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Preparing for Off-Grid Survival: How to live a self-sufficient, modern-day life
ISBN: 9781477692202 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Harvesting H2o: A prepper's guide to the collection, treatment, and storage of drinking water while living off the grid.
ISBN: 9781481269933 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How to find, purify, filter, and store clean drinking water is of primary importance to preppers and off-grid homesteaders. Water is the element that sustains all life, but most of the earth's surface water is unsafe for human consumption. Nicholas Hyde's latest work may well become the most important reference book in your survival kit. Learn how to drill your own well using hand tools, how to properly harvest rainwater, how to find water in the wild, and what to do with your infinitely renewable water supply once you have established it. Topics covered include: The Dangers of Drinking Wild...
How to find, purify, filter, and store clean drinking water is of primary importance to preppers and off-grid homesteaders. Water is the element that ...
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Recipe for Survival: A homesteading guide for putting self-sustained food on your off-grid table.
ISBN: 9781483915371 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,26 |
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Enough
ISBN: 9780340935927 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Naish, a Times journalist, offers an expose of the dangers of having too much of everything and explains how we can live happier, healthier and greener lives."
John Naish, a Times journalist, offers an expose of the dangers of having too much of everything and explains how we can live happier, healthier and g...
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Hobby Farming for Dummies
ISBN: 9780470281727 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you long for the country life? Hobby Farming For Dummies is a practical guide that will show you how to handle all the basics of small-scale farming, from growing healthy crops to raising livestock and managing your property. You'll see how to decide what to farm, provide shelter and utilities, select plants, and protect your investment. It's all you need to dig in and start growing
You'll get a real idea of what it really means to jump from your current lifestyle to a life farming in the countryside. You'll get the information you need to decide if the farming lifestyle is... Do you long for the country life? Hobby Farming For Dummies is a practical guide that will show you how to handle all the basics of small-scale...
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Wind Power For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470496374 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The consumer guide to small-scale wind electricity production
Maybe you're not T. Boone Pickens, but you can build your own home-sized wind-power empire right in your back yard. Wind Power For Dummies supplies all the guidance you need to install and maintain a sustainable, cost-effective wind generator to power your home for decades to come. This authoritative, plain-English guide walks you through every step of the process, from assessing your site and available wind sources to deciding whether wind power is the solution for you, from understanding the... The consumer guide to small-scale wind electricity production
Maybe you're not T. Boone Pickens, but you can build your own ho... |
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110,67 |
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It's Not Easy Being Green : One Family's Journey Towards Eco-friendly Living
ISBN: 9780563539254 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. """It s Not Easy Being Green" follows Dick Strawbridge and his family as they leave their comfortable home in the Midlands to tackle a remarkable self-sufficiency projectNew House Farm in Cornwall. Their main objective is to have as little negative impact on the planet as possible by producing no waste and removing their dependency upon fossil fuelsall without compromising on their comfortable, modern 21st-century lifestyles. It s a laudable aim, but they are definitely not eco-warriors With his hands-on, flamboyant approach, Dick offers practical tips on everything, from constructing water...
"""It s Not Easy Being Green" follows Dick Strawbridge and his family as they leave their comfortable home in the Midlands to tackle a remarkable self...
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Green Wizardry: Conservation, Solar Power, Organic Gardening, and Other Hands-On Skills from the Appropriate Tech Toolkit
ISBN: 9780865717473 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Merlin, Gandalf, Voldemort--these well-known sorcerers from popular culture are famed for their amazing spells and spectacular magical powers. In ancient times, however, a wizard was actually a freelance intellectual whose main stock in trade was good advice, supported by a thorough education in agriculture, navigation, political and military science, languages, commerce, mathematics, medicine, and the natural sciences--in essence, the true Renaissance man. John Michael Greer proposes a modern mage for uncertain times; one who possesses a startling array of practical skills gleaned... Merlin, Gandalf, Voldemort--these well-known sorcerers from popular culture are famed for their amazing spells and spectacular magical powers. In a... |
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Smart Energy Technologies in Everyday Life: Smart Utopia?
