The Sustainable & Green Living category has 213 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 487 ratings. The most-rated is Zero Waste Home.
We Rise
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Sixteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and his group the Earth Guardians believe that choices made now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow, and they want to ensure a positive, just, and sustainable future. Beginning with their empowering story, We Rise explores many aspects of effective activism and provides step-by-step information on how to start and join solution-oriented movements. With conversations between Xiuhtezcatl and well-known activists, revolutionaries, and celebrities, practical advice for living a more sustainable lifestyle, and ideas and tools for building resilient communities, We Rise is an action guide for how to face the biggest problems of today. If you are interested in creating real and tangible change, We Rise will give you the inspiration and information you need to do your part in making the world a better place.
©2017 Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Honey Farm Dreaming: A Memoir About Sustainability, Small Farming and the Not-So Simple Life
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Immerse yourself in this delightful memoir about a decade of life on a small Australian farm. This is an audiobook for anyone who enjoys being transported to another life and lifestyle, or who is interested in bees, homesteading, small farming, animals, organic gardening, farmers markets, human nature, and the hilarity and hardship that goes with all that. Funny, moving, and engrossing, you'll be transported to a world where one family tries to keep it all together as they juggle a farmyard full of animals, thousands of tourists in the garden, a hundred backpackers in the house, millions of bees in the air, and their commitment to the environment and each other. Buzzing with good humour, moving moments, and interesting stories, discover more about the 'simple life' and enjoy a good laugh from this well-reviewed memoir in which author Anna Featherstone lays bare what it's like to follow your dreams and to find success, failure, and finally understanding along the way. An added bonus at the end: delightful farmhouse recipes and tips for creating your own organic lip and skin balms. This book is read by Australian audiobook narrator Rebecca Harper.
©2018 Anna Featherstone (P)2018 Anna Featherstone
Agriculture Course
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When Rudolf Steiner gave these lectures 80 years ago, industrial farming was on the rise and organic methods were being replaced in the name of science, efficiency, and technology. With the widespread alarm over the quality of food in recent years, and the growth of the organic movement and its mainstream acceptance, perceptions are changing. The qualitative aspect of food is once again on the agenda, and in this context Rudolf Steiner's only course of lectures on agriculture is critical to the current debate. With these talks, Steiner created and launched "biodynamic" farming - a specific form of agriculture which has come to be regarded as "premium organic". However, the agriculture Steiner speaks of in this book is much more than organic, and involves working with the cosmos, earth, and spiritual entities. To facilitate this, Steiner prescribes specific "preparations" for the soil, as well as other distinct methods born from his profound understanding of the material, as well as spiritual worlds. He presents a comprehensive picture of the complex dynamic relationships at work in nature and gives basic indications of the practical measures, which are necessary for bringing them into full play. This audio edition, complete and unabridged, is read by respected actor and speech teacher Peter Bridgmont, author of Liberation of the Actor.
©2014 Rudolf Steiner Press Ltd. (P)2014 Rudolf Steiner Press Ltd.
Healthy Buildings
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From our offices and homes to schools, hospitals, and restaurants, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized impact on our performance and well-being. They affect our creativity, focus, and problem-solving ability and can make us sick - jeopardizing our future and dragging down profits in the process. Joseph Allen and John Macomber make a compelling case in this urgently needed book for why every business and homeowner should make certain relatively low-cost investments a top priority. Grounded in exposure and risk science and relevant to anyone newly concerned about how their surroundings impact their health, Healthy Buildings can help you evaluate the impact of small, easily controllable environmental fluctuations on your immediate well-being and long-term reproductive and lung health. Cutting through the jargon to explain complex processes in simple and compelling language, Allen and Macomber show how buildings can both expose you to and protect you from disease. With decades of practice in protecting worker health, they offer a clear way forward right now, and show us what comes next in a post-COVID world. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 The President and Fellows of Harvard College (P)2020 Tantor
A Zero Waste Life
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Want to make a change but don’t know where to start? The practical 30-day guide to radically reducing your waste by 80 percent, from waste warrior Anita Vandyke. Anita Vandyke wants to show you that by living zero waste, you actually gain more - more time, more money and more life. A Zero Waste Life is the ultimate guide to radically reducing your waste, without losing your lifestyle. In her 30-day challenge, Anita provides you with the rules, tips and tricks you need to eliminate plastic and live a cleaner, kinder life. This practical audiobook is a call to action with a fresh ‘can do’ approach. Over 30 days you will learn how to make sustainable, ethical choices when it comes to shopping, eating, travel, beauty and so much more. Small changes can make a big difference, and by following these easy, creative steps we can all do more to save our world. These are the inside tips of a waste warrior and former engineer whose life has changed from excess to eco-luxe. Isn’t that what we all want - a life of happiness, a life of luxury, a life that isn’t wasted?
