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Urban Homesteading - by Rachel Kaplan & K Ruby Blume (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • The urban homesteading movement is spreading rapidly across the nation.
  • Author(s): Rachel Kaplan & K Ruby Blume
  • 304 Pages
  • House + Home, Sustainable Living

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About the Book



A comprehensive and inspiring guide to self-reliance, sustainability, and green living for city dwellers. Read it and..



Book Synopsis



The urban homesteading movement is spreading rapidly across the nation. Urban Homesteading is the perfect "back-to-the-land" guide for urbanites who want to reduce their impact on the environment. Full of practical information, as well as inspiring stories from people already living the urban homesteading life, this colorful guide is an approachable guide to learning to live more ecologically in the city. The book embraces the core concepts of localization (providing our basic needs close to where we live), self-reliance (re-learning that food comes from the ground, not the grocery store; learning to do things ourselves), and sustainability (giving back at least as much as we take). Readers will find concise how-to information that they can immediately set into practice, from making solar cookers to growing tomatoes in a barrel to raising chickens in small spaces to maintaining mental serenity in the fast-paced city environment. Full of beautiful full-color photographs and illustrations, and plenty of step-by-step instructions, this is a must-have handbook for city folk with a passion for the simple life.



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The urban homesteading movement is spreading rapidly across the nation. Urban Homesteading is the perfect back-to-the- land guide for urbanites who want to reduce their impact on the environment. Full of practical information, as well as inspiring stories from people already living the urban homesteading life, this colorful guide gives a clear understanding of the lifestyle to any reader. It embraces the core concepts of localization (providing our basic needs close to where we live), self-reliance (re-learning that food comes from the ground, not the grocery store), and sustainability (giving back at least as much as we take). Readers will find concise how-to information that they can immediately set into practice, from making solar cookers to growing tomatoes in a pot to raising chickens on a tiny plot to maintaining the mental serenity of country life in the fast-paced city environment. Full of beautiful full-color photographs and illustrations and plenty of step-by-step instructions, this is a must-have handbook for city folk with a passion for the simple life.



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Fully illustrated, this is a user-friendly guide with visual appeal and lots of detailed information, making it a truly useful resource for those curious about or participating in today s resurgent interest in small is beautiful ex/sub/urban homesteading.

Provides a wealth of information about actual projects you can take on to green your footprint and increase your self-reliance. While none of the chapters will make you an expert, they give just enough information so you can figure out which projects will be most likely to be a good fit for you. And they remind us that you don t need to be an expert to simply get started living more sustainably. Even apartment dwellers can do the majority of these projects, and many are fun to do with children. The entire book is packed full of diagrams and dense information that will help you live closer to the land. --Christian Science Monitor

This comprehensive guide is full of beautiful full-color photos and practical information about self-reliance and green living, as well as inspiring stories from people already living the urban homesteading life. It embraces the core concepts of localization, self-reliance, and knowledge of where our food comes from, as well as basic sustainability.. . . A great addition to the genre. --Wendy Priesnitz

A how-to guide for city folk on everything from growing your own food to building your own composting toilet (."..think of all those quiet hours you could have...at your outdoor toilet, listening to the sirens go by...").  

Ahow-to guide for city folk on everything from growing your own food to buildingyour own composting toilet ( think of all those quiet hours you could haveatyour outdoor toilet, listening to the sirens go by ).

UrbanHomesteadingisperfect for the beginner seeking inspiration and information, or for theestablished homesteader wishing to deepen her craft.

A reality check for dreamers...

Kaplan and Blume's manual for farming your yard is part master's thesis, part philosophy text and part manual for living with creatures and plants in a confined space... Kaplan is long on making it work and leaving a light footprint on the earth. If you are pondering a more sustainable lifestyle, Urban Homesteading is a good way to survey the possibilities. --Vancouver Sun

Kaplan and Blume s manual for farming your yard is part master s thesis, part philosophy text and part manual for living with creatures and plants in a confined space Kaplan is long on making it work and leaving a light footprint on the earth. If you are pondering a more sustainable lifestyle, Urban Homesteading is a good way to survey the possibilities. --Vancouver Sun

Kaplan and Blume 's manual for farming your yard is part master 's thesis, part philosophy text and part manual for living with creatures and plants in a confined space Kaplan is long on making it work and leaving a light footprint on the earth. If you are pondering a more sustainable lifestyle, Urban Homesteading is a good way to survey the possibilities. --Vancouver Sun

A reality check for dreamers

This book is ridiculously good, a stunner. The authors outdid themselves, and everyone else who touches upon this field. It is a manifesto, a guide, a book of prayers, a much-needed tutorial. It has goodness on every page and light throughout, yet it is erudite, exact, definitive, and practical. What a rare thing. You have my thanks and unconditional praise for what you have accomplished--a masterpiece where there has never been one before. --Paul Hawken, Founder of Smith & Hawken

Urban Homesteading is perfect for the beginner seeking inspiration and information, or for the established homesteader wishing to deepen her craft.

A realitycheck for dreamers

Thisbook is ridiculously good, a stunner. The authors outdid themselves, andeveryone else who touches upon this field. It is a manifesto, a guide, a bookof prayers, a much-needed tutorial. It has goodness on every page and lightthroughout, yet it is erudite, exact, definitive, and practical. What a rarething. You have my thanks and unconditional praise for what you haveaccomplished--a masterpiece where there has never been one before. --Paul Hawken, Founder of Smith & Hawken

UrbanHomesteading isperfect for the beginner seeking inspiration and information, or for theestablished homesteader wishing to deepen her craft.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.9 Inches (H) x 7.9 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Sustainable Living
Genre: House + Home
Number of Pages: 304
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback
Author: Rachel Kaplan & K Ruby Blume
Language: English
Street Date: April 27, 2011
TCIN: 1002819227
UPC: 9781616080549
Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-1674
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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