Beyond the brink : Peter Andrews' radical vision for a sustainable Australian landscape / Revegetation. Soil conservation. Sustainable agriculture. Reforestation. Revegetation Soil conservation Reforestation Sustainable agriculture
Andrews, Peter.
Beyond the brink : Peter Andrews' radical vision for a sustainable Australian landscape / Peter Andrews. - 1st ed. - Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2008. - xxi, 231 p. ; 24 cm. - Environment collection . - Environment collection .
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Foreword / Ian Kiernan -- Foreword / Ken Turner -- Preface -- 1. Why not Australia? -- 2. Feedback -- 3. Food prices -- 4. What I believe -- 5. Plants can keep the planet cool -- 6. More thoughts on global warming -- 7. Natural farming -- 8. Sustainability: is it possible? -- 9. A layout for a sustainable farm -- 10. Another look at weeds -- 11. If I ruled the world -- 12. Yes, trees do attract rain -- 13. Wonderful wetlands -- 14. The Murray-Darling: a simple problem, really -- 15. Serrated tussock and other invaders -- 16. Western woes -- 17. A way out in Western Australia -- 18. Mulch and other matters -- 19. Allelopathy -- 20. Sewage: the fertility we waste -- 21. Hydrology revisited -- 22. Water under pressure -- 23. Salinity: how to pick it -- 24. Acidity is not the soil's fault -- 25. The good and bad of native trees -- 26. Close to home -- 27. Some Q&As -- 28. More Q&As -- 29. Still more Q&As -- 30. A lst word -- Appendix. The unique efficiencies of the Australian foodplains.
Peter Andrews has been a lone voice in Australia for several years, warning, cajoling and bullying the powers-that-be to change their entrenched and highly damaging attitudes towards the environment. He travels the nation talking to those who want to hear his message - and, more importantly, to those who don't.
Peter Andrews 2008
9780733324109 (pbk.) : $35.00
2009286359
000043198625 AU
Andrews, Peter, 1940 Oct. 22-
Revegetation.
Soil conservation.
Sustainable agriculture.
Reforestation.
Revegetation--Australia.
Soil conservation--Australia.
Reforestation--Australia.
Sustainable agriculture--Australia.
Hunter River Valley (N.S.W.)
Australia.
New South Wales--Hunter River Valley.
S478.A1 / A837 2008
631.580994
Beyond the brink : Peter Andrews' radical vision for a sustainable Australian landscape / Peter Andrews. - 1st ed. - Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2008. - xxi, 231 p. ; 24 cm. - Environment collection . - Environment collection .
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Foreword / Ian Kiernan -- Foreword / Ken Turner -- Preface -- 1. Why not Australia? -- 2. Feedback -- 3. Food prices -- 4. What I believe -- 5. Plants can keep the planet cool -- 6. More thoughts on global warming -- 7. Natural farming -- 8. Sustainability: is it possible? -- 9. A layout for a sustainable farm -- 10. Another look at weeds -- 11. If I ruled the world -- 12. Yes, trees do attract rain -- 13. Wonderful wetlands -- 14. The Murray-Darling: a simple problem, really -- 15. Serrated tussock and other invaders -- 16. Western woes -- 17. A way out in Western Australia -- 18. Mulch and other matters -- 19. Allelopathy -- 20. Sewage: the fertility we waste -- 21. Hydrology revisited -- 22. Water under pressure -- 23. Salinity: how to pick it -- 24. Acidity is not the soil's fault -- 25. The good and bad of native trees -- 26. Close to home -- 27. Some Q&As -- 28. More Q&As -- 29. Still more Q&As -- 30. A lst word -- Appendix. The unique efficiencies of the Australian foodplains.
Peter Andrews has been a lone voice in Australia for several years, warning, cajoling and bullying the powers-that-be to change their entrenched and highly damaging attitudes towards the environment. He travels the nation talking to those who want to hear his message - and, more importantly, to those who don't.
Peter Andrews 2008
9780733324109 (pbk.) : $35.00
2009286359
000043198625 AU
Andrews, Peter, 1940 Oct. 22-
Revegetation.
Soil conservation.
Sustainable agriculture.
Reforestation.
Revegetation--Australia.
Soil conservation--Australia.
Reforestation--Australia.
Sustainable agriculture--Australia.
Hunter River Valley (N.S.W.)
Australia.
New South Wales--Hunter River Valley.
S478.A1 / A837 2008
631.580994