Greener Living | Round Rock Public Library

1) Hellstrip gardening: create a paradise between the sidewalk and the curb

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Hadden, Evelyn J

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Presents a guide to creating a garden in such unused spaces as land beside a driveway, next to steps, or between the sidewalk and the street curb, discussing how to prepare the soil and listing the varieties of plants suitable for these conditions.--

2) Project 333: the minimalist fashion challenge that proves less really is so much more

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Carver, Courtney

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"Wear just 33 items for 3 months and get back all the JOY you were missing while you were worrying what to wear"--

3) The fragile earth: writing from the New Yorker on climate change

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"A collection of the New Yorker's ... reporting from the front lines of climate change--including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more"--

4) Cozy minimalist home: more style, less stuff

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Smith, Myquillyn

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Cozy Minimalism isn't about going without or achieving a particular new, modern style. Nope. It's simply a mindset that helps you get whatever style YOU LOVE with the fewest possible items. You want a warm, cozy, inviting home, without using more resources, money, and stuff than needed. Why use more if you don't have to? In Cozy Minimalist Home, accidental stylist and bestselling author Myquillyn Smith guides you step by step on making purposeful...

5) The little book of living small

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"The Little Book of Living Small shows readers how to make the most of limited square footage-with grace and style-and serves as the cheerleader readers need to help themselves feel satisfied and proud of their choice to live with less. In addition to exploring both the motivation behind choosing to live in a small space, as well as the practical, everyday advice for managing a tight footprint, The Little Book of Living Small also includes case studies:...

6) Street smart: the rise of cities and the fall of cars

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Schwartz, Samuel I

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"America's dependency on the automobile began with the 1908 introduction of Henry Ford's car-for-everyone, the Model T. The "battle for right-of-way" in the 1920s saw the demise of streetcars and transformed America's streets from a multiuse resource for socializing, commerce, and public mobility into exclusive arteries for private automobiles. The subsequent destruction of urban transit systems and post WWII suburbanization of America enabled by...

7) Install your own solar panels: designing and installing a photovoltaic system to power your home

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Burdick, Joesph

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This comprehensive DIY guide shows homeowners how to install a whole-house photovoltaic system. Detailed photos, illustrations, and step-by-step instructions follow the same process professionals use -- from planning and designing to installing rooftop and ground-mounted tracks.--

8) Furniture makeovers: simple techniques for transforming furniture with paint, stains, paper, stencils, and more

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Offers simple techniques to transforming drab furniture into showpieces, including easy-to-follow instructions for spray painting, applying gold leaf, wall papering, stenciling, and dip dyeing.

9) 150+ quick & easy furniture projects

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"Featuring more than 150 ... furniture flips and projects, this is a ... guide for those looking to save money, live greener, and create unique pieces that showcase individual style. All of the ... projects can be made in no more than a weekend and with standard tools and skills, so projects are accessible for everyone"--Amazon.com.

10) Rescue, restore, redecorate: Amy Howard's guide to refinishing furniture and accessories

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Whether you dream of restoring an heirloom to its former beauty, or just want to modernise a flea market treasure, Amy Howard has the design and refinishing secrets you need. Here are all the furniture finishing recipes, techniques, and tips that have made Howard's beloved classes sold-out success stories, and made Howard herself the go-to guru of refinishing and "use what you have" redecorating. Try your hand at unique painted and faux finishes,...

11) Being the change: live well and spark a climate revolution

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Alarmed by drastic changes in the Earth's climate systems, the author, a climate scientist and suburban father of two, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. He began by bicycling, growing food, meditating, and making other simple, fulfilling changes. Ultimately, he slashed his climate impact to under a tenth of the US average and became happier in the process. Being the change explores the connections between our individual daily...

12) Consumed: the need for collective change : colonialism, climate change, and consumerism

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"In Consumed, Barber calls for change within an industry that regularly overreaches with abandon, creating real imbalances in the environment and the lives of those who do the work--often in unsafe conditions for very low pay--and the billionaires who receive the most profit. A story told in two parts, Barber exposes the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry, one which brokered slavery,...

13) How to eat more plants: transform your health with 30 plant-based foods per week (and why it's easier than you think)

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"A fact-based guide to plant-based eating, explaining why a diverse diet is the key to better health-with 80 plant-packed recipes"--

14) Bosh!: simple recipes, amazing food, all plants

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"Want to cook ridiculously good plant-based food from scratch but have no idea where to start? With over 100 incredibly easy and outrageously tasty all-plants meals, BOSH! will be your guide. Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, creators of the world's biggest and fastest-growing plant-based platform, BOSH!, are the new faces of the food revolution. In BOSH!, Ian and Henry share more than 100 of their favorite go-to breakfasts, crowd-pleasing party pieces,...

15) Watercolor basics: Painting flowers

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Hinckley, Sharon

16) A hearty book of veggie sandwiches: vegan and vegetarian paninis, wraps, rolls, and more

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Freeman, Jackie

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"Putting together the perfect sandwich is more than slapping ingredients between two slices of bread. You must consider all of the layers, textures, flavors, and colors separately and together. This book is here to help you learn how to make the perfect sandwich, with tasty recipes for any time of the day (or night) and any type of mood"--

17) Meatless: more than 200 of the very best vegetarian recipes

18) Thug Kitchen 101

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"More than 100 easy and accessible recipes to give you a solid start toward a better diet."--Back cover. Your friends at Thug Kitchen know sometimes you need a shove to start eating right. Here they give you easy and accessible recipes that give you a solid start toward a better diet. You'll be able to cook up a damn fine (and vegan) dinner with simple ingredients no matter what time you stumble home from work.

19) Vegetable kingdom: cooking the world of plant-based recipes (a vegan cookbook)

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"More than 100 beautifully simple recipes that teach you the basics of a great vegan meal centered on real food, not powders or meat substitutes--from the James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Afro-Vegan. Food justice activist and author Bryant Terry breaks down the fundamentals of plant-based cooking in Vegetable Kingdom, showing you how to make delicious meals from popular vegetables, grains, and legumes. Recipes like Dirty Cauliflower, Barbecued...

20) Bloom: the secrets of growing flowering houseplants year-round

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Steinkopf, Lisa Eldred

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"Bloom is the only modern guide to cultivating flowering houseplants that includes insider secrets to encourage these beautiful plants to bloom and thrive"--