Sustainable Home

Are you ready to transform your home into an eco-friendly haven without sacrificing comfort, style, or breaking the bank? Eco-Friendly Home Design is your ultimate guide to creating a sustainable living space that’s not only better for the planet but also better for you. Inside this book, you’ll discover simple, practical strategies for every room in your home, helping you reduce your environmental footprint while enhancing your quality of life. From choosing sustainable materials and improving energy efficiency to adopting green cleaning practices and conserving water, this guide ...

At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic societies, the spread of this system is failing to meet even the most basic needs of billions of individuals around the world. Moreover, the entrenchment of this free market system is undermining the foundations of healthy societies, caring communities, and personal wellbeing.

You can't look away. You see the climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, toxic bioaccumulation, and climate injustice happening all around us. You aren't the type to bury your head in the sand or shrug it off and so you roll up your sleeves. But where to start? How to ensure your work doesn't inadvertently cause harm, a pattern as old as good intentions? How to ensure your efforts actually matter? You aren't interested in repair work on the post-iceberg Titanic. I threw myself at these questions for over a decade.

Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to grow his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded, and now wants to help you do the same. Can't afford a raised bed? Try repurposing an old wooden pallet. Don't want to spend money on buying plants? Look in the fridge and your kitchen cupboards for food that you can plant. Need a particular tool? Barter or borrow from a neighbour. Don't have a garden? See if someone in your area has an untended patch you can turn into a well-loved veg plot.

A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, The Unsettlers traces the search for the simple life through the stories of new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for - or create - a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.

There is more interest in self-sufficiency during this 21st century than ever before! That blatantly tells you that people are feeling the effects of the environment around them. We're not talking about "good" effects either. We're talking about chemicals in the food we eat, pollution of land, water and the air we breathe. This also includes finite natural resources becoming scarce, thus driving the cost up as demand for it continues, etc.

You don't have to be an expert to start a thriving, bountiful garden. Any basic guide can show you how. But if you want to figure out how to maximize your crop yield…know how to stretch your growing season beyond traditional limits…and even grow summer crops all year long…basic beginner’s guides won’t be of much help. After all, they’re only meant to cover the basics.

Have you considered organic gardening but don't know where to start? Are you interested in growing fruits and vegetables in your backyard? This audiobook will teach you everything you need to know about mini farming, from the planning stage right up to bringing in your first harvest. Being self-sustainable and growing your own food has many benefits that you can now reap. So, use the tips given here and start working on your garden. With a little effort and consistency on your part, you will soon see your plants give you healthy and delicious produce.

RVing with solar power is a great way to untether yourself from the trappings of a stationary world. Getting closer to nature and finding your peace is all tied to how well you can make it comfortable within your RV, and how easy and hassle-free you make power generation. This book will teach you how you can install a solar-powered system to generate power in your RV.

Are you struggling with understanding the soil types in your garden? Do you wish to see vibrant plant growth but feel overwhelmed by composting and sustainable gardening practices? Are you uncertain about how to effectively implement no-till gardening in limited spaces? Concerned about time constraints or overwhelmed by scientific jargon? If these questions resonate with you, you're not alone. Beginner gardeners often find themselves confused and frustrated when it comes to enhancing soil health for healthier plants— Don’t be discouraged—soil success starts with the right knowledge.

Many of us want to increase our self-sufficiency, but few have access to the ideal five gently sloping acres of rich, loamy, well-drained soil. Jenni Blackmore presents a highly entertaining, personal account of how permaculture can be practiced in adverse conditions, allowing anyone to learn to live more sustainably in a less-than-perfect world.

The Homestead Basic Series is a collection of works that answer the often-asked questions of individuals trying to start living more self-sufficiently. Each book in this set holds solid information geared toward beginning hobbyist.

Introducing "The Suburban Homeowner's Handbook to Lawn Care" - the ultimate guide to achieving a lush, healthy, and picturesque lawn right outside your door! This comprehensive eBook will quickly become your go-to reference for all things lawn care – perfect for homeowners eager to make their neighbors green with envy. Whether you're a seasoned lawn care enthusiast or a complete beginner, this book carefully breaks down every aspect – from grass selection to seasonal maintenance – into easily digestible chapters. Each section offers invaluable insights and expert tips to help you ...

Minimalism is for rich people who live in big, empty, white homes, right? Wrong. Minimalism isn't just about displaying your food staples in glass jars or having chic Scandi furniture. It can be a beautiful, enriching, and life-transforming practice that, at its core, is all about re-establishing what holds value in your life and letting go of what does not.

Wildfire Resilience: Protecting Communities, Homes, and Businesses in an Era of Climate Change is an urgent and indispensable guide for navigating a world increasingly shaped by the forces of nature. This comprehensive ebook dives deep into the multifaceted challenges posed by wildfires, offering practical, actionable strategies to safeguard what matters most—your home, your business, your community, and the environment we all share. A Beacon of Hope in an Age of Escalating Wildfire Risk As climate change intensifies, wildfires are no longer confined to remote forests; they are impacting ...

For nearly two decades, Lana Stenner and her family have been living their version of the simple life on their small Midwest farmstead—following God, chasing goats, and tending gardens. Join Lana as she shares heartwarming stories, hearty recipes, and some of the valuable lessons she’s learned in her homesteading journey. Though you may not be ready to pack up and move into a 120-year-old farmhouse like Lana, you can experience more grace and authenticity right where you are when you learn to seek beauty in your surroundings and work hand in hand with God.

In How to Be Alive, Beavan shares his insights on finding the path that's right for you. Drawing on everything from classic literature and philosophy to current science, and combining that with his own experiences alongside those of the many people he has met along the way, Colin explores a broad array of transformational lifestyle adjustments - small and large - that offer security and meaning in a world confronted by ecological crises, economic upheaval, and ongoing war and social injustice.

Looking for a way to achieve financial freedom while living a simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle? Look no further than Homesteading Your Way to Financial Freedom - the ultimate guide to the homesteading lifestyle and the financial benefits associated with it. In this comprehensive eBook, you'll discover how homesteading can help you downsize your life, reduce your debt, grow your own food, raise livestock, craft and sell homestead creations, generate income from your property, and even go off-grid with renewable energy sources. From alternative dwellings to homeschooling, this book covers ...

Camas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine writer and editor in the food world, she'd returned to her home state of Oregon with her boyfriend from New York City to take an appealing job at a Portland lifestyle magazine. But neither job nor boyfriend delivered on her dreams, and in the span of a year, Davis was unemployed and on her own. Disillusioned by the years she’d spent mediating the lives of others for a living, she had no idea what to do next. She did know one thing: She no longer wanted to write about the real thing; she wanted to be the real thing.

Are you one of millions of people losing regular income while having to stay at home? Would you like to make money quickly while isolated at home or waiting until the crisis ends? Do you want to know why most of the 57 million US freelancers do not want to return to 9-5 jobs? Have you ever dreamed of taking that leap in your life to become a successful entrepreneur? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I can help you. Why me? I have had the same dreams as you have, and before this current crisis, I made that leap to start my own online business. Online livelihoods are a ...