Green Building

Essential Rainwater Harvesting is a comprehensive manual for designing, building, and maintaining water-harvesting systems for the warm and cold climates of the world. Presenting design considerations and approaches for the most common household rainwater supply scenarios.

Two manuscripts in one audiobook! Listen to Greenhouse Gardening and Container Gardening to learn how to construct your very own greenhouse, with step-by-step building instructions, and tips on year-round planting schedules, equipment and plant selections, lighting, and so much more!

Begin your journey to sustainable living, even if you've never held a tool in your life! Are you ready to embrace off-grid living but feel overwhelmed by where to start? Do you dream of gaining independence from modern utilities or preparing for emergencies with confidence? This audiobook is your gateway to self-reliance and sustainability.

An English emigre who became America's first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe put his stamp on the built landscape of the new republic. Latrobe contributed to such iconic structures as the south wing of the US Capitol building, the White House, and the Navy Yard. He created some of the early republic's greatest neoclassical interiors, including the Statuary Hall.

Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildings. Packed with detailed photos, illustrations, case studies, and code compliance advice, it offers clear step-by-step instructions necessary to create your own living roof on a new build or as a retrofit. Where common sense meets beauty—a green roof is a system of layers that work together to support plant life, insulate homes, and make the world a greener place.

Are you transitioning to off-grid boondocking, know you need a solar system, but you're scared as heck to get started? Building a mobile off-grid solar system can be intimidating to most beginners. Trust me, I used a portable generator for the first couple of years of van life. But understanding the basic principles of off-the-grid solar power can probably save your life if you start connecting wires before you understand what they all do.

Our buildings are making us sick. Our homes, offices, factories, and dormitories are, in some sense, fresh parasites on the sacred Earth, Nahasdzáán. In search of a better way, author Jim Kristofic journeys across the Southwest to apprentice with architects and builders who know how to make buildings that will take care of us. This is where he meets the House Gods who are building to the sun so that we can live on Earth. Forever.

Discover the secret to graceful aging and lifelong vitality—even if age-related challenges have held you back for years! Do you dream of a vibrant, healthy life but struggle with aches, mental fog, or isolation? Are you overwhelmed by conflicting health advice and unsure whom to trust? You’re not alone. Over 50% of seniors worry about maintaining their health and independence. But imagine a life filled with energy, purpose, and deep connections—this isn’t wishful thinking.

Around 90 percent of small businesses fail every year. However, if you adopt this one simple mindset...you'll have a business built to thrive during the hardest times. A business built to survive anything life throws at you. A business people love to support, and in turn, a profitable business that supports you.

Unlock the secrets to a more self-reliant and sustainable lifestyle with 'Building Your Backyard Homestead: A Blueprint for Sustainable Living and Self-Sufficiency in Your Own Space.' In this captivating audiobook, you'll embark on a transformative journey towards cultivating your own thriving homestead, right in your backyard.

Regardless of the experiences you have survived, there's always a chance that you struggle with difficult emotions daily! But the good news is that you're not alone! That's why this book is available to provide you with the tools and techniques needed to develop greater emotional control.

Racial Emotion at Work is an invitation to understand our own emotions and associated behaviors around race—and much more. With this surprising and timely book, Tristin K. Green takes us beyond diversity trainings and other individualized solutions to discrimination and inequality in employment, calling for sweeping changes in how the law and work organizations treat and shape racial emotions.

You’ve seen the videos, news features, blogs, and other content showing how many individuals and families around the world have been able to leave behind the daily grind of the urban jungle. Now, they are living in healthier, more mindful, and adventure-filled residences, far from the daily grind of the modern-day consumer-driven culture. They know how to source their own food, produce their own electricity, and live comfortably without harming the environment. Does this sound like something you want for yourself and your household as well? Then you’ve come to the right source!

This book will show you exactly what to do and how to do it to become more confident in any area of life. Short and to the point, this book is packed with ideas and exercises developed and refined over twenty years coaching clients to get the confidence you need to live the life you want.

Looking to get your body ready for summer or trying to lose weight or maintain your current weight? Detoxing your body will help speed up the process of losing weight, which will lead to you having a lean, green body. Physical activity also plays a key role in weight loss. Diet, detox, and physical activity are the three key players in any weight loss program. This book has 25 delicious weight loss and detox recipes, including eight bonus recipes.

They say that raising a child is difficult. If you ask us, you have to be more specific. First, raising a baby and a child are two completely different things. From the moment your baby is born to when they reach an age they can follow what you are saying, the journey is not that difficult. The road that comes after that is treacherous filled with temper tantrums and unreasonable requests. Not to mention the imaginary friends and the blanket or stuffed toy they are not ready to let go of.

The start of a relationship is quite delicate. Since both partners are testing the waters and navigating the complicated maze of boundaries and emotions, finding your place can be confusing. The dating rules are different for men and women. It's the feminine charm of a woman that attracts a man and vice versa when it comes to chivalry. There are certain points in every persons mind, which they want in their partner. However, your soulmate is not just roaming around waiting for you. You have got to put in the effort!

Love never dies. Do you believe that? If yes, you are one of those couples who know and believe that your spouse is your whole world. This love emerges when you enter your Golden Years. Gray hairs, holding hands, long walks, sneaking your grandkids candies. All these tell a story of how happy you have lived. Now that reality has set in, don't let it become your routine. Expectations can be kept because by now, you both know absolutely everything about each other.

Now you have raised a baby first and then a child, so now its time to raise a teenager. The bigger they are, the bigger problem they bring. At the same time you will develop your own skills during the road. But the road might be bumpy and you will never know what to expect. It might be calm or it might be a stormy journey, and not all but a lot of it is a reflection of your own behavior in different situations, and some of it is the personality of the teenager itself.