©2018 Anita Vandyke (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
How to Be Alive
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The author of No Impact Man and founder of the No Impact Project returns with this trailblazing guide to living a meaningful and fulfilling life while also contributing to the well-being of our communities and the planet. When Colin Beavan embarked upon a yearlong experiment to lead a zero net-impact existence in the middle of New York City, he had no idea what a profound effect it would have upon himself and others around him. For Colin, the project - chronicled in a book, a documentary, and an ongoing lecture series - formed the basis of a radical "lifestyle redesign" that reached beyond just environmental activism. And, in the course of his travels and lectures, he encountered scores of people who were similarly breaking from traditional ideas about work, home, and even family in order to take their futures, and the planet's, in their own hands. In the process they made a startling discovery - a happier way of life that is also having a deeply positive impact on the world. For most of us, though, even contemplating this kind of transformation is overwhelming and confusing. In How to Be Alive, Beavan shares his insights on finding the path that's right for you. Drawing on everything from classic literature and philosophy to current science, and combining that with his own experiences alongside those of the many people he has met along the way, Colin explores a broad array of transformational lifestyle adjustments - small and large - that offer security and meaning in a world confronted by ecological crises, economic upheaval, and ongoing war and social injustice. In the process, he helps listeners embark on the quest for "good" lives of their own - lives better for both them and the planet.
©2016 Colin Beavan (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers
Once Upon a Farm
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National Bestseller Sometimes it's not only what we plant, but where we're planted. Now raising their four-year-old daughter, Indiana, alone, after Joey’s passing, Rory Feek digs deeper into the soil of his life and the unusual choices he and his wife, Joey, made together and the ones he’s making now to lead his family into the future. When Rory Feek and his older daughters moved into a run-down farmhouse almost 20 years ago, he had no idea of the almost fairy-tale love story that was going to unfold on that small piece of Tennessee land.... and the lessons he and his family would learn along the way. Now two years after Joey’s passing, as Rory takes their four-year-old daughter Indiana’s hand and walks forward into an unknown future, he takes listeners on his incredible journey from heartbreak to hope and, ultimately, the kind of healing that comes only through faith. A raw and vulnerable look deeper into Rory’s heart, Once Upon a Farm is filled with powerful stories of love, life, and hope and the insights that one extraordinary, ordinary man in bib overalls has gleamed along the way. As opposed to homesteading, this is instead a book on lifesteading as Rory learns to cultivate faith, love, and fatherhood on a small farm while doing everything, at times, but farming. With frequent stories of his and Joey’s years together, and how those guide his life today, Rory unpacks just what it means to be open to new experiences. “This isn’t a how-to book; it’s more of a how we, or more accurately, how He, God, planted us on a few acres of land and grew something bigger than Joey or I could have ever imagined.”
©2018 Rory Feek (P)2018 Thomas Nelson
How to Prepare for Climate Change
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A practical and comprehensive guide to surviving the greatest disaster of our time, from New York Times best-selling self-help author and beloved CBS Sunday Morning science and technology correspondent David Pogue. You might not realize it, but we’re already living through the beginnings of climate chaos. In Arizona, laborers now start their day at three a.m. because it’s too hot to work past noon. Chinese investors are snapping up real estate in Canada. Millennials have evacuation plans. Moguls are building bunkers. Retirees in Miami are moving inland. In How to Prepare for Climate Change, best-selling self-help author David Pogue offers sensible, deeply researched advice for how the rest of us should start to ready ourselves for the years ahead. Pogue walks listeners through what to grow, what to eat, how to build, how to insure, where to invest, how to prepare your children and pets, and even where to consider relocating when the time comes. (Two areas of the country, in particular, have the requisite cool temperatures, good hospitals, reliable access to water, and resilient infrastructure to serve as climate havens in the years ahead.) He also provides wise tips for managing your anxiety, as well as action plans for riding out every climate catastrophe, from superstorms and wildfires to ticks and epidemics. Timely and enlightening, How to Prepare for Climate Change is an indispensable guide for anyone who read The Uninhabitable Earth or The Sixth Extinction and wants to know how to make smart choices for the upheaval ahead.
