Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture: Revised and Updated Third Edition

Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture covers practical permaculture essentials such soils, water, microclimates, trees, seeds, design, pattern literacy, pests and weeds. It has new chapters on marine permaculture, 'crowded margins' (including refugee camps), emerging economic models, livelihoods, and patterns in nature and their design applications. It shows us that by working in our local patch we can help restore our global ecosystems. As part of a growing call to action, Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture entreats and empowers us to launch a new restorative relationship with all life. Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture is all that Earth User's Guide was, and so much more. With a complete revision, and extra chapters added to broaden the scope, the book helps address the bigger picture of how we can restore the Earth in and beyond our own backyards. The newly-titled Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture covers essentials such as: soil, water, microclimates, trees, seeds, design, pattern literacy, pests and weeds. It also turns our minds to the growing global challenges to Earth's air, soil and water, and shows us that by working in our local patch we can help restore our global ecosystems. New in this edition are discussions on air quality, and chapters on marine permaculture, 'crowded margins' (including refugee camps), emerging economic models, livelihoods, and patterns in nature and their design applications. As always, Rob Allsop's warm and accessible illustrations complement and illuminate Rosemary Morrow's practical approach. 2021 marked the start of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; a critical period for preventing, halting and reversing the degradation of ecosystems around the world. In recognition, Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture equips readers with the tools, and 40-years of evidence-based permaculture practice, to lead the movement. The best gift to our world is a planet restored. Here is the guide to do just t...