Beyond the brink : Peter Andrews' radical vision for a sustainable Australian landscape / Peter Andrews.

By: Andrews, PeterContributor(s): Australian Broadcasting CorporationMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Environment collectionPublication details: Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 231 p. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780733324109 (pbk.) :Subject(s): 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 ValleyDDC classification: 631.580994 LOC classification: S478.A1 | A837 2008
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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