Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World
- Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
- Illustrations : 8 plates with col photos
Our customers have not yet submitted a review for this title - click here to be the first to write a review
Description:
Foreword by Paul Hawken. For readers who enjoyed Finding the Mother Tree and The Hidden Life of Trees comes the first-ever book about a movement to restore biodiversity in our cities and towns by transforming empty lots, backyards, and degraded land into mini-forests. Author Hannah Lewis is the forest maker turning asphalt into ecosystems to save the planet and she wants everyone to know they can do it too.
In Mini-Forest Revolution, Lewis presents the Miyawaki Method, a unique approach to reforestation devised by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki. She explains how tiny forests as small as six parking spaces grow quickly and are much more biodiverse than those planted by conventional methods. She explores the science behind why Miyawaki-style mini-forests work and the myriad environmental benefits, including: cooling urban heat islands, establishing wildlife corridors, building soil health, sequestering carbon, creating pollinator habitats, and more.
Today, the Miyawaki Method is witnessing a worldwide surge in popularity. Lewis shares the stories of mini-forests that have sprung up across the globe and the people who are planting them―from a young forest along the concrete alley of the Beirut River in Lebanon, to a backyard forest planted by tiny-forest champion Shubhendu Sharma in India.
This inspiring book offers a revolutionary approach to planting trees and a truly accessible solution to the climate crisis that can be implemented by communities, classrooms, cities, clubs, and families everywhere.
You may also like...
The Saltmarsh Creation Handbook: A Project Managers Guide to the Creation of
Nottage, A.S.; Robertson, P.A.
Price £29.99
The Pond Book: A Guide to the Management and Creation of Ponds
Williams, P.; Biggs, J.; Whitfield, M.; Thorne, A.; Bryant, S.; Fox, G.; Nicolet, P.
Price £28.95
Forget Me Not:Finding the forgotten species of climate-change Britain
Pavelle, S.
Price £13.99
(Save £3.00)
An Illustrated Book of Peat: The Life and Deaths of Bogs: A New Synthesis
Fenton, J.H.C.
Price £39.95
The Book of Wilding: A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small
Tree, I.; Burrell, C.
Price £27.50
(Save £7.50)