The Edible Ecosystem Solution
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Check link for latest rating. ( 64 ratings, 16 reviews)Filled with hundreds of full-colour infographics and photographs, it covers principles of edible landscape design, plant selection for wildlife and food, and scaling up efforts to create connected neighbourhood networks. It invites readers to initiate a peaceful revolution by planting and sharing edible ecosystems that nurture both people and the environment.
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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.
Start a peaceful revolution by planting an edible ecosystem and sharing the experience with your neighbors
Start a peaceful revolution by planting an edible ecosystem and sharing the experience with your neighbours.
Humans have always thrived in rich, diverse, edible ecosystems. Yet, most cities and suburbs are blanketed by lawns, ornamentals, and a lack of biodiversity, let alone anything edible. It is within these sterile landscapes that seeds of an edible ecosystem lie.
The Edible Ecosystem Solution is a comprehensive, practical guidebook that looks at under-utilised spaces to reveal the many opportunities for landscape transformation that are both far-reaching and immediately beneficial and enjoyable.
Contents include:
- Hundreds of full colour infographics, illustrations, and photographs that clearly outline the principles and concepts of edible landscape design and benefits.
- How to get started with as little as 25 square feet of land.
- How to transition a garden plot into a place of edible abundance and an edible biodiversity hotspot, living laboratory, and a source point for transitioning and transforming community and culture.
- Choosing appropriate plants for insects, wildlife, and food production.
- Scaling up and networking backyard edible ecosystems at the neighbourhood level and beyond to build community food security and resilience.
The Edible Ecosystem Solution is for everyone with access to a bit of yard, a desire for food security, biodiversity, and a beautiful and resilient community, and for anyone who wants to reclaim humanity's place in a rich, abundant, edible ecosystem.
Series: Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780865719347
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 December 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Illustration: 300 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 203.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 680g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Zach Loeks is an educator, designer, and grower who specializes in Edible Ecosystem Design through landscaping and education. He is director of the Ecosystem Solution Institute, which is dedicated to the education, propagation, and inspiration of ecosystem solutions for land use transition. He consults widely with homes, farms, colleges, schools, and municipalities across Canada and United States, and through many biomes from Guatemala and South Africa to the Yukon and Mongolia. Zach manages an award-winning farm with diversified food forest products, and his innovations have won three provincial awards and are featured in his first book The Permaculture Market Garden. He lives in Cobden, Ontario.
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