Download or read book La permaculture au jardin mois par mois written by Damien Dekarz and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Damien Dekarz, connu pour ses vidéos inspirantes sur Youtube (chaîne "Permaculture, agroécologie, etc".), s'adresse à tous ceux qui rêvent d'un jardin productif en fruits et légumes favorisant la biodiversité dans son ensemble. Nous sommes en effet de plus en plus nombreux à désirer une alimentation saine et respectueuse de l'environnement. La permaculture est au coeur de cet ouvrage qui, pratique et illustré, est accessible à tous. Grâce à la classification des techniques mois par mois, vous pourrez avancer dans votre projet de potager : quel que soit le moment de l'année, des activités sont toujours possibles. L'auteur propose des méthodes pour obtenir un sol vivant tout en réalisant vos cultures, mais aussi pour créer un compost, du purin, des semences, des boutures... Vous y trouverez de nombreuses astuces pour ne plus labourer la terre et ne plus utiliser d'insecticides, fongicides, herbicides. Vous y découvrirez comment devenir autonome en vous passant de tout intrant. Après cette lecture, vous porterez probablement un regard nouveau sur votre jardin-potager. En réalité, ce que vous tenez dans vos mains contient bien plus que des conseils de jardinage, car il est ici question d'une véritable approche permettant d'appréhender la complexité du vivant et d'évoluer en harmonie avec elle.
Download or read book The Transition Handbook written by Rob Hopkins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move from feeling anxious about the oil crisis to developing a positive visions and taking traction action to create a more self-reliant existence with this ground-breaking book. We live in an oil-dependent world, and have become reliant in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process – and without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most of us avoid thinking about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but the reality may not be as bad as we think. The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead could have a positive effect. Written by permaculture expert Rob Hopkins, he discusses the possibility of a rebirth of local communities, which will generate their own fuel, food and housing. These will encourage the development of local currencies, to keep money in the local area, and unleash a local 'skilling-up', so that people have more control over their lives. The growth in interest in the Transition model continues to be exponential. There are now more than 35 formal Transition Initiatives in the UK, including towns, cities, islands, villages and peninsulas, with more joining as the idea takes off. With little proactivity at government level, communities are taking matters into their own hands and acting locally. If your community has not yet become a Transition Initiative, this upbeat guide, filled with beautiful black and white photographs, offers you the tools to get started. The Transition Handbook is the perfect manual to guide communities, as they begin this 'energy descent' journey.
Download or read book The Complete Indoor Gardener written by Dennis Brown and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 1979 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated version of the bestselling reference to gardening indoors and out features a new section on hydroculture, full-color two-page spreads on key topics, conveniently organized information, and more than 650 photographs and drawings
Download or read book Regenerative Soil written by Matt Powers and published by Permaculturepowers123. This book was released on 2021 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get down to the individual microbe, enzyme, and ion & learn to partner with your soil micro to macro for incredible plants, yields, nutrition, and increasingly better soil every year! This is the book for you if you are looking for clear recipes, visual science, the chemistry, the biology, and the bridges connecting them all. If you have ever wondered what is really going on in the soil and are searching for solutions, this is the book for you.
Download or read book VERSUS Heritage for Tomorrow written by Correia, Mariana and published by Firenze University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernacular architecture represents a great resource that has considerable potential to define principles for sustainable design and contemporary architecture. This publication is the result of an overall aim to produce a valuable tool for analysis regarding vernacular heritage through different assessments, in order to define principles to consider for sustainable development. This was possible through a comprehensive reflection on the principles established and the strategies to recognise in different world contexts. The present publication was the result of an in-depth approach by 46 authors from 12 countries, concerned with the analysis and critical assessment of vernacular heritage and its sustainable perspective. The book presents 8 chapters addressing operational definitions and synopses advances, regarding the main areas of vernacular heritage contribution to sustainable architecture. It also presents 15 chapters and 53 case studies of vernacular and contemporary approaches in all the 5 continents, regarding urban, architectural, technical and constructive strategies and solutions. VERSUS, HERITAGE FOR TOMORROW: Vernacular Knowledge for Sustainable Architecture is the result of a common effort undertaken by the partners ESG | Escola Superior Gallaecia, Portugal, as Project leader; CRAterre | École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble, France; DIDA | Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy; DICAAR | Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy; and UPV | Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. This is the final outcome of VerSus, an European project developed from 2012 to 2014, in the framework of the Culture 2007-2013 programme.
