Sustainable Living

Visionary placemaker Steve Nygren chronicles the rise of Serenbe, a pioneering model in biophilic living outside Atlanta, and charts a path for others wishing to challenge the status quo, embrace optimism, and reinvent their communities—and themselves.

Being your own self-reliant sustainability hero has never been easier, cheaper, or faster. Living sustainably doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive, and it certainly doesn’t have to mean you don’t get to enjoy your life. With five simple actions, you can be a powerful eco-warrior that takes active steps toward your environmental goal without sacrificing the things you love doing.

A Modern Guide to Homesteading is your audio companion for creating a more self-sufficient, sustainable life—right where you are. Whether you’re on a city balcony or a rural plot, this guide shows you how to take practical steps toward a lifestyle that feeds your family, your values, and your sense of purpose. Even with limited time, space, or budget, you’ll learn how to transform your home into a productive homestead—one manageable step at a time.

The path to sustainable living is personal, and this book is designed to help you find your own way. It starts with an honest assessment of your current lifestyle, helping you identify areas where you can make the greatest impact. We’ll then explore practical strategies covering various aspects of daily life—from mindful consumption and waste reduction to sustainable food choices, eco-friendly home practices, and community engagement. The key is setting realistic, achievable goals.

If you’re thinking of breeding rabbits for meat but don’t know how to start, this guide may be the only resource you ever need. Because even if you spend hours researching and taking in all the information you can find, there’s a fair chance you might not feel confident enough about the basics actually to take the first step.

Discover the art of self-sufficiency! Unlock a life of independence, even if you’ve never homesteaded before. Do you feel overwhelmed by transforming your home into a sustainable haven? Are you eager to escape the urban hustle and embrace self-sufficient living but unsure where to start? You're not alone. Many dream of a sustainable lifestyle but face obstacles like time, space, or finances. But homesteading can be accessible to anyone. In Your Ultimate Homesteading Guide, you'll learn how to overcome these barriers and turn your dream into reality.

Whether you already have the experience, or you are looking to learn the basics to live off-grid, part one of this audiobook offers over 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.

In this two-manuscripts-in-one audiobook, you will learn how to identify the driving ethos of permaculture and its powerful tenets and principles. You'll discover how to practice and incorporate permaculture into your live by learning how to transform common waste products into compost and more. Part two will teach you the basics of solar energy, including the benefits and disadvantages, how a solar panel functions, how to implement DIY solar projects, and more.

A call to action for consumers everywhere, Consumed asks us to look at how and why we buy what we buy, how it's created, who it benefits, and how we can solve the problems created by a wasteful system. We live in a world of stuff. We dispose of most of it in as little as six months after we...

Join the thousands and thousands of people who have discovered the rewarding hobby of foraging. Edible greens, fruits, mushrooms and nuts are there for the taking, and with a little research, you can learn how to tell the difference between edible plants and herbs and the ones you have to avoid! Foraging is a great survival skill and if you want to nurture it you need to start practicing right now. Once you can forage wild edible plants, you make surviving in the wild possible not only for yourself but for your loved ones as well.

Do something good for your family by learning how to plant a garden that will yield healthy, wholesome food throughout the year. Melissa K. Norris, fifth-generation homesteader and host of the popular Pioneering Today podcast, will walk you through each step of the process, from planning your food crops and garden space to harvesting and preserving the food you grow. Even intermediate to experienced gardeners will discover dozens of new ideas.

Have you considered organic gardening but don't know where to start? Are you interested in growing fruits and vegetables in your backyard? This audiobook will teach you everything you need to know about mini farming, from the planning stage right up to bringing in your first harvest. Being self-sustainable and growing your own food has many benefits that you can now reap. So, use the tips given here and start working on your garden. With a little effort and consistency on your part, you will soon see your plants give you healthy and delicious produce.

Break free from the daily grind and pollution of modern life and learn how to save money while keeping the planet cleaner and greener, with this ultimate guide to living off-grid. In Living Off The Grid, Bo Morgan and Kathy Campbell condense all the best tips and tricks that helped them survive a year of unexpected power outage on a small budget into a powerful audiobook that can help you achieve the same feat.

Do you sometimes feel like you're on the hamster wheel of modern life, spinning your wheels and getting nowhere? Would you like to say goodbye to that nagging feeling of something missing in your life, and find a way to rediscover the joys of relaxation, happiness and contentment? A realistic guide to using the power of Hygge in your daily life to bring more happiness, calmness and contentment. Learn how to fill your everyday life with joy, happiness, calm, companionship and meaning using the power of Hygge.

Learning Native Wisdom explains why achieving a sustainable culture is more important than any other challenge we face today. Although there are many measures of a society's progress, Holthaus warns that only a shift away from our current culture of short-term abundance, founded on a belief in infinite economic growth, will represent true advancement. In societies that value the longevity of people, culture, and the environment, subsistence and spirituality soon become closely allied with sustainability.

A lot of famous and successful people are embracing the life of a homesteader. Homesteading has become a catharsis for people who finally want to live the life of a producer rather than a mere consumer. Thousands of people all over the globe have decided to say “yes” to gardening and domesticating animals. But, are you uncertain and hesitant to take the step? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, homesteading doesn’t have to be difficult.

Homesteading is having a new surge in popularity as people look for more ways to become self-sustaining. You can learn all the basics to start a backyard homestead. That means you need not go buy a plot of land; instead, you can homestead with the very foundation of it in mind, use what you have on hand, and cultivate for the future.

In Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares the story of how she simplified her life by reducing her waste. Today, Bea, her husband, Scott, and their two young sons produce just one quart of garbage a year, and their overall quality of life has changed for the better. They now have more time together, they've cut their annual spending by a remarkable 40 percent, and they are healthier than they've ever been.

Tired of bland store-bought mushrooms? Imagine harvesting your own gourmet oysters, shiitakes, and lion’s mane—right from your apartment, balcony, or basement! In Mushroom Farming in Small Spaces, Theodore Shroom (a.k.a. your fungi-obsessed friend) breaks down everything you need to start growing mushrooms cheaply, easily, and sustainably. No fancy equipment or green thumb required!

Research shows that people who have a sense of calling are more productive, motivated, and resilient than their peers. But they are also more likely to experience the physical, mental, and spiritual exhaustion of burnout. When they do, the impact is more severe and disorienting. Burnout often starts from something very good: a passionate commitment to meaningful work and the skill to make it a reality. But the dark side of calling is that passion and skill without boundaries are like matches to a dry forest, at risk for devastating destruction.