Sustainable Living

Caring for your pets and caring for the planet work hand in hand. This friendly, clear, and slightly mischievous guide shows you how to give your dog or cat a wonderful life while lowering your household’s environmental footprint, saving money, and making everyday choices that feel good and do good. James Ellison invites you into his New England home with Sam, Edna, and Milo, where every lesson comes from real life. Sustainable pet care is not an all-or-nothing mission. It is a series of small, thoughtful habits that help pets thrive while protecting the world they live in.

The Concise Guide to Minimalism is not another book that tells you to throw away all your stuff and live in a sterile white box with a single succulent. This isn’t minimalism-by-dictatorship. This is minimalism-by-choice: a thrilling, inspiring, motivational, and actionable guide to cutting the noise, reclaiming your time, and living lighter.

Do you ever feel strange, gross, chaotic, underappreciated, or like you don’t quite fit in? Great news: you might be a goblin! That means your imperfections and idiosyncrasies are the most awesome things about you, and you can build a more balanced, comfortable, harmonious life by accepting and honoring them—taking inspiration from the frogs, fungus, moss, rocks, and dirt that goblins love.

The fundamentals of permaculture are simple: care for people and the Earth, and share what you have. With these in mind, practitioners promote a system with a sense of respect for all life on the planet. You may, however, be anxious about not knowing what to do. After all, not everybody knows about permaculture. But don’t worry–you don’t need to be an expert to start your own permaculture garden.

In his first all-new book in 15 years, Eliot Coleman returns organic farming to its ethical roots, exploring the very soul of organic growing. In The Self-Fed Farm and Garden, he presents the organic method as a self-sustaining system rooted in soil health care and shows listeners how they can shift to a self-fed model that continually recharges the soil with organic matter, thus allowing the soil food web to provide all the nutrients crops need for healthy growth and excellent yields.

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Discover the truth about self-sufficiently living off your backyard! In a world as highly dynamic as ours, independent living can be an invaluable trait. By employing intelligent tactics and technologies, you can feed your family, eliminate high utility bills, and minimize stress. However, starting your own garden and homesteading can be an overwhelming task—and you need to prepare and learn what it takes to start. This guide will wipe away all your doubts and help you build the life you’ve always wanted for yourself and your family.

Have you already bought property and tried to make a living from your off-grid lifestyle? Whether you already have experience or you are looking to learn the basics to live off-grid, this audiobook offers more than 50 ways to become a successful off-grid dweller. You’ll learn how to live off-grid without sacrificing the things you love. You will feel closer to your family and to the land, where you know you are doing your part to reduce climate change and help to create a more sustainable life.

The demand for clean water is growing every year. Water bills are going through the roof, and because you can’t live without it, it seems like there’s nothing you can do. Of course, impure water is better than nothing, but you know that there must be a better way. If these are the same concerns you have, you’re in the right place! The truth is, you’ve been tricked into thinking the only way to quench your thirst is to turn on the tap or buy a bottle of water.

Smart homes, intelligent systems, and sustainable technology are no longer the future—they’re the present. The Future of Smart Living and AI is a clear, practical guide to understanding how artificial intelligence, generative workflows, and the Internet of Things are reshaping the way we live, work, and build sustainable environments. Written for beginners and tech-curious readers alike, this book breaks down complex innovations into real-world applications you can understand and use.

The Eco-Smart Home Blueprint is your step-by-step guide to designing an energy-efficient, environmentally responsible home that stays warm in winter, cool in summer, and affordable all year long.

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Over half a century ago, John Rowlands set out by canoe into the wilds of Canada to survey land for a timber company. After paddling alone for several days, he came upon "the lake of my boyhood dreams", which he named Cache Lake because there was stored the best that the north had to offer-timber for a cabin; fish, game, and berries to live on; and the peace and contentment he felt he could not live without.

Called "a veritable tree whisperer" by the Wall Street Journal, Peter Wohlleben is known across the world for his illuminating books about forests and how to help them thrive. Now, the German forester invites listeners into his home for the first time in Our Little Farm, describing the steps he and his wife, Miriam, have taken to live sustainably and in harmony with nature.

Like many people, Beth Terry didn't think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. Now she wants to teach you how you can too.

Prepare your home and family for any life-threatening catastrophe with this step-by-step survivalist guide filled with techniques, strategies, and DIY projects from a lifelong prepping expert. Government pamphlets and other prepping books tell you how to hold out through an emergency until services are restored. This book teaches you how to survive when nothing returns to normal for weeks, months, or even years, including water collection; storing, growing, hunting, and foraging for food; first aid and medical treatment; fortifying and defending your home; and community-building.

As energy prices rise and sustainability becomes more important than ever, residential solar power is no longer just an environmental choice—it's a smart investment. From Rooftop to Return: The Complete Guide to Residential Solar Investment provides homeowners with a clear, practical roadmap to understanding, installing, and profiting from solar energy systems.

If you want to save the planet, but your to-do list is already pretty long, and remembering your reusable coffee cup feels like a Herculean task, then this is the book for you. Covering every aspect of our lives from the stuff we buy and the food we eat, to how we travel, work, and celebrate. This audiobook provides stacks of practical ideas to slot into your daily life, alongside a gentle kick up the butt to put your newfound knowledge into action.

The Conscious Consumer Blueprint is your practical, empowering guide to making smarter choices that protect the planet, reduce waste, and create a better world—without sacrificing comfort or convenience. In a world driven by fast consumption and hidden environmental costs, this book helps you break free from unconscious habits and build a lifestyle aligned with your values. Whether you’re just starting your sustainability journey or looking to deepen your impact, this blueprint shows you how to turn everyday decisions into powerful acts of change.

With real-world considerations in mind, disaster preparedness consultant David Black shows us how to stay alive when tragedy strikes. His step-by-step actions can help us make it safely through a variety of crises, from catastrophic weather to terrorism to civil unrest. Black presents tailor-made plans for individuals, businesses, organizations, small groups, and communities to follow, in all regions of the country and broken down by type of emergency and environment.