Earth Repair

Author : Leila Darwish
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550925296
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth Repair written by Leila Darwish and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Leila Darwish
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 086571729X
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth Repair written by Leila Darwish and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details grassroots bioremediation techniques and strategies for transforming environmental despair into action, including the use of plants to extract toxins and fungi to clean contaminated water and soil.

Author : Marcus Hall
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813923413
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth Repair written by Marcus Hall and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Laurence Keefe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113435018X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth Building written by Laurence Keefe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough examination of the use of earth as an eco-friendly building material, with full details on the properties of earth as a building material, appropriate construction techniques, and practical troubleshooting advice.

Author : Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.0W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings written by Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Denis Hayes
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781559638098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair written by Denis Hayes and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2000-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Eldon J. Bailey
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN 13 : 1612040152
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pool Repair and Service Manual That Can Save You Hundreds of Dollars written by Eldon J. Bailey and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before you spend top dollar on pool maintenance, check out the self-help guide Pool Repair and Service Manual That Can Save You Hundreds of Dollars. This do-it yourself guide shows you everything you need to know about swimming pool repairs, regular maintenance, and winterizing. Have you ever gotten frustrated with your pool when something breaks and you don't know what's wrong with it? You make a call to the pool company and then have to wait for a serviceman to diagnose and fix the problem. Next thing you know, two weeks have passed by before you can finally use your pool again. This book discusses all sorts of problems along with the solutions and detailed instructions, including images of equipment, parts, and diagrams. It will assist you in diagnosing and fixing the pool yourself. Everything you can imagine that may go wrong with your pool is in this easy-to-follow guide. The manual also aids in regular maintenance, and includes instructions on how to open your pool for the season and prepare it for the winter. A special troubleshooting section will help you figure out just what the problem may be.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 728 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Connecticut. State Highway Dept
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Highway Commissioner written by Connecticut. State Highway Dept and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Connecticut. State Highway Dept
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biennial Report written by Connecticut. State Highway Dept and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: