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Author Jehanara Tremayne, Wendy.

Title The good life lab : radical experiments in hands-on living / Wendy Jehanara Tremayne.

Publication Info. North Adams : Storey Publishing, c2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  978.967 JEHANARA TREMAYNE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  640 JEH    On Display
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  630 JEHANARA TREMAYNE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  978.967 JEHANARA TREMAYNE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  306.3 TRE    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  640 JEH    Check Shelf
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.
Consumption (Economics)
Lifestyles.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
ISBN 9781612121017 paperback alkaline paper
1612121012 paperback alkaline paper
9781603428880 (ebook)
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