
Sproutman.com sprouts
Diamondorganics.com organic foods
Heliosnutrition.com kefir
Pomwonderful.com pomegranate juice
Sambazon.com acai
Mothernature.com barley grass, wheat grass
Greenfoods.comwestbrae.com beans
Organicfruitsandnuts.com nuts and seeds
New-chapter.com tumeric spice
Interhealthusa.com berry extract
BOOKS:
I have not included publisher information
on many of these books because you may
easily track most of them down on
Amazon, E-bay, or ABE books online. The
title, and/or author should be enough
information for you to find them.
PHILOSOPY
Walden by Thoreau
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell Destitution and how to survive it
Doing Nothing by Tom Lutz 2006
Into the Wild by John Krakauer: 1996 about Chris McCandless’s attempt to live free.
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson Online home based business possibilities.
The Farm by Louis Broomfield The rise and fall of the American Farm Culture.
No Shortcut to the Top by Ed Viesturs 2006 Mountain Climbing
Fields, Factories and Workshops Tomorrow by Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin 1912

8. GENERAL GUIDES
Living Well on Practically Nothing by Edward H. Romney
Living Well on a Shoestring by Yankee Magazine 2000
Alone in the Wilderness by Dick Prennke
Participating In Nature by Thomas Elpel
Botany in a Day by Thomas Elpel
Stalking the Wild Asparagus by Euell Gibbons
Permaculture any and all books on this subject.
Homesteading Adventures by Sue Robishaw
Sleep Close to the Fire by Jim Allen
How I Lived Seven Years without Electricity and Running Water by Esther Holmes.
HEALTH
Healthy at 100 by John Robbins 2006
The Hundred Year Lie by Randall Fitzgerald 2006 How Food and Medicine are
Destroying Your Health.
Los Viejos by Grace Halsell
Clean and Green by Annie Berthold-Bond 1990 Cheap and natural cleaning ingedients
Feasting on Raw Foods edited by Charles Gerras
Home Remedies by Sid Kircheimer and Prevention Magazine
Nutritional Healing by James and Phyllis Balk
SHELTER
$50 and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler
The Cobbers Companion by Michael G. Smith
The Hand Sculpted House A Practical and Philosphical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith and Linda Smiley
Rocket Stoves to Heat cob Buildings by Ianto Evans with Leslie Jackson
Straw bale books by Athena and Bill Stern
Little House on a Small Planet by Shay Salomon
How I Lived 10 Consecutive Years in Cars by Craig Roberts
Living Homes by Thomas Elpel
TRANSPORTATION
Build Yourself a Sports Car for as Little as L250 ($465 U.S.) by Ron Champion Haynes
Publishing 2nd edition 2000.
The At of Cycling by Robert Hurst
kenkifer.com describing the bike journeys of Ken Kifer.
Drive It Forever by Bob Sikorsky 1997
Car Living Your Way by A.J. Hain
Google ‘no car city’ or ‘car free city’ and ‘Curitiba’ for web sites devoted to this topic.
GARDENS AND GREENHOUSES
All books and website on the ‘Mittleider Method’ of gardening

9. Your Homemade Greenhouse by Jack Kramer
Building a Solar Heated Pit Greenhouse by Garden Way Publishing
Any Organic Gardening books by Rodale Press
Watering Systems for Lawn and Garden A Do-It-Yourself Guide by R. Dodge Woodson
1996
Drip Irrigation for every landscape and all climates by Robert Kourik 1992
Home Hydroponic System by John Duckworth - Papa Duck’s Water Farm P. O. Box 1080
Weaverville, N.C.28787.