In our current era, self-sufficiency is a means of taking control of our lives and safeguarding for the future – and this new, fully updated edition of the sustainability classic will help every householder do just that. Packed with practical information and expert advice on everything from gardening to cooking and from health and beauty to raising livestock, this is the indispensable guide to living more sustainably, whether you live in a city apartment block or on a rural smallholding.

Written in a down-to-earth, engaging, and often amusing style and charmingly illustrated with line drawings, the book will appeal to anyone who wants to be more creative, resourceful, and independent, who wants to rediscover their inner hunter-gatherer, to single people as much as to large families, and to parents looking to equip their children with essential life skills.