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What is Urban Homesteading : Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living about?

A comprehensive and inspiring guide to self-reliance, sustainability, and green living for city dwellers. Read it and reap. The urban homesteading movement is spreading rapidly across the nation. Urban Homesteading is the perfect "back-to-the-land" guide for urbanites who want to reduce their impact on the environment. Full of practical information, as well as inspiring stories from people already living the urban homesteading life, this colorful guide is an approachable guide to learning to live more ecologically in the city. The book embraces the core concepts of localization (providing our basic needs close to where we live), self-reliance (re-learning that food comes from the ground, not the grocery store; learning to do things ourselves), and sustainability (giving back at least as much as we take). Readers will find concise how-to information that they can immediately set into practice, from making solar cookers to growing tomatoes in a barrel to raising chickens in small spaces to maintaining mental serenity in the fast-paced city environment. Full of beautiful full-color photographs and illustrations, and plenty of step-by-step instructions, this is a must-have handbook f

Who reads Urban Homesteading : Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living?

Author

Rachel Kaplan with K. Ruby Blume

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616080549

Category

reference

Subjects

Technology, Agriculture, Gardening

Rating

3.8 / 5 (456 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14