HOME is an ode to the planet's beauty and its delicate
harmony. Through the landscapes of 54 countries captured from above, Yann
Arthus-Bertrand takes us on an unique journey all around the planet, to
contemplate it and to understand it. But HOME is more than a documentary with a
message, it is a magnificent movie in its own right. Every breathtaking shot
shows the Earth - our Earth - as we have never seen it before. Every image
shows the Earth's treasures we are destroying and all the wonders we can still preserve.
"From the sky, there's less need for explanations". Our vision
becomes more immediate, intuitive and emotional. HOME has an impact on anyone
who sees it. It awakens in us the awareness that is needed to change the way we
see the world.
This is, quite possibly, one of the most powerful documentaries ever created... it is essential viewing for every human being.
Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?
Because
most of what we're consuming today is not food, and how we're consuming
it -- in the car, in front of the TV, and increasingly alone -- is not
really eating. Instead of food, we're consuming "edible foodlike
substances" -- no longer the products of nature but of food science.
Many of them come packaged with health claims that should be our first
clue they are anything but healthy. In the so-called Western diet, food
has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion. The
result is what Michael Pollan calls the American paradox: The more we
worry about nutrition, the less healthy we seem to become.
But
if real food -- the sort of food our great grandmothers would recognize
as food -- stands in need of defense, from whom does it need defending?
From the food industry on one side and nutritional science on the
other. Both stand to gain much from widespread confusion about what to
eat, a question that for most of human history people have been able to
answer without expert help. Yet the professionalization of eating has
failed to make Americans healthier. Thirty years of official
nutritional advice has only made us sicker and fatter while ruining
countless numbers of meals.
If you are into Permaculture then you NEED this book!
This is the definitive Permaculture design manual in print
since 1988. It is the textbook and curriculum for the 72-hour Certificate
course in Permaculture Design. Written for teachers, students and designers, it
follows on and greatly enlarges on the initial introductory texts, Permaculture
One (1978) and Permaculture Two (1979) both of which are still in demand over
twenty years after publication. Very little of the material found in this book
is reproduced from the former texts. It covers design methodologies and
strategies for both urban and rural applications, describing property design
and natural farming techniques.
It truly is the most comprehensive Permaculture resource
available, and every designer should have a copy as a reference source.
Invaluable!
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Creating Your Eco-friendly Garden shows you how to develop an
environmentally friendly garden for little cost. Practically written,
it is based on the author’s first-hand experience as well as the wealth
of knowledge she has amassed working at Grass Roots, Australia’s most popular self-sufficiency magazine.
The book offers advice on planning your garden, choosing plants,
planting times, watering options and pest management following organic
principles. It explains how to assess the soil and microclimatic
effects of surrounding buildings and vegetation so that you can
determine the style of garden that best suits your property.
