Cows save the planet and other improbable ways of restoring soil to heal the earth
Schwartz, Judith D.2013
Book
Explains soil's role in ecology and the economy, and reveals how treating soil in an environmentally sensitive way can bring about positive changes with respect to climate change, biodiversity loss, obesity, and other crises.
Main title:
Cows save the planet and other improbable ways of restoring soil to heal the earth / Judith D. Schwartz ; foreword by Gretel Ehrlich.
Author:
Imprint:
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2013.
Collation:
xv, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"Unmaking the deserts, rethinking climate change, bringing back biodiversity, and restoring nutrients to our food"--Cover.Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-212) and index.
Contents:
Ground zero for carbon dioxide reduction is the ground -- Carbon trading: nature's version -- The making and unmaking of deserts: the grazing paradox -- The return of lost water -- Beyond eat your vegetables -- The more the merrier: biodiversity starts in the soil -- The soil grab -- Floods, drought, and the Grasslands, LLC, experiment -- The soil standard.
ISBN:
9781603584326 (pbk)
Dewey class:
577.57
LC class:
QH541.5.S6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
100981
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 577.57 SCHW | Available |