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Building Open Ponds: Make Biofuels, Health Food, Fertilizers, Animal Feed, and More.
ISBN: 9781481063128 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Product Review: "This is a great book on how to make algae biodiesel using ponds. People around the world contact us all the time about creating renewable energy using algae. This book makes it possible for them to do so in their own back yard. Great job " Vic. Garlington http: //www.70CentsaGallon.com The first complete manual on building open ponds. From backyard units to commercial sized ponds, this books outlines the steps necessary and contains all the information you need. With open ponds, a person has the ability to make: Algae Biofuels Health Food Supplements Organic Fertilizer Animal...
Product Review: "This is a great book on how to make algae biodiesel using ponds. People around the world contact us all the time about creating renew...
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903,53 zł |
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How to Lower Home Energy Bills: From A to Z: Easy to Use Illustrated Guide to Lower Home Energy Bills
ISBN: 9781475234244 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Step-by-Step advice on how to reduce the electricity, gas, and water use in your home. Over 100 ways to lower utility bills by making your home more energy efficient. The information in this book is compiled from 13 U.S. Government web sites, residential home energy rating services, and home energy performance contractors. Learn how to: Energy audit your own home (or choose a professional), develop a plan to reduce energy use, track your progress. Advice from A to Z on insulation, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, appliances, electronics, plumbing, renewable energy, tax credits, and...
Step-by-Step advice on how to reduce the electricity, gas, and water use in your home. Over 100 ways to lower utility bills by making your home more e...
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68,57 zł |
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The Single Woman's Guide to Urban Disaster Preparedness: How to keep your dignity and maintain your comfort amid the chaos
ISBN: 9781479276400 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered how you would cope if there was a disaster? What would you need if there was no power or communication for an extended period? Would you be prepared to remain in your home for a few days, a week, or a month without venturing outside? Can you put your hands on exactly what you would like to take with you if you had to evacuate? Written specifically for a single woman living in an urban environment, this is a practical guide to prepare your home for safety and comfort for as long as you would need to stay inside. You will learn what you would need to have on hand, where...
Have you ever wondered how you would cope if there was a disaster? What would you need if there was no power or communication for an extended period? ...
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29,77 zł |
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The Pellet Stove Almanack: Home Heating Joins the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780615745589 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pellet stoves have an aura of mystery surrounding them. There's quite a bit of buzz about them, but accurate information is hard to obtain, and apparently conflicting claims abound. I set out a few years back, not to write a book, but to buy a pellet stove for my home. As I probed deeper, my fascination with this astonishing technology grew until I concluded that pellet stoves are what other heating systems want to be when they grow up. Nearly all conventional heating systems today are centered on post-Civil War technology. The modern pellet stove is truly the only 21st Century heat source in...
Pellet stoves have an aura of mystery surrounding them. There's quite a bit of buzz about them, but accurate information is hard to obtain, and appare...
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63,98 zł |
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The Stuff Cure: How we lost 8,000 pounds of stuff for fun, profit, virtue, and a better world
ISBN: 9781480162372 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One secret of a happy life-having just the right stuff, with no clutter. The Stuff Cure shows you how this goal is achievable. It's a proven method to unstuff your excess, organize what you keep, and regain control of your life. Along the way, you'll find opportunities for fun, profit, virtue, and helping create a better world.
One secret of a happy life-having just the right stuff, with no clutter. The Stuff Cure shows you how this goal is achievable. It's a proven method to...
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68,75 zł |
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A Complete Guide To Self Sufficiency In The Modern World: How To Grow What You Eat From The Garden For Healthy Homesteading
ISBN: 9781481290098 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A lot of persons wonder what homesteading is and how it fits into our modern society. In a nutshell it is a return to being self sufficient, living off the land if you will. As more and more individuals are trying to find ways to save money they are looking at ways to grow what they can. A lot may find it surprising to know that having a boxed garden or a potted garden is an urban way to homestead.
This book provides all the information that one could ever want to know on a basic level about homesteading and how to make the transition to becoming more self sufficient. What many... A lot of persons wonder what homesteading is and how it fits into our modern society. In a nutshell it is a return to being self sufficient, living of...
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32,06 zł |
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Watts In This For Me?: A Skeptic's Guide To Home Energy Efficiency
ISBN: 9781482699661 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his new book Watts In This For Me? A Skeptic's Guide To Home Energy Efficiency, Jeffrey Tamburro addresses the simple premise that energy efficiency is something that will benefit everyone and the information about it can be conveyed without getting into political discussions or being overly technical. If you ever considered making energy efficiency upgrades to your home, but were turned off by a political agenda you didn't agree with, didn't want to get scolded about the way you live, couldn't understand any of the technology, thought it was too expensive or thought it just didn't work,...
In his new book Watts In This For Me? A Skeptic's Guide To Home Energy Efficiency, Jeffrey Tamburro addresses the simple premise that energy efficienc...
