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Better World Shopping Guide (3RD 10 Edition) by Ellis Jones Publisher Comments Many companies claim to be good corporate citizens. So how does a responsible shopper separate the truly green from the greenwashers? Now in its third edition, The Better World Shopping Guide is the only comprehensive guide for socially and... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs Staff Pick Proof that good things come in small packages, Make Your Place packs a wealth of DIY know-how into a pocket-sized paperback. Hand-written and illustrated by Raleigh Briggs, this compendium of tutorials for non-toxic cleaning, natural body care, and... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herb (Back to Basics Guides) by Abigail R Gehring Publisher Comments With the rapid depletion of our planet's natural resources, we would all like to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. But in the midst of an economic crisis, it's just as important to save money as it is to go green. As Gehring shows in this thorough... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ecomind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want by Frances Moore Lappe Publisher Comments In EcoMind, Frances Moore Lappe — a giant of the environmental movement—confronts accepted wisdom of environmentalism. Drawing on the latest research from anthropology to neuroscience and her own field experience, she argues that the biggest... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Back to Basics Handbook: A Guide to Buying and Working Land, Raising Livestock, Enjoying Your Harvest, Household Skills and Crafts, and More (Back to Basics Guides) by Abigail R Gehring Publisher Comments Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind employed by our forefathers--and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. With hundreds of projects, step-by-step... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living by Helen Nearing Publisher Comments This one volume edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life brings these classics on rural homesteading together. This couple abandoned the city for a rural life with minimal cash and the knowledge of self reliance and good health.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age by Timothy Beatley Publisher Comments Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential element in the search for solutions to current sustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone by Melissa Coleman Publisher Comments Set on a rugged coastal homestead during the 1970s, This Life Is in Your Hands introduces a superb young writer driven by the need to uncover the truth of a childhood tragedy and connect anew with the beauty and vitality of the back-to-the-land ideal... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Foxfire #02: Foxfire 2 by Eliot Wigginton Publisher Comments This second Foxfire volume includes topics such as ghost stories, spinning and weaving, wagon making, midwifing, corn shuckin', and more.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments Michael Pollan's unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between our everyday experiences- whether eating, gardening, or building-and the natural world has been the basis for the popular success of his many works of nonfiction, including the genre... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cabin Fever: Notes from a Part-Time Pioneer by William L. Sullivan Publisher Comments Rich with humor and natural history, this memoir of building a log cabin in the wilds of Oregon's Coast Range takes readers to a warm world of kerosene lamplight, wood stoves, and ghost stories. Written by a finalist for the Oregon Book Award in creative... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates by Paul Lacinski Publisher Comments In 1994, when Chelsea Green published The Straw Bale House, the response from many people was a loud, "Huh?!" Those days are gone. With more than 100,000 copies sold, and straw bale projects underway in most regions of North America, we've entered a... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Change Comes to Dinner: How Vertical Farmers, Urban Growers, and Other Innovators Are Revolutionizing How America Eats by Katherine Gustafson Publisher Comments A fascinating exploration of Americas food innovators, that gives us hopeful alternatives to the industrial food system described in works like Michael Pollans bestselling Omnivores Dilemma Change Comes to Dinner takes readers into the farms, markets... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Green Guide: The Complete Reference for Consuming Wisely by National Geographic Publisher Comments Paper or plastic? Organic or conventional? In a world that is rapidly going "green," how does the average person make decisions that are smart for the family—and good for the planet? The Green Guide is here to help, with the concepts and choices for... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (10 Edition) by Bill Mckibben Publisher Comments "Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." —Barbara Kingsolver Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith H by Eliot Wigginton Publisher Comments Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live by Robyn Jasko and Jennifer Biggs Staff Pick Just as a small plot of land can yield a bountiful harvest, this unassuming little book packs quite a punch. Jasko's friendly, informative, and unfussy instructions cover all the basics of growing, preparing, and preserving your own food, while Biggs's... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More by Abigail R. Gehring Publisher Comments Who doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully-illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It's... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times by Rob Hopkins Publisher Comments In 2008, the best-selling The Transition Handbook suggested a model for a community-led response to peak oil and climate change. Since then, the Transition idea has gone viral across the globe, from Italian villages and Brazilian favelas to universities... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Green Barbarians: Live Bravely on Your Home Planet by Ellen Sandbeck Staff Pick Ellen Sandbeck, author of Eat More Dirt and Green Housekeeping, brings us a thorough guide to living more healthfully with less stress, less money, and less impact on our planet. Green Barbarians is an amusing and refreshing handbook that includes... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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