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Urban jungle : the history and future of nature in the city / by Wilson, Ben,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city's savior. Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. In Urban Jungle, Ben Wilson--the author of Metropolis, a seven-thousand-year history of cities that the Wall Street Journal called "a towering achievement"--looks to the fraught relationship between nature and the city for clues to how the planet can survive in an age of climate crisis. Whether it was the market farmers of Paris, Germans in medieval forest cities, or the Aztecs in the floating city of Tenochtitlan, pre-modern humans had an essential bond with nature. But when the day came that water was piped in and food flown from distant fields, that relationship was lost. Today, urban areas are the fastest-growing habitat on Earth and in Urban Jungle Ben Wilson finds that we are at last acknowledging that human engineering is not enough to protect us from extremes of weather. He takes us to places where efforts to rewild the city are under way: to Los Angeles, where the city's concrete river will run blue again, to New York City, where a bleak landfill will be a vast grassland preserve. The pinnacle of this strategy will be Amsterdam: a city that is its own ecosystem, that makes no waste and produces its own energy. In many cities, Wilson finds, nature is already thriving. Koalas are settling in Brisbane, wild boar may raid your picnic in Berlin. Green canopies, wildflowers, wildlife: the things that will help cities survive, he notes, also make people happy. Urban Jungle offers the pleasures of history--how backyard gardens spread exotic species all over the world, how war produces biodiversity--alongside a fantastic vision of the lush green cities of our future. Climate change, Ben Wilson believes, is only the latest chapter in the dramatic human story of nature and the city"--
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Urban ecology (Biology); Urban ecology (Sociology);
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Urban knit collection : 18 city-inspired knitting patterns for the modern wardrobe / by Kunnecke, Kyle,author.;
Includes bibliograhic references (page 155) and index.Written for would-be and longtime knitters alike, Kyle's detailed patterns include tutorials on a variety of construction and finishing techniques, from locking floats and shaping in color work to reading charts. Offers 18 projects for women and men with a decidedly metropolitan vibe -- from sweaters inspired by the Art Deco movement and stained glass windows from the 1930s to ornately beaded cowls and intricate color work hats.
Subjects: Knitting;
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The nourishing homestead : one back-to-the land family's plan for cultivating soil, skills, and spirit / by Hewitt, Ben,1971-; Hewitt, Penny.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The evolution of our practiculture homestead -- Practice and philosophy -- Homestead design and layout -- Real food and deep nutrition -- Soil and gardens -- The nourished animal -- Animal slaughter and processing -- Infrastructure, skills, and tools -- Money and "stuff" -- Children on the homestead.LSC
Subjects: Urban homesteading;
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Growing urban orchards : how to care for fruit trees in the city and beyond / by Poizner, Susan,1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Fruit trees.; Fruit-culture.; Orchards.;
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The permaculture city : regenerative design for urban, suburban, and town resilience / by Hemenway, Toby,1952-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Permaculture.; Urban gardening.;
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Zelensky : the unlikely Ukrainian hero who defied Putin and united the world / by Urban, Andrew L.,1945-author.; Koffler, Rebekah,writer of foreword.; McLeod, Chris(Journalist),author.;
Ukraine's most popular comedic actor was an unlikely president of his country. And now, even more improbably, Volodymyr Zelensky has become the world's most celebrated statesman. Who is he? How did he become the international hero of our time? Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World is a compelling account of this fascinating, enigmatic leader. Covering Zelensky's childhood, family history, and astonishing transformation from TV celebrity to first Jewish president of Ukraine, this book tells you what you need to know about the newest star of the world stage. No one has been more surprised by Zelensky's power to inspire and mobilize his countrymen and the world than Vladimir Putin, who expected Russia's conquest of its beleaguered neighbor to be the work of an afternoon. Outfoxed and isolated, Putin is not the first person to have underestimated the former comedian with a spine of steel.
Subjects: Biographies.; Zelensky, Volodymyr, 1978-; Presidents;
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The urban homesteading cookbook : forage, farm, ferment and feast for a better world / by Nelson, Michelle Catherine,1979-author.;
Subjects: City and town life.; Cookbooks.; Cooking.; Sustainable living.;
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The urban bestiary : encountering the everyday wild / by Haupt, Lyanda Lynn.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Bestiary's Bestiary : A Note on Process -- Part I. Entering the Bestiary -- A New Nature, a New Bestiary -- The Lost Art of Urban Tracking -- Part II. The Furred Coyote -- Mole -- Raccoon -- Opossum -- Squirrel (and Rat) -- Black Bear and Cougar -- Part III. The Feathered Bird -- Starling, House Sparrow, Pigeon -- Chickadee -- Crow -- Hawk and Owl -- Chicken -- Part IV. The Branching and the Rooted Tree -- Human."From the bestselling author of Crow Planet, a compelling journey into the secret lives of the wild animals at our back door. In The Urban Bestiary, acclaimed nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans live in closer proximity than ever before. Haupt's observations bring compelling new questions to light: Whose 'home' is this? Where does the wild end and the city begin? And what difference does it make to us as humans living our everyday lives? In this wholly original blend of science, story, myth, and memoir, Haupt draws us into the secret world of the wild creatures that dwell among us in our urban neighborhoods, whether we are aware of them or not. With beautiful illustrations and practical sidebars on everything from animal tracking to opossum removal, The Urban Bestiary is a lyrical book that awakens wonder, delight, and respect for the urban wild, and our place within it"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Human-animal relationships; Philosophy of nature.; Urban animals; Urban animals; Wildlife watching;
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Keeping bees in towns & cities / by Dixon, Luke.;
Includes Internet addresses (p. [176]-177) and index.LSC
Subjects: Bee culture.; Urban agriculture.;
© 2012., Timber Press,
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Potatoes on rooftops : farming in the city / by Dyer, Hadley.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78), Internet addresses (p. 79) and index.Explains different ways of farming in the city and why it is important for the planet.LSC
Subjects: Urban gardening;
© c2012., Annick Press,
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