©2020 David Pogue. All rights reserved. (P)2020 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Unsettlers
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The radical search for the simple life in today's America. On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound for a homestead they've purchased sight unseen. Meanwhile, a horticulturist, heir to the Great Migration that brought masses of African Americans to Detroit, and her husband, a product of the white flight from it, have turned to urban farming to revitalize the blighted city they both love. And near Missoula, Montana, a couple who have been at the forefront of organic farming for decades navigate what it means to live and raise a family ethically. A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, The Unsettlers traces the search for the simple life through the stories of these new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for - or create - a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.
©2017 Mark Sundeen (P)2017 Penguin Audio
Living off the Grid
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Freedom. Flexibility. Happiness. Is it possible to have it all, or is it just a gimmick? Keep reading... What does your dream lifestyle entail? Maybe, it consists of living in the much-popularized tiny house, where every nook and cranny is utilized for maximum storage and coziness. You have everything you need in that one space, no clutter in sight. Or, maybe, you hear the ocean calling your name, cultivating your dream of owning a houseboat where the channels become your home. A traveler at heart, you are. Maybe, you don’t even have a preference for what type of home you live in, as long as you’re surrounded by the beauty of nature and have access to fresh sources of food and water - a world where the sun is your alarm clock and the singing birds cheer you on. Whatever the vision you have in mind may be, it doesn’t have to be a fiction of your imagination any longer. Despite what others may say about the off-grid style of living, it’s not strange and it’s not a “phase” you will eventually get over. Everyone has different passions and definitions of what the perfect life would be, so not all people will understand. Regardless of what family or friends say, don’t let them deter you. If it’s something you truly desire, then there’s no other option than to go for it! In Living Off The Grid, you will discover: How different off-grid lifestyles can be, as well as which type best suits you and your needs What is the ultimate approach to take when it comes to getting rid of unnecessary belongings How to find the golden egg to finance your new lifestyle What are 16 pantry staples to not only dramatically reduce your food expenses, but also decrease the time you spend on cooking meals What are a few no-brainer habits to take on for lowering your bills and preparing yourself for life off the grid How to decide which off-grid home speaks to you the most, including any disadvantages you should be aware of, beforehand What are the most efficient way to power your home according to your property’s features And much more... Even if you have absolutely no clue as to what taking your life off-grid would involve, with the right resources and guidance, it’s possible for anyone who has an unquenchable thirst for it. Making such a huge life change can be very daunting, but in the end, you will thank yourself when you see just how happy it makes you. If the Watkinsons family from the UK can quit their jobs, uproot their home, and live off of renewable energy, all while taking care of their 5-year-old daughter and an 18 month-old son, then so can you. Instead of living a life filled with perpetual daydreaming and “should haves”, quit pitying yourself and take action now to see your dreams become a reality. So, what are you waiting for? Pure happiness and satisfaction are waiting for you on the other side of your life-changing decision. If you want to leave behind your boring daily routine and discover how to live the off-grid lifestyle you’ve been fantasizing about for years, then scroll up and click the “buy now” button right now!
©2019 Chase Bourn (P)2020 Chase Bourn
Sustainability
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The word sustainability has been connected to everything from a certain kind of economic development to corporate promises about improved supply sourcing. But despite the apparent ubiquity of the term, the concept of sustainability has come to mean a number of specific things. In this accessible guide to the meanings of sustainability, Kent Portney describes the evolution of the idea and examines its application in a variety of contemporary contexts - from economic growth and consumption to government policy and urban planning. Portney takes as his starting point the 1987 definition by the World Commission on Environment and Development of sustainability as economic development activity that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". At its heart, Portney explains, sustainability focuses on the use and depletion of natural resources. It is not the same as environmental protection or natural resource conservation; it is more about finding some sort of steady state, so that the Earth can support both human population and economic growth. Portney looks at political opposition to the promotion of sustainability, which usually questions the need for sustainability or calls its costs unacceptable; collective and individual consumption of material goods and resources and to what extent they must be curtailed to achieve sustainability; the role of the private sector, and the co-opting of sustainability by corporations; government policy on sustainability at the international, national, and subnational levels; and how cities could become models for sustainability action.
