"From environmental activist Rob Greenfield comes an energetic (and sometimes extreme!) guide to creating a sustainable world. In Be the Change, Greenfield guides young readers through some of the trickiest topics of our time: food and water waste, our dependency on fossil fuels, and our love of money and stuff. What our planet needs, he argues, is for us to embrace sustainable living. Be the Change is Greenfield s guide to doing just that. He describes...

A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, The Unsettlers traces the search for the simple life through the stories of three families of new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for--or create--a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.-

This book came about from my many years experience as an independent solar installer and the thousands of questions that people have asked me when they find out I work in solar. I have put together an easy to understand and straightforward guide without the sales pitches. The tools in this book will help you avoid many of the mistakes I have seen over my career installing solar PV. You'll get the information you need to make the solar installation...

Living in a world that is getting more and more expensive can be a frustrating experience. This book gives you tips on how to be successful in your day to day activities, providing you with tried and tested tips. Some of the areas covered are food, schooling, mind mapping and raising children. We have lived all over the US, Hawaii, and New Zealand and these tools have been successful in all areas.

• A guide to humanely raising and ranching rabbits as a profitable meat avenue. • Topics cover housing, feeding, breeding, disease management, market outlets, laws and regulations of the rabbit meat industry, and much more. • Learn to make rational management decisions for your own rabbit farm. • Author Deborah Mays has a degree in Wildlife Biology and academic experience in animal husbandry, and runs her own successful rabbit ranching business....

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming is a comprehensive, one-stop encyclopedic guide for the beginning farmer, hobby farmer, and small-scale family farmer. Are you interested in the country lifestyle or becoming more self-reliant? Do you think about someday raising livestock or growing crops? If you're ready to make these thoughts a reality, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming is the perfect place to start. Farming experts Philip Hasheider...

Welcome to the Agrihood, Living, Shopping, and Gardening for a Farm-to-Table Lifestyle, has something for everyone-new homebuyers, city-dwellers, and retirees. Award-winning author Anna DeSimone explains all the ways that sustainably sourced, locally grown food is healthier, preserves farmland, and lowers your carbon footprint. LIVE IN AGRIHOOD, an eco-friendly, healthy-lifestyle community centered around a professionally managed farm. Discover why...

This workbook was written by authors who understand students, the environment, and the science behind the ways things work. "CSI Your Home" is intended to be read by young people who want to be more effective in reducing waste and preserving the environment. For every reader, a systematic review of habitat and lifestyles can lead to significant savings and an action plan for sustainable living. The research gathered by using this workbook is designed...

From celestial navigation to sharpening blades, Ana Maria Spagna outlines 100 skills you'll find indispensable for life after an apocalyptic global catastrophe. She covers obvious needs like first aid and farming, while also providing suggestions on how to build a safe and culturally rich community through storytelling and music making. Full of quirky illustrations by Brian Cronin, this book will provoke surprise, debate, and laughter as it leads...

* Un libro profusamente ilustrado con soluciones prácticas y nuevas propuestas de los mejores arquitectos italianos * Múltiples y creativas ideas para hacer que incluso el ambiente menos prometedor resulte habitable y acogedor * La vivienda ecológica: sepa todo sobre el uso de materiales, la iluminación, puertas y ventanas, y la decoración. * Los consejos que vienen de Oriente. Una ciencia en especial nos ayuda a conseguir bienestar: es el...