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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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130,50 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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123,30 zł |
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The Green Foodprint: Food Choices for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet
ISBN: 9781463767099 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Millions of citizens realize that their food choices can help - or hurt - the earth. But with so many decisions to make (omnivore or vegetarian? organic or conventional? global or local?), how can a busy person navigate all the possibilities? How can we turn our food footprint into a green foodprint? The Green Foodprint is a concise, practical guide through the new world of sustainable food, full of inspiring facts and true stories. For a wide audience, the book highlights positive changes and the power of citizens. Foreword by John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution. You'll find answers...
Millions of citizens realize that their food choices can help - or hurt - the earth. But with so many decisions to make (omnivore or vegetarian? organ...
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72,98 zł |
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An Absolute Must Read Before You Start To Build Your Eco Friendly Home: The Journey To Eco Straw House
ISBN: 9781463796440 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Join me on my quest to build my own Eco Friendly home. The trials & tribulations, the agony and euphoria, the highs and lows which brought me ultimately to the place I now call home. Faith, persistence, determination and an amazing crew of workers, together with my builder were an integral part of the process. This was the hardest, euphoric, rollercoaster ride of my life. As I sit on my porch, reminiscing, I ask myself was it all worth it? Without a shadow of a doubt it was worth it...
Join me on my quest to build my own Eco Friendly home. The trials & tribulations, the agony and euphoria, the highs and lows which brought me ultimate...
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178,30 zł |
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The Survival Podcast Forum Book Series I: Recipes for your Home and Health
ISBN: 9781466360693 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recipes for your Home and Health is the first in a planned series of books containing recipes submitted by members of the TSP Forum. This book contains recipes for various types of cleaners (laundry, kitchen, bath and all-purpose), as well as personal hygiene items (soaps, deodorants, shampoos, salve) and general use items for the household. Compiled and edited by TSP Forum moderators, the recipes still reflect the personality of the original poster (OP). With a useful table of contents and index, you can quickly find the recipe you seek using this helpful collection.
Recipes for your Home and Health is the first in a planned series of books containing recipes submitted by members of the TSP Forum. This book contain...
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41,13 zł |
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A Wee Bit Of Heaven: Cultivating A Lifestyle For Good Health And Survival
ISBN: 9781466384620 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long before the threat of a world financial meltdown, my wife, Roberta, my oldest daughter, Marie, and I have always felt that getting back to nature as a way of living is the only way to stay healthy and live longer. The year 2011 has turned out to become one of the hottest years on record in the last decade. This heat has caused more wildfires and destruction than most people can ever remember. The world, in the last 10 years, has had more tornados, floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes, which caused overwhelming damage and left countless people homeless, than anyone could have imagined. Our...
Long before the threat of a world financial meltdown, my wife, Roberta, my oldest daughter, Marie, and I have always felt that getting back to nature ...
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59,43 zł |
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Back to basics: How to make it through hard times
ISBN: 9781466411524 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you desire to take control of your life and finances, but feel lost in a sea of information, this book is for you. Author Franz Sidney explains in detail how to get started right away to be self reliant and to be in control of just about any aspect of your life that you feel needs improving. You might wonder how to make a simple but effective plan to get out of debt; or you might be trying to control your impulse buying. "Back to Basics" will show you how to save money at home and when you are out and about, holidays included; it will give you step by step instructions on how to:...
If you desire to take control of your life and finances, but feel lost in a sea of information, this book is for you. Author Franz Sidney explains in ...
