The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook

The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook
Author: Real Goods Trading Corporation
Publisher: Real Goods Trading Corporation
Total Pages: 676
Release: 1994
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Covers power, conservation, and gear.

Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook

Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook
Author: John Schaeffer
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0865717842

The essential guide to energy independence – fully revised and updated

The Hand-sculpted House

The Hand-sculpted House
Author: Ianto Evans
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2002
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1890132349

Cob, a structural composite of earth, water, straw, clay, and sand, has been used for centuries, in virtually all parts of the world, to create homes ranging from mud huts in Africa to lavish adobe haciendas in Latin America. This practical and inspiring hands-on guide teaches anyone to build a cob dwelling.

The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook

The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook
Author: Doug Pratt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Conservation of natural resources
ISBN:

A resource guide for people who want to use sustainable, clean, local sources of power, providing lists of books and tools, and offering directions and hints for committing to an independent lifestyle.

The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook

The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook
Author: Real Goods Trading Corporation
Publisher: Real Goods Trading Corporation
Total Pages: 672
Release: 1994
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780930031688

Covers power, conservation, and gear.

Solar Gardening

Solar Gardening
Author: Leandre Poisson
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1994-09-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1603581235

Solar Gardening shows how to increase efforts of the sun during the coldest months of the year and how to protect tender plants from the intensity of the scorching sun during the hottest months through the use of solar "mini-greenhouses." The book includes instructions for building a variety of solar appliances plus descriptions of more than 90 different crops, with charts showing when to plant and harvest each. The result is a year-round harvest even from a small garden. In Solar Gardening the Poissons show you how to: Dramatically increase the annual square-foot yield of your garden. Extend the growing and harvest season for nearly every kind of vegetable. Select crops that will thrive in the coldest and hottest months of the year, without artificial heating or cooling systems. Build solar appliances for your own garden. Armed with nothing but this book and a few simple tools, even novice gardeners can quickly learn to extend their growing season and increase their yields, without increasing the size of their garden plot.

Powering Our Future

Powering Our Future
Author: Alternative Energy Institute
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2005
Genre: Renewable energy sources
ISBN: 0595339298

With nearly all of the world's energy consumption dependent on non-renewable resources, Powering Our Future challenges consumers to support changes that will create sustainable energy in the future. The four biggest energy sources--oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium--currently power our earth. What would happen to our society if we experienced severe shortages of one or more of these resources? Such a glimpse into the future may become reality sooner than we think. Oil production is soon expected to begin a rapid descent, with natural gas in close pursuit. Powering Our Future is an educational tool that opens the door to a future fueled by sustainable, renewable energy. Consumers will learn: - How our world has become dependent on four nonrenewable resources. - How each resource impacts us politically, economically, and environmentally. - How renewable resources such as hydrogen, fuel cells, wind power, solar energy, hydropower, and more are waiting in the wings. - How the transition to renewable resources will take place, offering economically stable and environmentally safe choices. Powering Our Future is a solution-oriented guide that will empower you to make more informed choices as a voter, a contributor to a global economy, and a citizen of the earth.