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- Design like nature : biomimicry for a healthy planet / by Clendenan, Megan,1977-; Woolcock, Kim Ryall.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Did you know that lamps can be powered by glowing bacteria instead of electricity? That gloves designed like gecko feet let people climb straight up glass walls? Or that kids are finding ways to make compostable plastic out of banana peels? Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for answers to environmental problems such as climate change.LSC- Subjects: Biomimicry; Technological innovations;
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- Gardening for geeks : all the science you need for successful organic gardening / by Wilhelmi, Christy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The author provides "geeky" gardening tips, using math, nature, and science, to help readers make the most of their gardening space, no matter how much or little. She introduces readers to proven concepts such as biointensive gardening, French intensive, and square-foot gardening; explains soil, composts, and soil amendments; and includes individual growing profiles for numerous vegetables and herbs as well as recipes for your homegrown bounty"--- Subjects: Gardening.;
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- How to garden indoors & grow your own food year round : ultimate guide to vertical, container, and hydroponic gardening / by Roman, Kim,author.;
No room to garden outside? Bring your garden indoors! Complete guide to successful indoor food production with clear, easy-to-understand guidance on how to grow year-round edible plants inside your home. At-a-glance grow charts for vegetables, fruits, and herbs, from tomatoes and garlic to peas and peaches. Maximize your space indoors, with wall gardens, vertical gardening, and more, for the best vegetable yields all year long. Start-up costs for every budget, with essential details on growing vegetables, microgreens, herbs, and fruit. Composting, container gardening, hydroponic gardening, grow lights, choosing a growing area, and more.- Subjects: Container gardening.; Hydroponics.; Indoor gardening.; Vertical gardening.;
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- I am picky : confessions of a fussy eater / by Tracy, Kristen,1972-; Kraan, Erin.;
A young raccoon who claims to be a picky eater tries to fill his ferocious appetite as he makes his way through trash cans and compost bins.Ages 3-8.Grades K-1.LSC- Subjects: Raccoon; Food habits;
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- Mushroom cultivation : an illustrated guide to growing your own mushrooms at home / by Lynch, Tavis,author.;
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- Gardening for abundance : your guide to cultivating a bountiful veggie garden and a happier life / by Brigantti, Brian,author.;
"From planting your first seedlings to harvesting your crops and everything in between, gardener and homesteader Brian Brigantti helps you create a thriving vegetable garden right in your own backyard -- all while giving you valuable insights into nourishing your soul through abundant living. Woven in with his own insights and experiences, Brian walks you through the process of starting an abundant garden from start to finish. A primer on soil health, composting, establishing biodiversity and more set you and your garden up for success. Then, learn methods for building out plots, choosing the best veggies for your climate and soil and tending to your garden throughout the seasons. Along the way, Brian shares his observations on the symbolism of gardening and the ways it can teach you about the joys of living a happier, more abundant life. Using only natural, chemical-free techniques that honor, respect and sustain the earth, Brian's methods for cultivating a bountiful garden result in a cornucopia of homegrown vegetables and a deeper sense of connection with the earth your food and yourself."--Back cover.- Subjects: Gardening; Gardening; Gardens; Organic gardening.; Vegetable gardening.;
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- Grow your own botanicals : eliciously productive plants for homemade drinks, remedies and skincare / by McTernan, Cinead,author.; McTernan, Tory,photographer.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Grow your own botanicals brings together an inspiration collection of plants that add beauty, structure and interest to a garden as well as providing an exciting harvest that can be used in innovative ways in the kitchen and home. If you're buying seed kits and botanical plant gifts or like to experiment with making your own drinks, remedies or skin care, this handbook is the must-have companion gardening guide. Now you can make your hibiscus cordial for cocktails, herb and spice mix for your roasts or calendula face cream with your own garden produce. Cinead offers general advice on getting started - soil, composting, borders, containers, seed saving, cuttings, intercropping, wildlife and biodiversity -before moving on to the botanical garden. From plants that might traditionally be recognised as a botanical, to more unusual exotic varieties, this collection of 80 botanicals don't need huge space to grow, but must harvest meaningful amounts to use to flavour food, drinks and oils. Experiment with herbs like juniper, lemon balm or nigella, grow evening primrose or liquorice with their pretty flowers, and try out fruits like Chillean guava or yuzu. This is gardenening at its most fun and fanciful!- Subjects: Plants, useful.; Gardening.; Plants, edible.; Herb gardening.; Flower gardening.; Fruit-culture.; Vegetable gardening.;
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- Less is more : join the low-waste movement / by Payne, Leah(Leah S.);
Includes bibliographical references and index.Maybe you've heard the reports of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch swirling in the ocean. Maybe you've seen the photos of whales and sea birds with trash in their bellies. Or maybe you've heard that only 9 percent of our plastic waste actually gets recycled. We can all do our part for the planet by creating less garbage. In Less Is More young readers will discover how to avoid waste in the first place, reduce how much they use and reuse what they can, before they recycle and rot (compost) the rest. With small, simple actions we can become part of the circular economy. Find out how you can join the low-waste movement--and get your friends and family on board too!- Subjects: Waste minimization; Sustainable living; Green movement; Environmentalism;
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- Sustainable garden : projects, insights and advice for the eco-conscious gardener / by Boswall, Marian,author.; Ingram, Jason(Photographer),photographer.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Sustainable gardener Marian Boswall walks us through the process of creating and maintaining a sustainable outdoor space, offering tips, guidance and step-by-step projects designed to help you lead a more low-impact lifestyle. Whether it's by making your own fertilisers, converting to peat-free compost, reducing your consumption of plastic, saving your own seeds or creating raised beds with reused timber, there are numerous ways, both big and small, to make a difference. Entries cover every aspect of the garden, from how to create a space and draw up a plan for your sustainable garden from scratch, to advice on boundaries and fences, and guidance on how to ethically source materials to make sure your garden is as environmentally friendly as it is beautiful. This book also contains several projects with easy-to-follow instructions that you can replicate at home, such as creating a frame for succulents to grow in out of recycled materials. Sustainable Garden will guide anyone hoping to take informed and intelligent decisions to make a difference, but who perhaps don't know where to begin.- Subjects: Gardening; Gardening.; Organic gardening.;
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- Entangled life : how fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures / by Sheldrake, Merlin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Living at the border between life and non-life, fungi use diverse cocktails of potent enzymes and acids to disassemble some of the most stubborn substances on the planet, turning rock into soil and wood into compost, allowing plants to grow. Fungi not only help create soil, they send out networks of tubes that enmesh roots and link plants together in the "Wood Wide Web." Fungi also drive many long-standing human fascinations: from yeasts that cause bread to rise and orchestrate the fermentation of sugar into alcohol; to psychedelic fungi; to the mold that produces penicillin and revolutionized modern medicine. And we can partner with fungi to heal the damage we've done to the planet. Fungi are already being used to make sustainable building materials and wearable leather, but they can do so much more. Fungi can digest many stubborn and toxic pollutants from crude oil to human-made polyurethane plastics and the explosive TNT. They can grow food from renewable sources: edible mushrooms can be grown on anything from plant waste to cigarette butts. And some fungi's antiviral compounds might be able to ease the colony collapse of bees. Merlin Sheldrake's revelatory introduction to this world will show us how fungi, and our relationships with them, are more astonishing than we could have imagined. Bringing to light science's latest discoveries and ingeniously parsing the varieties and behaviors of the fungi themselves, he points us toward the fundamental questions about the nature of intelligence and identity this massively diverse, little understood kingdom provokes"--- Subjects: Fungi.;
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