Sustainable Living
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Aquaponic System Farm in a Box - Little Tokyo List Price: $239.00 Sale Price: $289.00  |
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If you are an eductor or homeowner you will find that this system meets many of your needs! Provide teachers and students with hands on sustainability, biology, and earth science education. Create a rotation schedule for one or more Little Tokyo units in your school, and provide this unforgettable learning experience to as many students as possible... |
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Anji Mountain Bamboo Chairmat and Rug Co AMB0303-0058 5 feet x 8 feet Euphrates Jute Micro Boucle Area Rug with Chocolate cotton border List Price: $218.00 Sale Price: $144.44 |
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Dimension: 5'W x 8'L Finish: Natural Boucle Material: 100% Natural Jute 5' x 8' Area Rug Jute Boucle Eco-Friendly Rug with Chocolate Border Jute is an incredibly versatile and plentiful natural fiber whose long, soft fibers are artfully woven into beautiful organic rugs... |
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GreenEdge Slow Release Fertilizer with 100% Organic Nitrogen List Price: $9.99 Sale Price: $9.99 |
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GreenEdge is an environmentally friendly, slow release fertilizer. It is made from a renewable nutrient source. This makes GreenEdge a sustainable fertilizer that helps with nutrient recycling and enhances environmental quality... |
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Organic Alchemy List Price: $25.00 Sale Price: $25.00 |
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Written by songwriters, Alex Kash, and Bethany Dalton-Kash, Organic Alchemy is an acoustic guided tour of a magical reality that has become all but lost in today's disconnected, ultra fast paced world of market driven economics and sub-atomic family life... |
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Six Step-by-Step Video Home Improvement Set: Interior Paint and Wallpaper, Furniture Refinishing, Framing, Roofing, Underground Sprinklers, Children's Playsets [Project Guide Included With Each Video] List Price: $175.00 |
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Six video set and project guides: 1) Interior Paint and Wallpaper: Complete instructions for finishing walls from painting to hanging of wall coverings and special section on stenciling. 2) Furniture Refinishing: Complete instructions for stripping and refinishing furniture to achieve a smooth even finish and techniques for stripping flat and intricate surfaces... |
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Jim Channon "Sustainable Living 2" List Price: $24.77 Sale Price: $24.77 |
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This is the second bundled release of Jim Channon Sustainable Living Series..Combining the following subjects;1.Planning non-ruraldevelopment2.Ag 2 (2 acre aghomestead)3.Bioforce4.Added extra~ Paradise MindThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media... |
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Natural Resources of the United States: 8 DVD Environmental History Collection Sustainable Education, Natural Resource Depletion, Conservation & Consumption of Water, Oil, & Natural Gas Sale Price: $49.99 |
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8DVD Collection Disc 1 Mining (Coal, Copper, Salt & Iron Ore) Industry Films (1940s - 1950s) Disc 2 Gas Production, Oil Rigging & Petroleum Refining Films (1930s - 1960s) Disc 3 Oil & Economic Foreign Dependence Films (1940s - 1950s) Disc 4 Oil & Gas Foreign Investment Films (1940s - 1950s) Disc 5 Oil Industry Cartoons & Propaganda (1930s - 1950s) Disc 6 Natural Gas Industry Energy Film (1959) Disc 7 Water Cylce, Watershed & Hydrology Films (1940s) Disc 8 Minerals & Rocks (1928-1991) |
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Jim Channon Sustainable Living Series List Price: $24.77 Sale Price: $24.77 |
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Let Jim take you through the basic steps of ;1. The land Plan, How to make your land a "living home" instead of a property...2.Ag and Landcrafting3.Layers In The gardenThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media... |
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Natural SISAL long handle BACK SCRUBBER BATH Body brush Sale Price: $8.95 Average Rating:  |
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This long handled wooden scrub brush makes it easy to reach your back without twisting or stretching. The stiff bristles give a stimulating scrub, dry or with soap and water, to leave skin soft, smooth and glowing. |
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Freeset Liberty Bloom Olive Vegan Tote Sale Price: $14.00 |
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Each Freeset Bag tells a story of one woman's journey to freedom. She used to stand with 6,000 other prostitutes in a small but well known area of North Calcutta. She didn't choose her profession; it chose her... |
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The Green ABC's for Kids Sale Price: $14.99 |
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The Green ABC's for Kids is a revolutionary concept. As socially responsible parents, you want your kids to step into a green living future. The Green ABC's supplies the tools for parents to bring earth friendly terms and concepts to their kids- and enables them to change a well-worn paradigm... |
