Sustainable food [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Mobbs
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| Autore: |
Mobbs Michael
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| Titolo: |
Sustainable food [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Mobbs
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| Pubblicazione: | Sydney, N.S.W., : Choice Books, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 630 |
| Soggetto topico: | Organic gardening |
| Self-reliant living | |
| Food | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Thinking about food; 2. Six garden essentials; 3. Urban farms; 4. Soil and compost; 5. Plants; 6. Water; 7. Chooks; 8. Bees; 9. How to deal with governments; 10. Why citizens must act now; 11. Where are we going?; Further reading; Image credits; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this companion book to the bestselling Sustainable House, the attention is turned to reducing the carbon emissions associated with growing, processing, transporting, selling, and disposing of food. Using the author's personal experiences as its anchor, this handbook contains practical advice on establishing community and backyard vegetable gardens, keeping chooks and bees, and reducing water usage, along with insights into dealing with councils, sidelining supermarkets, and what pepole eat and why. A template is provided for those wishing to learn sustainability measures and put them |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sustainable food |
| ISBN: | 1-74224-618-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462254303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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