| Description |
248 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Choice books.
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| Contents |
Thinking about food -- Six garden essentials -- Urban farms -- Soil and compost -- Plants -- Water -- Chooks -- Bees -- How to deak with governments -- Why citizens must act now -- Where are we going? |
| Summary |
After renovating his inner-city Sydney terrace and making it almost entirely self-sufficient in energy, water and waste disposal, Michael Mobbs realised his house was sustainable, but he wasnt. While his house saves 100,000 litres of dam water a year, the same amount of water is used to produce ten days worth of food for the average Australian. In this companion book to the bestselling Sustainable House, Mobbs turns his attention to reducing the carbon emissions associated with growing, processing, transporting, selling and disposing food. With his own experiences anchoring the book, Sustainable Food contains practical advice on establishing community and backyard vegetable gardens, keeping chooks and bees, and reducing water usage, along with insights into dealing with councils, sidelining supermarkets and what we eat and why |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Gardening |
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Organic food |
| Notes |
"Choice books" |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-242) and index |
| Subject |
Bees.
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Compost.
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Food crops.
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Food.
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Hens.
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Natural foods.
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Organic gardening.
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Self-reliant living.
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Gardening.
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Sustainable living.
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Vegetable gardening.
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| Author |
Choice (Chippendale, N.S.W.)
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| ISBN |
1920705546 |
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9781920705541 (paperback) |
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