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Water Storage : Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use
ISBN: 9780964343368 / Angielski / Miękka / 125 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A do-it-yourself guide to designing, building, and maintaining your water tank, cistern or pond, and sustainably managing groundwater storage. It will help you with your independent water system, fire protection, and disaster preparedness, at low cost and using principles of ecological design. Includes building instructions for several styles of ferrocement water tanks.
A do-it-yourself guide to designing, building, and maintaining your water tank, cistern or pond, and sustainably managing groundwater storage. It will...
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90,91 zł |
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The Eco Chick Guide to Life
ISBN: 9780312378943 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SAVE THE WORLD IN STYLE Lower your carbon footprint--in your favorite pair of stilettos--with THE ECO CHICK GUIDE TO LIFE. Here you'll find hundreds of ideas on how to be ecologically smart and still be stylish and trend-setting. You don't have to sacrifice to go green--you can eat well, dress well, and live well once you learn how to: Learn where to shop for vintage and recycled jewelry (mining practices for gold and silver are notoriously polluting). Wear sustainable threads--organic cotton, peace silk, bamboo--or look for funky reconstructed designs made from... SAVE THE WORLD IN STYLE Lower your carbon footprint--in your favorite pair of stilettos--with THE ECO CHICK GUIDE TO LIFE. Here you'l... |
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104,77 zł |
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We Can All Live Green: Simple Steps to Save Money, Stay Healthy, and Support the Planet
ISBN: 9780980028829 / Angielski / Miękka / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the green book for Middle Americans who'd like to be shown why and how going green makes economic sense. With simple tips, a friendly voice, and step-by-step practical information, the book offers smart consumer choices that benefit health, pocketbook, and the environment. A gift book, its pages have high visual interest, with sidebars, in a nutshell factoids, action items, and buyer's guides. Appendices include product source lists, green lifestyle websites, and a science and environment section for 101-style background information.
This is the green book for Middle Americans who'd like to be shown why and how going green makes economic sense. With simple tips, a friendly voice, a...
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54,45 zł |
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Green Christmas : How to Have a Joyous, Eco-Friendly Holiday Season
ISBN: 9781605500416 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As green awareness spreads over middle America, more and more people want to have a fun, environmentally responsible holiday. Green Christmas shows how to enjoy the Christmas season while leaving a smaller carbon footprint. Readers will learn how to do the following:
As green awareness spreads over middle America, more and more people want to have a fun, environmentally responsible holiday. Green Christmas |
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52,41 zł |
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The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!
ISBN: 9781603421386 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you'll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long.
This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; ra...
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86,54 zł |
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Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products, and Services
ISBN: 9780393334289 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ecoholic is an eye-opening guide to separating the green from the greenwashed in the maze of products lining our shelves. Unlike other eco guidebooks, Ecoholic names names and gives you the dirt on what not to buy and why, as well as the dish on great clothes, beauty products, home supplies, and more.We all know that the earth is in trouble, but we're often left scratching our heads over how to change things. How do we avoid poisoning the planet and ourselves with the products we slather on our scalps and squirt onto our floors? And what safe alternatives actually get the...
Ecoholic is an eye-opening guide to separating the green from the greenwashed in the maze of products lining our shelves. Unlike other eco gu...
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227,62 zł |
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Sleeping Naked Is Green: How an Eco-Cynic Unplugged Her Fridge, Sold Her Car, and Found Love in 366 Days
ISBN: 9780547073286 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No one likes listening to smug hippies bragging about how they don't use toilet paper, or worse yet, lecturing about the evils of plastic bags and SUVs. But most of us do want to lessen our ecological footprint. With this in mind, Farquharson takes on the intense personal challenge of making one green change to her lifestyle every single day for a year to ultimately figure out what's doable and what's too hardcore. Vanessa goes to the extremes of selling her car, unplugging the fridge, and washing her hair with vinegar, but she also does easy things like switching to an all-natural lip...No one likes listening to smug hippies bragging about how they don't use toilet paper, or worse yet, lecturing about the evils of plastic bags and ... |
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91,10 zł |
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Renewable Energy for Your Home: Using Off-Grid Energy to Reduce Your Footprint, Lower Your Bills and Be More Self-Sufficient
ISBN: 9781569755686 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global warming. Rising fuel prices. Dependency on foreign energy. Never have so many Americans been more motivated to invest in renewable energy right in their residence. Leaving the technical jargon and contractor's lingo behind, this book offers clear, practical solutions that any homeowner can put to use right now. Cutting through the confusing requirements and costs, the book allows average homeowners to find solutions that best fit their set-up, lifestyle and budget by explaining each possible energy solution with clear, practical illustrations and straight-forward descriptions. From...
