Think Like An Ecosystem An Introduction To Permaculture Water Systems Soil Science And Landscape Design

Author : Amélie des Plantes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Think Like An Ecosystem - An Introduction to Permaculture, Water Systems, Soil Science and Landscape Design written by Amélie des Plantes and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ingram Spark Version

Author : Moana Chua
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789964677602
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Think Like An Ecosystem written by Moana Chua and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erik Ohlsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997520231
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ecological Landscape Professional written by Erik Ohlsen and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Integrating the principles of permaculture with the practices of professional landscape design provides a powerful strategy to restore the planet and create a regenerative economy simultaneously. A global movement has already taken root throughout the landscape industry and standards are transforming away from old practices that pollute and destroy ecosystems toward methodologies that repair the environment. The Ecological Landscape Professional outlines best practices for ecological landscape design, landscape fertility plans, ecological planting strategies, water-harvesting systems, project management, professional design processes, and building a regenerative career developing your own ecological landscape business. An ecological landscaping approach can provide implementable solutions to many of the environmental challenges and community issues that we face globally. Imagine what life would be like if your job was to design and implement regenerative landscapes, farms, and restoration projects. Imagine a career where you grow food, catch and store water, repair watersheds, build wildlife habitat, sequester carbon, build healthy soil, and transform your community. We can't afford to wait for anyone else, we have to act now to save what's left for future generations. Restoring our world can't be a weekend hobby any longer as we so desperately need to scale regeneration." -- Publisher.

Author : Eric M.V. Hoek
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031795083
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Desalination and Water Reuse written by Eric M.V. Hoek and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past half century, reverse osmosis (RO) has grown from a nascent niche technology into the most versatile and effective desalination and advanced water treatment technology available. However, there remain certain challenges for improving the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of RO desalination plants in various applications. In low-pressure RO applications, both capital (CAPEX) and operating (OPEX) costs are largely influenced by product water recovery, which is typically limited by mineral scale formation. In seawater applications, recovery tends to be limited by the salinity limits on brine discharge and cost is dominated by energy demand. The combination of water scarcity and sustainability imperatives, in many locations, is driving system designs towards minimal and zero liquid discharge (M/ZLD) for inland brackish water, municipal and industrial wastewaters, and even seawater desalination. Herein, we review the basic principles of RO processes, the state-of-the-art for RO membranes, modules and system designs as well as methods for concentrating and treating brines to achieve MLD/ZLD, resource recovery and renewable energy powered desalination systems. Throughout, we provide examples of installations employing conventional and some novel approaches towards high recovery RO in a range of applications from brackish groundwater desalination to oil and gas produced water treatment and seawater desalination.

Author : Roger B. Swain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Groundwork written by Roger B. Swain and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative call for environmentally sound gardening from PBS's Victory Garden host Roger Swain--who shows why gardeners are in the best position to become environmentalists through their garden techniques. Groundwork displays the author's talents as a storyteller as well as writer, biologist, and gardener.

Author : Dilafruz Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136583505
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education written by Dilafruz Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. The theoretical and conceptual framework presented creatively places soil at the center of the discourse on sustainability education and learning garden design and pedagogy. Seven elements and attributes of living soil and learning gardens are presented as a guide for sustainability education: cultivating a sense of place; fostering curiosity and wonder; discovering rhythm and scale; valuing biocultural diversity; embracing practical experience ; nurturing interconnectedness. The living soil of learning gardens forms the basis of a new metaphoric language serving to contest dominant mechanistic metaphors presently influencing educational discourse. Student voices and examples from urban schools provide practical understanding of how bringing life to schools can indeed bring schools to life.

Author : Douglas Barnes
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 155092639X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Permaculture Earthworks Handbook written by Douglas Barnes and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maximize your water harvesting potential with efficient, cost-effective earthworks In the face of drought and desertification, well-designed, water harvesting earthworks such as swales, ponds, and dams are the most effective way to channel water into productive use. The result can be increased food production, higher groundwater levels, reduced irrigation needs, and enhanced ecosystem resilience. Yet, due to a lack of knowledge, designers, and landowners often build earthworks that are costly, inappropriately sized and sited, or even dangerous. The Permaculture Earthworks Handbook is the first dedicated, detailed guide to the proper design and construction of water harvesting earthworks. It covers the function, design, and construction methods for nine main types of water harvesting earthworks across a full range of climates. Coverage includes: Swales, ponds, dams, hugelkultur, net-and-pan systems, spate irrigation, and more Cost versus benefit of different earthworks Assessing site needs and suitability Soil types and hydrology Designing for maximum efficiency and lowest cost Risk assessment and safe construction Stacking functions and integrating earthworks into a design This practical handbook is the essential resource for permaculture designers, teachers and students, landowners, farmers, homesteaders, landscape architects, and others involved in maximizing the water harvesting potential of any landscape at the lowest cost and impact. Douglas Barnes is a permaculture designer trained in Australia by Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton. He has designed and built earthworks in North America, Japan, and Andra Pradesh, India. He lives in Tweed, Ontario in a passive solar house he designed and built, and he blogs at permaculturerelections.com.

Author : Jono Neiger
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612124275
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Permaculture Promise written by Jono Neiger and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Permaculture is a sustainability buzzword, but many people wonder what it actually means and why it is relevant. Originally coined by combining the words permanent and agriculture, permaculture has evolved into an optimistic approach connecting all the systems of human life: gardening, housing, transportation, energy, and how we structure our communities. The Permaculture Promise explains in simple terms why permaculture may be the key to unlocking a livable future on our planet. Author Jono Neiger asserts that humans can thrive while simultaneously making Earth healthier and not destroying it. The book shows 22 ways that permaculture can create a better future for all living things. Profiles of people and communities — including an urban dweller who tore up her driveway to create a vegetable garden and a California housing development that dedicates a third of its land to parks, orchards, and gardens — will inspire you to incorporate permaculture principles into your life today.

Author : Bill Mollison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780908228034
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Permaculture One written by Bill Mollison and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fred A. Stitt
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780070614994
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ecological Design Handbook written by Fred A. Stitt and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1999-06-14 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of "green" writings which provide an overview of ecological design in architecture and planning.