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Better : the everyday art of sustainable living / Nicole Caldwell.

by Caldwell, Nicole.

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New Society Publishers, 2015.

Sustainable living.

Self-reliant living

9780865717947 (pbk.)

viii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Better explores the intersection of sustainability and art, showing how each of us can reinvent our lives as our greatest artistic achievement. Presented in the context of the unique story of Better Farm, a blueprint for environmentally conscious living, this unusual guide blends theory with practical, hands-on, DIY ideas to incite your own creative adventures, including: Upcycling trash into treasure. Turning your fish tank into a garden. Making your yard or balcony a work of art. Better Theory views every experience - good or bad - as an opportunity for exponential personal growth. Packed with life lessons and tips for making any lifestyle more sustainable, while drawing on everyone's inherent creativity, this book provides the inspiration to live more simply, take more chances, and engage more with the natural world. For anyone who questions the purpose of the daily grind or grapples with the need for more meaning in his or her life. Nicole Caldwell is the co-founder of Better Farm (betterfarm.org), a sixty-five-acre sustainability campus, organic farm, and artists' colony serving as a blueprint for environmentally conscious living, in Redwood, New York.

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