Sustainable Home

Unleash the hidden potential of your backyard with Raising Livestock, your essential guide to turning small spaces into thriving micro-farms. Explore the wonders of backyard farming and discover why backyard livestock can transform your life, offering sustainability, fresh produce, and a deep connection to nature—all within your own home environment. Start your journey with insights on how to select the right livestock to fit your space and legal guidelines, ensuring harmony with your neighborhood. Dive into beginner-friendly sections that cover everything from chicken breeds for eggs and...

Whether you're a sustainability newbie or a seasoned green living enthusiast, this book will empower you with the knowledge and tools to clean smarter, live healthier, and tread lighter on the Earth. Say goodbye to harsh chemicals—and hello to a fresher, cleaner, greener way of living.

Second Chances is a unique guide to a one-of-a-kind, circular wardrobe. Eleni’s superpower is sniffing out great finds and here she walks you through the art of in-person discovery at thrift stores and vintage shops, estate sales and flea markets, yard sales and antique stores—and online resale platforms. This book will teach you how to organize your existing wardrobe, evaluate pieces you find, and manifest your dream closet.

Book Description: "The Zero-Waste Kitchen: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Cooking & Eco-Friendly Living" 🌍 Reduce Waste. Save Money. Live Sustainably. 🌱 Are you tired of food waste, excess packaging, and a cluttered kitchen filled with single-use plastics? "The Zero-Waste Kitchen" is your ultimate guide to sustainable cooking, eco-friendly food storage, and waste-free living. Packed with practical tips, zero-waste recipes, and actionable strategies, this book will help you transform your kitchen into an environmentally conscious, budget-friendly, and efficient space.What You’ll ...

Now raising their four-year-old daughter, Indiana, alone, after Joey’s passing, Rory Feek digs deeper into the soil of his life and the unusual choices he and his wife, Joey, made together and the ones he’s making now to lead his family into the future. When Feek and his older daughters moved into a run-down farmhouse almost 20 years ago, he had no idea of the almost fairy-tale love story that was going to unfold on that small piece of Tennessee land. He takes listeners on his incredible journey from heartbreak to hope and, ultimately, the kind of healing that comes only through faith.

We all know how important it is to reduce our environmental footprint, but it can be daunting to know where to begin. Enter Kathryn Kellogg, who can fit all her trash from the past two years into a 16-ounce mason jar. How? She starts by saying "no" to straws and grocery bags, and "yes" to a reusable water bottle and compostable dish scrubbers.

Instead of looking at shipping containers as a waste disposal issue, we can view them as a gigantic abundance of a potential enormous building material frenzy. Shipping containers are instantly available across the world. Though соntаіnеr housing is a nеw соnсерt, the рорulаrіtу аnd public interest іn thеm іѕ growing rаріdlу in mаnу соuntrіеѕ. Thе оbvіоuѕ есоnоmіс bеnеfіtѕ, with thе grееn есо-frіеndlу рrасtісеѕ оf rесусlіng аnd sustainability, create a lоt оf орроrtunіtу fоr mоdеrn аrсhіtесtѕ аnd builders tо develop аnd improve thе соntаіnеr home соnсерt.

We can always create a life that is entwined with the natural world. A homestead is not a log cabin or a hermitage out in the woods—it is a way of being, a life lived with the intention of returning to our roots and tapping into the essential elements of fire, water, air, and earth. And a homesteading witch isn't just a person who lives atop a beautiful mountain, but anyone who understands that by harnessing and honoring these elements you can create whatever it is that you need. The Witchy Homestead is your guide to finding, creating, and living this essential magic.

Save yourself from more than half of the trouble most beginning and advanced homesteaders have to deal with. Homestead gardening has exploded over the last few years. One in three US households now gardens to provide food for their families. If you have a garden or are considering one, now is the perfect time to start or take it to the next level. Optimizing your efforts provides superb results that no grocery store could ever compete with. It’s also the start of a self-reliant lifestyle because once you get proficient in gardening for food, it has real economic benefits....

