Practical Self Sufficiency

The Complete Guide to Sustainable Living

James Strawbridge, Dick Strawbridge

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Dorling Kindersley Australia
02 July 2019

Self-sufficiency; Gardening

The most up to date and comprehensive guide on sustainable living for your garden, home and kitchen.

Practical Self Sufficiency is a wonderfully useful and accessible book that contains something for absolutely everyone.

This fully updated guide, now in a paperback edition, offers clear step-by-step information in classic DK style and offers a greater focus on the issues surrounding sustainable living for people in urbanised parts of Australia. You will find practical advice on reducing your carbon footprint; growing and using your own fruit and vegetables; keeping chickens and other animals; community gardening, design options for energy saving and retrofitting, and doing more with less.

With authoritative advice, step-by-step guidance and fascinating illustrations, Practical Self Sufficiency will help you make simple changes that can have a major impact on your life and reduce your impact on the planet.

By: James Strawbridge, Dick Strawbridge
Imprint: Dorling Kindersley Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 275mm, Width: 231mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1.274kg
ISBN: 9780143796930
ISBN 10: 0143796933
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 02 July 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Burma and brought up in Northern Ireland, Dick Strawbridge has had more than twenty years' distinguished service in the army, retiring as a Lietenant Colonel. In 1993 he was awarded an MBE. Dick is regularly on screen, appearing in many television programs including Planet Earth Challenge, Coast, The Reinventors, The Big Idea, Planet Mechanics and Scrapheap Challenge.