Home-produced food almost always begins in the vegetable garden. So, too, begins "The Backyard Homestead". Planning charts and a thorough vegetable-by-vegetable growing guide are accompanied by simple techniques for canning, drying, and freezing the garden's bounty. The plant section continues with the hows, whens, and wheres of growing fruits, ...
Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--and enjoy a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle--need look no further than this eminently useful guide that features hundreds of projects and old-fashioned fun. Full-color and b&w photographs throughout.
In this day and age, adopting a "green" lifestyle is among the most positive, forward-thinking, and personally fulfilling choices that anyone can make. Yet many women still suspect that it's tedious and time-consuming and far from the glamour of modern life. But being green doesn't have to make life grey - and for the fashionable woman who's ...
We are what we eat, but we also are what we use to clean our homes, pamper our skin, and decorate our rooms, according to Renee Loux, accomplished raw food chef, and award-winning author. In her new book, "Easy Green Living", she applies her whole-foods philosophy to home, garden, and beauty routines.Renee Loux demonstrates that being green at ...
What is the reason for the great divide between environmental sentiment and individual actions? Author and environmental consultant Trask seeks to answer this question--and solve the disparity--with a new book that makes it easy to be an environmentalist, no matter how busy or hectic one's lifestyle.
"The Urban Homestead" is the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban homesteaders choose instead to act. By growing their own food and harnessing natural energy, they are planting ...
The environmental movement and rising awareness of global warming have sparked an interest in green living. People want to know what they can do to live sustainable lives. In this book, you will find an overview of global warming and environmental degradation of air, water, and soil; what sustainable living is and how to do it; how to cut down on ...
In 2000 the dynamic Rhizome Collective transformed an abandoned warehouse in Austin, Texas, into a sustainability training center. The group's first book provides city dwellers with step-by-step instructions for producing food, collecting water, managing waste, reclaiming land, and generating energy.
Take the first step toward a better environment. Awareness of global climate change has reached critical mass around the world, and people are looking to see how the choices they make affect the environment. This highly practical and easy-to-use reference helps readers understand how to do their part to combat global warming in simple but ...
Want to do your part to reduce energy consumption, waste, and pollution; clean up the environment, and save the planet? "Green Living For Dummies" is packed with practical suggestions you can follow to make your lifestyle greener by doing as little damage as possible to the planet and the animal and plant life that depend on it. This practical ...
Paper or plastic? Organic or conventional? In a world that is rapidly going "green," how does the average person make decisions that are smart for the family-and good for the planet? The Green Guide is here to help, with the concepts and choices for Earth-conscious living. Presented in concise, information-packed chapters, this up-to-the-minute ...
Rufus and Lawson invite readers to discover one of the most gratifying--and inexpensive--ways there is to go green. "The Scavengers' Manifesto" offers eco-minded people a framework for adopting scavenging as a philosophy and a way of life.
Eco-consciousness has changed the cars we buy, the way we build houses, the food we eat, and now it's becoming a major trend in crafting. In "Sewing Green DIYer" Betz White presents 25 sewing projects for home and family made out of re purposed materials (such as blankets and pillow covers sewn from reclaimed, felted sweaters; lounge pants ...
With frequent warnings about water and energy shortages, and the potential dangers of pesticides and genetically modified foods, many people nurture a dream of living a 'self-sufficient' lifestyle.With these people in mind, this comprehensive yet easy-to-read book examines what it truly takes to live off the fat of the land. Authors Alan and Gill ...
Josh Dorfman, the author of STC's hit "The Lazy Environmentalist", is back with "The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget". In a fun, casual style, "The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget" informs readers about how to affordably embrace an environmentally responsible lifestyle. It offers advice for everyone including students heading off to college, ...
Host of the popular cable network programs "Living Fresh" and "Get Fresh with Sara Snow" brings her special blend of expert advice, enthusiasm, and realistic solutions to help readers make simple, practical changes with and for their families.
A series of depletions - food, water, and energy, combined with climate change, rising prices, and real estate foreclosures - are all coming together to threaten the security of ordinary families and future generations.
For girls who care about global warming, and next season's hot looks, Green is the New Black is a must-have accessory. Does our shopping addiction contribute to climate change? What's so special about organic cotton? Who are the real fashion victims behind the GBP3 jeans? From the truth about fast fashion to the best biodegradable shoes, from ...
Going green is a family affaira] Parents and kids making the world a better place. Eco-friendliness has grown into a way of life across the country. Eco-Friendly Families is the perfect guide to raising a family with agreena values, whether theyare celebrating their first Earth Day or are old hands at recycling, eating organic, and carrying a ...
We live in an oil-dependent world, and have got to this level of dependency in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most people don't want to think about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but "The Transition Handbook" ...
Anyone considering a shift to a greener way of living must get this inspirational and practical guide. With easy-to-read layouts and simple text, it runs the full ecological gamut, from geothermal heating to crop rotation to soap making. The Bridgewaters, well-regarded garden writers, help readers answer questions such as how much land they really ...
Beth Greer had been living what she considered a healthy lifestyle when a medical crisis prompted her to re-evaluate everything - from the food she ate to the personal-care products she used and the environment she lived in. Now, in "Super Natural Home", she shows the alarming extent of the dangerous chemicals we unwittingly expose ourselves to ...
Urban Eco Chic is about achieving a balance between function and style, teamed with a conscious effort to reduce one's environmental impact. Oliver Heath, one of Britain's most exciting decorators, has developed an original style that combines the use of pioneering technologies powered by the least energy possible, sustainable natural materials ...
From harnessing natural forms of energy to raising crops, keeping livestock, preserving food to making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, and weaving, "The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It" is more relevant than ever and is the ultimate practical guide for realists and dreamers alike.
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