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Earth repair : a grassroots guide to healing toxic and damaged landscapes

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  • Author: Darwish, Leila
    Date:
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    2013
    Summary:

    Millions of acres of land have been contaminated by pesticides, improperly handled chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants in the United States and Canada. This toxic legacy impacts the environment, our health, our watersheds, and land that could otherwise be used to grow healthy local food and medicines. Conventional clean-up techniques employed by government and industry are tremendously expensive and resource-intensive and can cause further damage. More and more communities find themselves increasingly unable to rely on those companies and governments who created the problems to step in and provide solutions. Packed with valuable, firsthand information from visionaries in the field, Earth Repair empowers communities and individuals to take action and heal contaminated and damaged land. Encompassing everything from remediating and regenerating abandoned city lots for urban farmers and gardeners, to recovering from environmental disasters and industrial catastrophes such as oil spills and nuclear fallout, this fertile toolbox is essential reading for anyone who wishes to transform environmental despair into constructive action.

    Contents:
    • Front Cover; Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Many Thanks; Introduction: Manualfesto; Chapter 1: Roots of Repair: Decolonization and Environmental Justice; Chapter 2: Earth Repair and Grassroots Bioremediation; Chapter 3: Getting Started; Chapter 4: Microbial Remediation; Chapter 5: Phytoremediation; Chapter 6: Mycoremediation; Chapter 7: The Art of Healing Water; Chapter 8: Oil Spills I: The Anatomy of an Environmental Disaster; Chapter 9: Oil Spills II: Tools for the Grassroots Bioremediator; Chapter 10: Nuclear Energy and Remediating Radiation. Chapter 11: Self-Care for Grassroots Remediators, Community Members and Disaster RespondersConclusion: Final Words for a Fertile Way Forward; Appendix 1: Contaminants 101; Appendix 2: Conventional Remediation Techniques; Appendix 3: Metric Conversion Table; Endnotes; Index; About the Author; A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading; A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading.
    Original Publisher: Gabriola, BC, New Society Publishers
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781550925296, 1550925296