The permaculture city : regenerative design for urban, suburban, and town resilience
Toby Hemenway (Author)
As more people flock to urban areas to live, nowhere are the empowering principles of permaculture more needed and desired than in our cities. Author Toby Hemenway (Gaia's Garden) demonstrates that the same nature-based approach that connects the pieces of our landscape together in harmonious ways applies perfectly to our need for water, shelter, food, energy, livelihood, and community. Hemenway moves beyond urban gardening and offers readers practical tips as well as examples from around the country of how people are using permaculture principles to live more sustainably and build deeper connections in urban areas. The Permaculture City also documents the rise of a new sophistication, depth, and diversity in the approaches and thinking of permaculture designers and practitioners, and provides hope and opportunity for our cities, towns, and suburbs.--COVER
Print Book, English, 2015
Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, Vermont, 2015
Nonfiction
xvi, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
9781603585262, 9781603585279, 1603585265, 1603585273
893453726
The surprisingly green city
Permaculture design with an urban twist
Designing the urban home garden
Techniques for the urban home garden
Strategies for gardening in community
Water wisdom, metropolitan style
Energy solutions for homes and communities
Livelihood, real wealth, and becoming valuable
Placemaking and the empowered community
Tools for designing resilient cities