Life can and does get in the way of our greatest dreams and plans sometimes. You’ve built your business and I am sure you’d fight tooth and nail to make sure it survives anything. Poor health, pandemics, life’s curve balls – but how? How do you prepare for the unknown? I’ve been there, twice! My business survived me having four months off after neurosurgery – with no loss of income. I survived the pandemic – with no loss of income and now I want to share with you how you can ensure your business is safe, sustainable and profitable - even if you’re not there to oversee ...

Everything you've been told about being green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100-mpg car is a dangerous fantasy. We are consumers, and we like to consume greenly and efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still at cross-purposes to our true goal: living sustainably while caring for our environment and the future of the planet. Efficiency, once considered the holy grail of our environmental problems, turns out to be part of the problem - we have little trouble turning increases in efficiency into increases in consumption.

Are you overworked and overcrowded? Do you dream of dropping off the radar? Do you crave the peace of mind that only nature can provide? Fitness and military intelligence expert Gary Collins has helped thousands of people roam free with firsthand advice shared on his popular website. And now he's here to help you reclaim your independence. Going Off the Grid: The How-To Book of Simple Living and Happiness contains step-by-step instructions for creating your self-sustaining refuge in the untamed wild or the blacktop jungle.

A graceful, inspired memoir about building a home from scratch and discovering a true sense of self - in just eighty-four square feet - by Dee Williams, a pioneer in sustainable living and the proud owner of a very tiny house. Discovering the sustainability movement and building her own house was just the beginning of building a new life. Williams can now list everything she owns on one sheet of paper, her monthly bills amount to about eight dollars, and it takes her ten minutes to clean the entire house.

Since 2021, 85 percent of people around the world have been transforming their behavior to become more eco-conscious. This means they minimize waste, aim to wisely use the environment, and limit the use of earth’s natural resources, while also ensuring quality working and living environments. Would you like to be part of this statistic?

Step into the buzzing world of apiculture and transform your homestead into a sanctuary for the humble honeybee with "Hive at Home" – your ultimate guide to the art and science of beekeeping! Embark on a fascinating journey through the allure of apiculture, uncovering the pivotal role these tiny architects play within our ecosystem and the global impact of their tender craft. As you delve into the biological wonders of the honeybee, you’ll gain intimate knowledge of their anatomy, life cycle, and complex behaviors. Is your heart set on joining the ranks of bee guardians? "Hive at Home" ...

Transform your garden with the natural power of alpaca beans! In "Alpaca Gold: The Magic of Alpaca Beans for Your Garden," discover how these nutrient-rich pellets can revolutionize your gardening practices. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, this comprehensive guide provides everything you need to know about using alpaca beans to create a thriving, sustainable garden. Learn about the many benefits of alpaca beans, from their superior nutrient profile to their eco-friendly properties. This book covers the history and characteristics of alpacas, the collection and ...

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.

Whether you are planning to build, buy, or retrofit a home, this illuminating book takes you on a virtual tour of the home of the future. Award-winning author and respected housing expert Anna DeSimone lights the way for enjoying a home that is healthier, more comfortable, saves money, and reduces your carbon footprint.

Introducing the ultimate guide for modern homesteaders!Whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started, this eBook will help you identify technology opportunities to streamline your homesteading journey. With chapters covering everything from sustainable energy solutions and intelligent water management, to DIY raspberry pi systems and connected gardening strategies, you'll have all the tools you need to succeed. Discover how to use the internet for homesteading research and education, set up your homesteading laboratory, and design and build greenhouses and high tunnels using the ...

Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste will introduce listeners to the cultural traditions associated with seed saving, as well as the remarkable people who have used grafting practices and hand-by-hand trading to keep alive varieties that would otherwise have been lost. As local efforts to preserve heirloom seeds have become part of a growing national food movement.