The edible ecosystem solution Growing biodiversity in your backyard and beyond
Book - 2021
"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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Illustrated works - Published
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Gabriola Island, BC, Canada :
New Society Publishers
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xii, 275 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Issued also in electronic formats - Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780865719347
- 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
- Modem 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