Title Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - SETTING UP A SUSTAINABLE KITCHEN: -- A Peaceful Kitchen -- Areas Every Natural Kitchen Needs to Address -- A Green Pantry -- A Towel-Drying System/Clothesline -- Plastic Bag Drying Rack -- Green Shopping Station: Making Shopping Trip Preparation Easy -- Common Sense Design Tips for a Green Kitchen -- Chapter 2 - RADICAL RECYCLING AND ZERO WASTE: -- Why Take On Radical Recycling and Zero Waste? -- How to Set Up a Radical Recycling Center -- Some Basic Ideas to Get You Started With Creative Reuse -- CHAPTER 3 - FOOD WASTE AND COMPOSTING -- Shopping Responsibly -- Using the Whole Vegetable -- The Final Stage: Composting -- Composting As a Daily Practice -- CHAPTER 4 - WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM -- Digesting This Information -- An Example of Sustainable Agriculture: A Closed Cycle That Gives Back -- Topsoil Loss -- Depletion of Nutrients From Our Food Due to Poor Farming Practices -- What You May Not Know About Seeds: Biodiversity vs. Genetic Engineering -- Pollution and Waste Caused by Agriculture -- Dependence on Foreign Food Production -- The Honeybee Crisis -- Sustainable Agriculture and the Solution -- CHAPTER 5 - GUIDELINES FOR SHOPPERS -- The basic questions for green shopping are: -- Where to Buy Organic Produce and How to Do It Affordably -- CHAPTER 6 - MENU PLANNING -- How to Use Leftovers Wisely -- How Does an Urban Cook Adopt These New Practices? -- The Toxic Barrel -- Here are a few tips I have found helpful for sustainable cooking: -- Quick Homemade Dressings, Dips and Sauces (with fresh ingredients and no ... -- How to Use Organic, Locally-Grown Produce for More Meals than You Can Imagine -- Self-Reliance Is Fun and Doesn't Have to Take a Lot of Time: -- About What We Eat and What We Are Feeding -- Sustainable Sweets: Having a Choice.

Chapter 7 - THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE FOOD YOU EAT -- What Does it Mean to Be an Earth Steward? -- CHAPTER 8 - COOKING TO CONSERVE ENERGY -- Common Sense Ways to Avoid Wasting Energy in Cooking -- Further Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint In the Kitchen -- CHAPTER 9 - SAFE COOKING POTS AND FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS -- Safe Cooking Vessels -- CHAPTER 10 - HOW TO GROW FOOD IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD -- Before You Begin -- How to Create Healthy Soil -- Your Toolbox as an Organic Gardener: -- What to Plant Where: Companion Planting and Polycultural Gardens -- Integrated Pest Management -- Permaculture Garden Design -- Watering Wisely -- Sowing Seeds and Transplants -- How to Grow Cooking Herbs and Salad Veggies in Containers -- Key Points for the Organic Gardener -- CHAPTER 11 - EATING ON THE GO, PACKING A LUNCH, AND DINING OUT -- What Is an Urban Eco-Kit? -- What Is the Best Drinking Vessel to Use? -- Why Cook at Home More? The Road to Avoiding Food Packaging -- CHAPTER 12 - SUSTAINABLE COOKING FOR CHILDREN -- Creative Solutions for Helping Children to Eat Healthy -- The Real Opportunity -- Creating a Week's Menu for Kids -- CHAPTER 13 - MINDFUL EATING -- Try This Mindfulness Experience: Simply Eating -- What Is Mindfulness? What is Mindful Eating? -- Sensitivity to Ourselves -- Sensitivity for Others -- Sensitivity for the Planet -- Practicing Mindfulness -- Mindful Eating on Retreat -- The Power of Sensitivity -- Other Practical Benefits of Mindfulness -- Meditation: Getting Present to What Is -- Taking Transition Time Before Meals -- Ways to Integrate Mindfulness Into Life in the City -- Resistance to Mindfulness -- But There is Not Enough Time! -- Here are Some More Ways to Practice Mindfulness: -- Tips for Bringing Mindfulness to the Kitchen -- How Can I Practice This When I Have No Time? -- CHAPTER 14 - COMMUNITY FOOD SHARING:.

Cooking for Others: Remembering that We Are All in this Together -- Free Farm Stand: Sharing Food with the Larger Community -- Here Are Some Ways You Can Help In Your Own Neighborhood -- How to Support Ourselves and Each Other In Our Endeavor to Have a Sustainable Kitchen -- Poverty: Extending Ourselves Beyond -- CHAPTER 15 - SUSTAINABILITY FROM THE INSIDE OUT -- Self-Awareness and Breaking Old Patterns -- Helpful Tools To Navigate The Way -- The Sustainable Food Revolution: What is Our Role? -- CHAPTER 16 - A WORKBOOK AND RESOURCE LIST -- Awareness/Writing Exercises -- A Timeline -- GLOSSARY -- Communities -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- References -- Copyright Page.