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The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! List Price: $18.95 Sale Price: $10.97 Average Rating:  |
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The Backyard Homestead Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow... |
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The Encyclopedia of Country Living List Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $15.03 Average Rating:  |
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For twenty years people have relied on these hundreds of recipes, instructions, and morsels of invaluable practical advice on all aspects of growing and preparing food. This definitive classic on food, gardening, and self-sufficient living is a complete resource for living off the land with over 800 pages of collected wisdom from country maven, Carla Emery--how to cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm animals, make sausage, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn butter, catch a pig, make soap, work with bees and more... |
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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet List Price: $24.00 Sale Price: $14.15 Average Rating: |
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"Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." —Barbara KingsolverTwenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming... |
What level of technology is sustainable?
Technology requires resources. Extracting and processing those resources destroys land and pollutes. If technology is to remain indefinitely, it must be at a level that is sustainable otherwise we will be living in a dead and toxic world. Derrick Jensen argues that this level is something equivalent to the stone age as in a hunter/gatherer society and that our way of life in large cities is not sustainable. What do you think?
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Hi. Any system that relies on growth to sustain it is ultimately going to fail. Growth cannot be sustained indefinitely.
Living on Green Energy
With today's rising energy costs, and no relief in sight, many consumers are looking to live "off the grid." Even with an initial investment that can be steep, the benefits make it much more economical in the long run.
There are small and some not so small ways why off the grid living is a good alternative today. Even though the economical outlay can be steep at first, in the long run it definitely makes more sense for the environment.
Raising your own food is a good way to begin living off the grid. This way, you eat organically while being secure in the knowledge that no dangerous hormones or chemicals are being introduced into your animals.
A cow can provide milk, butter and ultimately beef and leather. Chickens can provide eggs and meat, and flavoring for soup stock. Sheep can provide wool for warmth, and lambs for food; while goats are very good milk producers. Once you have a garden set up, you should never be short of vegetables. Canning and freezing is simple and cost effective for greens all winter long.
People that choose to live off the grid usually do require transportation, but with the availability of hybrid cars; and the research towards possible ethanol fueled cars; wanting to avoid oil products is not as much of a hindrance now. The Amish have the best means of transportation with their horse and buggies. Of course, maintenance on the buggies and upkeep for the horses can be time consuming, but the benefit of no oil product consumption is a great motivator. Horses can also be used for plowing fields, entertainment and also as income if breeding is something one was interested in.
Buying clothes is becoming much more expensive these days. Children as young as five can't go to school in hand me downs or thrift store clothing because they will be teased. When living off the grid, you don't need to be stylish, and you probably have no desire to be stylish either. Spinning wool from your sheep, and knitting or weaving clothes and blankets is a great way to save money. Of course, these days, handspun wool can be a great income generator, as well as wool products, such as handknit sweaters and socks. Buying fabric from a local merchant is less expensive than buying clothes in a store, and can be just as nice as long as you know the basics of sewing. For some, sewing may be difficult, but that is an easy hurdle to overcome. There is always someone who would be willing to barter, especially if you are located near anyone else who chooses off the grid living. Sharing your talents with others make self sustainable living much more enjoyable.
Generating heat and energy is always a concern for those who choose to live off the grid. There are several choices available, but the initial investment can be steep. Once the infrastructure is setup, there is no reason to pay your power bill monthly, or to worry that you are going to freeze in the middle of the night during a storm. Having your own power supply means freedom from being at the mercy of repair crews in the middle of the night when the power line has been knocked down, and also is much safer. Power is not vital to survival, and life can be enjoyable without it.