©2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (P)2015 Gildan Media LLC
Farewell, My Subaru
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Informative, lively, and compulsively listenable, Doug Fine's humorous and topical work chronicles his year embracing an environmentally friendly lifestyle. Vowing to grow all his own food, harness the sun's power for his electrical needs, and consume as little fossil fuel as necessary, Fine faces surprising obstacles at every turn as he discovers that going green is easier said than done.
©2008 Doug Fine (P)2008 Recorded Books
Worm Farming
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Curious about what worm farming is? Do you want to know what it takes to get started? How can you can make it fun and profitable? These are just a few of the questions that are answered in Worm Farming: Setup a Sustainable Vermiculture Earthworm Composting Ranch. This is the ultimate guide about worm farming. Discover the many benefits of worm farming or what is also known as vermicomposting. You can get free fishing bait, use it as source of food for wild birds, fish, and chickens, or create a nutrient-rich potting soil that is a fun hobby while teaching you about the environment. You will see that getting started with worm farming is much easier than you think! Details on space requirements, type of worms to use, what to feed them and much, much, more are revealed in this informative audiobook. Worm farming can be a fun way to generate some income from the worms or nutrient-rich soil that you sell. Our tips on running a successful worm farm and understanding the business aspects of it will function as your startup road map. Get started today with this comprehensive guide on worm farming. Scroll up and click on the "buy now" button.
©2014 Sparrow Publications (P)2020 Sparrow Publications
Compact Farms
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Compact Farms is a guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain how to harness an area's water supply, orientation, and geography in order to maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing effort. Profiles of well-known farmers such as Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier show that farming on a small scale in any region, in both urban and rural settings, can provide enough income to turn the endeavor from hobby to career. These real-life plans and down-and-dirty advice will equip you with everything you need to actually realize your farm dreams.
©2017 Josh Volk (P)2019 Tantor
Bokashi Composting: Scraps to Soil in Weeks
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Bokashi is Japanese for "fermented organic matter". Bokashi composting is a safe, quick, and convenient way to compost in your kitchen, garage, or apartment using a specific group of microorganisms to anaerobically ferment all food waste (including meat and dairy). Since the process takes place in a closed system, insects and smell are controlled, making it ideal for urban or business settings. The process is very fast, with compost usually ready to be integrated into your soil or garden in around two weeks. While bokashi has enjoyed great popularity in many parts of the world, it is still relatively unknown in North America. From scraps to soil, Bokashi Composting is the complete, step-by-step, do-it-yourself guide to this amazing process, with comprehensive information covering: Background - the history, development, and scientific basis of the technique Getting started - composting with commercially available products or homemade systems Making your own - system plans and bokashi bran recipes using common materials and locally sourced ingredients Growing - improving your soil with fermented compost and bokashi "juice" This essential guide is a must-listen for gardeners, homeowners, apartment dwellers, traditional composters, and anyone who wants a safe, simple, and convenient way to keep kitchen waste out of the landfill. Adam Footer is a permaculture designer with a focus on soil building, food forestry, cover crops, water conservation and harvesting, and natural farming. He is a tireless promoter of bokashi to maximize the recycling of food waste and runs the website bokashicomposting.com.
©2013 New Society Publishing (P)2018 Adam Footer
Vitamin N
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From the author of the New York Times best seller that defined nature-deficit disorder and launched the international children-and-nature movement, Vitamin N (for "nature") is a complete prescription for connecting with the power and joy of the natural world right now, with 500 activities for children and adults. Dozens of inspiring and thought-provoking essays. Scores of informational websites. Down-to-earth advice. Vitamin N is a one-of-a-kind, comprehensive, and practical guidebook for the whole family and the wider community, including tips not only for parents eager to share nature with their kids but also for those seeking nature-smart schools, medical professionals, and even careers. It is a dose of pure inspiration, reminding us that looking up at the stars or taking a walk in the woods is as exhilarating as it is essential - at any age.