Download or read book Rooftop Urban Agriculture written by Francesco Orsini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides architects, landscape designers, urban planners, agronomists and society on the implementation of sustainable rooftop farming projects. The interdisciplinary team of authors involved stresses the different approaches and the multi-faceted forms that rooftop farming may assume in any context. While rooftop farming experiences are sprouting all over the world the need for scientific evidence on the most suitable growing solutions, policies and potential benefits emerges. This volume brings together existing experiences as well as suggestions for planning future sustainable cities.
Download or read book More Straw Bale Building written by Chris Magwood and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2005-03-20 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely rewritten and updated edition of this straw building classic. Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder's personal space needs, esthetics, and budget. Despite mushrooming interest in the technique, however, most straw bale books focus on "selling" the dream of straw-bale building, but don't adequately address the most critical issues faced by bale house builders. Moreover, since many developments in this field are recent, few books are completely up to date with the latest techniques. More Straw Bale Building is designed to fill this gap. A completely rewritten edition of the 20,000-copy best-selling original, it leads the potential builder through the entire process of building a bale structure, tackling all the practical issues: finding and choosing bales; developing sound building plans; roofing; electrical, plumbing, and heating systems; building code compliance; and special concerns for builders in northern climates. New material includes: more extensive sections on electric wiring and plumbing updated sections on bale finishes and finishing a section on prefabricated straw bale walls a wider selection of case studies, photographs and illustrations a section on common mistakes budgeting for low-, medium- and high-cost projects, and new testing data that is in no other straw bale book. Down-to earth and complete, More Straw Bale Building makes the remarkable benefits of straw bale building available in the most comprehensive and practical book on the subject to date.
Download or read book La permaculture a marche aussi sur mon balcon written by Philippe Chavanne and published by Larousse. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savez-vous qu’il est possible d’installer un potager bio et productif sur 10 m2 ? Des pots, des jardinières, des graines et quelques plants suffisent pour démarrer. Dans quelques mois, vous pourrez récolter des légumes sains et régaler votre famille. Pensé pour les débutants qui veulent se lancer en respectant les principes de la permaculture, ce petit guide propose : • Les bases de la permaculture pour un potager hors sol responsable et durable ; • Comment planter, semer et entretenir ; • L’équipement indispensable ; • Une sélection de 15 légumes et aromatiques de base avec leur fiche de culture ; • Mois par mois, le calendrier des travaux pour tout planifier. Vite, un jardin gourmand sur mon balcon !
Download or read book Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens written by Tomasz Aniśko and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longwood Gardens enjoys a long tradition of plant exploration, and 50 such plant-hunting expeditions to the far corners of the world are the subject of this fascinating book. Illustrated with 500 photographs and containing many first-hand accounts, this is sure to be a captivating read for anyone interested in the history of plant exploration and introduction.
Download or read book Birthright written by Stephen R. Kellert and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human health and well-being are inextricably linked to nature; our connection to the natural world is part of our biological inheritance. In this engaging book, a pioneer in the field of biophilia—the study of human beings' inherent affinity for nature—sets forth the first full account of nature's powerful influence on the quality of our lives. Stephen Kellert asserts that our capacities to think, feel, communicate, create, and find meaning in life all depend upon our relationship to nature. And yet our increasing disconnection and alienation from the natural world reflect how seriously we have undervalued its important role in our lives. Weaving scientific findings together with personal experiences and perspectives, Kellert explores specific human tendencies—including affection, aversion, intellect, control, aesthetics, exploitation, spirituality, and communication—to discover how they are influenced by our relationship with nature. He observes that a beneficial relationship with the natural world is an instinctual inclination, but must be earned. He discusses how we can restore the balance in our relationship by means of changes in childhood development, education, conservation, building design, ethics, and everyday life. Kellert's moving book provides exactly what is needed now: a fresh understanding of how much our essential humanity relies on being a part of the natural world.
