Wind energy is the fastest growing source of energy in the world, and by the year 2020 it is projected to supply at least 12 percent of global electrical demand. Wind Power Basics provides a clear understanding of wind and wind energy...
HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living
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Auteur:Burch, Mark A.Sommaire:While the voluntary simplicity movement has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, it is still often stereotyped as being mainly concerned with a thrifty lifestyle. But simple living has much deeper implications than just cleaning...
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Auteur:Ramlow, Bob.Sommaire:Heating water with the sun is a practice almost as old as humankind itself. Solar Water Heating, now completely revised and expanded, is the definitive guide to this clean and cost-effective technology. Beginning with a review of the...
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Auteur:Weston, AnthonySommaire:Dysfunctional cities, catastrophic climate change, ever-deepening distance from nature-today we see environmental disaster everywhere we look. In Mobilizing the Green Imagination, philosophical provocateur Anthony Weston urges us to...
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Auteur:Chiras, Dan.Sommaire:Our automobile culture is devastating for the environment, but private passenger vehicles are unlikely to disappear from our roads anytime soon. Greener cars and fuels will be a necessity for many years to come. Green Transportation...
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Auteur:Piper, AshleeSommaire:Stop thinking you give a shit and start living like you give a shit about your health, your footprint, and your planet. Ashlee Piper presents the first eco-friendly handbook of its kind for these dire times when the Earth needs us most...
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Auteur:Greenfield, Rob.Sommaire:You want to do something for the planet, but what' Change a light bulb, install a low-flow faucet, eat organic' How about ride forty-seven hundred miles across America on a bamboo bicycle, using only water from natural sources...
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Auteur:Armantrout, Bob.Sommaire:Small-scale home biodiesel production holds a singular attraction for the do-it-yourself enthusiast. While perhaps it can't save the world, this unique renewable fuel is economical, fun to make, better for the environment, and will...
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Auteur:Wood, RobSommaire:The compelling story of one family’s life among the rugged landscapes of British Columbia's Coast Mountains, converting youthful ideals, raw land and a passion for the outdoors into a practical off-grid homestead.Rob Wood grew up...
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Auteur:Hemenway, ChristySommaire:Bee populations are plummeting worldwide. Colony Collapse Disorder poses a serious threat to many plants which rely on bees for pollination, including a significant proportion of our food crops. Top bar hives are based on the concept of...
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Auteur:Astyk, Sharon, Newton, AaronSommaire:"Astyk and Newton have written an important book with an unusual message: We need millions of new farmers...as soon as possible. You could not find two more reasonable, intelligent, sincere, and passionate people to talk to about food....
