Grow, Create, Inspire (eBook)

Crafting a Joyful Life of Beauty and Abundance

Crystal Stevens (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
224 Seiten
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-55092-632-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Focusing on approaches to accumulating skills toward self-sufficiency, Grow, Create, Inspire is a comprehensive guide to creating a regenerative, and deeply satisfying life, covering everything from basic and more advanced growing tips, preparing and preserving harvest, and greening those aspects of life which bring about happiness.

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"e;Stevens has skillfully tied the seemingly mundane-how to grow food, cook, shop, stay healthy-to our deepest spiritual and transformative aspirations."e; -Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's GardenHow can we embrace the absolute necessity of preserving and protecting the earth for our descendants, creating a future in which there is still clean water to drink, fresh air to breathe, and fresh, healthy food vital to human existence?Grow Create Inspire is a rallying cry, itself an inspiration urging all of us to help fill the vital need for growth-not only of food, but also in the hearts and the minds of individuals around the globe. Focusing on step-by-step approaches to accumulating skills toward self-sufficiency, Grow Create Inspire is a comprehensive guide to creating a beautiful, regenerative, and deeply satisfying life, covering everything from basic and more advanced growing tips, preparing and preserving harvest, and generally greening those aspects of life which bring about happiness, including, food, art, music, beauty, and time in nature.Increasing individual happiness ultimately leads to creating positive changes in our families and communities, and empowering others to do the same. Together, we can grow, create, and inspire a new world of beauty and abundance, while helping ensure our descendants can do the same in a healthy, vibrant world."e;The perfect read for anyone searching to transform their time on this earth into a truly satisfying journey! . . . Certainly a powerful antidote for these times of decadent destruction-full of wise words and useful suggestions to help recreate Eden here on Earth."e; -Jenni Blackmore, author, Permaculture for the Rest of Us

Autor

lt;p> Crystal Stevens is an herbalist, writer, artist, and vegetable farmer, employing multiple platforms to share her passion for inspiring others to care for the environment, to grow gardens, and to live healthy lifestyles. She runs dozens of community outreach programs each year, hosting field trips and homeschool groups to the farm, and teaching a gardening summer camp for kids, and travels to various schools to teach the gardening curriculum which she developed. She teaches dozens of workshops and gives presentations on gardening, healthy eating, natural living, medicinal herbs and foraging. Together with her husband Eric Stevens, Crystal co-manages La Vista Farm, a CSA serving 150 families. They live along the bluffs of the Mississippi River in Godfrey IL with their two children.

Inhalt

Foreword
Preface
Gratitude
Introduction

Grow
Chapter 1: The Problems and the Solutions
Chapter 2: Food: The Common Thread that Weaves Humanity Together. Eat Local as a Global Remedy
Chapter 3: Permaculture: A Global Solution
Chapter 4: Compost! A Good Garden Begins with Healthy Soil
Chapter 5: Get Your Roots Wet: Start Small
Chapter 6: Gardening Basics
Chapter 7: Forage and Discover the Wonders of Wild Edibles and Medicinals
Chapter 8: Growing Medicinal Herbs
Chapter 9: A Season in the Fields
Chapter 10: Food As Medicine

Create
Chapter 11: Create Abundance in Your Kitchen
Chapter 12: Seed-to-Table Recipes
Chapter 13: Nature's Herbal Remedies
Chapter 14: Herbal Body Care
Chapter 15: Natural Household Cleaners
Chapter 16: Create Your Own Gifts: Inexpensive DIY Gifts for the Holidays

Inspire
Chapter 17: My Personal Inspiration
Chapter 18: Anecdotes of Inspiration
Chapter 19: Food Unites Us
Chapter 20: Children in the Garden and the Kitchen
Chapter 21: Connection

Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
A Note About the Publisher

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.9.2016
• Verlagsort: Gabriola Island
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Schlagworte: canning and preserving • diy natural products • foraging • Gardening • inspiring stories • path to sustainability and abundance • practical guide to building resiliency • resiliency in daily life • Self Help • simple seed to table meals • vision of better world
• ISBN-10: 1-55092-632-2 / 1550926322
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55092-632-3 / 9781550926323