Loving and Leaving the Good Life
Loving and Leaving the Good Life" is Nearings testimonial to 53 years of marriage to her husband—who died at age 100—and the principles the couple stood for: self-sufficiency, generosity, social justice, and peace.
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Loving and Leaving the Good Life
Loving and Leaving the Good Life" is Nearings testimonial to 53 years of marriage to her husband—who died at age 100—and the principles the couple stood for: self-sufficiency, generosity, social justice, and peace.
Slow Food: Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food
This collection of articles from Slow Magazine, the journal of the internationally renowned Slow Food movement, celebrates food customs from around the world and decries the fast food ethos that threatens to globalize our palates.
The Solar House: Passive Solar Heating and Cooling
Shelter, like many other elements of human existence, comes at an extraordinary cost to our planet and its inhabitants. In the US alone, construction of 1.2 million new homes a year results in a massive drain on the Earth's natural resource base. …
The unforgettable story of a tireless shepherd who plants 100 acorns a day over a span of 30 years, thus transforming the countryside and his community, is being reissued in this special 20th anniversary edition.
The Making of a Radical: A Political Autobiography
Scott Nearing lived one hundred years, from 1883 to 1983a life spanning most of the twentieth century. In his early years, Nearing made his name as a formidable opponent of child labor and military imperialism. Having been fired from university …
Trees are the ultimate sunlight-harvesting machines. The care and nurturing of trees has been a recurring theme in Chelsea Green's publishing program, from "The Man Who Planted Trees" to Julia Alvarez's "A Cafecito Story," Here is a book that …
Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land
This award-winning author writes a beautifully evocative paean to wildness and wilderness restoration with an extraordinary journey into southern Georgia's Pinhook Swamp, a link between the great southern wildernesses of Okefenokee Swamp and …
Set in Seadrift, Texas, this book tells the gripping true story about one woman's heroic battle against Formosa Plastics, a giant chemical corporation poisoning her town, its sea life and its people.
Put Your Best Foot Forward: A Young Dancer's Guide to Life with Poster
In this book by a ballet teacher, readers learn that just about everything a young girl needs to know about life can be learned in ballet class. This inspirational gift book is a unique collection of wisdom and illustration, set against a ballet …
The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth
This could be the most important book you will read this year. Around the office at Chelsea Green it is referred to as the "pharmaceutical Silent Spring." Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a …
Magnetic Sculpture: It's Never the Same Thing Twice with Book(s) and Other and Magnetic Board
This amusing kit comes with a handful of magnetic Xs and Os to be combined in endless configuration on a magnetic base. 32-page instruction book included. Consumable.
Putting on a Party: Adventure Parties for Kids
Children's Activity/ Ages 6 and up. Sail the high seas! Head out on a polar expedition! Blast off into outer space!. In this book, you'll find everything you need to host a high adventure party for any occasion. Mix up some alien slime, munch on …
The Book of Masonry Stoves: Rediscovering an Old Way of Warming
Within the past decade, millions of Americans have discovered the economic benefits and personal pleasures of heating with wood. At the same time, many have discovered that there are serious problems associated with wood heat and iron stoves: …
Salad Bar Beef is a "how-to" book that explains the why, how, and who of small-scale, organic livestock management. The Salatin family speaks from three generations of practical experience; at Polyface Farm they have created a successful …
Sustainable Architecture White Papers: Essays on Design and Building for a Sustainable Future
remarkable collection of vibrant and diverse readings, Sustainable Architecture White Papers explores the critical link between our built and natural environments. Cutting-edge architecture, design, planning, public works, and education leaders …
This book introduces a comprehensive gardening system that allows you to concentrate and retain the sun's energy in order to grow more vegetables on less space — organically and efficiently, all twelve months of the year.
Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate-Climate Permaculture
"Edible Forest Gardens" is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest …
The Challenge to Power: Money, Investing, and Democracy
This is a no-holds-barred look at our money system, its threat to our survival, and how to use our investments to regain control. Harrington synthesizes thirty years of experience to give investors the strategies to thwart corporate domination of …
Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer's Guide to Farm Friendly Food
"Holy Cows and Hog Heaven" is written by an honest-to-goodness-dirt-under-the-fingernails, optimistic clean good farmer. His goal is to: Empower food buyers to pursue positive alternatives to the industrialized food system.Bring clean food …
Paper Pilot: The Paper Airplane Pilot's Manual
Packed with colorful photographs and illustrations, historical facts about famous aircraft, and nostalgic looks at the eternally popular pastime of model plane building, "Paper Pilot" is aviation history, coffee table cool, and paper plane kit …
The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes
The authors, who also wrote "Straw Bale House", now have created a book that celebrates through color photographs the beauty of straw bale dwellings—from houses to larger institutional buildings. In an introductory essay, the Steens share the …
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener
Those who have loved and used Eliot Coleman's original The New Organic Grower will be glad for the opportunity to revisit the master to learn of his latest thinking on every aspect of organic gardening. Those who are newly acquainted with Coleman …
El Cuento del Cafecito = A Cafecito Story
Alvarez pens a simple story of a man, a new life, and struggling to survive. Includes woodcuts by Belkis Ramirez, an artist from the Dominican Republic
Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq
Four award-winning photojournalists show the world truths?up close and personal?about the war and everyday life in Iraq. Working independently, they have run the risks and spent the time it takes to build rapport with Iraqi civilians and …
American Farmstead Cheese: The Complete Guide to Making and Selling Artisan Cheeses
This comprehensive guide to farmstead cheese explains the diversity of cheeses in terms of historical animal husbandry, pastures, climate, preservation, and transport-all of which still contribute to the uniqueness of farm cheeses today. Discover …
High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis
Blackouts, rising gas prices, changes to the Clean Air Act, proposals to drill in the wilderness . . . should we be concerned? Darley explores our dangerous dependence on natural gas, its declining supply, increasing costs, environmental …
This title has been revised to include Usborne's innovative Internet links. A useful guide to a hobby which is enjoyed by many children, it gives step-by-step advice in a helpful and clear format, teaching all the basics, from underarm casting to …
101 Language Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Words, Stories, and Poems
An ideal resource for teachers, therapists, and social workers, this collection of language games helps children of suggested age ranges to effectively express themselves and enhance vocabulary, conversation, and storytelling skills. Illustrations.
Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture
"Edible Forest Gardens" is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest …
America, Fascism, and God: Sermons from a Heretical Preacher
Religion and politics have always been a potent mix. History is littered with times when that combination caused sweeping death and destruction, when it fueled aggression and oppressionand when it gave fascism a religious and diplomatic face…