• Approachable guide to learning to live more ecologically in the city. • Concepts of localization (providing our basic needs close to where we live), self-reliance (re-learning that food comes from the ground, not the grocery store; learning to do things ourselves), and sustainability (giving back at least as much as we take). • How-to information from making solar cookers to growing tomatoes in a barrel to raising chickens in small spaces to maintaining mental serenity in the fast-paced city environment. • Full-color photographs and illustration • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Inc • Publication Year: 2011 • Trade Paperback • Language: English • Height: 0.8 in • Length: 10 in • Width: 8 in • Weight: 36.9 oz • 304 Pages • Author: K. Ruby Blume, Rachel Kaplan • Genre: - Self-Help - House & Home - Business & Economics • Topic: - Sustainable Living - Cleaning - Caretaking & Organizing - Small Spaces - Green Lifestyle - Development