Zach Loeks

The Edible Ecosystem Solution

Growing Biodiversity in Your Backyard and Beyond

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Edible Ecosystem Solution explores how humans benefit from edible ecosystem abundance, the immense opportunities in society for landscape change, and how anyone can build their own 25-square-foot edible ecosystem as a launch pad for community land transition and cultural transformation.

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Produktdetails

• Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series
• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 200mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9780865719347
• ISBN-10: 0865719349
• Artikelnr.: 58569044

Autorenporträt

Zach Loeks is an award-winning educator, designer, author, consultant, and grower who specializes in Edible Ecosystem Design around the world. He is the director of the Ecosystem Solution Institute and author of The Permaculture Market Garden. He lives in Cobden, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Thesis
About This Book
Section 1: The Ecology of Humanity
    Precious Place in Space
    Biodiversity
    Ecosystems
    Human Habitat
    Ancestral Ecosystems
Section 2: Solutions and Opportunities
    Habitat Lost
    Modern Ecosystem Services
    Big-Picture Services
    Opportunities
    Livable Community Benefits
    Common Lines
    Micro-Landscapes
    Ecosystem Spot
Section 3: Edible Ecosystem Design
    Inspiration to Act
    Site Selection and Micro-Environment
    Build a Permabed
    Site-Suitable Plant Selection
    Design an Ecosystem Guild
    Plant a Micro-Landscape
    Modular Ecosystem Landscape
Section 4: Educate, Propagate, Inspire
    Ecosystem Dispersal
    Edible Ecosystem Qualities
    Catalyzing Land Transition
    EPI Is a Model for Success
Section 5: Ecosystem Culture
    Transitioning Our Habitat
    Land, People, Culture
    Change Has Many Stakeholders
    Leadership
    Regenerative Wealth Security
    Habitat Is a Human Right
Endnotes
Index
About the Author
A Note about the Publisher