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Regenerate
Feeding the Earth, Hydrate the Earth, Land and Climate
Daniel Baertschi, Ananda Fitzsimmons and Patrick Love
39,00€
Also available in French
A single volume dedicated to the deep links between land-climate interactions, regenerative agriculture and hydrology.
Description
« Regenerate : Restore to a better, higher, or more worthy state ». Éditions La Butineuse has published three concise books on regenerative agriculture, hydrology and land-climate interactions. They are now compiled in one volume, “Regenerate”, so that you can even more easily navigate and understand the deep connections between these topics and the urgent need for Regeneration.
Daniel Baertschi’s book is the fastest and simplest way to understand everything about regenerative agriculture. After reading it, your only remaining question will be : « Why is that not already deployed, everywhere, and by everyone ? »
Discover Feeding the Earth
Ananda Fitzsimmons, from Regeneration Canada, has combined into a unique, concise volume a whole world of knowledge. It will positively disrupt your vision of water management, and the way it can impact food security and climate change.
Discover Hydrate the Earth
Patrick Love has 30 years of experience in making complex issues more accessible at the OECD. For you, he crunched the 2019 IPCC 900 pages special report, entirely dedicated to land – climate interactions, into 88 accessible pages. Now you can read it !
Discover Land and Climate
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The authors
Daniel Baertschi is a pioneer in regenerative agriculture and food production. He has had many years of experience in organic farming and development cooperation, and has been involved in agricultural projects in over 50 countries on 4 continents. After serving as director of Bio Suisse, he now works as consultant to farms, companies and organisations, providing advice and support on issues related to sustainable food production.
Ananda Fitzsimmons is a visionary and environmentalist with a passion for the land and growing food. She has a lifelong interest in sustainable food production and land management, as well as social change and personal empowerment. She is a champion of climate action, regenerative land management practices and social change to restore the balance of our ecosystems. Ananda has developed microbial technologies to restore soils and co-founded Concentric Agriculture. She is now Chair of the Board of Directors of Regeneration Canada, a non-profit organization that promotes soil regeneration in Canada.
Patrick Love works with the OECD’s New Approaches to Economic Challenges initiative, after being part of the OECD International Futures Programme. He also collaborates with the Unesco Social and Human Sciences Directorate, and the Eurpean Union’s Covinform project. He is the author or co-author of several books for the OECD Insights series that describe the latest research on important subjects for non-experts, including sustainable development, fisheries, the theory of complex systems, and the financial system.
Table of contents
Feeding the earth
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One – An unsustainable food system?
How it all began
Farming for Life
At a dead end
Chapter Two – More than sustainable: regenerative agriculture
Principles are more important than definitions
Positive effect on the climate
Soil: the most precious resource
Animals protect the Earth
Healthy soil, healthy food, healthy people
Regenerative economy, regenerative society
Chapter Three – From Field to Fork: making the agricultural economy regenerative
From Vision to Practice
The way of the future
Rethinking training, advice and research
Developing and investing in farming in a regenerative way
Making good use of Digitalisation
A regenerative trading system
Making the best use of natural resources
Agricultural policy and structures
Transparency and control
Nutrients instead of calories
Conclusion
Hydrate the Earth
Introduction
Chapter One – A new water paradigm
The planet is desertifying
How does the water cycle regulate climate?
What makes it rain?
Chapter Two – Regenerating the water cycle
The soil carbon sponge
Regenerative land management practices
Chapter Three – Ecosystem preservation and restoration
The ecological importance of wetlands
Protecting the blood of the Earth
A river wants to meander
Coastal ecosystems: where land meets water
Blue Carbon
Tree cover and forests
Chapter Four – Green Infrastructure and Earthworks
Slow it, spread it, sink it
Keyline design
Chapter Five – Bringing degraded land back to life
The story of Coen Farm
The story of Mulloon Creek
The story of Al Baydha
Chapter Six – Green Infrastructure in Cities
Rainwater harvesting
Permeable pavement
Green roofs
Bioretention gardens and swales
Chapter Seven – Decolonizing our relationship with Nature and building a regenerative culture
Accounting for Nature
A decade of restoration
Conclusion
Land and Climate
Note to readers
Chapter One – Land-climate interactions
Chapter Two – Land degradation
Chapter Three – Desertification
Chapter Four – Food security
Chapter Five – Interlinkages between climate, land and food security
Chapter Six – Addressing the risks of climate change
Critics
Additional information
Weight | 501 g |
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Dimensions | 15,6 × 2,2 × 23,4 cm |
Date | Septembre 2022 |
Format | Paper |
ISBN French print | 978-2-493291-36-3 |
ISBN English print | 978-2-493291-37-0 |
Number of pages French | 304 |
Number of pages English | 266 |
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