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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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81,59 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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107,58 zł |
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Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Mo Dern America
ISBN: 9780143117384 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside the subculture of off-grid living
Written by a leading authority on living off the grid, this is a fascinating and timely look at one of the fastest growing movements in America. In researching the stories that would become Off the Grid, Nick Rosen traveled from one end of the United States to the other, spending time with all kinds of individuals and families striving to live their lives the way they want to-free from dependence on municipal power and amenities, and free from the inherent dependence on the government and its far-reaching arms. While the people... Inside the subculture of off-grid living
Written by a leading authority on living off the grid, this is a fascinating and timely look at ... |
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103,32 zł |
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How to Live a Low-Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Tackling Climate Change
ISBN: 9781844079094 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 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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447,63 zł |
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Creative Household Tips for Surviving a Recession
ISBN: 9781450577625 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of us are looking for ways to survive the recession as a result of unemployment, lay offs or shortened work-weeks. "Creative Household Tips for Surviving a Recession," offers the reader money-saving tips to reduce day-to-day living expenses. The author, Natalie A. Conway, shares with us practical, yet creative ways to spend less and save more. She encourages us to invest in ourselves and more importantly, the principles of hope, perseverance and simplicity while applying creative solutions to the areas of our lives affected by the recession.
Many of us are looking for ways to survive the recession as a result of unemployment, lay offs or shortened work-weeks. "Creative Household Tips for S...
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45,16 zł |
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#Home: 101 Ways To Improve Your Home's Comfort and Energy Efficiency
ISBN: 9780692748701 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. #Home; 101 Ways To Improve Your Home's Comfort & Energy Efficiency provides everything you need to: - Save money on energy - Lead a more sustainable lifestyle - Reduce your home's environmental impact - Improve the comfort of your living spaces Whether you're a sustainability expert, have a general familiarity, or even if you're brand new to energy efficiency, "#Home; 101 Ways To Improve Your Home's Comfort & Energy Efficiency" gives you the tools you need to get started on your path towards energy efficiency. Start your epic journey now The 101 tips revealed in this book are smart, simple,...
#Home; 101 Ways To Improve Your Home's Comfort & Energy Efficiency provides everything you need to: - Save money on energy - Lead a more sustainable l...
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76,80 zł |
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48 Things to Know about Sustainable Living
ISBN: 9781596527409 / Angielski / Miękka / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the debate over our changing environment rages on, one thing remains clear: being green is a hot topic - socially, politically, and economically. Whether you've "been green" from birth or don't even know what the three "Rs" stand for,48 Things To Know About Sustainable Livingcan help you make small, affordable (or free ) changes that will have a major impact on the environment and simplify your everyday life.
While the debate over our changing environment rages on, one thing remains clear: being green is a hot topic - socially, politically, and economically...
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43,01 zł |
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Storing Solar Heat: designs for heating your home
ISBN: 9781453620335 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. new designs for heating and storing heat for use at a later time. complete building details from start to finish with data logged results
new designs for heating and storing heat for use at a later time. complete building details from start to finish with data logged results
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112,96 zł |
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The New Normal: An Agenda for Responsible Living
ISBN: 9780312575434 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Simple Prosperity, Dave Wann showed readers how to have an abundant, sustainable life. In The New Normal, he challenges us to do some heavy lifting and transform our non-sustainable culture by transforming ourselves. For Wann, our current "old normal" lifestyle - buying water in disposable bottles, allowing the government to ignore global warming - will not preserve the planet. To nurture our world, he challenges us to rethink our lives, stand up for a healthy planet and move towards a "new normal" lifestyle in an agenda that includes: In Simple Prosperity, Dave Wann showed readers how to have an abundant, sustainable life. In The New Normal, he challenges us to do s... |
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98,97 zł |
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Creating Sanctuaries: Home and Work
ISBN: 9781453634349 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a workbook on how to create sanctuary space for home and work. Beautiful illustrations with how to sections at the end of each chapter.
This is a workbook on how to create sanctuary space for home and work. Beautiful illustrations with how to sections at the end of each chapter.
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83,99 zł |
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Otter Chaos: A do-it-yourself guide to building a North Woods camp
ISBN: 9781456485047 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Otter Chaos chronicles the author's adventures building a small cottage in the North Woods of Maine. The camp, nestled on an island in Greenville's Lower Wilson Pond, is constructed mostly from materials harvested from the site or salvaged from other structures. Armed with a generator and a small sawmill, the author and his partner, with help and advice from countless friends and family, demonstrate what to do, and not to do.
Otter Chaos chronicles the author's adventures building a small cottage in the North Woods of Maine. The camp, nestled on an island in Greenville's Lo...
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108,49 zł |
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Downshifting Made Easy: How to Plan for Your Planet-Friendly Future
ISBN: 9781846945410 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you, like many others, are to join the worldwide effort to live sustainable, this easy-to-read guidebook aims to answer any question you might have, and more.
If you, like many others, are to join the worldwide effort to live sustainable, this easy-to-read guidebook aims to answer any question you might have...
