Green wizardry : conservation, solar power, organic gardening, and other hands-on skills from the appropriate tech toolkit / / John Michael Greer
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| Autore: |
Greer John Michael
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| Titolo: |
Green wizardry : conservation, solar power, organic gardening, and other hands-on skills from the appropriate tech toolkit / / John Michael Greer
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| Pubblicazione: | Gabriola Island, B.C. : , : New Society Publishers, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 640 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sustainable living |
| Energy conservation | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Foreword: A Time for Wizardry -- PART ONE : PRINCIPLES. Lesson 1: Introducing Energy -- Lesson 2: Introducing Matter -- Lesson 3: Introducing Information -- Lesson 4: Thinking in Systems -- Lesson 5: Flows and Funds -- Lesson 6: Sustainability and Resilience -- Resources for Part One -- |
| PART TWO : FOOD. Lesson 7: The Small Garden -- Lesson 8: Understanding Soil -- Lesson 9: Composting and Mulching -- Lesson 10: Keeping Them Healthy -- Lesson 11: Season Extenders -- Lesson 12: Saving Seeds -- Lesson 13: Breeding New Varieties -- Lesson 14: Wild Helpers -- Lesson 15: Home Livestock -- Lesson 16: The Unwanted -- Lesson 17: Storing the Harvest -- Lesson 18: Using the Harvest -- Resources for Part Two -- | |
| PART THREE : ENERGY. Lesson 19: Using Less Energy -- Lesson 20: Caulking and Weatherstripping -- Lesson 21: Insulation -- Lesson 22: Window Coverings -- Lesson 23: Conserving the Differences -- Lesson 24: Hayboxes and Sunboxes -- Lesson 25: Solar Hot Water -- Lesson 26: Passive Solar Heat -- Lesson 27: Solar Electricity -- Lesson 28: Wind Power -- Lesson 29: Other Energy Sources -- Lesson 30: Transportation -- Resources for Part Three -- | |
| PART FOUR : WHOLE SYSTEMS. Lesson 31: Putting It Together -- Lesson 32: The New Alchemy Option -- Lesson 33: The Down Home Funk Option -- Lesson 34: The Retrofit Option -- Lesson 35: The Way of Dissensus -- Lesson 36: The Long View -- Resources for Part Four -- Afterword: Why It Matters. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <div>Tested skills for thriving in the age of limits</div> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Green wizardry |
| ISBN: | 1-55092-539-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463246103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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