From What Is to What If - Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want by Rob Hopkins
$42.99 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
"Big ideas that just might save the world"--The Guardian The founder of the international Transition Towns movement asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it's more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it. In these times of de ...Show more
Big Farms Make Big Flu - Dispatches on Influenza, Agribusiness, and the Nature of Scien by Rob Wallace; Mike Davies (Foreword by)
$59.99 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
Thanks to breakthroughs in production and food science, agribusiness has been able to devise new ways to grow more food and get it more places more quickly. There is no shortage of news items on hundreds of thousands of hybrid poultry - each animal genetically identical to the next - packed together in ...Show more
Carving Out a Living on the Land - Lessons in Resourcefulness and Craft from an Unusual Christmas Tree Farm by Emmet Van Driesche; Verlyn Klinkenborg (Foreword by)
$54.99 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
When he first envisioned becoming a farmer, author Emmet Van Driesche never imagined his main crop would be Christmas trees, nor that such a tree farm could be more of a managed forest than the conventional grid of perfectly sheared trees. Carving Out a Living on the Land tells the story of how Van Drie ...Show more
The Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford W. Ashley
$120.00 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
The Ashley Book of Knots is the definitive and magnificent work on knots and knot-tying. Featuring every practical knot, what it looks like, who uses it, where it comes from and how to tie it; with 7000 drawings representing over 3800 knots.
Recipe for a Kinder Life by Annie Smithers
$32.99 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
In this generous account of life on the land and in the kitchen, trailblazing cook Annie Smithers chronicles her quest for a more sustainable existence, in harmony with the environment and the self. Part meditation, part memoir, the book offers practical advice and wisdom gleaned from a life dedicated t ...Show more
Off Grid House Plans by Instituto Monsa de Ediciones (Editor)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
Off-Grid House Plans has more than 250 floor plans, sections, sketches, and elevations, as well as all the construction details in all projects. An Off-Grid system allows you to live without using a utility company, generating your own energy. A well designed system also has numerous environmental advan ...Show more
Edible Wild Plants and Herbs: A Compendium of Recipes and Remedies by PAMELA MICHAEL
$69.99 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
Exquisitely illustrated with full-colour paintings of all the plants and herbs in the book, ranging from dandelion and sorrel to sea beet and samphire, Edible Wild Plants and Herbs is both a cookbook and field guide to the identification and use of foodstuffs from the wild. This is the perfect guide for ...Show more
My Tiny Veg Plot: Stylish Ideas For Growing Your Own by Lia Leendertz
$34.99 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency | Series: My Tiny Ser.
Food can be grown just about anywhere, and lack of space should not put you off growing and enjoying the taste of your own fresh vegetables. Not everyone has access to outside space or what we traditionally think of as a garden, but we all have window ledges, doorways, often stairways, sometimes even a ...Show more
Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution by Sarah Langford
$35.00 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
A fascinating personal account of a revolution in British farmingSarah Langford had left her country roots behind to live and work in the city as a barrister. But when she found herself moving to the countryside, back to an agricultural life she had left behind, she saw farmers dealing with very differe ...Show more
What Lizard is That?: Introducing Australian Lizards by Steve Wilson
$24.95 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
This book is a broad introduction to Australia's diverse lizard fauna. It covers most groups of Australian lizards and includes general points on appearance, behaviour and ecology. Hundreds of striking and beautiful photographs and illustrations throughout. This book follows the recently published What ...Show more
Who's Minding the Farm? In This Climate Emergency by Patrice Newell
$35.00 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency | Reading Level: 2 Crime
A vital account of how sustainable farming can address urgent issues such as climate change and water scarcity, health and nutrition, land stewardship, renewables vs. the coal industry, as well as meaningful and fulfilling rural employment. And a call to arms. You know who is minding the farm - our cons ...Show more
Modern Rustic by Emily Henson
$39.95 AUD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
At its heart, the modern rustic look celebrates the fabric of a home, from the roof beams to the brickwork. Wood, stone and steel take center stage. Forget sleek lines and immaculate finishes, this interior style revels in earthy colors and rich textures; in natural materials and the ruggedly handsome b ...Show more