Title |
The good life lab : radical experiments in hands-on living / Wendy Jehanara Tremayne. |
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Publication Info. |
North Adams : Storey Publishing, c2013. |
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Description |
318 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Foreword(s) -- Preface -- Part I: Life imagined: Life in the waste stream -- Jump and the net will appear -- Broken heart seeks giant band-aid -- To live a decommodified life -- Everything is a tool to change the world -- Commodified people -- Swap-o-rama-rama -- Nature is the truest book -- Ladybugs in new York City -- What is the cost of a job? -- The sky is the ocean. Part II: Life hands on: Makers of shelter -- Building in Truth or Consequences -- Free fuel -- Things of value -- The notorious goblins -- The cost of living -- Take time -- Getting better all the time -- Nature unlocked -- The digital homestead -- The least useful most fun thing -- A cottage industry -- Wisdom. Part III: Life lab: Mad skills -- Kitchen magic -- Power, electronics and technology -- Car and fuel -- Shelter -- Holy scrap -- Epilogue: make mistakes. |
Subject |
Self-reliant living.
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Consumption (Economics)
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Lifestyles.
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
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ISBN |
9781612121017 paperback alkaline paper |
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1612121012 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781603428880 (ebook) |
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