
Identical twin brothers Andy & Dave Hamilton live in the centre of Bristol. Attracted to the pub & music scene of the bustling city they still yearn for elements of the good life. So ever since they were students they have used their initiative & imagination to think up ways to live in a frugal & self-sufficientish way while still enjoying life to the full. ? Having set up their website www.selfsufficientish.com in 2004 they discovered that their approach & ethos touched a nerve with thousands of people in the UK. Andy & Dave Britains green twins advocate?a fun & positive approach to environmentalism & understand that the thought of adjusting every aspect of our lives is overwhelming & possibly offputting. Hence self-sufficientish. If you don't have the space or time to be totally self-reliant but crave creative ideas for recycling growing organic vegetables & establishing an environmentally friendly home office this is the book for you. Youll find small suggestions to get you started (not overfilling your kettle choosing alternative kitchen-cleaning products & making plant pots out of newspapers) & bigger ones for when your confidence grows (advice on keeping chickens making office equipment out of worn-out trousers & tackling an allotment for the first time) as well as recipes herbal remedies eco-friendly travel solutions & much much more.