The Urban Homestead by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen

The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City, Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen. Port Townsend WA: Process Media, 2009 and 2010. e-book, 285 pps.


     The Urban Homestead is a how-to book. There are chapters and projects for those who are interested in becoming more self-sufficient. The authors cover urban farming, chickens, canning, foraging for food, dumpster diving, and transportation along with many other topics. 

     Self-sufficiency means spending less at the supermarket. It means eating produce from your garden. It means foraging for foodstuff. It means canning and composting. It means solar ovens and building stuff that will help you to live wisely in the environment. 

     And we need to care about this stuff because we humans are an ecological disaster. 

sapphoq reviews says: A practical and thorough guide to living in an ecologically responsible manner in the heart of a city. The authors are recognized urban homesteaders. They live what they write. I have the utmost respect for them and their work. Highly recommended.









see also: http://www.processmediainc.com
              http://www.homegrownevolution.com
                              if you want to.

21 days in May by Crispy Sea

21 days in May, Crispy Sea.  self-published: Smashwords Edition, 2013.  3-book, 474 pps.

http://crispysea.blogspot.com/
@CrispySea on Twitter
Crispy Sea is also found elsewhere on the Web.


I first became aware of Crispy Sea on Twitter.  I found Crispy to be an engaging, forthright, and intelligent atheist.  I read Crispy's blog and discovered a book there.  So I bought the book.  I was not disappointed.

     Crispy describes 21 days in May as being "hope fiction."  The hope is in the revolt, not in the status quo.  Business as usual sucks and the people don't yet know that.  Martha knows that.  Martha is doing something about it.

 

 

Martha has given her life to the work she is doing.  It is very important work involving genes.  Martha's company is the hope of humankind.                                                                                       

 

 

 

sapphoq reviews says:  Crispy Sea has penned an extraordinary tale of the future.  The hope of the earth-- modeled after our earth-- is in genetic modification, vaccination, and population control if the human race is to survive.  I've heard it said that science fiction writers are great predictors of the future.  21 days in May is that kind of a novel-- containing hints of what our present technology can flower into-- for passionate fans of possible futures.  Highly recommended.  Up the rebels!