Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule?
An inspiring book for both gardeners and cooksBring Italy to your table by growing your own produceSimple gardening advice and delicious recipesIn 2002 Sarah Fraser and her family moved to a ramshackle Italian farmhouse in Tuscany with dreams of self-sufficiency and a more 'down-to-earth' lifestyle.
';If you're inspired to explore the ways in which you can treat the planet and your body a little better, this little book will give you a comprehensive way to get started.
Keine Angst vor der Zukunft: Ein Ingenieur zeigt, wie wir Nachhaltigkeit und Wohlstand in Einklang bringenAchim Kampker ist Professor, Forscher, verheirateter Vater von fünf Kindern und bekennender Katholik.
An inspiring instructional handbook for transforming idealism into social change The pursuit of freedom and justice is a timeless one, but new activists may not know where to begin, while more experienced ones often become jaded or fatigued.
A delightful anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings celebrating country living-ranging from a philosophy of compost to hymns to the gods of agricultureWhether you farm or garden, live in the country or long to move there, or simply enjoy an occasional rural retreat, you will be delighted by this cornucopia of writings about living and working on the land, harvested from the fertile fields of ancient Greek and Roman literature.
Even though technology makes us more ';connected' than ever, we still hunger for authentic relationshipswith the natural world, our creator, and one another.
Choice Reviews, Outstanding Academic TitleTechniques and systems for processing food scraps, manure, yard debris, paper, and moreTurning waste into wealth sounds too good to be true, but many worm farmers are finding that vermicomposting is a reliable way to do just that.
With in-depth information on electric fencing, watering, and husbandry for ruminants, poultry, and pigs, plus butchering, dairying, and more"e;If we work hard, we sleep well.
Interest in home vegetable gardening has been "e;growing"e; for years, thanks to renewed interest in the local food movement, as well as health and money-saving concerns.
When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes The astonishing upfront carbon of everyday objects from coffee cups to heat pumps, and why electric bikes, not electric cars, are the answer.
TheHomesteader's Natural Chicken Keeping Handbook is the modern homesteader's guide to raising, feeding, breeding, selling, and enjoying the noblest animal on the farmthe chicken.
When Brett Markham published a small black and white handbook about how to run a successful mini farmhe never dreamed how popular the book would soon become.
Embrace off-grid green living with the bestselling classic guide to a more sustainable way of life, now with a brand new foreword from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Being a homesteader today may seem difficult; the world is full of so many gadgets and conveniences, many of which most of us consider necessary to live a full and happy life.
The Renewable Energy Home Handbook is biased towards the practical, and covers the installation of all leading types of alternative domestic energy sources - from ground- and air-source heat pumps, PV solar electricity generation and solar water heating, to bio-mass domestic heating systems and wind turbines.
Harness the power of permaculture to thrive, not just survive, the great transition from fossil fuels Caught between climate change and a fossil fuel-driven economy that demands ever more growth, the world faces a great transition-by design or disaster-away from fossil fuels to an alternative renewable energy future.
More than a fad, tiny housing reflects a long history of alternative living and offers an interdisciplinary - and sometimes contradictory - window into consumerism, structural equity, personal aspirations, and political landscapes.
Sweet Maple is an instructional book on backyard sugarmaking that's also the story of one family's connection to the past on a small New England sugar farm.
Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, Living Architecture highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context.
From commune to ecovillage an in-depth look at the past, present and future of the world's best-known intentional community In the Summer of Love in San Francisco's Haight-Asbury, a charismatic young hippie by the name of Stephen Gaskin launched "e;Monday Night Class"e;a weekly event which drew together an eclectic mix of truth-seekers and flower children.
A beautiful book on the tradition of kantha, a Bengali embroidery technique with a rich heritage rooted in storytelling and upcycling, with inspiration and techniques for contemporary makers.
This ideal gift for gardeners features a photographic collection of beautiful, innovative, ecologically friendly gardens that will inspire and inform anyone with a green thumb, from backyard gardeners to accomplished landscape architects.
