Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques (Natural Building Series)Over 70 percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home. This has led to widespread interest in using natural materials-straw, cob, and earth-for building homes and other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely on labor rather than expensive and often environmentally-damaging outsourced materials.... | | Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the United States show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food. Such an imbalance cannot ... | | Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook
In this new third edition, Linenberger updates his longtime #1 bestselling Outlook book to include Microsoft's new version 2010 release and the new Outlook for Mac 2011. Outlook 2007 and 2003 are also covered. This seminal guide presents the author's best practices of time, task, and e-mail management, drawing from time management... |