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Rebecca Laughton

Rebecca Laughton lived for 4 years at Tinker’s Bubble, an ecological community in Somerset where the residents manage 40 acres of land without the use of fossil fuels. While researching her book, she traveled around France and the UK visiting other landbased projects, and she found that the subject of human energy use within ecological projects had not been addressed adequately. Laughton studied geography at Newcastle University and has an MSC in sustainable agriculture from Wye College, University of London. She lives in the UK.

    Rebecca's Books

    Surviving and Thriving on the Land

    How to Use Your Time and Energy to Run a Successful Smallholding

    It’s a dream come true when you finally get a piece of land or join an eco-community and start to plan your sustainable land-based enterprise. But all too often the dream is spoiled by lack of money, stress, exhaustion, and poor time management, and your work and future plans can dissolve into discord, illness, and poverty. Smallholdings provide food, home, fuel, and employment for those who run them and local, seasonal, often organic and ethical food and timber for an expanding market.