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55,04 zł |
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Comfort in a Lower Carbon Society
ISBN: 9780415852869 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Current expectations and standards of comfort are almost certainly unsustainable and new methods and ideas will be required if there is to be any prospect of a significantly lower carbon society. This collection reassesses relationships between people and the multitude of environments they inhabit in the context of increasing carbon intensities of everyday life. In this bold and unconventional volume historians, sociologists, environmentalists, geographers, and cultural theorists provoke and stimulate debate about the future of comfort in a lower carbon society. These contributions are then...
Current expectations and standards of comfort are almost certainly unsustainable and new methods and ideas will be required if there is to be any pros...
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283,28 zł |
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The Untrained Housewife's Guide to Getting Prepared: Surviving Emergencies Without Stress
ISBN: 9780615777085 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Getting Prepared is a beginner's manual for how to get started feeling more confident and self-reliant during life's unexpected happenings. While we all certainly hope that nothing bad will ever happen, we all secretly know that it could. From emergency grab-and-go bags, to a 30-day food plan, this book will walk you through all the elements to consider. You'll find words of wisdom from someone who's done it all and can guide you step-by-step without overwhelming you. If you've thought about trying to get better prepared and develop an emergency plan, but have been unsure about where to...
Getting Prepared is a beginner's manual for how to get started feeling more confident and self-reliant during life's unexpected happenings. While we a...
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45,82 zł |
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How to Future Proof Your Home: A Guide to Building with Energy Intelligence in Cold Climates: The techniques, principles, mindsets and strategies tha
ISBN: 9780991828111 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professionally accredited author Shane Wolffe will show you how to cost-effectively build your home to be as much as 85 percent more energy efficient, even in extreme climates. Written for the average person, this book simplifies building principles that formed the foundation of the Passivhaus (Passive House) standard, a building standard that produces ultra-low energy buildings. These are principles pioneered and perfected in Saskatchewan, Canada - a province with one of the most extreme climates in the world, having temperatures ranging from -40 C (-40F) to 35 C (95F). If energy efficiency...
Professionally accredited author Shane Wolffe will show you how to cost-effectively build your home to be as much as 85 percent more energy efficient,...
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68,66 zł |
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Laverme's Handbook of Indoor Worm Composting
ISBN: 9781484140758 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Laverme's Handbook of Indoor Worm Composting is the compiled and condensed essence of 25 years' worth of indoor vermicomposting, and includes experience gleaned directly by Ellen Sandbeck, Head Worm Wrangler for Laverme's Worms, as well as experience gained vicariously through her customers and clients.
Laverme's Handbook of Indoor Worm Composting is the compiled and condensed essence of 25 years' worth of indoor vermicomposting, and includes experien...
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32,79 zł |
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Creating a Green Home: Planning and Design
ISBN: 9780615591926 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rich, informative, and easy to follow step-by-step guide for planning and designing your own green home. Written for DIYers who want to design and build, and for those hiring engineers, architects, or contractors this book provides sound tips for ensuring a home is comfortable, energy smart, and eco-friendly. Creating a Green Home helps anyone planning a home to preserve natural resources and save money. Loaded with illustrations and helpful design checklists, Creating a Green Home tells the importance of site selection, how to orient a home for optimal energy efficiency, foundation types,...
A rich, informative, and easy to follow step-by-step guide for planning and designing your own green home. Written for DIYers who want to design and b...
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91,69 zł |
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Chicken Poop for the Soul: Backyard Adventures
ISBN: 9780615824529 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about backyard chickens. After several years of enjoying the neighbor chickens, the author and her husband decided to raise some of their own. She describes what they did, how they did it, why they chose to let their chickens be free-range, and how it's working out. Based on several years of observation, she talks about the pecking order dynamics and chicken behaviors towards one another, other animals and people. She also describes the natural progression from her longtime interest in whole foods to raising chickens and vegetables on their one-acre piece of land in College...
This book is about backyard chickens. After several years of enjoying the neighbor chickens, the author and her husband decided to raise some of their...
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32,06 zł |
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Plastic Purge
ISBN: 9781250029393 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now a Denver Post #1 bestseller. Plastic is everywhere we look. Our computers and children's toys are made out of it, and our water and slices of American cheese are packaged in it. But why is there so much and what is it doing to our bodies? Is it possible to use less plastic and be happier and healthier? In Plastic Purge, ecologist, SanClements has put together the most up-to-date and scientifically-backed information available to explain how plastics release toxins into your body and the effect they have on your and your children's health. Both approachable and... Now a Denver Post #1 bestseller. Plastic is everywhere we look. Our computers and children's toys are made out of it, and our water and slic... |
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82,95 zł |
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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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45,63 zł |
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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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54,81 zł |
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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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45,63 zł |
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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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67,22 zł |
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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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104,88 zł |
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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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113,79 zł |
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