Do-It-Yourself Projects to Get You Off the Grid (eBook)

Rain Barrels, Chicken Coops, Solar Panels, and More

Noah Weinstein (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
144 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-3846-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Self-sufficient activities for the whole family!

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Instructables is back with this inspiring book focused on a series of projects designed to get you thinking creatively about going green. Twenty Instructables illustrate just how simple it can be to make your own backyard chicken coop, or turn a wine barrel into a rainwater collector. Here, you will learn to: Clip a chicken's wingsPower your lawn mower with solar powerCreate a chicken tractor for the cityWater your garden with solar powerBuild a thermoelectric lampCreate an algae bioreactor from water bottlesAnd much more! Illustrated with dozens of full-color photographs per project accompanying easy-to-follow instructions, this Instructables collection utilizes the best that the online community has to offer, turning a far-reaching group of people into a mammoth database churning out ideas to make life better, easier, and, in this case, greener, as this volume exemplifies.

Autor

Instructables.com is a bona fide Internet sensation, a web-based community of motivated do-it-yourselfers who contribute invaluable how-to guides to the site on a wide range of topics, from gardening and home repair to recipes to gadgets that defy categorization. The site hosts more than 100,000 projects. More than 15 million people visit the site each month, leaving comments and suggestions on the ever-growing list of do-it-yourself projects. Noah Weinstein is an editor at Instructables.com and cofounder of SF Media labs. He has worked as a white-water rafting guide, custom speaker builder, sheep shepherd, and tractor driver. He earned a BA from Brown University where he concentrated in environmental studies and visual art, and spends time making things both big and small at his shop in Oakland, California.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2018
• Zusatzinfo: Full color photos and illustrations
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Schlagworte: bathroom hacks • chicken coop • clean life • clutter • collect rain water • creative DIY projects • creative do it yourself • creative gift • Decluttering • DIY • diy books • diy crafts • DIY fixes • diy furniture • DIY home repairs • diy projects • Do it yourself • do it yourself books • do it yourself ideas • easy home improvements • eco-friendly living • funny gift idea • Good Life • Green Living • Home Improvement • home maintenance • home makeover • home organization • Home Ownership • home projects • home renovation • homesteading • household hacks • household skills and crafts • house renovation • how to be more ecofriendly • how to book • how-to guide • kitchen hacks • Life Hacks • live lightly • living green • living lightly on the land • make a chicken coop • money-saving tricks • Off the Grid • organized home • Rainwater collection • Raising chickens • reduce electricity • saving money • Self-Sufficiency • shrink your carbon footprint • simple home improvement • Solar power • solar power projects • sustainability • Sustainable living • tackling clutter • unique décor • Wind turbine
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-3846-0 / 1510738460
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-3846-1 / 9781510738461