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Practical Self Sufficiency

Practical Self Sufficiency

An Australian Guide to Sustainable Living

by James Strawbridge and Dick Strawbridge
Hardback
Publication Date: 28/02/2011

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Practical Self Sufficiency is a wonderfully useful and accessible title that contains something for absolutely everyone! This guide offers clear step-by-step advice and contains: The most up-to-date and comprehensive information on sustainable living; full page artworks, showing how to use every kind of plot for self-sufficient living; instructions on how to grow your own herbs, fruits and vegetables; water saving tips - perfect for drought affected areas; instructions on how to make a wormery, build a chicken coop, install solar panels, build a wind turbine, make cheese, jams and breads, brew beer, make soap, weave with willow and the list goes on! Written by experienced and passionate eco-livers Dick and James Strawbridge, this title is comprehensive, inclusive and contemporary and is set to become the definitive guide of its kind. Perfectly adapted for the Australian market and ideal for everyone in urban, suburban or rural areas - becoming self-sufficient has never been more topical, more practical or more fun!
ISBN:
9781740337700
9781740337700
Category:
Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
28-02-2011
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
285x236x28mm
Weight:
1.61kg
James Strawbridge

James Strawbridge, Dick's son, co-presented It's Not Easy Being Green and co-wrote the first edition of Practical Self-Sufficiency and It's Not Easy Being Green. James also co-wrote the Made at Home series on artisan skills (Octopus, 2012).

Dick Strawbridge

Dick Strawbridge's road to a self-sufficient lifestyle was documented in three series of It's Not Easy Being Green (BBC). He co-wrote the first edition of Practical Self-Sufficiency with his son James, and also It's Not Easy Being Green (BBC Books, 2009). His current TV project is the Channel 4's primetime Escape to the Chateau (March 2016), now in its sixth series.

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