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Earth Repair
Leila Darwish
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Description for Earth Repair
paperback. Resistance is fertile -- bioremediation techniques to heal the earth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 B&W photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK; TQ; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
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 alone. 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. Earth Repair describes a host of ... Read more
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 alone. 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. Earth Repair describes a host of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New Society Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Gabriola Island, United States
ISBN
9780865717299
SKU
V9780865717299
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About Leila Darwish
Leila Darwish is a community organizer and permaculturalist with a BSc in Environmental Conservation Sciences. Most of her grassroots organizing has centered on environmental justice issues in communities struggling with either the threat of or the enduring legacy of toxic contamination of their land and drinking water. Her focus on grassroots bioremediation stems from a deep commitment to justice and ... Read more
Reviews for Earth Repair
The real and imagined consequences of contaminated soil and water have been some of the greatest impediments to restoration of urban wastelands for food production. Leila Darwish combines the experience of the pioneer activists and innovators with the expertise and knowledge of remediation professionals to create an empowering guide for the large numbers of citizens looking for guidance on this ... Read more