Miljövänlig arkitektur & design

Arkitekten Kjell Forshed har i femtio år mejslat fram ett helt unikt hantverk i den svenska arkitekturen. Ingen har lika envist hållit fast vid idén om att arkitekturen måste befinna sig i ögonhöjd med de människor som ska leva i den, utgå från de...

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Ett naturhus är en kretsloppsbyggnad där boningshuset omges av ett växthus. Näring från avloppet tas tillvara i egna odlingar. I nordliga klimat förlängs odlingssäsongen, och uppvärmningsperioden förkortas. Konceptet utvecklades redan på 1970-tale...

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Still invites readers to take on the philosophy of the SLOW movement: Living Sustainable. Local. Organic. And Whole. Our homes are ideally placed to support and promote this philosophy, through everything from the materials we source in constructi...

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En rikt illustrerad inspirationsbok full av praktiska tips och råd för dig som är nyfiken på ekologiskt byggande. Både för dig som vill renovera och vårda eller som funderar på att bygga nytt! Kloka Hus berättar om hur drömmen om det hållbara blir...

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'Addictive ... a charter for wistfulness' Observer 'An enchanting rabbit hole of handmade houses' The New York Times 'The Bible of pared back, natural living' Der Spiegel 'Take a deep breath and let the inspiration sink in' GQ Cabin Porn began as ...

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Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adap...

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I ett växthus är det lätt att trivas. Här är gränsen mellan ute och inne flytande. I november kan du ligga på rygg på takterrassen och lyssna till regnets droppar mot växthustaket. Redan i februari kan du äta middag på uteplatsen. Och året runt ka...

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The world needs to turn away from fossil fuels and use clean, renewable sources of energy as soon as we can. Failure to do so will cause catastrophic climate damage sooner than you might think, leading to loss of biodiversity and economic and poli...

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Make your home more mindful and discover a more considered way to decorate with this beautifully presented guide by acclaimed interior stylist, Joanna Thornhill. We often think of mindfulness in relation to meditation, but our homes and interior d...

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A practical, comprehensive, and essential how-to manual with information on growing perennial crops, soil fertility, water security, nutrient dense food, and more! "Essential reading for the serious prepper as well as for everyone interested ...

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A Cottagecore Inspired Guide for Mindful Living Anywhere"This book presents an easy entry point for readers interested in exploring mindfulness and the cottagecore lifestyle." -Library Journal review #1 Best Seller in Small Homes & C...

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#1 - The Best Country and Rural Living Books* #1 - 15 Best Homesteading Books for Beginners in 2021** For more than 50 years, this homesteading classic is the essential book of basic skills and country wisdom for living off the land, being prepare...

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Create a haven of coziness and calm that embraces you as you walk through the door with Chris Myers' effortless styling ideas and tips. Taking a room-by-room approach, Chris describes the essentials of creating coziness from the colours to use, th...

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Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind employed by our forefathers--need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Dye your own wool, raise chickens, weave a rug, make jam and cheese, and much, much more! With ...

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In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed up their family in Vancouver, BC, and moved to Delft to experience the cycling city as residents rather than as visitors. A ye...

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The evergreen classic on ecological gardening, whatever size your garden! Over a quarter of a million copies sold worldwide! Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant and resilient gardens. In the revised, second ed...

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Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it ...

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Imagine living for an entire year without money. Where do you live? What do you eat? How do you stay in touch with your friends and family? Former businessman Mark Boyle thought he'd give it a try. In a world of seasonal foods, solar panels, skill...

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Following along the lines of Shelter's DIY books on building, this is a survey of state-of-the-art nomadic vehicles: homes on wheels. Practically every one of the 70 or so rigs shown here is owner-built, as opposed to the "off-the-shelf"...

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Based on the 2015 book Cabin Porn and the wildly popular site of the same name, this calendar is a dreamy collection of 13 secluded cabins, cottages, and other small structures nestled in nature. Featuring the best photographs from the book as wel...

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Communicating Sustainability is a book of evidence-based strategies for making sustainability vivid, accessible, and comprehensible. To do this, it brings together research from a range of specialties including cognitive psychology, visual percept...

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The best person to design the property of your dreams is you. This book gives you the tools to succeed. Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land desig...

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What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and s...

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Prepare for future worst-case scenarios while learning to be self-sufficient every day. It's become clear that even in the twenty-first century our comfortable lives can be disrupted at a moment's notice by events far beyond our control. Whether t...

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Urban Ecology: An Introduction seeks to open the reader's mind and eyes to the way in which nature permeates everyday urban living, and how it has to be understood, cared for, and managed in order to make our towns and cities healthier places to v...

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The most exciting new buildings today are almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discover the best examples of green projects from the Architecture Now! series in this handy Bibliothec...

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Prepare yourself for any life-threatening event with this fully updated, step-by-step survivalist guide from best-selling author and expert Jim Cobb.The preparation you make for a hurricane, earthquake, disease outbreak, or other short-term disast...

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Hand Hewn is a fascinating and inspiring tribute to traditional timber framing by one of today's foremost expert architects and practitioners of the craft. In this highly visual book, internationally renowned builder Jack A. Sobon weaves his perso...

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Wine Country Living presents more than twenty-five innovative spaces for living in the winemaking regions of Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Here is a portrait of the most contemporary spaces for vineyard living, all perfectly suite...

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