- Subjects
- Published
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White River Junction, Vt. :
Chelsea Green Pub
2013.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- 304 pages : illustrations, chiefly color ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781603584449
- Chapter 1. Creating a Positive Legacy While Adapting to Rapid Change
- Regeneration: Enhancing Life Systems
- Resiliency: Becoming an Adaptive Animal
- Using This Book
- Permaculture
- Zones and Their Definitions
- Who Are "We?"
- WSRF Site Specifics
- Site History
- Site Future: What's Possible?
- Fleeing
- Dwelling
- Energy Cycling
- Reinvestment
- The Green Distraction and the Political Black Hole
- Exodus from Consumer Society
- Becoming Useful in the Transition
- When Systems Fail: Emergencies and Resiliency
- Chapter 2. The Design Process and Site Establishment
- Planning and Design: Observation before Action
- The Designer's Set and Setting
- Site Establishment Leverage Points
- Ecosystem Management: Steering Succession
- Resiliency and Regeneration Principles
- Understanding Your Site and Finding the Synergies
- Goals Identification and Requirements of the Design
- Assessing the Site
- Land Analysis
- Design Criteria
- Imagination: Limiting Factor to Design
- Schematic Design: Sorting Through Multiple Development Options
- Adapting Land to Rapid Change
- Diversity and Connectivity
- Working Plans and Implementation Documents
- Chapter 3. Water and Earthworks
- Brittleness and the Quest for Resiliency
- Gravity-Feed Systems
- Locating Water
- Slowing and Infiltrating Water
- An Agriculture as Diverse as the Landscape
- Water Ridges with Valleys: Keyline Agriculture
- Ponds
- Chapter 4. Fertility Harvesting and Cycling
- Compost, Urine, Humanure, and Biochar
- Fungi: Quiet Ally to the Whole System
- Remineralization
- Cover Cropping and Winter Cover
- Tall-Grass Grazing
- Pasture Reclamation: Why Not to Let Your Field "Go"
- The Benefits of Mowing
- Scything: The Most Resilient (Mechanical) Biomass Harvesting Method
- Ducks, Chickens, Dogs, and Sheep
- Grazing and Perennial Food Crop Integration
- Keyline Agriculture and Fertigation
- Leach Field Cropping: Making the Most of a Faulty System
- Chapter 5. Food Crops
- Perennial Plants and Resiliency
- Staple Crops: Paddy Rice, Meat, Eggs, Fruits, and Nuts
- Annual Vegetables
- Growing Food as a Response to Toxicity
- Food Processing and Storage: Spreading Abundance across the Entire Year
- Chapter 6. Adaptive Fuel and Shelter
- Using Wood for Your Main Heat Source
- Adaptive Shelter
- Mechanical Systems
- Water: Passive Supply for the Resilient Home
- Chapter 7. Resilience and Regeneration for the Long Haul
- Enhancing Vitality in a Time of Biospheric Toxicity
- Growing Health and Body-Mind Resilience, Not Just Calories
- Money: One (Important) Means to Get Work Done
- Staying
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A. Assessing Resiliency Aptitude Quiz
- Appendix B. A Resilient Home Curriculum Outline
- Appendix C. Crucial Skill List for Emergencies
- Appendix D. Tools and Materials
- Appendix E. Homestead Vulnerability Checklist and Strategy Summary to Reduce Vulnerability in Acute Events
- Appendix F. Vocabulary and Concepts
- Appendix G. Resources
- Index