The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0106MK8E4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Human civilization is in the balance. For residents of towns and cities in the modern affluent world, The Permaculture City shows how permaculture design makes common sense."--David Holmgren, co-originator of the Permaculture concept"Toby Hemenway’s Gaia’s Garden is the go-to book I always recommend for those interested in permaculture. Valuable tips on water conservation via rain harvesting and graywater collection mingle with advice on reducing energy consumption, producing local energy resources, and decreasing your f
He was associate editor of Permaculture Activist, a journal of ecological design and sustainable culture, from 1999 to 2004. Toby passed away in 2016.Visit his web site at patternliteracy. After obtaining a degree in biology from Tufts University, Toby worked for many years as a researcher in genetics and immunology, first in academic laboratories at Harvard and the University of
This important book documents the rise of a new sophistication, depth, and diversity in the approaches and thinking of permaculture designers and practitioners. Toby Hemenway, one of the leading practitioners and teachers of permaculture design, illuminates a new way forward through examples of edge-pushing innovations, along with a deeply holistic conceptual framework for our cities, towns, and suburbs.The Permaculture City begins in the garden but takes what we have learned there and applies it to a much broader range of human experience; we’re not just ga
Blair Frank said Cocreating and collaborating a more beautiful world. Beginning in urban areas regenerating dead systems into life giving systems with a wholeness perspective using permaculture design Principles Tools Problems into solutions. Recommend to Everyone!! Amazing book with very helpful and diverse information and I love how he breaks ideas down so it is easy to understand, but not unnecessarily. I recommend this book to everybody and is useful if you are designing a small yard to a few acres or are interested in how we can make cities more sustainable and energy efficient.. A must read for more sustainable living! jimbo Excellent look on how to scale permaculture for an urban setting.