Wastewater Gardener

Preserving the Planet One Flush at a Time

Mark Nelson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2014
Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-907791-51-5 (ISBN)

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Mark Nelson takes us on a global expedition to learn how we are wasting the world's dwindling supplies of fresh water by flushing away a very valuable resource, our own human wastes! A founding director of the Institute of Ecotechnics, Dr. Nelson has worked for several decades in closed ecological system research. As one of eight brave souls enclosed in the pioneering Biosphere 2 experiment, he realised how essential the proper re-use of human waste is to the health of the planet. This led to what Dr. Nelson calls a life-long love affair with constructed wetlands, where he discovered an important solution to some of our trickiest global dilemmas: Wastewater Gardens. While the problems covered in this book are very serious, Dr. Nelson's approach to the subject makes for a delightful, down-to-earth read.

Nelson was one of the eight-person crew in the 2 year closure experiment in Biosphere 2, 1991-93. He is Chairman of the Institute of Ecotechnics, and one of its founding directors and Associate Editor of Advances in Space Research journal. Head of Wastewater Gardens International and a vice-chair of the closed ecological system section of COSPAR (the Intl. Committee of Space), he resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Vorwort	Tony Juniper
Verlagsort	Santa Fe, NM
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-907791-51-4 / 0907791514
ISBN-13	978-0-907791-51-5 / 9780907791515
Zustand	Neuware