There are two power supply options with readily available instructions online. Solar and wind energy can be very efficient, and have the benefit of being much cleaner than coal, oil or gas, and definitely much safer than nuclear power plants. There are several sources of this information available... just search "off grid living"
The Amish community is a good example of living off the grid. They have even been able to integrate into the community without sacrificing their values or their way of life. If more people were willing and able to follow their lead, our carbon footprint would be lessened, and our dependence on foreign oil would be nonexistent.
If we each made some small progress in living green, there would be more people willing to make that next step to move off the grid, and our world would be a much cleaner home for all.
About the Author
Andrew Oke is very interested in renewable energy.He has 16 years experience living off the grid, and has completely built his own renewable energy system. Visit his website at Living Off The Grid
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Aquaponic System Farm in a Box - Little Tokyo List Price: $239.00 Sale Price: $289.00 |
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If you are an eductor or homeowner you will find that this system meets many of your needs! Provide teachers and students with hands on sustainability, biology, and earth science education. Create a rotation schedule for one or more Little Tokyo units in your school, and provide this unforgettable learning experience to as many students as possible... |
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Anji Mountain Bamboo Chairmat and Rug Co AMB0303-0058 5 feet x 8 feet Euphrates Jute Micro Boucle Area Rug with Chocolate cotton border List Price: $218.00 Sale Price: $144.44 |
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Dimension: 5'W x 8'L Finish: Natural Boucle Material: 100% Natural Jute 5' x 8' Area Rug Jute Boucle Eco-Friendly Rug with Chocolate Border Jute is an incredibly versatile and plentiful natural fiber whose long, soft fibers are artfully woven into beautiful organic rugs... |
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GreenEdge Slow Release Fertilizer with 100% Organic Nitrogen List Price: $9.99 Sale Price: $9.99 |
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GreenEdge is an environmentally friendly, slow release fertilizer. It is made from a renewable nutrient source. This makes GreenEdge a sustainable fertilizer that helps with nutrient recycling and enhances environmental quality... |
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Jim Channon "Sustainable Living 2" List Price: $24.77 Sale Price: $24.77 |
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This is the second bundled release of Jim Channon Sustainable Living Series..Combining the following subjects;1.Planning non-ruraldevelopment2.Ag 2 (2 acre aghomestead)3.Bioforce4.Added extra~ Paradise MindThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media... |
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Natural Resources of the United States: 8 DVD Environmental History Collection Sustainable Education, Natural Resource Depletion, Conservation & Consumption of Water, Oil, & Natural Gas Sale Price: $49.99 |
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8DVD Collection Disc 1 Mining (Coal, Copper, Salt & Iron Ore) Industry Films (1940s - 1950s) Disc 2 Gas Production, Oil Rigging & Petroleum Refining Films (1930s - 1960s) Disc 3 Oil & Economic Foreign Dependence Films (1940s - 1950s) Disc 4 Oil & Gas Foreign Investment Films (1940s - 1950s) Disc 5 Oil Industry Cartoons & Propaganda (1930s - 1950s) Disc 6 Natural Gas Industry Energy Film (1959) Disc 7 Water Cylce, Watershed & Hydrology Films (1940s) Disc 8 Minerals & Rocks (1928-1991) |
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Jim Channon Sustainable Living Series List Price: $24.77 Sale Price: $24.77 |
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Let Jim take you through the basic steps of ;1. The land Plan, How to make your land a "living home" instead of a property...2.Ag and Landcrafting3.Layers In The gardenThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media... |
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Natural SISAL long handle BACK SCRUBBER BATH Body brush Sale Price: $8.95 Average Rating: |
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This long handled wooden scrub brush makes it easy to reach your back without twisting or stretching. The stiff bristles give a stimulating scrub, dry or with soap and water, to leave skin soft, smooth and glowing. |
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The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! List Price: $18.95 Sale Price: $10.97 Average Rating: |
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The Backyard Homestead Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow... |
Earthship Living
