Earth Repair
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Earth Repair
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Author : Leila Darwish
language : en
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Release Date : 2013-06-01
Earth Repair written by Leila Darwish and has been published by New Society Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with Science categories.
Millions of acres of land have been contaminated by pesticides, improperly handled chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants in the United States alone. This toxic legacy impacts the environment, our health, our watersheds, and land that could otherwise be used to grow healthy local food and medicines. Conventional clean-up techniques employed by government and industry are tremendously expensive and resource-intensive and can cause further damage. More and more communities find themselves increasingly unable to rely on those companies and governments who created the problems to step in and provide solutions. Earth Repair describes a host of powerful grassroots bioremediation techniques, including: Microbial remediation—using microorganisms to break down and bind contaminants Phytoremediation—using plants to extract, bind, and transform toxins Mycoremediation—using fungi to clean up contaminated soil and water Packed with valuable, firsthand information from visionaries in the field, Earth Repair empowers communities and individuals to take action and heal contaminated and damaged land. Encompassing everything from remediating and regenerating abandoned city lots for urban farmers and gardeners to recovering from environmental disasters and industrial catastrophes such as oil spills and nuclear fallout, this fertile toolbox is essential reading for anyone who wishes to transform environmental despair into constructive action. Leila Darwish is a community organizer, urban gardener, and permaculture designer with a focus on using grassroots bioremediation to address environmental justice issues in communities struggling with toxic contamination of their land and drinking water.
Earth Repair
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Author : Marcus Hall
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2005
Earth Repair written by Marcus Hall and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Nature categories.
Just as the restoration of Michelangelo’s Last Judgment sparked enormous controversy in the art world, so are environmental restorationists intensely divided when it comes to finding ways to rehabilitate damaged ecosystems. Although environmental restoration is quickly becoming a widespread pursuit, debate over the methods and goals of this endeavor often halts progress. The same question confronts artistic and environmental restorationists: Which systems need restoring, and to what states should they be restored? In Earth Repair: A Transatlantic History of Environmental Restoration, Marcus Hall explores the answer to this question while offering an alternative to the usual narrative of humans disrupting and spoiling the earth. Hall’s purpose is not to deny that humans have done lasting damage but to show that those who believed in restoration did not always agree on what they wanted to restore, or how, or to what form. With guidance from the pioneer conservationist George Perkins Marsh, the reader travels between the United States and Italy to see that restoration has taken many forms over the past two hundred years, from maintaining and repairing, to gardening and naturalizing. By contrasting land management in these two countries and elsewhere, Earth Repair clarifies different meanings of restoration, shows how such meanings have changed through time and place, and suggests how restorationists can apply these insights to their own practices.
Earth Building
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Author : Laurence Keefe
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-05-15
Earth Building written by Laurence Keefe and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-15 with Architecture categories.
Buildings with load-bearing earth walls were once widespread throughout Britain and many thousands still survive, including some dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Earth is the ultimate form of ‘green’ building construction, creating no environmental pollutions and consuming virtually no energy. Subsoil can be dug from or near the site to construct buildings that will meet modern needs and conform to the latest building regulations. This book describes all aspects of earth building, explaining how earth performs as a building material and providing guidance on how best to repair and conserve existing earth buildings.
The Official Earth Day Guide To Planet Repair
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Author : Denis Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2000-02-02
The Official Earth Day Guide To Planet Repair written by Denis Hayes and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02-02 with Nature categories.
Everyone talks about the weather but no one ever does anything about it. Sadly, that old joke is no longer true. A large body of increasingly compelling scientific evidence is telling us that many things we do -- from the kinds of cars we drive to how we heat our homes -- are directly affecting our global climate in unprecedented and alarming ways. But what can any one person do about this vast, global problem? Help fix it! And it doesn't have to be a do-it-yourself project; we citizens and stewards of the earth can unite in greater numbers and power than ever before.In The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair, Earth Day leader and renewable energy expert Denis Hayes tells us how changes in individual, local, and national energy choices can slow or even stop the dangerous build-up of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, while at the same time saving us money, helping the economy, creating new jobs, and enhancing human health. A how-to home improvement guide for the planet, the book: describes the problem of global warming today as well as its likely effects in the future considers the sources of energy available to us, and explains why one of them is the Earth's best hope offers dozens of ways to painlessly reduce your own energy use provides action steps to affect the world's energy use and help change policy tells where to go for further help and more information The first Earth Day in 1970 helped launch the modern environmental movement. Rather than waiting for elected officials to take action to address environmental abuses, environmental maverick Denis Hayes and his compatriots took the lead in bringing the subject to the forefront of American consciousness. Through three decades, the idea of Earth Day has flourished, and now more than ever, individuals need to take matters into their own hands and create change from the ground up and from the whole earth down. As citizens and consumers, we hold a vast capacity for improving our environment and leaving a bright legacy for our children. For seasoned green veterans and environmental newcomers alike, The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair is the must-have book for the next century.
Earth Repair Gardening The Lazy Gardener S Guide To Saving The Earth
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Author : Kate L Wall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-09-26
Earth Repair Gardening The Lazy Gardener S Guide To Saving The Earth written by Kate L Wall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-26 with categories.
Sit back, relax and let your garden offset some of your carbon footprint. Finally, here is the information we all need to make a real and positive contribution towards climate change, while doing what we love most - gardening! Earth Repair Gardening guides the reader through the garden, discussing options for reducing our environmental impact at every turn. We are encouraged to make those changes that suit us best when it comes to gardening more sustainably. This is not a one size fits all, it delves into the complexity of choices available to us, guiding us to the best outcome for our own situation. By doing less work, we can grow more as our gardens become working carbon sinks. This book teaches us about knowing, respecting and caring for the earth we live and garden on. This book will make you a better gardener, it will make your garden more fabulous, and it will help you make this world a better place.
Do It Yourself Earth Repair
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Author : Louise Egerton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Do It Yourself Earth Repair written by Louise Egerton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Conservation of natural resources categories.
An illustrated guide to better care of the planet in the face of a wide range of environmental issues. Gives practical advice on shopping for life, thinking green, and recycling. Introduced by Robyn Williams, ABC science broadcaster, and printed on recycled paper.
Restoring The Earth
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Author : John J. Berger
language : en
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Release Date : 1985
Restoring The Earth written by John J. Berger and has been published by Alfred A. Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Nature categories.
Introduces the diverse dedicated people who are working privately adn voluntarily to repair and restore the damaged natural resources that are crucial to life in the present and in the future in the United States.
Proceedings
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Author : Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
Proceedings written by Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Education categories.
Proceedings
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Proceedings written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with categories.
Economic Principles Applied To Space Industry Decisions
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Author : Joel S. Greenberg
language : en
Publisher: AIAA
Release Date : 2003
Economic Principles Applied To Space Industry Decisions written by Joel S. Greenberg and has been published by AIAA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Aerospace industries categories.