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59,25 zł |
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Unlearn, Rewild: Earth Skills, Ideas and Inspiration for the Future Primitive
ISBN: 9780865717213 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Picture a world where humans exist, like all other living things, in balance. Where there is no separation between "human" and "wild." Unlearn, Rewild boldly envisions such a world, probing deeply into the cultural constraints on our ability to lead truly sustainable lives and offering real, tangible tools to move toward another way of living, seeing, and thinking. Part philosophical treatise, part hard-core survival guide, this unique and thoroughly unconventional manual blends philosophy with a detailed introduction to a rich assortment of endangered traditional... Picture a world where humans exist, like all other living things, in balance. Where there is no separation between "human" and "wild." Unlea... |
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87,11 zł |
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Sustainable Living -: Practical Eco-Friendly Tips for Green Living and Self-Sufficiency in the 21st Century - [Special Edition Collection]
ISBN: 9781475129571 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The eclectic collection of chapters in this book include: Chapter 1 - eCycling - Your Contribution to a Green Environment Chapter 2 - Green Cleaning 101 - DIY Natural Cleaning Solutions with Vinegar and Other Frugal Resources That You Already Have Chapter 3 - Organic Gardening 101 - "How To" Essentials and Tips for Starting an Outdoor or Indoor Organic Vegetable Garden Chapter 4 - Green Feminine Hygiene - Sustainable Female Alternatives Chapter 5 - Natural Baby Products - Green Surroundings for Your Baby Chapter 6 - What is "Greenwashing"? (No Relation to Laundry) - Are You Being Greenwashed?...
The eclectic collection of chapters in this book include: Chapter 1 - eCycling - Your Contribution to a Green Environment Chapter 2 - Green Cleaning 1...
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40,95 zł |
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Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality
ISBN: 9780813141084 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scientific evidence has made it abundantly clear that the world's population can no longer continue its present rate of consuming and despoiling the planet's limited natural resources. Scholars, activists, politicians, and citizens worldwide are promoting the idea of sustainability, or systems and practices of living that allow a community to maintain itself indefinitely. Despite increased interest in sustainability, its popularity alone is insufficient to shift our culture and society toward more stable practices. Gary Holthaus argues that sustainability is achievable but is less a set of... Scientific evidence has made it abundantly clear that the world's population can no longer continue its present rate of consuming and despoiling th... |
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173,87 zł |
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Save Money Checklist Worksheet - Volume 1
ISBN: 9781475287561 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amidst the difficult economic times, this book was written in order to assist the individual in the financial management of daily and weekly household expenses. This workbook provides an immediately usable checklist to assist the reader in investigating his or her monthly expenses, and saving money through the use of a simple-to-use worksheet. It is designed so that the reader can use it to identify everyday expenses, and to cut out unnecessary costs. It is often difficult to find extra income, but it is easier to eliminate wasted expenditures that one is so accustomed to in life's routine...
Amidst the difficult economic times, this book was written in order to assist the individual in the financial management of daily and weekly household...
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45,76 zł |
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Save Money Checklist Worksheet - Volume 2
ISBN: 9781475287578 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amidst the difficult economic times, this book was written in order to assist the individual in the financial management of daily and weekly household expenses. This workbook provides an immediately usable checklist to assist the reader in investigating his or her monthly expenses, and saving money through the use of a simple-to-use worksheet. It is designed so that the reader can use it to identify everyday expenses, and to cut out unnecessary costs. It is often difficult to find extra income, but it is easier to eliminate wasted expenditures that one is so accustomed to in life's routine...
Amidst the difficult economic times, this book was written in order to assist the individual in the financial management of daily and weekly household...
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45,76 zł |
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How To Choose the Right Property: 'A Buyers Guide to Home Selection'
ISBN: 9781475035537 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "How to Choose the Right Property - A Buyer's Guide to Home Selection" is a book filled with valuable information that goes beyond just "tips" for looking at a house. The topics and information in the book may prevent the buyer from experiencing unexpected expenses from existing conditions or problems that could have been foreseen by reasonable observations when buying a home. Most of the topics are easy to understand and will yield the reader a "trained eye" in learning what to look for - others topics are a bit more technical and to help in navigating those issues "Mr. Hardhat" a cartoon...
"How to Choose the Right Property - A Buyer's Guide to Home Selection" is a book filled with valuable information that goes beyond just "tips" for loo...
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68,59 zł |
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Trash Talk-Book Two: It's Easy To Be Green
ISBN: 9781475202984 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Sequel to Trash Talk Book One. This second book in the series offers more ways to live life with a smaller ecological footprint. Concentrating on Living Consciously, Gardening, and Energy and Water. It goes beyond recycling and reusing and looks at reducing and other green activities that individuals can easily employ at home, in their office or condo.
The Sequel to Trash Talk Book One. This second book in the series offers more ways to live life with a smaller ecological footprint. Concentrating on ...
