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Author Nelson, Mark, 1947-

Title The wastewater gardener : preserving the planet one flush at a time! / Mark Nelson ; foreword by Tony Juniper.

Publication Info. Santa Fe, NM : Synergetic Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  628.168 NE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 206 pages : illustrations (some colored) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-199) and index.
Contents A brief history of how we got into this mess -- Flower power at Synergia Ranch -- Recycling in a small world: Biosphere 2 -- My love affair with wetlands -- Magic in Mexico -- Composting toilets: a drier alternative -- Piled higher and deeper: path to a PhD -- Doing business on the Mayan Riviera -- Outback yarns and the nitty-gritty of building wastewater gardens -- Travelin' man on the scent of solutions around the world -- Changing the world, one flush at a time!
Summary Mark Nelson, PhD, takes us on a global expedition to learn how we are wasting the world’s dwindling supply of fresh water by flushing away a very valuable resource, our own human wastes! The author is founding director of the Institute of Ecotechnics and has worked for several decades in closed ecological systems research. As one of eight brave souls enclosed in the pioneering Biosphere 2 experiment, Nelson realized how essential the proper use of human waste is to the health of the planet. This, combined with his lifelong love affair with constructed wetlands, led to the discovery of Wastewater Gardens, an important solution to some of our trickiest global environmental dilemmas. While the problems and case studies covered in this book are indeed quite serious, Mark’s approach to the subject makes for a fun, down-to-earth and very informative read. The foreword is written by renowned British environmentalist Tony Juniper.
Subject Sewage irrigation.
Water reuse.
Sewage -- Environmental aspects.
Gardening -- Environmental aspects.
Constructed wetlands.
Constructed wetlands. (OCoLC)fst00875883
Gardening -- Environmental aspects. (OCoLC)fst00937860
Sewage -- Environmental aspects. (OCoLC)fst01113742
Sewage irrigation. (OCoLC)fst01114005
Water reuse. (OCoLC)fst01172046
Other Title Preserving the planet one flush at a time!
ISBN 9780907791522 (hardcover)
0907791522 (hardcover)
9780907791515 (pbk.)
0907791514 (pbk.)
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