ISBN: 9781137267047 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book interrogates the global utopian vision for smart energy technologies and the new energy consumer intended to realise it. It enriches and extends the possibilities of four residential smart strategies: energy feedback, dynamic pricing, home automation and micro-generation, focusing on how they are being integrated into everyday practice.
This book interrogates the global utopian vision for smart energy technologies and the new energy consumer intended to realise it. It enriches and ext...
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Wild Edibles: A Practical Guide to Foraging, with Easy Identification of 60 Edible Plants and 67 Recipes
ISBN: 9781583946022 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this field guide to foraging wild edible plants, Sergei Boutenko (son of raw-food guru Victoria Boutenko) explores the health benefits of wild-harvested food, explains how to safely identify trailside weeds, herbs, fruits, and greens that grow worldwide, and shares his delicious, nutrient-dense recipes.
Sergei Boutenko has been gathering wild plants since he was 13, when, early on in a 6-month hike from Mexico to Canada, he and his raw-food family ran out of provisions and turned to foraging for survival in the wild. Back in civilization, Boutenko was dismayed by the inferior quality... In this field guide to foraging wild edible plants, Sergei Boutenko (son of raw-food guru Victoria Boutenko) explores the health benefits of wild-harv...
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Toward a Zero Energy Home: A Complete Guide to Energy Self-Sufficiency at Home
ISBN: 9781600851438 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Zero Energy Home (ZEH) - a home that produces as much energy as it consumes - is an idea whose time has come Authors David Johnston and Scott Gibson (Green from the Ground Up) explore the design and construction of self-sufficient houses from start to finish. They make the case for a ZEH; cite climate and geographic challenges; describe exactly how to go about building an energy-efficient home; and feature ten houses that were built for zero energy living. With unequaled knowledge and a passion for the subject, the authors walk... A Zero Energy Home (ZEH) - a home that produces as much energy as it consumes - is an idea whose time has come Authors D... |
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The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability
ISBN: 9781604860801 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part memoir, nutritional primer, and political manifesto, this controversial examination exposes the destructive history of agriculturecausing the devastation ofprairies and forests, driving countless species extinct, altering the climate, and destroying the topsoiland asserts that, in order to save the planet, food must come from within living communities. In order for this to happen, the argument champions eating locally and sustainably and encourages those with the resources to grow their own food. Further examining the question of what to eat from the perspective of both human and...
Part memoir, nutritional primer, and political manifesto, this controversial examination exposes the destructive history of agriculturecausing the dev...
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Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living: Expert Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists
ISBN: 9781610911924 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can each of us live Cooler Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days--what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work--may seem small, collectively they have a big effect on global warming. But which changes in our lifestyles might make the biggest difference to the climate? This science-based guide shows you the most effective ways to cut your own global warming emissions by twenty percent or more, and explains why your individual contribution is so vital to addressing this global problem. Cooler Smarter is based on an in-depth, two-year study...
How can each of us live Cooler Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days--what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to ...
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The Prepper's Workbook: Checklists, Worksheets, and Home Projects to Protect Your Family from Any Disaster
ISBN: 9781612432267 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A STEP-BY-STEP, DON'T-OVERLOOK-ANYTHING WORKBOOK OF DIY PROJECTS THAT PREPARE HOME AND FAMILY FOR ANY LIFE-THREATENING CATASTROPHE From earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes to floods, wildfires, and even civil strife, disasters threaten your home and safety no matter where you live. Fortunately, The Prepper's Workbook offers step-by-step instructions that will guarantee your family is fully prepared for whatever the world has in store, including: - Checklists to stock up on life-saving survival supplies
- Projects to fortify your home from the... A STEP-BY-STEP, DON'T-OVERLOOK-ANYTHING WORKBOOK OF DIY PROJECTS THAT PREPARE HOME AND FAMILY FOR ANY LIFE-THREATENING CATASTROPHE |
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The Ultimate Self-Sufficiency Handbook: A Complete Guide to Baking, Crafts, Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals, and More
ISBN: 9781616087104 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This compact guide provides advice, tips, and step-by-step instructions for hundreds of projects, offering the entire family the tools they need to make the shift toward self-sufficient living. Readers will learn to dip candles, bake bread, make maple syrup, start a vineyard, and much more. With special features for young homesteaders, this is an essential family guide to self-sufficient living.
