Two Percent Solutions for the Planet profiles fifty innovative
practices that soak up carbon dioxide in soils, reduce energy use,
sustainably intensify food production, and increase water quality. The
“two percent” refers to: the amount of new carbon in the soil
needed to reap a wide variety of ecological and economic benefits; the
percentage of the nation’s population who are farmers and ranchers;
and the low financial cost (in terms of GDP) needed to get this work
done. As White explained in Grass, Soil, Hope, a highly efficient
carbon cycle captures, stores, releases, and recaptures biochemical
energy, mitigating climate change, increasing water storage capacities
in soil, and making green plants grow. Best of all, we don’t have to
invent anything new—a wide variety of innovative ideas and methods
that put carbon back into the soil have been field-tested and proven
to be practical and profitable. They’re mostly low-tech, too,
relying on natural resources such as sunlight, green plants, animals,
compost, beavers, creeks, and more. In Two Percent Solutions for the
Planet, White expands what he calls the “regenerative toolbox,” to
include holistic grazing, edible forests, biochar, weed-eating
livestock, food co-ops, keyline plowing, restoration agriculture,
bioenergy, aquaponics, animal power, Farm Hack, bees, bears, wildlife
corridors, rainwater harvesting, native seeds, and various other
projects from across the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe,
and Australia. These short, engaging success stories will help readers
connect the dots between diverse, exciting, and pragmatic practices,
and inspire them to dig deeper into each individual story and concept,
energized by the news that solutions do exist.
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50 Low-Cost, Low-Tech, Nature-Based Practices for Combatting Hunger, Drought, and Climate Change
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ISBN
9781603586184
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Random House Publishing Services
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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