Living the Good Life - Great Book by Linda Cockburn

ISBN / Catalogue Number: 9781740663120

Why does it always take years until good books get to me? The book Living the Good Life by Linda Cockburn was already released in 2006 but I only read it after my friend Gay passed it on to me with the words "You might like this book". And indeed I liked it.

ABC gives a good book review: Living the Good Life is the day-to-day account of an inspirational family experiment – to see whether it is possible to live by the principles of domestic sustainability to their utmost degree.
 

Already passionate about ways of minimising humanity's impact on the environment, author Linda Cockburn and her family decided to take a huge plunge. For a six-month period they grew, made or bartered for all their own food, generated all their power needs from the sun, collected their own rainwater, and aimed not to spend a single dollar. They put the car keys away and resorted to bikes, stopped eating all takeaway, and became utterly in tune with the seasons.


Living on just an average-sized house block in Queensland, the Cockburns have put true power in the saying that change begins in your own backyard. Along the way there were failings and successes, and together they learnt a tremendous amount about themselves. Linda's diary entries take you with her on the journey. Alongside are fascinating facts and anecdotes on the environment, recipes, tips for people interested in changing their own way of life, and information that you won't find anywhere else.

Phantastic experiment, but it would have been a lot more difficult in the sandy Perth soils. You need the right place of earth to do it. Still, I am inspired! I admire their inventiveness, determination and persistence. In the end, the book came to me and is another sign that the universe provides! This is possible and more and more people will follow the lead.

As Linda's website says: Their idea of living sustainably on a suburban block is simple and perfect. By drawing all their power from the sun, harvesting their water from the rain and growing enough produce to give them variety, they can do something positive for the environment and for themselvesYou can order it directly from Linda Cockburn and get a signed copy.