- Bake Pies, Cakes, and Bread - Grow Vegetables yy Raise Chickens - Keep Bees - Preserve Your Harvest - Cure Meats - Build a Treehouse - Spin Wool -... This compact guide provides advice, tips, and step-by-step instructions for hundreds of projects, offering the entire family the tools they need to ma...
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The Economical Environmentalist: My Attempt to Live a Low-Carbon Life and What It Cost
ISBN: 9781844078080 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reducing your carbon emissions in an economic downturn can be challenging, but saving the planet doesn't have to cost you more. In distilling and building on his own experience of trying to live a low carbon life, Vaze Prashant helps us navigate the choices that confront us all.
Reducing your carbon emissions in an economic downturn can be challenging, but saving the planet doesn't have to cost you more. In distilling and buil...
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How to Live a Low-Carbon Life : The Individual's Guide to Tackling Climate Change
ISBN: 9781844079100 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'How to Live a Low Carbon Life' provides the first comprehensive, one-stop reference guide to calculating individual carbon emissions and it lays out clear plans for how individuals can reduce their emissions. The book provides easy-to-use tables for conducting a personal lifestyle 'carbon audit'.
'How to Live a Low Carbon Life' provides the first comprehensive, one-stop reference guide to calculating individual carbon emissions and it lays out ...
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Energy Efficiency in Old Houses
ISBN: 9781847970770 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most people in the UK live in an old house built before the age of modern building regulations and energy-efficiency standards, and one in fourUK residentslives in a house that is at least a century old.However, it is possible to upgrade existing housing stock and to live inthese old houses in an energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable way.In an age of relentlessly rising energy costs, global warming, and climate change, it pays to put an old house in order. This invaluable book is packed full of useful information and tips to improve the energy efficiency of an old house...
Most people in the UK live in an old house built before the age of modern building regulations and energy-efficiency standards, and one in fourUK resi...
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Log Book: Getting The Best From Your Woodburning Stove
ISBN: 9781856231572 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a wood-burning stove effectively is both an art and a science. In this friendly, comprehensive guide, chartered forester and woodfuel expert Will Rolls talks the reader through the theory and practice of getting the best results from their stove. From finding the fuel and seasoning it to lighting the stove and operating it cleanly, this book describes the best techniques for looking after your log stove.
The Log Book covers log suppliers, avoiding too much smoke and ash, checking fuel quality, and picking the best wood for your fire. This second edition includes: ...Using a wood-burning stove effectively is both an art and a science. In this friendly, comprehensive guide, chartered forester and woodfuel expert Wil...
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Sustainable Me: Green Tips and Terms for the Environmentally Conscious
ISBN: 9781492271697 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sustainable Me: Green Tips and Terms for the Environmentally Conscious. In March of 2008 PointsWestGroup.com merged a passion for the sustainable lifestyle and the former real estate web site re-opened as YourEcoTeam.com with seven pages to assist clients in "greening" both their homes and lifestyles. As a Realtor-"Eco-Broker" with value-added green pages on my web site my goal was to help clients make sustainable choices when purchasing or marketing a home. In recent months, my site has become YellowPagesForGreenStuff.com and has a mission of helping visitors to make economically sound,...
Sustainable Me: Green Tips and Terms for the Environmentally Conscious. In March of 2008 PointsWestGroup.com merged a passion for the sustainable life...
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