Our Blog | March 2017

Preparing Soil for Spring Planting

by: Sara on 03/27/2017
Posted in: Gardening

Here on the west coast we are aching to dig in and get gardening. Normally at this time of year we are watching our peas and greens sprouting the garden, but do to an unusually cold, wet winter we are just getting started.

One task we can start on is improving our soil for the coming growing season. Below find some tips on soil amendments from …

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Preparing Your Garden Soil for Spring Planting

by: Sara on 03/27/2017
Posted in: Food , Gardening , Sustainable Living
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Jeep Versus Tesla, Which Car is Best for the Future?

by: EJ on 03/15/2017
Posted in: Climate Change , Environment & Economy , Guest Posts , Peak Oil , Renewable Energy , Sustainable Living

Today's post is an excerpt from Dmitry Orlov's book, Shrinking the Technosphere: Getting a Grip on the Technologies that Limit our Autonomy, Self-Sufficiency and Freedom. The author poses a thought exercise that demonstrates how to apply his harm/benefit assessment to existing technology.

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Urban Homesteading Institute

by: Sara on 03/14/2017
Posted in: Author Events , Community , Cooking , Education , Events , Food , Gardening , Green Building , Sustainable Living

We are excited to announce our partnership with Mother Earth News in the Urban Homesteading Institute in Lawrence, KS March 18-19.

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Share, Swap and Save Seeds

by: Sara on 03/02/2017
Posted in: Climate Change , Collapse , Community , Education , Food , Gardening , Sustainable Living

Today marks the last day of our Spring Sale. You can receive a 35% discount on all New Society titles until midnight tonight (March 2nd) when you order from our website using the code Spring17 at the checkout.

We are heading out to our local Seedy Sunday to sell books this weekend and it got me to wondering how Seedy Sunday (or Saturdays as the …

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