A Slice of Organic Life offers full serving of beautiful, natural living

// June 26th, 2007

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Once in awhile, a book comes along that simply takes your breath away. A Slice of Organic Lifeis a beautifully illustrated book filled with luminous pictures that brims with wealth of information on living an Organic lifestyle. Author Sheherazade Goldsmith collected and edited everything you can ever want to know about living a more natural life that also help nurture the Environment. In the intro Goldsmith states,

I hope that what this book will show is that the joys of eating seasonally, growing your own food, keeping bees, making compost, or keeping chickens are real, that being more conscientious isn’t about giving up things. Its about rediscovering the simple pleasures of life. ..(and) providing simples ideas and examples of how we can lesson our impact on the world and improve the quality of our lives.

The book is divided into three parts

No Need for a Yard: From growing salad in a window box to making your own natural baby food, this chapter shows you how you can still live organically in urban areas where having a yard is not a possibility. It covers everything from Shopping ethically to introducing the 3R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. This Earth Friendly idea is the one I definitely want to try out. It inspired me to buy Bonnie (my sweet red pepper plant) this weekend.

Grow Strawberries in a hanging basket. (Can you imagine, fresh strawberries growing right out of your apartment?) Fill a hanging basket with strawberry plants, hang it somewhere sheltered and sunny, and enjoy pretty white flowers in early summer followed by lots of juicy red fruits. A hanging basket is an ideal way of growing strawberries as it keeps the fruit off the ground.

Roof Terrace, Patio, or Tiny Yard: For those of us who are lucky to have a small plop of land that we can grow organic products; this section is for you. (Lucky you) This section covers using Do it Yourself Eco-friendly Materials and making your own Barbecue.

More than 90% of our barbecue charcoal is imported and much of it is likely to come from unsustainably managed tropical forests. Treat yourself to a green barbecue of delicious foods. Recycle a spare terracotta pot from the garden instead of buying an expensive high-tech metal barbecue and use charcoal from sustainably managed woodlands. (Mmmmm…sounds absolutely delicious and very healthy at the same time)

Yard, Community Garden, Or Field: For those of us who chose to stay close to the earth and live among the natural beauty of this land, this section is for you. This section covers everything from keeping honey bees to heating water naturally.

The benefits of “solar thermal collectors” as the rooftop panels that heat water using the sun’s energy… are numerous; they require very little maintenance; they have virtually no running costs; they usually only take a day to install; and in some cases, you don’t require building permits.

A Slice Organic doesn’t offer just a slice but rather a full serving of sustainable and natural living. The book is simply inspiring and the photographer Peter Anderson succinctly captures the wonders of the natural world. This would be a great coffee table book just by its photography, but the information that’s given will provide many years of useful information you can incorporate into your daily life.

The book is currently out on Amazon.Com and you can order, A Slice of Organic Life online. Should I also mention that it’s on sale? This book is a truly must read and must get.

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