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How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time

McCallum, Will · Penguin Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

An accessible guide to the changes we can all make - small and large - to rid our lives of disposable plastic and clean up the world's oceans It takes 450 years for a plastic bottle to fully biodegrade, and there are around 12.7 million tons of plastic entering the ocean each year....
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Wendell Berry: Essays 1969-1990

Wendell Berry · Library of America
Pages: 842
Format: Hardcover

The first volume of the Library of America's definitive two-volume selection of the nonfiction writings of our greatest living advocate for sustainable culture.Writing with elegance and clarity, Wendell Berry is a compassionate and compelling voice for our time of political and cultural...
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Wendell Berry: Essays 1993-2017

Wendell Berry · Library of America
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover

The second volume of the Library of America's definitive two-volume selection of the nonfiction writings of our greatest living advocate for sustainable culture.Writing with elegance and clarity, Wendell Berry is a compassionate and compelling voice for our time of political and cultural...
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Anywhere That Is Wild: John Muir's First Walk to Yosemite

Peter Thomas · Yosemite Conservancy
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

John Muir wrote many wonderful books about his travels, but one story - about his long walk from San Francisco to Yosemite - is one book he did not author himself. In April 1868, a very young John Muir stepped off a boat in San Francisco and inquired about the quickest way out of town....
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Out of the Woods: Seeing Nature in the Everyday

Julia Corbett · University of Nevada Press
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback

Have you ever wondered about society's desire to cultivate the perfect lawn, why we view some animals as "good" and some as "bad," or even thought about the bits of nature inside everyday items-toothbrushes, cell phones, and coffee mugs? In this fresh and introspective...
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey

MacFarlane, Robert · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling, award-winning author of Landmarks and The Old Ways, a haunting voyage into the planet's past and future.Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal) , Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about...
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Master Recipes from the Herbal Apothecary: 375 Tinctures, Salves, Teas, Capsules, Oils, and Washes for Whole-Body Health and Wellness

JJ Pursell · Timber Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

JJ Pursell, the bestselling author of The Herbal Apothecary, is back with a complete, one-stop resource for herbal remedies that heal and nurture the whole family. Master Recipes from the Herbal Apothecary offers safe, trusted natural remedies written by a board certified naturopathic physician....
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The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping: Everything You Need to Know

Samantha Johnson · Voyageur Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

This expanded version of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) -licensed Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping?? is the complete DIY guide for budding beekeepers. Raising bees is becoming increasingly popular in backyards and on farms large and small - and it's easy to see why. These...
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How to Raise Chickens: Everything You Need to Know

Christine Heinrichs · Voyageur Press
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Whether you want to raise 5 chickens or 50, have a 40-foot city lot or a 40-acre farm, the expert advice in Future Farmers of America (FFA) -licensed How to Raise Chickens makes it easy for young readers and beginners to get started raising a healthy flock. Whichever comes first for you,...
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The Cow with Ear Tag #1389

Kathryn Gillespie · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

To translate the journey from a living cow to a glass of milk into tangible terms, Kathryn Gillespie set out to follow the moments in the life cycles of individual animals - animals like the cow with ear tag #1389. She explores how the seemingly benign practice of raising animals for milk...
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