Download or read book Chain Empowerment written by Kit Publishers and published by Kit Pub. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of hope for Africa's smallholder farmers. It shows how they can earn more from their crops and livestock by taking control over the value chains they are part of -- chains that link them with consumers in Africa's towns and cities, as well as in other countries. The book is written in easy-to-understand language and is richly illustrated with line drawings. The book describes two basic strategies that groups of farmers can use to improve their incomes: vertical and horizontal integration. Vertical integration means taking on additional activities in the value chain: processing or grading produce, for example. Horizontal integration means becoming more involved in managing the value chain itself -- by farmers' improving their access to and management of information, their knowledge of the market, their control over contracts, or their co-operation with other actors in the chain. This book contains 19 case studies showing how groups of farmers throughout Africa have adopted one or both of these strategies to improve their incomes. It shows how development organisations have helped them do this -- how they have succeeded, and how they have sometimes failed. It shows the need to invest in improving the quality of existing products, developing new products, establishing market linkages, and building farmer organisation and capacity. The book provides numerous insights for those striving to empower smallholder farmers to develop markets. It will be of particular interest to government policymakers and staff involved in agricultural development, non-government organisations, university faculty and students, trainers, evaluators, and donors seeking ways to promote agriculture in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world.
Download or read book The Leguminosae of Madagascar written by David Du Puy and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2002 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Leguminosae of Madagascar is an encyclopaedic tour de force of one of the largest and most diverse families in the unique flora of Madagascar. Economic uses are explored in detail, with local names recorded along with habitats, distribution, flowering time, conservation status, and climate and soil type.
Download or read book A Curious Herbal Containing Five Hundred Cuts of the Most Useful Plants which are Now Used in the Practice of Physick Engraved by Elizabeth Blackwell written by Elizabeth Blackwell and published by . This book was released on 1739 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Embodied Food Politics written by Professor Michael S Carolan and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the phenomenon of embodied knowledge is becoming integrated into the social sciences, critical geography, and feminist research agendas it continues to be largely ignored by agro-food scholars. This book helps fill this void by inserting into the food literature living, feeling, sensing bodies and will be of interest to food scholars as well as those more generally interested in the phenomenon known as embodied realism. This book is about the materializations of food politics; "materializations", in this case, referring to our embodied, sensuous, and physical connectivities to food production and consumption. It is through these materializations, argues Carolan, that we know food (and the food system more generally), others and ourselves.
Download or read book Paradise Lot written by Eric Toensmeier and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just another urban farm, but a "permaculture paradise" replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa—all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a small city lot. The garden—intended to function like a natural ecosystem with the plants themselves providing most of the garden's needs for fertility, pest control, and weed suppression—also features an edible water garden, a year-round unheated greenhouse, tropical crops, urban poultry, and even silkworms. In telling the story of Paradise Lot, Toensmeier explains the principles and practices of permaculture, the choice of exotic and unusual food plants, the techniques of design and cultivation, and, of course, the adventures, mistakes, and do-overs in the process. Packed full of detailed, useful information about designing a highly productive permaculture garden, Paradise Lot is also a funny and charming story of two single guys, both plant nerds, with a wild plan: to realize the garden of their dreams and meet women to share it with. Amazingly, on both counts, they succeed.
Download or read book invitation la permaculture written by Adèle Lescaut and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-08-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plongez dans l'univers du jardinage avec Le Calendrier du Jardinier, un guide essentiel pour tous ceux qui souhaitent cultiver leurs propres fruits et légumes tout au long de l'année. Que vous soyez débutant ou jardinier expérimenté, ce livre vous accompagnera pas à pas pour réussir vos semis et récoltes au bon moment. Au programme: Un guide saison par saison: Découvrez quels fruits et légumes planter chaque mois, en pleine terre ou sous abri, pour maximiser vos récoltes. Conseils pratiques: Apprenez les meilleures techniques pour préparer votre sol, choisir vos semences et entretenir vos cultures. Adaptation au climat: Des recommandations spécifiques en fonction de votre région pour tirer le meilleur parti de votre potager, quelles que soient les conditions météorologiques. Calendrier détaillé Une présentation claire et facile à suivre pour vous assurer de ne jamais manquer une période de semis importante. Avec Le Calendrier du Jardinier, transformez votre jardin en un véritable havre de verdure et de gourmandise, tout en respectant le rythme des saisons. Ce livre est fait pour vous si: Vous souhaitez cultiver des légumes frais et savoureux, directement dans votre jardin. Vous désirez planifier et organiser votre potager de manière efficace et rentable. Vous cherchez un guide complet, accessible et adapté à votre région. Ne laissez plus vos cultures au hasard: suivez les conseils experts de ce livre et profitez de récoltes abondantes, mois après mois !
Download or read book Food and Energy written by Ignacy Sachs and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