©2016 Richard Louv (P)2016 Tantor
Aquaponics
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This audiobook contains everything you need to know about growing your own fish and food simultaneously. Aquaculture is a great way to get organic foods year round and save yourself a ton of money! Even if you just want to start small, this audiobook has all you need to know about the process that makes aquaponics so ingenious. You do not have to be a commercial farmer to make this method work for you. Many families have small systems in their basements or even a little tank on the window sill. Not only that, this is a great experiment to teach your kids the nitrogen cycle and how plants and fish need certain things to grow. The truth is aquaponics isn't new or revolutionary, it just makes use of nature's own methods to grow! You probably have your own reasons why you're looking at aquaponics, but it is something you really need to be familiar with before making the commitment. Do you want your own sustainable, organic, home-grown produce? Do you want to know where your food comes from and that it's the best quality? Why waste money on a hydroponic system when you can go the whole way, skip the chemicals, and have home-raised fish that are healthier and tastier than store bought. Aquaponics is something that many commercial farmers have known about for years, and some societies have used it for far longer. Tap into their knowledge with this introduction to setting up your system. We'll tell you what the right ppm measurements in your tank are, what crops grow best, tips to stop you making common mistakes and how to make use of that dark space underneath to grow extra things. Listen to this aquaponics bundle now!
©2017 Celine Walker (P)2017 Celine Walker
Tiny House: Beginner's Guide to Minimalist Living
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Are you looking for financial security? Are you curious about tiny homes? Do you want more freedom? Then this book is for you! In this Tiny House: A Beginner's Guide to Minimalist Living, Building Your Small Home Guide, you'll learn all that you need to know about minimalist living and the tiny house movement. You'll find out how to get started on building your tiny home, frequently asked questions, and even whether or not you should hire a professional to build your tiny home. Tiny House: A Beginner's Guide to Minimalist Living, Building Your Small Home Guide will provide valuable resources on what supplies you'll need, where to buy tiny home kits, and where to find free tiny house plans. With helpful suggestions about how to get started and what material options you have, this guide will teach you everything you need to know to get started building your tiny home within your budget today.
©2017 Carson Wyatt (P)2017 Carson Wyatt
The (Almost) Zero-Waste Guide
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Cut back on waste, reduce your carbon footprint, and live more sustainably with these 100 (almost) zero-waste tips In a perfect world, we would all be able to fit a year’s worth of waste in a mason jar. But for most of us?,? doing so can be immensely intimidating or simply not feasible. But even if you can’t be perfectly zero waste, you can still have a profound impact on our environment, climate, and health by making some simple changes to your lifestyle and habits. Author Melanie Mannarino shares 100 simple tips for being less wasteful in a variety of contexts: At Home, with advice not only for the kitchen and food, but also for cleaning and home organization Travel, from commuting to vacations Fashion, including finding sustainable brands and caring for your clothing Community, helping you identify ways to make a broader impact beyond your home Beyond limiting your personal waste, learn about how you can reduce your “unseen” waste by making more eco-friendly choices, such as purchasing clothes with more sustainable fabrics and adopting a “Meatless Monday” regimen to help decrease your carbon footprint. If you’re someone who wants to reduce waste in your daily life and make a positive impact on the planet ?without? making?? drastic changes in your habits, then look no further. This highly accessible and practical guide will have you living a greener, more sustainable life that is (almost) zero waste in no time!
©2020 Melanie Mannarino (P)2020 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
Psilocybin Mushrooms
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Psilocybin mushrooms are fungi containing the natural psychotic psilocybin compound, which is capable of producing intense hallucinations and spiritual encounters as well as other effects. This audiobook is the perfect guide for you to learn everything you need to know about magic mushrooms. From the science behind it, the effects, all the way to growing your own magic mushrooms in your home. This audiobook will contain all the necessary information you need to properly grow magic mushrooms successfully and how to use them as well. Over recent years, there has been an increase in research studies done on magic mushrooms and their health benefits. Nevertheless, psilocybin mushrooms are not only a drug and sacrament. They have been used in therapeutic environments to treat several ailments and disorders, including headache of clusters, obsessive-compulsive disorders, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dependence, and the recent resurgence in therapeutic effects of psilocybin showed promising results. This audiobook will cover these following topics: Biology of mushrooms What is psilocybin mushroom? Health benefits psilocybin mushroom Finding psilocybin mushroom Psilocybin truffles and psilocybin mushrooms Lysergic acid diethlyamide (LSD) and psilocybin mushrooms Preparing for psychedelic trip Growing psilocybin mushrooms How to prepare psilocybin mushrooms for microdosing Healthy and tasty magic mushroom recipes So if you are ready to learn more about the magic mushroom and how you can utilize its many effects, purchase Psilocybin Mushrooms: The Essential Guide to Growing and Using Magic Mushrooms and begin your journey of using this natural psychedelic!
©2020 Roland Sheils (P)2020 Rolad Sheils