RetroSuburbia - The downshifter's guide to a resilient future - David Holmgren

David Holmgren

ISBN 10: 0994392877 ISBN 13: 9780994392879

Casa editrice: Melliodora, 2018

Riassunto

Setting The Scene The first section explores the big-picture issues, concepts and thinking tools that David thinks are useful in creative household level responses to the challenges of the coming years and decades. Key challenges and retrosuburban responses outlines the connections between the personal and global challenges of the near future and how suburbia might a good place to survive and thrive in challenging futures. It also introduces some of the thinking tools, such as permaculture and pattern languages, to help retrofit suburbia one household at a time. Built Field: Patterns of Human Habitats The Built Field covers the recurring patterns and design solutions relevant to retrofitting detached houses and the other physical systems that support suburban households. This is an obvious starting point for many who want to make their place a better long-term prospect. Retrofitting is less costly than new construction, allowing permaculture downshifters to focus on food production, water systems, home-based livelihoods and community resilience rather than sinking all their efforts into state of the art eco-housing. Biological Field: Patterns of life and growth The possibilities for retrofitting the Biological Field are many and varied. Every residential block has soil with a history of use and/or abuse, established plantings, some of which may produce food, and a wider ecological context of sunshine, water, wind, vegetation and wildlife that influence the site. This section introduces recurring patterns and proven design solutions for abundant garden farming in suburbia. It doesn’t tell you how to raise seedlings or graft a tree but it will help you select and design the best growing systems for vegetables and fruit trees, along with guidelines on what to grow to make best use of what space you have without moving to a rural property.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Melliodora
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0994392877
• ISBN 13: 9780994392879
• Rilegatura: Magazine Book/Libro-rivista
• Lingua: Inglese
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile