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Series:
Dude Making a Difference
Bamboo Bikes, Dumpster Dives and Other Extreme Adventures Across America
Paperback
Rob Greenfield
9780865718074
$19.95
SELF-HELP
Jan 01, 2016
How far would you go to save the planet? One man’s cross-country journey to radical sustainability. You want to do something for the planet, but what? Change a light bulb, install a low-flow faucet, eat organic? How about ride 4,700 miles across America on a bamboo bicycle, using only water from natural sources, avoiding fossil fuels almost completely, supplying your few electrical needs with solar power and creating nearly zero waste? Sound crazy? Maybe. But not if you're Rob Greenfield. Then it sounds like a pretty amazing way to bring you...
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The Urban Farmer
Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land
Paperback
Curtis Stone
9780865718012
$29.95
GARDENING
Dec 01, 2015
There are 40 million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement. The Urban Farmer is a comprehensive, hands-on, practical manua...
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Series:
The Planet Friendly Diet
Your 21-day Guide to Sustainable Weight Loss and Optimal Health
Paperback
Cat Smiley
9780865718111
$29.95
HEALTH & FITNESS
Jan 01, 2016
Would you like to lose weight, feel great, and minimize the impact of your eating habits on the environment? The Planet Friendly Diet is a unique, all-inclusive program for a greener lifestyle based on responsible dietary choices. Jump start your journey to optimum health with the all-inclusive 21-day meal plan, and then apply the information in the accompanying nutrition guide to transform short-term success into long-term, sustainable results.Leading body-transformation expert and former professional skier Cat Smiley shares her simple step-by...
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Series:
The Ethical Meat Handbook
Complete home butchery, charcuterie and cooking for the conscious omnivore
Paperback
Meredith Leigh
9780865717923
$24.95
COOKING
Nov 01, 2015
Small-scale meat processing and preservation for the home cook. Nutrition, environmental impact, ethics, sustainability-it seems like there's no end to the factors we must consider when we think about our food. At the center of the dietary storm is animal-based agriculture. Was your beef factory-farmed or pasture-raised? Did your chicken free range, or was it raised in a battery cage? Have you, in short, met your meat? Most efforts to unravel the complexities of the production and consumption of animal protein tend to pit meat eaters and veg...
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Series:
Craft Distilling
Making Liquor Legally at Home
Paperback
Victoria Redhed Miller
9780865718043
$24.95
HOUSE & HOME
Jan 01, 2016
Many people have experienced great success making their own beer or wine at home. In recent years a number of hobbyists have become interested in making distilled spirits. However, distilled spirits are more complicated to produce, and the process presents unique safety issues. In addition, alcohol distillation without a license is illegal in most countries, including the United States and Canada. From mashing and fermenting to building a small column still, Craft Distilling is a complete guide to creating high-quality whiskey, rum and more a...
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6.
Series:
Fixing Fashion
Rethinking the Way We Make, Market and Buy Our Clothes
Paperback
Michael Lavergne
9780865718005
$18.95
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Oct 01, 2015
Is global fashion a wolf in sheep’s clothing? An industry insider takes a hard look at the apparel trade.With sales of more than five hundred billion US dollars a year, the fashion industry is one of the most important sectors of the global economy, employing millions of men, women, and often children in the developing world. And yet its record is far from pretty. The collapse of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza with some thirty-five hundred desperately underpaid garment workers inside was a shocking example of what can go wrong when manufacturers ruthl...
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Series:
Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi
Paperback
Mark Boyle
9780865718135
$19.95
PHILOSOPHY
Oct 01, 2015
More than ever, people are longing for deep and meaningful change. Another world is not only possible; it is essential. Yet despite our creative and determined efforts to attain social justice and ecological sustainability, our global crises continue to deepen.In Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi, bestselling author Mark Boyle argues that our political and economic system has brought us to the brink of climate catastrophe, ransacking ecosystems and unravelling communities for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many. He makes a co...
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Series:
Soil Sisters
A Toolkit for Women Farmers
Paperback
Lisa Kivirist
9780865718050
$24.95
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Feb 01, 2016
The first practical, hands-on guide for female farmers Women in agriculture are sprouting up in record numbers, but they face a host of distinct challenges and opportunities. Blending What Color is Your Parachute -style career advice with sustainable agriculture practices viewed through a gender lens, Soil Sisters provides a wealth of invaluable information for fledging female farming entrepreneurs. The first manual of its kind, this authoritative and comprehensive blueprint presents practical considerations from a woman's perspective, c...
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Series:
Permaculture for the Rest of Us
Abundant Living on Less than an Acre
Paperback
Jenni Blackmore
9780865718104
$22.99
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Oct 01, 2015
Adventures on the road to real-world self-sufficiency Many of us want to increase our self-sufficiency, but few have access to the ideal 5 sunny, 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. With a rallying cry of "If we can do it, you can too," she distills the wisdom of 20 years of trial and error into a valuable teaching tool. ...
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Series:
The Heart of Sustainability
Restoring Ecological Balance from the Inside Out
Paperback
Andrés R Edwards
9780865717626
$19.95
NATURE
Nov 01, 2015
A thriving life and livable future for our planet starts with you. Amidst the doom and gloom that dominates the headlines, a different kind of story about an alternative and sustainable future is unfolding. The players are social activists, visionaries, revolutionaries, and cultural innovators, the backdrop is this Anthropocene: the tipping point of our global and environmental challenges, and the narrative is the molding of a new paradigm to shape our collective future, and make environmental change. The Heart of Sustainability delves into t...
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11.
Series:
The Biology of Wonder
Aliveness, Feeling and the Metamorphosis of Science
Paperback
Andreas Weber
9780865717992
$21.95
SCIENCE
Feb 01, 2016
Understanding our place in the web of life. The disconnection between humans and nature is perhaps one of the most fundamental problems faced by our species today. The schism between us and the natural world is arguably the root cause of most of the environmental catastrophes unraveling around us. However, until we come to terms with the depths of our alienation, we will continue to fail to understand that what happens to nature also happens to us. In The Biology of Wonder author Andreas Weber proposes a new approach to the biological scie...
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Series:
The Scoop on Poop
Safely capturing and recycling the nutrients in greywater, humanure and urine
Paperback
Dan Chiras
9780865717879
$32.95
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Feb 01, 2016
The most up-to-date, practical and scientifically accurate guide on safe, effective, and ecologically sound means of reclaiming nutrients in humanure Flush it and forget it is the plumbing mantra of the industrialized world. Most people just want sewage to go away, preferably without having to see, smell, or worse yet, touch it. But crap has a bad rap. Human waste is a valuable resource we can use to support food production. Blackwater, urine, and are actually rich in organic matter, and alternative means of handling these "wastes" can conserve...
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