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One brings together a way of eating that is mindful of the planet. Anna Jones gives you practical advice and shows how every small change in planning, shopping and reducing waste will make a difference. In this exciting audio edition Anna explains how to save energy (and money), how to live with less plastic, what food should actually fill your plate, and how you can support biodiversity and soil health. This audio edition also contains over 120 simple recipes, which limit the pans and simplify the ingredients for all-in-one dinners that keep things fast and easy.

Whether you’re a beginner gardener just getting started or a seasoned pro just looking to stay sharp, this extremely thorough gardening walkthrough is jam-packed with gardening tips, tricks, and super helpful gardening information that is guaranteed to provide you with an abundance of value! This playfully written gardener’s guide will not only teach you the importance of all things gardening but you will have a blast listening to this charmingly entertaining audiobook to the very end.

The severity of climate change leaves no one indifferent. The Climate Is Changing, Why Aren't We? will not try to convince you that climate change exists - we know that. It offers-easy to-understand insights into the structures that suffocate our future, while upholding a sense of optimism and humanising the climate story.

No source is left untapped in this all-encompassing guide to supplying lifesaving water after a disaster. You can survive up to three weeks without food but only three days without water! When catastrophe strikes, having enough water can spell the difference between life and death. The Prepper's Water Survival Guide offers a step-by-step plan with straightforward information you can easily follow.

In the 1970s, Dolly Freed lived off the land dirt cheap and plum easy. Living in their own house on a half-acre lot outside of Philadelphia for almost five years, Dolly and her father produced their own food and drink and spent roughly $700 each per year. Thirty years later Dolly Freed's Possum Living is as fascinating and pertinent as it was in 1978. Tin House is reissuing the survivalist classic with a foreword by David Gates and an afterword by the author.

Using the lens of ecopsychology, Returning the Self to Nature shows that the pervasive and extreme forms of narcissism we find in many modern societies are fundamentally the result of alienation from the natural world. But it doesn't have to be that way. Returning the Self to Nature is written for the person who no longer wishes to function in a world that revolves around selfish, disconnected identity models and yearns to step into healthy relationships with one's self, one's community, and our planet.

Are you tired of paying utility bills? Are you looking for a simpler lifestyle? Is someone stalking you and making your life miserable? If so, then this book is for you! Maybe you’re ready to disappear from society and start over! That’s why I’m writing this book. To help those who want to learn how to prepare and make the switch to off-grid living. Once you get a taste of that life, the thought of fading into the background of nature might present itself.

Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land design. It distills the authors' decades of experience as engineers, farmers, educators, and consultants into a five-step process complete with principles, practices, templates, and workflow tools.

If a disaster forces you to shelter in place, do you think you have everything you need to safely and comfortably stay put in your home? If the answer is no, The Disaster-Ready Home will help you create a safe, well-stocked place to weather out any emergency. Survival expert and best-selling author Creek Stewart gives you a step-by-step emergency preparedness plan to meet your food, water, heat, and sanitation needs during any disaster.

Starting your own garden in five dummy-proof steps, and master and grow over 30 kinds of popular fruits and veggies for complete self-sufficiency.

Since Copernicus, humanity has increasingly seen itself as adrift, an insignificant speck within a large, cold universe. Brazilian physicist, astronomer, and winner of the 2019 Templeton Prize Marcelo Gleiser argues that we’re using the wrong paradigm to relate to the universe and our position in it. In this deeply researched and beautifully rendered book, he calls for us to embrace a new life-centric perspective, one which recognizes just how rare and precious life is and why it should be our mission to preserve and nurture it.

Get off-the-grid and become self-sufficient without leaving your backyard! Cultivating a sustainable homestead off the grid has become more and more popular as many people are searching for alternatives to the trappings of modern society. Off-Grid Living and the Self-Sufficient Backyard is your complete guide to transitioning off the grid. It doesn't matter if you are just getting started or are already an experienced homesteader. This audiobook will serve as your guide for creating your backyard mini-farm and planning for your off-grid life.

In this practical guide, you will discover how mushrooms develop, cultivation techniques, ideal soil and climatic conditions, the best species to grow at home, and the exceptional health benefits of some varieties. Not many know how easy it is to grow tasty mushrooms independently in their own homes. Most people prefer to buy mushrooms of dubious origin in shopping malls rather than organically self-producing the healthiest and tastiest species.

Do you ever get overwhelmed when you think about how cluttered your house, office, car...or LIFE is?? Maybe you have thought about removing some things from your life to keep it simple, and you have heard about the concept of minimalism, and want to know a little bit more. Or, maybe you are just looking to broaden your knowledge, and learn about how other people find more joy in their lives!

Have you wondered what worm farming is and how it can benefit you? Do you want to learn more about producing “black gold” to promote plant growth? Do you want to find a more natural approach to composting? In this remarkably informative audiobook, you’ll discover the stunning benefits that come from creating your vermicomposting system to produce some of the best fertilizers in the world.

If you were to ask a group of people which investments they would love to venture into, many of them will say they’d love to venture into real estate. This perhaps explains why a big proportion of millionaires have interests in real estate. This means one thing; real estate is a preferred investment for anyone looking to build wealth. While investing in any type of real estate will yield lots of profits, the truth is that not all niches are equal. I could easily say that ‘some niches are more equal than others’ and commercial real estate is the most profitable of them all.

In this accessible guide to the meanings of sustainability, Kent Portney describes the evolution of the idea and examines its application in a variety of contemporary contexts - from economic growth and consumption to government policy and urban planning.

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.

Neste livro, Gustavo Cerbasi usa toda a experiência adquirida ao longo de 20 anos dedicados à educação financeira para propor um novo modelo de construção de riqueza, baseado em escolhas sustentáveis. Em vez de abrir mão de qualidade de vida para manter um padrão incompatível com a sua realidade, o autor propõe reduzir os custos fixos, adotar o minimalismo e ter fartura apenas do que é genuinamente importante para você. Não se trata de poupar centavos, mas de fazer mudanças estruturais que deixem sua vida financeira menos engessada.

Most eco-friendly books start with terror-inducing lists of the carcinogenic chemicals you are liberally slathering all over every single surface in your house, painting most people as unwitting eco-villains, happily Lysol-ing their way straight to hell. Well, listeners can just relax and unpack the (plastic) bags - no guilt trips today! All You Need Is Less is about realistically adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle without either losing your mind from soul-destroying guilt or becoming a preachy know-it-all whom everyone loathes.