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COSTING THE EARTH how to live greener and more cheaply |
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Being nice to Mother Earth doesn't have to be hard and expensive. These books have tips for lowering your carbon footprint, doing well for the planet, and not overspending. |
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by Lisa Leake
Even if you're not on a tight budget, it often seems impossible to cut out processed food spending a lot more money. These healthy, unprocessed recipes are budgeted out with the total cost of ingredients, not just per serving (because if your recipe calls for 1/2 cup of something that is only sold in 1-cup containers, you have to budget for the whole container, right?)
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by Pia Catton
Thrifty is not the same as cheap. The word thrift derives from thrive. "Be Thrifty--it's how to thrive, and feel good and virtuous about it, too". This omnibus has stretch-a-dollar tips for everyone, for just about everything.
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by Sue Reed
A landscape architect and a sustainable gardening advocate team up to share practical and clever solutions for the home gardener interested in combating climate change, one yard at a time.
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by Jerome D. Belanger
A guide to help both urban and rural dwellers move towards more self-sufficient, greener and economical living by providing information on gardening, cooking from scratch, preserving food, raising livestock, fishing and foraging for wild foods.
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by Joni Meyer-Crothers
Not exactly *green* cred, but who doesn't love coupons and discounts? Tips from a pro couponer.
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Good and Cheap : Eat Well on $4/Dayby Leanne BrownThe author did a master's at NYU on food nutrition, and complied or created recipes that were not only good and healthy, but that could be made using the $4 a day allotted to food stamp recipients. A Kickstarter campaign made publishing the book possible. AND for every cookbook bought, another is donated. |
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by Leah Segedie
Can you believe product labels that say "all natural" or "organic".? Are you taken in by packaging that looks homemade and therefore homegrown? A blogger reads the fine print and does the research so you don't have to.
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by Christine Burns Rudalevige
Recipes for "sustainable" (and yummy) meals, plus tips and tricks for making your kitchen greener. An easy to digest primer for conscious, delectable living.
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by Caleb Warnock
Gardening can be fun and relaxing, and can put fresh food on the table, but it's a big commitment for busy people. Warnock, a self-sufficiency expert, explains how you can create a self-sustaining and low-maintenance garden that will produce for years.
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by Erica Strauss
The author is a former chef-turned-urban-homesteader and blogger who decided to give up prepared foods and industrial products.
Her recipes and tips are are organized by season, and cover not just food but cleaners, personal care products, along with general household management.
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by Abigail R. Gehring
You don't have to go off the grid, or even live in the country to enjoy homegrown food. Even the most urban of dwellers have "green" options at hand.
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by Brett L. Markham
A quarter acre is enough room for gardeners to grow enough produce to make a huge dent in their grocery bills. With enough room left over to compost and raise chickens. Who knew?
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by Isabelle Louet
Clean everything in your home with cheap, easily available products, using time-tested methods. Organized by product and by location in the home, get the low-down on banishing dirt with things like lemons, vinegar, and baking soda. |
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by Colin Beavan
A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons-loving wife along for the ride.
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by Larry Olmsted
A crash course in "food authenticity" and an expose of federal regulatory food agencies by the author of the "Great American Bites" column for USA Today. also available in alternate format(s) |
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by Robert Bryce
What if you want to, you know, save the planet, but don't want to live like your great-grandparents or go "off the grid". Can you be an "early adopter" of technology AND a crunchy granola citizen? Bryce says that innovation and human desire say YES.
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by Melissa D'Arabian
You don't have to spend all day running from one over-priced gourmet shop to another to find fresh and healthy ingredients for your meals. This Food Network star shows you how to shop your local grocery store to find affordable and delicious meal components -- that won't take all day to prepare, either.
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by Sarah Van Gelder
The editor of Yes! magazine distills decades of magazine research, essays, and personal stories about happiness into a palatable book that combats the message that we need more and bigger.
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by Dana Gunders
Packed with engaging checklists, simple recipes, practical strategies, and educational infographics, this is the ultimate tool for reducing food waste. Discover everyday techniques that call for minimal adjustments of habit, from shopping, portioning, and using a refrigerator properly to simple preservation methods including freezing, pickling, and cellaring.
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by Bea Johnson
By utilizing "The 5 R's" (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) the author and her family produce just ONE QUART of garbage per year. AND they've cut their annual spending by 40%.
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