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Pawpaw Myths
Have you eaten pawpaw before? Often referred to as Indiana bananas or hipster bananas, they were nearly a forgotten fruit, native to North America. However, they are making a massive comeback with foodies, chefs, craft brewers, and discerning fruit-lovers. Today, we take an excerpt from Pawpaws: The Complete Growing and Marketing Guide, where Blake Cothron explains dispels five common myths about Pawpaws.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Gardening, Sustainability
Author Interview with Karen McAthy of The Art of Plant-Based Cheesemaking, Second Edition How to Craft Real, Cultured, Non-Dairy Cheese
Today’s blog is an Interview with Karen McAthy, author of The Art of Plant-based Cheesemaking: How to Craft Real, Cultured, Non-Dairy Cheese, featuring our winning giveaway question.
Tags: Author Interview, Cooking, Vegan
All Eyes On Fairy Creek
The Fairy Creek Blockade is a non-violent act of civil disobedience that has stopped Teal-Jones from building roads and logging old-growth trees in the last unlogged old-growth valley on southern Vancouver Island. This organized protest protects the pristine headwaters of this ancient ecosystem from destruction and aims to create a movement that holds BC accountable for protecting its forests.
Author Interview with John Albers of Growing Conifers
Today’s blog features an interview with John Albers, the author of the just-released book Growing Conifers: The Complete Illustrated Gardening and Landscaping Guide.
Mozzarella-Style Cheese Recipe
The plant-based cheesemaking sector is rapidly growing and evolving, which is why we are so excited for the release of the second edition of the Art of Plant-Based Cheesemaking: How to Craft Real, Cultured, Non-Dairy Cheese. With new methods and recipes, this book takes vegan cheesemaking to a new level. Today on the blog, we take an excerpt from The Art of Plant-Based Cheesemaking, where Karen McAthy shares her recipe for Mozzarella-Style Cheese.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Cooking, Recipe, Vegan
Pines, Firs, and Cedar Galore: How I Learned To Love Coneheads and Dance with The Conifers They Adore
Some of my best friends are coneheads. You know, conifer geeks. Not all of them, mind you, but some. Enough. Yes, definitely enough!
Classifying Conifers
With so many varieties of conifer trees, have you ever wondered how people tell them apart? Understanding how the characteristics of trees affect their classification can help you identify different types. Today on the blog, we have an excerpt from Growing Conifers: The Complete Illustrated Gardening and Landscaping Guide on conifer classification. Next time you walk through a forest with conifers, see how many you can classify.
2020 Nautilus Book Award Winners
2020 Nautilus Book Award Winners
Tags: Activism, Awards, Climate Change, Collapse, Education & Parenting, Environment & Economy, Sustainable Living
Join Carol Anne Hilton as she discusses Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table with host Sheila North
New Society Publishers & McNally Robinson Booksellers are pleased to present Carol Anne Hilton discussing her new book Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table with host Sheila North. Join us on Friday May 7th online via Zoom (registration required) and YouTube to watch the event.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Business Economics, events, Resilience
Transformative Learning: The Economics of Happiness
In Transformative Learning: Reflections on 30 Years of Head, Heart, and Hands at Schumacher College, Satish Kumar reflects on the legacy of Schumacher College, a beacon of innovation that fosters an ecological-based, holistic model of higher education built around the college's unique "learn by doing," head, heart, and hands pedagogy. Today on the blog, we take an excerpt from Transformative Learning on the economics of happiness.
Find an Independent Bookstore Near You
Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is April 24th , and New Society Publishers is marking this celebration with the addition of the new Shop Local button to help buyers purchase books online directly from their local independent bookstore.
Tags: Community, Conscious Community
Cannabinoids
In celebration of 420, we take an excerpt of our book DIY Autoflowering Cannabis: An Easy Way to Grow Your Own by Jeff Lowenfels, in which he outlines the different types of cannabinoids found in cannabis. Today we unpack some of the different types of cannabinoids present in cannabis and look at their effects.
Tags: Book Excerpt, DIY, Gardening
Create a Framework to Design and Develop Your Land
The process of designing your property, or even a garden bed, can be difficult. With so many considerations, techniques and decisions, many people get overwhelmed in the complex process. Building Your Permaculture Property: A Five-Step Process to Design and Develop Land by Rob Avis, Takota Coen, and Michelle Avis offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome this. Today, we take an excerpt from Building Your Permaculture Property on how to create a framework to implement your design and develop your land.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Gardening, Landscape Design
The Tree Hollow as The Bees’ Natural Home
April showers bring May flowers, and those flowers bring the brilliant buzzing of bees. Whether you are interested in harvesting honey or just want to create a safe environment for bees, Keeping Bees with a Smile: Principles and Practice of Natural Beekeeping by Fedor Lazutin & Leo Sharashkin is for you. Today on the blog, we have an excerpt to help make your tree hollow a suitable natural home.
Interview with Marlene G. Fine and Fern L. Johnson, authors of Let's Talk Race
Today’s blog features an interview with Marlene G. Fine and Fern L. Johnson, the authors of the just-released book Let’s Talk Race: A Guide for White People.
Tags: Activism, Author Interview, Community