Global warming. Rising fuel prices. Dependency on foreign energy. Never have so many Americans been more motivated to invest in renewable energy right...
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77,24 zł |
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Comfort in a Lower Carbon Society
ISBN: 9780415550895 / Angielski / Twarda / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historians, sociologists, environmentalists, geographers, and cultural theorists provoke and stimulate debate about the future of comfort in a lower carbon society. This book discusses this topic.
Historians, sociologists, environmentalists, geographers, and cultural theorists provoke and stimulate debate about the future of comfort in a lower c...
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693,77 zł |
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Country Plumbing: Living with a Septic System
ISBN: 9780911469349 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You can keep your septic system running day-after-day, year after-year. First published in 1984, Country Plumbing, in its initial edition, went through eight printings and has educated and entertained thousands of country dwellers who live beyond the reach of public sewer systems. Now, with the contribution of Mike Haupt, this revised edition contains information about some of the more recent developments in the world of private sewage treatment facilities. Even in restricted areas such as lakeside properties or small lots, you can live without a public sewer hook-up and still be a good...
You can keep your septic system running day-after-day, year after-year. First published in 1984, Country Plumbing, in its initial edition, went throug...
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56,96 zł |
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Green Barbarians: How to Live Bravely on Your Home Planet
ISBN: 9781416571827 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sandbeck preaches a return to a more primitive way of life--a life with more joy and fewer household products. Green Barbarians demonstrates that by mustering a bit of courage and relying less on many modern conveniences, we can live happier, safer, more ecologically and economically responsible lives..
Sandbeck preaches a return to a more primitive way of life--a life with more joy and fewer household products. Green Barbarians demonstrates th...
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86,54 zł |
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Living Green: The Missing Manual
ISBN: 9780596801724 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking care of the earth is more important than ever, but the problems we're facing can seem overwhelming. Living Green: The Missing Manual helps make earth-friendly decisions more manageable by narrowing them down to a few simple choices. This all-in-one resource is packed with practical advice on ways you can help the environment by making simple changes in your home routine, work habits, and the way you shop and get around town. You don't have to embark on a radical new lifestyle to make a difference. Living Green: The Missing Manual shows you how small changes can... Taking care of the earth is more important than ever, but the problems we're facing can seem overwhelming. Living Green: The Missing Manual |
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80,84 zł |
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Green Made Easy: The Everyday Guide for Transitioning to a Green Lifestyle
ISBN: 9781401922849 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Green Made Easy, author and green pioneer Chris Prelitz shares how to be both environmental and economical at the same time. Going green is not only good for our planet, it's good for your pocketbook. For over 20 years, Chris has been helping businesses, home owners, and corporations lower their monthly expenses by going green. Chris and his wife, Becky, share a green solar-powered home in Laguna Beach, California, which Chris designed and built. Most months they produce more power than they use and receive a credit from their power company instead of a bill In this...
In Green Made Easy, author and green pioneer Chris Prelitz shares how to be both environmental and economical at the same time. Going g...
