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Public Gardens and Livable Cities uses a prescriptive approach to synthesize a range of public, private, and nonprofit initiatives from municipalities throughout the country. In doing so, the authors examine the initiatives from a practical perspective to identify how they were implemented, their sustainability, the obstacles they encountered, the impact of the initiatives on their populations, and how they dealt with the communities' underlying social problems.

Beekeeping requires understanding, commitment, and attention to detail. Laying the groundwork for a successful hive is essential, and demands a keen appreciation of critical areas like hive management, breed choice, and health requirements. Bees often disguise problems, though, making recognizing trouble in the crucial, initial stages that much more difficult. Whether you’re a newcomer or an old hand, The Beekeeper’s Problem Solver provides the information you need to nip problems in the bud, or avoid them in the first place.

Imagine a lush, self-sustaining garden for years of abundance—unlock the power of permaculture without daily tending, artificial chemicals, or ongoing costs!

Success will fall right into place...as soon as you tidy up! It’s time to take back your life, and the first step is getting organized. Ask any CEO, entrepreneur, or eminent artist, and they’ll assure you that the key to making it big begins with the small stuff. An attention to detail will make all the difference in both your personal and professional life. Decluttering is an often-overlooked “chore", but one must nix the trivial, endeavoring to truly triumph. Change is one click away.

Bokashi is Japanese for "fermented organic matter". While bokashi has enjoyed great popularity in many parts of the world, it is still relatively unknown in North America. From scraps to soil, Bokashi Composting is the complete, step-by-step, do-it-yourself guide to this amazing process.

Grow your own food, save money, gain self-sufficiency, and live larger with frugal living! Lead a more sustainable and healthier life with this back-to-basics guide on homesteading. Homesteading is an earth-based lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It's about reconnecting with nature and getting back in touch with your authentic self, all whilst making eco-friendly and economically-wise lifestyle choices. Independent and frugal living is the future to living a truly fulfilling life!

Neither an advocate nor a critic of cultured meat, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft spent five years researching the phenomenon. In Meat Planet, he reveals how debates about lab-grown meat reach beyond debates about food, examining the links between appetite, growth, and capitalism. Could satiating the growing appetite for meat actually lead to our undoing? Are we simply using one technology to undo the damage caused by another? Like all problems in our food system, the meat problem is not merely a problem of production. It is intrinsically social and political.

Do you want to learn how to transform your household waste into black gold-dust? Do you feel the need to be more environmentally responsible? This beginners guide will break down vermiculture in an easy-to-understand and apply manner, so that you can get started right after listening. Geoff makes this environmentally responsible hobby so simple that even a 5 year-old could start worm composting!

Discover the best addition to your homesteading plan that can be easily done by anyone. Are you living in a city but crave for a more natural lifestyle? Have you been raised on a farm and look back nostalgically at delicious fresh food you had regularly? Do you want to live more self-sufficiently and self-sustainably? It can be difficult to add a new hobby to your daily routine...considering how stressful and busy life in a city already feels like.

If simplicity is an art, then Dominique Loreau is a master. Having lived in Japan for many years and inspired by oriental philosophy, Dominique Loreau discovered the beauty of a life well lived through the art of simplicity. Her lifestyle rests on the principle of 'less is more' and imbues all areas of existence, from the material to the spiritual.

You can obtain energy via solar power almost anywhere you live. Of course, you must have the proper equipment, but from there, the rest happens automatically each and every day with the rising sun. Instead of paying the energy companies for power, you can learn how solar energy is becoming more and more viable. Reductions in costs make it less money to install then one thinks. There are many benefits to going off grid with solar power. Want to know them all? We will show you how.

Raising chickens in your backyard introduces you to a new lifestyle—a sustainable way of living without having to rely on commercial produce. It is also a wholesome family activity. So If you want a hassle-free way to raise chickens in your backyard, then you should listen to this audiobook!

Aquaponics is the revolutionary science where plants are grown in water instead of soil. This water also cultures fish. The wastes produced by the farmed fish or other aquatic creatures supplies the nutrients for the plants, and in turn purifies the water. Aquaponics, when set up correctly, can, be self-sustaining and, be a healthy source for both fish and plants. Aquaponics at Home is a beginner's guide to this hobby or business, whichever way you want to look at it. You are given the fundamentals to this wonderful and exciting way to garden.

¿Desea desesperadamente tener un huerto lleno de alimentos y hierbas? ¿Te intriga la idea de criar ganado? ¿Los precios de los supermercados te hacen preguntarte si hay una forma más económica de obtener lo que necesitas? 50 Cosas que Debe Saber Sobre la Granja por la autora Anna R. Albright ofrece un enfoque basado en hechos, humorístico e informativo para comenzar una granja que producirá carne, fibra, frutas, verduras y más.

Lucía Moreno te invita a cambiar de hábitos y de estilo de vida a través de información reveladora para que protejas a tu familia, tu hogar y el planeta. Con gran amenidad y una investigación extraordinaria te invita a identificar las substancias tóxicas que vienen en los productos que compras en línea, en tiendas y supermercados, y que acechan para acabar con tu salud y la de tus seres queridos; revela qué hay detrás del greenwashing y te invita a tomar conciencia sobre el daño severo que ocasionamos al medio ambiente por desconocimiento o indiferencia.

A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons-loving wife along for the ride. And that's just the beginning.

Go Gently is a practical guide for sustainability at home that offers simple, tangible steps towards reducing our environmental impact by looking at what we consume and the waste we create, as well as how to take action for environmental change. The title reflects Bonnie's belief that the best way to change our planet and ourselves is through a gentle approach, rather than a judgmental one. This is an audiobook of do's rather than don'ts.

Keeping chickens doesn’t need to be difficult and time-consuming. The hardest part is starting and setting everything up. But once you have your flock and routine established, you won’t need to spend as much time and effort on them. As long as you have the space, the interest, and a healthy appetite for eggs, anyone can raise chickens from home. Yes, even you.

Reimagine your wardrobe and reduce waste with Sustainable Fashion DIY: How to Create Eco-Friendly Clothing at Home with Recycled Materials. This practical and inspiring guide empowers you to blend creativity with sustainability, turning old garments into fresh, stylish pieces while championing sustainable fashion.

I want to share my life story with you as a way to help others going through a difficult situation. I realize that today many are facing financial and other major life issues. At first I went about my life, enjoying everything I had and none the wiser about how difficult things could become. However, that's when my life changed. It wasn't long after I lost my job that I found myself struggling to support my wife and our six-year-old son. I began to worry about what I was going to do and how I could possibly turn the situation around.