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Backyard Bounty

Backyard Bounty

The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule? Would you like to enjoy fresh, home-grown produce every month of the year?

Backyard Bounty

related subjects: Food and Gardening
Beautiful Corn

Beautiful Corn

America's Original Grain from Seed to Plate

Cultivated from sea level to mountaintop, from parched deserts to sodden rain forests, from the rocky Gaspé Peninsula to the plains of Argentina, corn is the grain of the Americas. In terms of culinary uses, it is amazingly diverse, reflecting the …

related subjects: Food and Gardening
Becoming the Kind Father

Becoming the Kind Father

A Son's Journey

The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where eighty percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and where that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The stifled …

related subjects: Sustainable Living
Better NOT Bigger

Better NOT Bigger

How to Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve your Community

Contrary to accepted wisdom, rapid urban growth can leave communities permanently scarred, deeply in debt, with unaffordable housing, a lost sense of community, and sacrificed environmental quality.

In Better NOT Bigger, Fodor explodes the …

related subjects: New Catalyst Books
The Better World Handbook

The Better World Handbook

Small Changes That Make A Big Difference

Specifically designed to reach people who normally would not consider themselves activists, The Better World Handbook is directed toward those who care about creating a more just, sustainable and socially responsible world but don't know where to …

related subjects: Sustainable Living
The Better World Shopping Guide: 4th Edition

The Better World Shopping Guide: 4th Edition

Every Dollar Makes A Difference

According to the latest research, the average American family spends nearly $22,000 a year on goods and services - that's 22,000 votes for the world you want to live in. Do you want to ensure your money is supporting companies who work to make the …

related subjects: Conscientious Commerce
The Biochar Solution

The Biochar Solution

Carbon Farming and Climate Change

Conventional agriculture destroys our soils, pollutes our water and is a major contributor to climate change. What if our agricultural practices could stabilize, or even reverse these trends?

The Biochar Solution explores the dual function of biochar …

related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil
Biodiesel Power (PDF)

Biodiesel Power (PDF)

The Passion, the People, and the Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel

Whether we are nearing the end of oil or merely nearing the end of inexpensive oil, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to find alternative ways to meet our energy needs. Biodiesel is one such alternative -- and is one of the fastest …

related subjects: Energy