Living The Good Life: How One Family Changed Their World from Their Own Backyard
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- Synopsis
- Inspiring and challenging, this chronicle of a unique household experiment takes readers inside one family's environmental test. Already mindful of the impact human activity has on the environment, the author and her family decided to take a further step towards thoughtful living by aiming for complete domestic sustainability. For six months, the Cockburns grew, bartered for, and made everything they ate; used exclusively solar power; collected rainwater for drinking, cleaning, and cooking; parked the cars and turned to bicycles; and aimed to not spend a single dollar. From just their average home on an average-sized lot, they experienced success, surprises, and challenges in their quest--all while learning about themselves as a family. Whether readers are looking for lessons on adopting some--or all--of the Cockburns' practices or are just curious about what it might take to "do it yourself" even more deeply, this story will bring them along for the ride.
- Copyright:
- 2006
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 276 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781740663120
- Publisher:
- Hardie Grant Books
- Date of Addition:
- 04/24/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Linda Cockburn
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Home and Garden, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Digital Divide Data
- Proofread By:
- Digital Divide Data
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.