Sustainable Home is a stylish, inspirational and practical guidebook to maintaining a more environmentally friendly household. Sustainable lifestyle blogger and professional Christine Liu takes you on a tour through the rooms of your home — the living area, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom — offering tips, tricks and 18 step-by-step projects designed to help you lead a more low-impact lifestyle. From guidance on decluttering and living minimally...

"The green building movement has produced hundreds of "how-to" books and websites that are filled with tips about green building and what homeowners should do to go green. While helpful and informative, when it comes to making actual purchasing and installation decisions, these books do not make it any easier for a homeowner to prioritize against a budget. The Sustainable Home serves this need, as it is written by a sustainability advisor and financial...

"To address the urgent need for a shift in the way our food is produced and to empower urban city dwellers to grow their own food. The Ultimate Guide To Urban Farming offers a practical education in everything there is to know about city agriculture: how to grow food in any kind of urban-living situation, from apartment to community lot. It shows you how you can grow your own food in your suburban backyard as well as how you can become a commercial...

"Features the latest innovations in environmentally friendly home design. From heating and cooling solutions to wind energy systems, solar paneling, thermal glazing, and even Trombe walls, the ideas featured inside are complemented by photographs and architectural plans of gorgeous, sustainable houses around the world."--from cover, page [2].

"In Natural Living Style, Selina Lake reveals how to create a beautiful and stylish home that is as natural, plastic free and sustainable as possible."--Back cover. The concepts that inspire Lake are natural decor, living simply, mindful consumption, recycling, upcycling, and reducing plastic waste. Here she looks at materials suited to the natural living look, including wood, bamboo, cork, recycled glass, and upcycled materials. She shows how sustainability...

Saving the planet for future generations is a laudable aim, but what about the current populace? Why wait when even small lifestyle changes can make a big difference now? Green Housekeeping is full of advice and information to help you take a more sustainable path. Recycling, reusing and shopping at farmers' markets are a good start, but cutting down on the use of poisonous chemicals is just as important - it's perfectly possible to clean a house...

A shift in awareness means that we are increasingly thoughtful about the materials we use, the scarcity of the earth's resources, and how to lighten our footprint on the planet. In Home for the Soul, Sara Bird and Dan Duchars show how to create a beautiful home that suits its inhabitants while causing minimum damage to our increasingly fragile environment including using non toxic vegan paints and fabrics.

"Create your own unique sustainable home and life with tools, tips, and inspiration from The Humane Home. Sarah Lozanova shows us how to evaluate all the ways our lifestyle and living choices can be more sustainable, from powering our homes to the food we consume and the air we breathe. Small steps empower us to act immediately by starting an herb garden, reducing utility bills, and learning how to conduct a home energy audit. The fun, DIY activities...