When it comes to cleaning products, society often values convenience over personal and planetary health, thanks to decades of advertising propaganda from the chemical companies that market overpriced and dangerous concoctions. But awareness is changing: Not only are homemade and nontoxic cleaners strong enough for the toughest grunge, they are often as convenient as their…
“[This] simple classic may just hold the secret to meaningful existence.”—Richard Powers, author of The Overstory “This book is so hopeful . . . [and] it is something I believe—that you can change the world by planting trees.”—Alice Waters, author of We Are What We Eat Twenty years ago Chelsea Green published the first trade…
At once a beautifully poetic memoir and an exploration of the various ways we live in the world, A Language Older Than Words explains violence as a pathology that touches every aspect of our lives and indeed affects all aspects of life on Earth. This chronicle of a young man’s drive to transcend domestic abuse…
