Practical self-sufficiency : the complete guide to sustainable living today / Dick & James Strawbridge.
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TextPublisher: London : DK, Penguin Random House, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 280 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241400845; 0241400848Subject(s): Self-reliant living | Sustainable living | Gardening | Home economics | Dwellings -- Energy conservation -- Amateurs' manualsDDC classification: 640 Summary: Find your route to a more sustainable lifestyle with Dick Strawbridge, of Channel 4's Escape to the Chateau, and his son James. No matter who we are or where we live, we can all take steps to reduce our carbon footprint. For some, that might mean upping sticks and living off the land. For the rest of us, the reality might involve smaller, but no less important, lifestyle changes: cutting back on plastic or food waste, foraging wild produce, growing a few vegetables, making your own plant-based milks, or keeping a chicken or two. Dick and James Strawbridge know what it's like to make these changes. Between them, they've lived on a smallholding, in a terraced house, and even a chateau. In this updated edition of Practical Self-sufficiency they share everything they've learned, and give you the tools you need for a more rewarding and environmentally conscious life.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 640.286 STR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111079103089 |
Originally published: 2010.
Includes index.
Find your route to a more sustainable lifestyle with Dick Strawbridge, of Channel 4's Escape to the Chateau, and his son James. No matter who we are or where we live, we can all take steps to reduce our carbon footprint. For some, that might mean upping sticks and living off the land. For the rest of us, the reality might involve smaller, but no less important, lifestyle changes: cutting back on plastic or food waste, foraging wild produce, growing a few vegetables, making your own plant-based milks, or keeping a chicken or two. Dick and James Strawbridge know what it's like to make these changes. Between them, they've lived on a smallholding, in a terraced house, and even a chateau. In this updated edition of Practical Self-sufficiency they share everything they've learned, and give you the tools you need for a more rewarding and environmentally conscious life.
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