Mother Earth News, Issue No. 218, October/November 2006
This back issue of Mother Earth News is slightly used, clean and complete. The previous owner's name and address are on the front cover.
Cover Stories:
- Easy Solar Power - Installing clean and reliable solar power is easy thanks to the invention of peel and stick PV sheets.
- You Can Afford Solar Power - How to calculate the payback for a solar system. Returns are often more than 10 percent, with positive cash flow and increased property value.
- An Inconvenient Truth - In this special excerpt, Al Gore explains the looming global warming crisis, plus what you can do about it.
Features:
- Relax and Revive by Getting to Know Nature - With these fun and easy techniques, you can discover a deeper connection to the world around you.
- Make Safe, Natural Paint - These recipes offer sustainable and inexpensive ways to add unique colors to your home.
- Best Kitchen Herbs - Use these four simple herb garden designs to grow the best culinary herbs.
- Why We Need Electric Cars - It's time for a transportation transformation.
- Three Revolutionary Energy Breakthroughs - Meet Stan Ovshinsky, the energy genius who is leading us toward a renewable solar-hydrogen future.
- Super efficient Earth sheltered Homes - These houses are bright, airy and easy to heat and cool.
- The Father of Earth-sheltered Design - Malcolm Wells says underground homes protect and preserve the Earth's surface.
- Compost Made Easy - These 10 basic facts will help you turn food and yard waste into garden gold.
Departments:
- News from Mother
- Dear Mother - Keeping food traditions alive; Beating bean bugs; Questioning climate change
- Country Lore - Make a T-shirt quilt; Use yarrow for healing; Exotic lavender nougat
- Green Gazette - Making energy upgrades affordable; See solar homes near you; Why you don't need antibacterial soap; Benefits of organic ketchup
- Do It Yourself - Install a Beautiful, Affordable Wood Floor
- Firsthand Report - Grandpa's Hobbit House
- Mother's Nature - Secrets of Watching Wildlife
- Real Health - The Perils of Too Much Sugar
- Kitchen Garden - Saturn Peaches
- Gardener's Almanac
- Mother's Bookshelf
- Earth Words - Heraclitus