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77,43 zł |
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The Self-Sufficient Home: Going Green and Saving Money
ISBN: 9780811735582 / Angielski / Miękka / 265 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How to cut heating and cooling costs, utilize solar energy, construct nonflush toilets and solar showers, collect rainwater, and apply permaculture techniquesHundreds of photographs and diagrams illustrate ways to use natural resources and embrace self-reliance Sustainable living advice from self-reliance expert Christopher Nyerges, editor of Wilderness Way magazine and author of How to Survive AnywhereIn an ever-changing economy, cutting costs and utilizing available resources is essential. From embracing solar energy and wind power to using fluorescent bulbs and growing backyard vegetable...
How to cut heating and cooling costs, utilize solar energy, construct nonflush toilets and solar showers, collect rainwater, and apply permaculture te...
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120,92 zł |
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The Economical Environmentalist : My Attempt to Live a Low-Carbon Life and What it Cost
ISBN: 9781844078073 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a reference guide to low-cost and low-carbon living for everyone. Using three real-life examples, readers can follow the attempts of a young person starting out in work, a father of two holding down a job and a pensioner on a fixed income as they try to decarbonise on a budget.
This book provides a reference guide to low-cost and low-carbon living for everyone. Using three real-life examples, readers can follow the attempts o...
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907,23 zł |
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Do One Green Thing: Saving the Earth Through Simple, Everyday Choices
ISBN: 9780312559762 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you can only read and reference one green thing, make it this book: an easily comprehensible, clearly presnted source for green living. Everything you need to know is right here at your fingertips. Unlike a lot of other overwhelming green guides on the market, this is green decision making in bite sized pieces.With chose it/lose it comparisons throughout, now it's simple to figure out it's worth switching to a green detergent, what kind of plastic your sports bottle is made of, or which fish is safest to eat. Rather than spending time trying to figure out how best to go green,... If you can only read and reference one green thing, make it this book: an easily comprehensible, clearly presnted source for green living. Everythi... |
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104,77 zł |
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Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid & Beyond the American Dream
ISBN: 9781577318972 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without running water or electricity? To find out, writer and activist William Powers visited Dr. Jackie Benton in rural North Carolina. No Name Creek gurgled through Benton s permaculture farm, and she stroked honeybees wings as she shared her wildcrafter philosophy of living on a planet in crisis. Powers, just back from a decade of international aid work, then accepted Benton s offer to stay at the cabin for a season while she traveled. There, he befriended her eclectic neighbors organic farmers,...
Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without running water or electricity? To find out, writ...
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77,24 zł |
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Mini Farming : Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
ISBN: 9781602399846 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre--and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never been a farmer or a gardener, this book covers everything you need to know to get started: buying and saving seeds, starting seedlings, establishing raised beds, soil fertility practices, composting, dealing with pest and disease problems, crop rotation, farm planning, and much more. Because...
Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on ju...
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86,35 zł |
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Do It Gorgeously: How to Make Less Toxic, Less Expensive, and More Beautiful Products
ISBN: 9781401341398 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's official: In these tough times, clueless is out--and crafty is in. For both financial and environmental reasons, life is all about doing well with what you have. But that doesn't mean you can't still be fabulous. Do It Gorgeously shows you how to make nearly everything you would otherwise purchase: From the kitchen to the nursery, from your medicine cabinet to your makeup drawer, you'll be astounded by how easy and inexpensive it is to make safe and eco-friendly products for your family. You deserve to have it all--and now you can do it yourself Praise for Sophie Uliano: "To be with...
It's official: In these tough times, clueless is out--and crafty is in. For both financial and environmental reasons, life is all about doing well wit...
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91,10 zł |
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The Urban Homestead : Self-Sufficient Living in the City
ISBN: 9781934170106 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The expanded, updated version of the best-selling classic, with a dozen new projects. "A delightfully readable and very useful guide to front- and back-yard vegetable gardening, food foraging, food preserving, chicken keeping, and other useful skills for anyone interested in taking a more active role in growing and preparing the food they eat."--BoingBoing.net ..".the contemporary bible on the subject."--The New York Times This celebrated, essential handbook shows how to grow and preserve your own food, clean your house without toxins, raise chickens, gain... The expanded, updated version of the best-selling classic, with a dozen new projects. "A delightfully readable and very useful guide t... |
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81,80 zł |