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68,59 zł |
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Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
ISBN: 9781451697681 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part inspirational story of Bea Johnson (the "Priestess of Waste-Free Living") and how she transformed her family's life for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing one liter per year; part practical, step-by-step guide that gives readers tools and tips to diminish their footprint and simplify their lives. In Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares the story of how she simplified her life by reducing her waste. Today, Bea, her husband, Scott, and their two young sons produce just one quart of garbage a year, and their overall quality of life has changed for the...
Part inspirational story of Bea Johnson (the "Priestess of Waste-Free Living") and how she transformed her family's life for the better by reducing...
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87,15 zł |
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Passive Solar Energy House Projects: A How-To Guide
ISBN: 9781478114000 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A practical beginners guide to passive solar energy concepts, complete with pictures and diagrams. Learn about solar and wind energy; build a solar oven to cook with the sun; make your home tornado and hurricane resistant; purify water using a solar distiller; design a passive solar house; and cool your home with earthtubes IN THIS BOOK: HOW TO DISCOVER IF SOLAR OR WIND POWER IS BEST FOR YOU: Solar and Wind Energy - A Primer for Beginners. Compare and contrast solar and wind energy. Covers application, purchasing, regional wind and solar charts, installation, practical use, plus appliance...
A practical beginners guide to passive solar energy concepts, complete with pictures and diagrams. Learn about solar and wind energy; build a solar ov...
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73,21 zł |
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Homegrown & Handmade - 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide to More Self-Reliant Living
ISBN: 9780865718463 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A modern approach to homesteading--no farm required Food recalls, dubious health claims, scary and shocking ingredients in health and beauty products. Our increasingly industrialized supply system is becoming more difficult to navigate, more frightening, and more frustrating, leaving us feeling stuck choosing in many cases between the lesser of several evils. Author Deborah Niemann offers healthier, more empowering choices, by showing us how to reclaim links in our food and purchasing chains, to make choices that are healthier for our families, ourselves, and our... A modern approach to homesteading--no farm required Food recalls, dubious health claims, scary and shocking ingredients in health and ... |
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152,47 zł |
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Easterchicks Gone Bad
ISBN: 9780615677569 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Easterchicks Gone Bad" was the first of 31 articles written by Sheri Dixon for Homestead.org from 2004-2009, all of them included in this volume. From Homeschooling to Home birth, milking goats to hatching chickens, "Easterchicks Gone Bad" explores and celebrates a simple way of life that really isn't simple at all. The intent of each story is to be informative and perhaps even educational, but mainly to be entertaining. On milking a goat- "In the movies and the pictures in homesteading books, the Goatherder strolls into the milkhouse early in the morning; birds singing, sun just peeking...
"Easterchicks Gone Bad" was the first of 31 articles written by Sheri Dixon for Homestead.org from 2004-2009, all of them included in this volume. Fro...
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63,83 zł |
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Trash Talk - Book One: It's Easy To Be Green
ISBN: 9781475184969 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trash Talk empowers you to do what we all should be doing all the time - decreasing your landfill contribution. Imagine if you could see all the trash you generated in your whole lifetime trailing behind you like a human jet stream of filth. All the baby food containers, diapers, packaging, food waste, bottles, cans - all of it. Then imagine the smell from all the organic food waste you generated your entire life. It would be overwhelming to say the least. Now imagine that we all have a jet stream that we left behind somewhere and you get an idea why it is so important to Re-think your...
Trash Talk empowers you to do what we all should be doing all the time - decreasing your landfill contribution. Imagine if you could see all the trash...
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68,59 zł |
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Almost Invisible- A Different Kind of Survival Story
ISBN: 9780615679020 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Almost Invisible- a Different Kind of Survival Story' is a quiet and unassuming counterstrike to all the 'guns blazing, terrorist menace, shit hitting the fan, Mad Max, zombie survivalist' stories that are littering the minds of America like so many mutant leaves falling twisted and tattered from otherwise healthy trees. While those folks watch the sky for bombs, frantically hoard supplies against an EMP or governmental collapse, and almost eagerly await the coming apocalypse, the world literally ends silently and without fanfare or fireworks every single day for people right in front of...
'Almost Invisible- a Different Kind of Survival Story' is a quiet and unassuming counterstrike to all the 'guns blazing, terrorist menace, shit hittin...
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45,53 zł |
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