Healing earth : an ecologist's journey of innovation and environmental stewardship

Healing earth An ecologist's journey of innovation and environmental stewardship

John Todd, 1939-

Book - 2019

A stand-out from the sea of despairing messages about climate change, well-known sustainability elder John Todd, who has taught, mentored, and inspired such well-known names in the field as Janine Benyus, Bill McKibben, and Paul Hawken, chronicles the different ecological interventions he has created over the course of his career. Each chapter offers a workable engineering solution to an existing environmental problem: healing the aftermath of mountain-top removal and valley-fill coal mining in Appalachia, using windmills and injections of bacteria to restore the health of a polluted New England pond, working with community members in a South African village to protect an important river. A mix of both success stories and concrete suggestio...ns for solutions to tackle as yet unresolved issues, Todd's narrative provides an important addition to the conversation about specific ways we can address the planetary crisis. Eighty-five colour photos and images illustrate Todd's concepts. This is a refreshingly hopeful, proactive book and also a personal story that covers a known practitioner's groundbreaking career.

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Subjects
Ecological engineering.
Environmental responsibility.
Environmental protection.
Published
Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
John Todd, 1939- (author)
Physical Description
xiii, 182 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index.
ISBN
9781623172985
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1. A Vision of Hope
  • Chapter 2. The Birth of an Ecological Technology
  • Chapter 3. Steps to a Theory of Ecological Design
  • Chapter 4. The Edge of the Sea
  • Chapter 5. Restoring Polluted Waters Ecologically
  • Chapter 6. Healing Degraded Streams and Rivers
  • Chapter 7. The Early Evolution of Restorer Eco-Technologies
  • Chapter 8. Lessons from the Sea
  • Chapter 9. A Plan to Heal Marine Bays and Salt Ponds along the Atlantic Coast of North America
  • Chapter 10. Caribbean Futures
  • Chapter 11. Solar- and Wind-Powered Workboats
  • Chapter 12. Cleaning Up an Ongoing Oil Spill with Eco-Machines
  • Chapter 13. Ocean Restorers: Ecological Elope Ships for Marine Pollution Reduction
  • Chapter 14. Designs for Southern Africa
  • Chapter 15. Appalachian Spring
  • Chapter 16. Re-Greening the Earth: The Challenge of the Sinai Desert
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
  • About the Author

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