Pines and Plains Libraries

Cohousing balances privacy and independence with the benefits of living in community. This completely revised and updated third edition of the "cohousing bible" invites readers into these sustainable neighborhoods, and provides practical tools for developing their own.

Discover what it's really like to live and work on the road in a camper van full time from eco-vanlifer and founder of the Diversify Vanlife movement, Noami Grevemberg.
Feeling dissatisfied with her office job and her "stationary home," in 2016 Noami Grevemberg took a bold step. She quit her job, sold her belongings, and set out in her 1985 VW Vanagon to pursue a life of simplicity and travel with her husband and German Shepherd by her side.
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Story of Yamparika Ute Indians and later, homesteaders and teachers, in Bears Ears Country, or Elkhead, Colorado.

This study examines one community's experience with the idea of sustainable development. After tornados destroyed 60 blocks of a small city, during recovery the leaders defined the rebuilding effort as creating a "sustainable" community.

This Air Quality Action Plan is the first step in implementing the CDOT Air Quality Policy Directive 1901. CDOT's air quality policy promotes a forward looking vision of sustainable fleet management to effectively control internal transportation emissions and guides public outreach and education to further the understanding of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mobile source air toxics (MSATs). This Air Quality Action Plan outlines proactive strategies...

With females as one of the fastest growing sectors of the hobby-farming community, the time is right for practical advice and guidance from women to women. Written by naturalist, gardener, and farmer-in-training Karne Lanier, this insightful volume provides inspiration and direction for fellow females with agricultural aspirations. The Woman Hobby Farmer packs a lot of wisdom and experience into its pages, featuring interviews with and answers from...

A Radical New Take On Norse Paganism The Way of Fire and Ice reimagines Norse Paganism with mystical practices and rituals for today's world as well as tips for building community and resisting fascism. This approach to working with Norse deities and beliefs is a living, adaptable tradition, representing a strong alternative to the reconstructionist perspectives of Asatru and Heathenry. In this book, the old ways come alive in a radically inclusive...

Written by internationally renowned architect Avi Friedman, Sustainable Residential Development equips you with a much-needed process and examples for planning and designing green communities. This landmark resource explains the principles of green building and how to apply them to residential development, presenting guidelines for creating communities that balance social, economic, and environmental needs.Filled with plans, elevations, and vignettes,...

During the past twenty-five years, scientists have challenged conventional views of evolution and the organization of living systems and have developed new theories with revolutionary philosophical and social implications. Fritjof Capra has been at the forefront of this revolution. In The Web of Life, Capra offers a brilliant synthesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations...

"Indulge in the revised and expanded edition of the bestselling China Study Cookbook— now with more than 175 mouthwatering recipes and stunning all-new photography! With more than 2 million copies sold, The China Study has been hailed as one of the most important health and nutrition books ever published, revealing that the traditional Western diet has led to our modern health crisis and the way to stop widespread growth of obesity, diabetes, heart...