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Earth Repair : A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes

2013

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. Earth Repair describes a host of powerful grassroots bioremediation techniques, including: Microbial remediation - using microorganisms to break down and bind contaminants; Phytoremediation - using plants to extract, bind, and transform toxins; Mycoremediation - using fungi to clean up contaminated soil and water. 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.--Publisher.
bioremediation biorestauration

Authors

Leila Darwish

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
628.5
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
ISBN
9781550925296 9780865717299
LCCN
TD192.5
LCCN Item number
D37 2013eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (vi, 327 pages)
Published in
Gabriola Island [British Columbia
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)kck00236015 (OCoLC)929829209 (CaOOCEL)450548
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOONL

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