Biography – Sustainability and Self-reliant living - Christchurch City Libraries
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Take heart from those who are living a self sufficient life style weather it be in their own back yard or farming sustainably. Read of their triumphs and despairs as they become true eco warriors and strive for less wasteful, greener and more sustainable life in balance with nature.
A meticulously researched and absorbing biography of the leading light and passionate champion for the Organics movement in Aotearoa New Zealand, Bob Crowder. The book charts Crowders early life in Britain, and his eventual move to…
Chef Annie Smitther’s brings us with her on her sustainable journey in her paddock to plate adventure. Bringing her palate to the table sharing comforting recipes and nourishing our soul as she vividly reveals the practical struggles of…
Providing the knowhow, founder of the popular YouTube channel and Homesteading app Abundance+, Justin shows you how to homestead no matter how much space you have. Sharing how to live a more grounded and mindful life in this book full of…
Gina’s engagingly honest account of her struggles to get hands on with raising chickens in her own backyard while shedding light on where our food comes from. Tackling the issues of conscious eating she introduces us to chicken fanciers,…
In this fascinating read, Farmer Helen Browning takes us through all the ups and downs of running an organic pig farm in post-Brexit Britain. Along the way we are treated to poignant and often hilarious stories (mostly involving pigs!) of…
In this adventurous yarn, following on from two earlier accounts of living a remote life and what it was like to be a wife on the Gorge River, Chris reveals what it was like to grow up in this remotest of Kiwi families. An enthralling,…
Freelance writer Kristin Kimball’s refreshingly honest second book tells of life on her self-sufficient Essex farm, which feeds a community cooperative. In her first, she writes of her move from New York to near Lake Champlain where she…
As 1970 opens two brothers, families in tow, spontaneously leave happening London to farm in remote Wales and live closely with nature. Armed with little experience and the scepticism of neighbours they get a rude introduction to the…
Cinead transports you to her backyard vegie plot and frankly imparts her practical take on the realities of feeding yourself from your own garden and living the veggie life. She will lift your spirits, comforting you to her favourite…
Mark Boyle, author of the Moneyless Manifesto (aka the Moneyless Man); takes his next step. Having disconnected from the world of money, Mark now disconnects from technology and anything it relies on from solar power windmills to running…
A hilarious story of a family bent on leaving the US for NZ shores in order to give their family what it needs to thrive. Antonia paints a vibrant picture of what it is like to settle on a rented farm and populate it with a menagerie of…
Full of recipes and illustrations, Wendy writes honestly about her mental well-being while living a simpler life. New Zealander Wendyl Nissen gave up the corporate life and now lives a sustainable life in Hokianga follow her over a year in…
Hokianga based writer Wendy Nissen tells us it is time to refocus, start looking after ourselves, build healthy habits and eat healthy food. Parent yourself, learn from nature, be compassionate, she gifts us her own life lessons. As she…
Nichola's uniquely kiwi call to arms takes us beyond the farm gate into the minds of farmers, as she comes to terms with the realities of farming. Part memoir part journalistic investigation; she takes us through the issues digesting…
An enchanting, heart-warming and meditative memoir following ranch life written by the author of "The Daily Coyote". Shreve reveals what it is like to engage body and mind in the ritual of farm work and the circles of the seasons, while…
An inspiring memoir written by New Zealand author Jillian Sullivan who finds herself at the end of her marriage and needing to rebuild her life. With no experience and as apprentice to her son-in law mentor, she decides to fulfil her dream…
