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Slowing Down With The Jonses' Our Journey towards Urban sustainability

     




 



Slowing Down With The Jonses' Our Journey towards Urban sustainability
A journal of our changes towards a more simple life and self sustainability, living in a town in Somerset, UK.

Urban sustainability - how to be green and as self sufficient as possible when you live in an apartment or have no patch of land to call your own

Empty nesters homesteading on 1/3 of an acre on the outskirts the 'burbs at the junction of two minor cities with 4 cats and one wolf.

Urban Homesteaders
For urbanites only who have merged off the freeway of life onto a more sustainable path. The community’s mission is to bcommunity together city folks on the path. Urban homesteaders who are taking steps to live a more self sufficient life in regards to their food, energy, water, waste, transportation, lifestyle and more. :: Community Outline :: Definition of "Urban": less than or no more than 1/2 acre to 3/4 acre. Urban Homesteading Lifestyle Guidelines: Doing more with less, growing a sizeable % (at least 50 percent) own produce (fruits, vegetables, herbs), raising citified animals (at least chickens, rabbits), composting, vermicomposting producing own alternative energy, alternative heating, using alternative transportation, back to basics skills (food preservation, soapmaking, sewing, breadmaking, etc), simple living, powecommunity down, unplugged lifestyle, homegrown diet, operating a viable home based business, home-unschooling, energy and waters conservation practices, greywater and rainwater practices and more! Being the change we wish to see by living the solution on a daily basis.