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27,67 zł |
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Made by Hand: My Adventures in the World of Do-It-Yourself
ISBN: 9781591844433 / Angielski / Miękka / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "It's not merely good, it's foundation-shaking." -Seth Godin
From his unique vantage point as editor-in-chief of Make magazine, the hub of the do-it-yourself movement, Mark Frauenfelder takes readers on an inspiring and surprising tour of the vibrant world of DIY. Frauenfelder spent a year trying a variety of offbeat projects such as keeping chickens and bees, tricking out his espresso machine, whittling wooden spoons, making guitars out of cigar boxes, and doing citizen science with his daughters in the garage. His whole family found that DIY helped them take control... "It's not merely good, it's foundation-shaking." -Seth Godin
From his unique vantage point as editor-in-chief of Make magazine, the h... |
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103,32 zł |
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Sustainability: a personal journey to a built sustainable community...and an amazing picture of what life will soon be like
ISBN: 9781439263839 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sustainability, by Stuart W. Rose, Ph.D., describes the massive changes happening in the world, an example of a sustainable housing project, and a vision of what sustainable living will be. An architect and developer of what many consider the most sustainable housing development in the U.S., Rose introduces the exciting, ever-changing world of sustainability, a way of life that includes creating homes and communities with materials that do no harm to, and take nothing away from, the earth's resources. He reveals how sustainable living goes beyond being ecologically and financially friendly,...
Sustainability, by Stuart W. Rose, Ph.D., describes the massive changes happening in the world, an example of a sustainable housing project, and a vis...
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85,84 zł |
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Going Galt: Surviving Economic Armageddon
ISBN: 9781456413293 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States of America is now bankrupt. "Going Galt" shares the essential tools and skills you will need for you family to survive as America heads towards economic collapse. No matter which political party is in power over the next decade, the over-hang of $100 Trillion in unfunded liabilities from the local to Federal level, plus a hollow banking system, means there is no way to tax ourselves enough, or even cut spending enough, to have any chance to grow our way out of our problems. That means the productive elements of society will at some point go on strike, whether by choice or...
The United States of America is now bankrupt. "Going Galt" shares the essential tools and skills you will need for you family to survive as America he...
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85,66 zł |
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Off on Our Own: Living Off-Grid in Comfortable Independence: One Couple's Learn as We Go Journey to Self-Reliance
ISBN: 9780983272601 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ted and Kathy Carns live in the picturesque Laurel Highlands region of western Pennsylvania. They have most of the usual modern conveniences: fridge, freezer, washer, computer, cell phone, hot tub, vacuum, hair dryer, flat screen TV with surround sound...and they do it all without plugging into the power grid. Their house is wood-heated, their fuel is non-petrol; they grow their own food, put up their harvest, make their own wine, and drop fresh canned peaches into the solar-powered blender for the morning smoothies... It's a simple life that works: zero waste, total recycling, and no...
Ted and Kathy Carns live in the picturesque Laurel Highlands region of western Pennsylvania. They have most of the usual modern conveniences: fridge, ...
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77,28 zł |
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Introduction to Structured Water with Clayton Nolte: Overview of the Health Benefits, Cost Savings and Environmental Advantages of Structured Water
ISBN: 9781460939420 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book presents an introduction to the science and the many advantages and benefits of "structured water." Contents include writings, articles by and about inventor Clayton Nolte, research, definitions, details on various structured water devices, comparisons with other water enhancement technologies, questions and answers, and some of the hundreds of testimonials from around the world. The book also describes the main Natural Action Structured Water devices invented and manufactured by Nolte. They include units for: the shower, under sink, garden and landscape, a portable model, commercial...
The book presents an introduction to the science and the many advantages and benefits of "structured water." Contents include writings, articles by an...
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67,58 zł |
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The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers
ISBN: 9781599555102 / Angielski / Miękka / 145 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many people dream of becoming self-reliant during these times of fluctuating prices and uncertain job security. Using truly simple techniques, you can cultivate the pioneer's independence to provide safety against lost wages, harsh weather, economic recession, and commercial contamination and shortages. Strengthen your family's self-reliance as you discover a new the joy of homegrown food, thrift, and self-sufficient living. Many people dream of becoming self-reliant during these times of fluctuating prices and uncertain job security. Using truly simple techniques, you ... |
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73,14 zł |
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Compost-Powered Water Heater: How to Heat Your Water, Greenhouse, or Building with Only Compost
ISBN: 9781581571943 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It seems almost too good to be true: make high-value organic compost while generating reliable combustion-free heat. But it works, and this book is your practical introduction. With detailed case studies of large scale engineered systems and plans for constructing small DIY systems, you'll find step-by-step illustrations and photos to guide you through the process. A review of calculations to help you estimate the heating capabilities of various approaches and other planning tools make this book invaluable for compost heat recovery on any scale.
It seems almost too good to be true: make high-value organic compost while generating reliable combustion-free heat. But it works, and this book is yo...
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128,94 zł |
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Sweet, Sweet Sorghum: Kentucky's Golden Wonder
ISBN: 9781461009139 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pour an amber pool of pure sorghum syrup onto a clean plate. Make your pool about three inches in diameter, the size of a homemade chocolate chip cookie or a slice of summer tomato. In the middle of the sorghum pool, put a chunk of pure, sweet butter that is not too soft and not too hard. With a fork, press the butter into the sorghum. Scoop up the edge of the syrup with a fork and drizzle the syrup on top of the butter. Scoop-mix-scoop-mix until you form a happy thick gold union of sorghum and butter. Take a bite, and join past, present, and future, fine taste and excellent nutrition, in one...
Pour an amber pool of pure sorghum syrup onto a clean plate. Make your pool about three inches in diameter, the size of a homemade chocolate chip cook...
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121,82 zł |
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