Sustainable Home

Are you ready to live more sustainably but don’t know where to start? Zero Waste Made Easy is your ultimate guide to reducing waste, saving money, and protecting the planet—one simple step at a time. Packed with practical tips, DIY recipes, and easy-to-follow advice, this beginner-friendly book helps you navigate the journey to a zero-waste lifestyle without feeling overwhelmed. From decluttering your home to swapping out single-use items, you’ll discover how small, intentional changes can lead to big results.

Solar Powered Energy Theft is a comprehensive resource that reveals the facts about solar energy and makes it easy for you to learn how you can use solar to slash your electric bill, live better, and save the planet! Solar consultant and self-proclaimed solar junkie Jon Nelsen offers a simple explanation why rooftop solar is your best option in this tell-all book. He refutes common misconceptions, dismantles popular myths, and explains how solar can help you live better from growing your wallet to cleaning the very air you breathe.

Are you overwhelmed by the extreme views on sustainability presented by the media? Struggling with feelings of anxiety, frustration, and helplessness as you navigate the pressures of living sustainably? In "Man's Search for Sustainability," David Auge, after decades of research, offers a groundbreaking perspective by comparing two of nature's most fascinating insect communities—honeybees and desert locusts.

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.

Nutzen Sie die Kraft der Sonne mit „Solarenergie vereinfacht: Ein umfassender Leitfaden zu sauberer, erneuerbarer Energie für Ihr Zuhause und Ihr Unternehmen“.

Futuresteading is a practical and inspirational guide to living in a way that values tomorrow: a slower, simpler, steadier existence that is healthier for you, your home and the environment. Whether you live in a city apartment, in the suburbs or on 20 acres, the principles of futuresteading offer easy-to-understand information and hands-on ideas. Learn to grow delicious food and medicinal plants, share rituals with loved ones through the seasons, feast on healthy home-cooked food for the family, nourish body and soul with outdoor expeditions and more.

Selene Nelson breaks down the burning questions surrounding veganism, from choice, ethics and ecology to fitness, health and beauty, as well as providing informed opinions on just how to rebuff the haters.

Do you wish you could spend more time outdoors, enjoying the fresh air and moving your body? You can experience all these through gardening...and raised bed gardening offers an easy and simple way to get started!

In my book Off Grid RV Living: How to Live off the Grid Full Time on Your Own Terms, I will teach you everything I know about how to go completely off-grid and be in control of your own destiny. I will teach you about solar power, gardening, farming, setting up land for homesteading, and how to boondock in an RV in a city or in the wild.

Finally, a book that simplifies the beginning skills of urban homesteading and provides easy lessons for those ready to be more self-sufficient. We are all different and live in different situations. This book will get you started in ways you might not have thought of, no matter where you are.

A groundbreaking volume from the president and CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club makes the profound argument that to preserve the environment, a revolution must take place in which every person becomes a champion for nature and the outdoors. In The Outdoor Citizen, John Judge coins the term "the outdoor citizen" delivering his remarkably persuasive argument that we must all become citizens of the natural world, owning and instilling in the next generation a keen interest in the outdoors and reconnecting with life's most essential foundation: nature.

Hugelkultur, also sometimes referred to as hugel bed, is a permaculture gardening technique for growing vegetables in heaps made from timber and covered over with topsoil. In this short introduction to a well established but little known growing concept, you will discover what it involves and how it can be used to great advantage particularly in dry arid regions. With a proper understanding and application of this simple technique, vegetables can be grown with minimum irrigation—and less backache!

This short audiobook walks through the step-by-step process the author used to create a 16-foot diameter geodesic dome "bunker". It contains information of building an inexpensive geodesic dome frame from EMT conduit, ferrocement, and latex cement coverings as well as additional information on lighting and other issues. It contains links to additional videos and online dome calculators as well as end-notes for additional information on the content.

With the gentle guidance of eco-expert, Alice Mary Alvrez, you can start with baby steps and progress to an advanced eco-warrior! Start with these inspired ideas and the 52 simple ways to reduce your waste, eat organic, and keep toxins out of your home. Inside this helpful and hopeful guide, you'll find tips for greening up all the areas of your life. Learn surprising facts about your impact on the environment and change your habits with do-it-yourself ideas.

We sometimes wish for alone time. There are many reasons we long for such a thing. It could be the need to achieve something we feel we can’t achieve amid everything around us. We might also long for some time alone to get away from the hustle and bustle of life as it goes on around us. But, whatever the choice, our ultimate aim is usually some time to ourselves, a moment of reflection, a time to make personal decisions and grow as a person.

Simple, practical advice on how to design your home for health and happiness. Create a healthy, happy home with 100 design ideas to support your physical and mental wellbeing. Using the latest evidence and research in wellbeing and Biophilic Design, learn how to transform every space in your home to create a restorative and nurturing environment. Discover the many benefits of connecting to nature, maximising natural light, improving air quality and the right way to add colour, texture and pattern to create spaces that improve relaxation, recuperation, social connections and sleep.

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.

You’ve seen the videos, news features, blogs, and other content showing how many individuals and families around the world have been able to leave behind the daily grind of the urban jungle. Now, they are living in healthier, more mindful, and adventure-filled residences, far from the daily grind of the modern-day consumer-driven culture. They know how to source their own food, produce their own electricity, and live comfortably without harming the environment. Does this sound like something you want for yourself and your household as well? Then you’ve come to the right source!

This audiobook offers a comprehensive overview of careers that allow you to make a difference professionally whether you're a recent graduate, a career changer, or someone looking to align your passion with your profession. Add just one more thing to your household routine. Experience the satisfaction of making a difference. Learn simple yet impactful options to add to your daily routine that can have a positive ripple effect on the environment.

The Slightly Greener Method gives you small, actionable changes you can easily make in your pantry, medicine cabinet, and under your kitchen sink - without breaking the bank or upending your life. By focusing on mico-habits you can build over time and the gradual introduction of safer products, Harris guides you along a roadmap to a greener, more environmentally-friendly lifestyle that can help protect you and your families' health long-term.