Keyword: health

Soil Science for Gardeners
Working with Nature to Build Soil Health
by Robert Pavlis

Healthy soil means thriving plants. Yet untangling the soil food web and optimizing your soil health is beyond most gardeners, many of whom lack an in-depth knowledge of the soil ecosystem.
Soil Science for Gardeners is an accessible, science-based …
related subjects: Food & Gardening

Facing the Climate Emergency
How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth
by Margaret Klein Salamon
with Molly Gage

As the climate crisis accelerates toward the collapse of civilization and the natural world, people everywhere are feeling deep pain about ecological destruction and their role in it. Yet we are often paralyzed by fear.
Help is at hand. Facing the …
related subjects: Climate Change

The Happiness Policy Handbook
How to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government
by Laura Musikanski, Rhonda Phillips & Jean Crowder

Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 240 years later, is the happiness of citizens starting to be taken seriously as the purpose of government.
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related subjects: Progressive Leadership

Growing Trees and Shrubs Indoors
Breathe New Life into Your Home with Large Plants
by DJ Herda

Some of the most polluted places on earth are where we spend 90% of our time: inside our homes. Science is continually uncovering more effective ways of improving the quality of our environment, and plants—specifically indoor trees and …
related subjects: Health and Wellness

The Ethical Meat Handbook, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition
From sourcing to butchery, mindful meat eating for the modern omnivore
by Meredith Leigh

Nutrition, environmental impact, ethics, sustainability – it seems like there’s no end to the food factors we must consider. At the center of the dietary storm is animal-based agriculture. Was your beef factory farmed or pasture-raised? Did your …
related subjects: Modern Homesteading and Farming

Engage, Connect, Protect
Empowering Diverse Youth as Environmental Leaders
by Angelou Ezeilo

While concern about the state of our land, air, and water continues to grow, there is widespread belief that environmental issues are primarily of interest to wealthy white communities. Engage, Connect, Protect explodes this myth, revealing the deep …
related subjects: Education & Parenting

The Elderberry Book
Forage, Cultivate, Prepare, Preserve
by John Moody

Once a staple in homes across the world, and found along every highland, highway, and hedgerow, the forgotten elderberry is making a comeback. Its popularity as medicine is surging, its choice as an edible landscaping plant is growing, and its use …
related subjects: Health and Wellness

DIY Autoflowering Cannabis
An Easy Way to Grow Your Own
by Jeff Lowenfels

Cannabis prohibition is ending around the world and there’s a new bud in town — auto-flowering cannabis. As easy to grow as tomatoes, auto-flowering cannabis is the perfect new plant for the home gardener who has limited time and space.
Unlike …
related subjects: Food & Gardening