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Bats are one of the most fascinating creatures on our planet. They play a crucial role in our ecosystem that stretches far beyond just eating insects. Unfortunately, they get a bad rap thanks to various myths that have been circulating for years. Enter "Bats in Your Backyard," the comprehensive guide to understanding everything there is to know about these incredible animals. Delivered in a format accessible to anyone, this eBook is perfect for those who want to learn more about bats, from their behavior, social structure and role in the ecosystem, to how to safely observe them in your own ...

Residential designer Jamie Gold has spent years exploring how simple changes to things like lighting, fixtures, storage, and outdoor space can impact our health and wellness. In Wellness by Design, Gold offers a room-by-room guide to refreshing your space so that it supports your wellness journey. Good news, it doesn’t require a yoga room and can be done in small apartments as well as large houses. This book explains how simple changes can make a huge difference in how you feel every day.

Do you sometimes feel like you're on the hamster wheel of modern life, spinning your wheels and getting nowhere? Would you like to say goodbye to that nagging feeling of something missing in your life, and find a way to rediscover the joys of relaxation, happiness and contentment? A realistic guide to using the power of Hygge in your daily life to bring more happiness, calmness and contentment. Learn how to fill your everyday life with joy, happiness, calm, companionship and meaning using the power of Hygge.

Get ready for a refreshing and unique take on preparedness. This essential guide is for regular people who want to handle disaster situations confidently, without digging a network of underground bunkers stockpiled with weaponry.

Ecological Intelligence argues that "green" labels and recycling programs may do more harm than good by feeding a vital lie, lulling us into the illusion that we are doing enough already while ignoring the adverse impact of the far vaster proportion of what we buy and do. The book brings a psychologist's insights into the world of commerce, arguing for radical transparency—tracking every substantial impact over the life cycle of an item, from manufacture to daily use, to disposal.

Everything you've been told about being green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100-mpg car is a dangerous fantasy. We are consumers, and we like to consume greenly and efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still at cross-purposes to our true goal: living sustainably while caring for our environment and the future of the planet. Efficiency, once considered the holy grail of our environmental problems, turns out to be part of the problem - we have little trouble turning increases in efficiency into increases in consumption.

After you've tried every conventional diet out there to find yourself fatter than before, it's time to enjoy the only diet with no yo-yo effect. After you have listened to all the gurus and scientists who have explained everything to you, it is time to be guided by those who have been practicing this diet for the past three years and without interruption.

Neste livro, Gustavo Cerbasi usa toda a experiência adquirida ao longo de 20 anos dedicados à educação financeira para propor um novo modelo de construção de riqueza, baseado em escolhas sustentáveis. Em vez de abrir mão de qualidade de vida para manter um padrão incompatível com a sua realidade, o autor propõe reduzir os custos fixos, adotar o minimalismo e ter fartura apenas do que é genuinamente importante para você. Não se trata de poupar centavos, mas de fazer mudanças estruturais que deixem sua vida financeira menos engessada.

Want to make sure you can keep your family fed despite rising food prices and when there are food shortages? In this book, you will discover how your family can survive during a food crisis, even when food becomes more expensive or unavailable. Global threats are creating a massive shift in food production and distribution systems, and world leaders worry that food shortages are impacting more people than ever before. Learn about the global food security crisis, how to feed your family during a food shortage, and what we can learn from how families survived the Great Depression.

Both Stoicism and Minimalism go hand in hand, decluttering your mind as well as decluttering your life, leaving space and energy for the things that matter and are important to you. Having strategies for both is essential to making the most out of these timeless teachings. Life moves at a very fast pace these days, and the Stoic teachings will enable you to not "sweat the small stuff".

Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without running water or electricity? To find out, writer and activist William Powers visited Dr. Jackie Benton in rural North Carolina. No Name Creek gurgled through Benton’s permaculture farm, and she stroked honeybees’ wings as she shared her wildcrafter philosophy of living on a planet in crisis. Powers, just back from a decade of international aid work, then accepted Benton’s offer to stay at the cabin for a season while she traveled.

One of the most important things gardeners can do is to build up the soil in their garden. Soil building is a process. As humus is devoured by microorganisms, worms, and plants, more organic material must be added constantly in order to keep the soil biomass well fed and happy for strong soil structure. Learn all the various ways to get organic material into your soil to improve soil health and soil fertility to improve plant health for better gardens, higher yields, and more gorgeous flowers.

As you may already know, it is very common for people to attach much more importanc.e to material things than they should. Minimalism helps us make room for the truly important things in life: our passions, what drives us, our family, our health, etc.

For centuries, we have known that getting outside is good for us. Yet we have become increasingly disconnected from the earth that nourishes us, with most of us spending 87% of our days indoors. In response, writer and environmentalist Emma Loewe demonstrates the power of nature’s healing properties in a guidebook organized by eight landscapes. In each chapter, you'll find research-backed ways to explore that landscape right now and protect it in the future, so that it can be healthy and nurturing for generations to come.

Whether you are planning to build, buy, or retrofit a home, this illuminating book takes you on a virtual tour of the home of the future. Award-winning author and respected housing expert Anna DeSimone lights the way for enjoying a home that is healthier, more comfortable, saves money, and reduces your carbon footprint.

We can always create a life that is entwined with the natural world. A homestead is not a log cabin or a hermitage out in the woods—it is a way of being, a life lived with the intention of returning to our roots and tapping into the essential elements of fire, water, air, and earth. And a homesteading witch isn't just a person who lives atop a beautiful mountain, but anyone who understands that by harnessing and honoring these elements you can create whatever it is that you need. The Witchy Homestead is your guide to finding, creating, and living this essential magic.

Solar power is a real-life and environmental saver, but labor-related costs have made the average homeowner unable to afford the installation. Thankfully, this beginner-friendly guide details everything you need to know when setting up your home solar system. You’ll be able to do everything from scratch without hiring professionals or making costly mistakes. If you're hiring an expert, this handbook will empower you to engage the right person and avoid mishaps in the installation process. Here’s your golden ticket to starting your solar adventure—don’t wait a moment longer!

Look around your home—could you survive thirty days on the water, medical supplies, and fuel you already have? Do you have the necessary supplies to keep you and your family safe if you are forced to hunker down in your home for a month without leaving? Being a good prepper means being prepared to survive any scenario, from keeping your family going when you've lost your job, keeping them safe when law and order have ceased to exist and looters are breaking in to steal whatever they can find, and also surviving off the grid if you're forced to leave your home behind.

Take charge of your life and start becoming prepared for what lies around the next corner. Have you ever felt that the world is slowly falling apart? Do you worry you are not prepared enough? Stop being the kind of person that rushes to the store every time a little disaster is announced on the television. Take charge of your life and start becoming prepared for what lies around the next corner. By picking up Prepper's Medical Handbook, you will learn how to treat various injuries and illnesses through the use of first aid.

You are about to learn how to build a beautiful, scenic garden that can easily increase your yield up to tenfold using the same space as your current farm occupies without using any medium, simply by leveraging the power of aeroponics!