Author : Masanobu Fukuoka
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,25 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Nature
ISBN :
In this collection of articles, lectures and essays, Fukuoka records for the first time his impressions and observations during his travels. He recounts also how he developed a superhigh-yielding variety of rice, and his incredulity and despair at the petty international seed politics that prevent the use of this miracle grain where it could do the most good. And he goes on to lucidly demonstrate the interdependence of nature, God and man.
Author : Emma Loewe
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 32,68 MB
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0063061287
Discover the new science and ancient wisdom on why nature makes us healthier and happier in body and soul from the co-author of The Spirit Almanac and mindbodygreen’s Senior Sustainability Editor. For centuries, we have known that getting outside is good for us. Yet we have become increasingly disconnected from the earth that nourishes us, with most of us spending 87% of our days indoors. In response, writer and environmentalist Emma Loewe demonstrates the power of nature’s healing properties in a guidebook organized by eight landscapes. In each chapter, you'll find research-backed ways to explore that landscape right now and protect it in the future, so that it can be healthy and nurturing for generations to come. Drawing off modern science and innate wisdom, she uncovers: Why being by the ocean makes you measurably happier How living near greenery helps you lives longer The staggering, illuminating statistic that forests can make you more relaxed within 90 seconds of walking among trees. Alongside beautiful four-color illustrations that inspire us all to get outside in big and small ways, this stunning book—more urgent than ever—will appeal to anyone looking to connect with the world around them, whether in their neighborhood park or on a backpacking getaway.
Author : Masanobu Fukuoka
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,9 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9788185987002
...A natural way of farming that renounces all human knowledge and intervention. - preface.
Author : Chris Packham
Publisher : Two Roads
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 31,87 MB
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1529350417
'Rousing, polemical and heartfelt' - Gardens Illustrated 'An invitation to take action' - The Observer One thing has become clear this year - we need nature more than ever. And it needs us too. From our balconies and gardens to our woodlands, national parks and beyond, Back to Nature captures the essence of how we feel about the wildlife outside our windows. Through personal stories, conservation breakthroughs and scientific discoveries, it explores the wonder and the solace of nature, and the ways in which we can connect with it - and protect it.
Author : Masanobu Fukuoka
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 22,62 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1603584188
Argues that the Earth's deteriorating condition is man-made and outlines a way for the process to be reversed by rehabilitating the deserts using natural farming.
Author : Masanobu Fukuoka
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 17,68 MB
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1590173929
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book “is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture.” Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature’s own laws. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort. Whether you’re a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here—you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.
Author : Larry Korn
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 24,72 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1603585303
One-Straw Revolutionary is the first book to offer an intimate look at the philosophy and work of one of natural farming's most influential practitioners - Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka. This offers readers a rare insight into natural farming and what Mr. Fukuoka was like as a person. It explains how simple farming naturally actually is and why it offers our only real hope for reestablishing a wholesome relationship with the earth.
Author : Frank Visser
Publisher : Uitgeverij Luster
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,57 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789460581984
- From the same authors who brought you the bestselling At the Ocean photobook- Filled with full-color photographs of gorgeous houses in their wild, natural settings- For adventurer travelers and lovers of beauty Photographer Mirjam Bleeker and stylist and designer Frank Visser have known each other for more than 18 years. During this time they have traveled around the world, often without a fixed plan, seeking adventure and beautiful houses. On their travels, they visited the homes and holiday retreats of some fascinating people, built in the most beautiful and unspoiled places. Immortalized in gorgeous full-color photographs, this book is a homage to the remote way of life.
Author : Richard Askwith
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Cross-country running
ISBN : 0224091972
A passionate and inspiring case for runners to get back to nature Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements, buying fancy gear, and racking up extreme challenges, he looked for ways to liberate himself. His solution: running through muddy fields and up rocky fells, running with his dog at dawn, running because he's being (voluntarily) chased by a pack of bloodhounds, running to get hopelessly, enjoyably lost, running fast for the sheer thrill of it. Running as nature intended. Part diary of a year running through the Northamptonshire countryside, part exploration of why we love to run without limits, Running Free is an eloquent and inspiring account of running in a forgotten, rural way, observing wildlife and celebrating the joys of nature. An opponent of the commercialisation of running, Askwith offers a welcome alternative, with practical tips (learned the hard way) on how to both start and keep running naturally--from thawing frozen toes to avoiding a stampede when crossing a field of cows. Running Free is about getting back to the basics of why we love to run.
Author : Margaret Roach
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 42,66 MB
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0446574023
Margaret Roach worked at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for 15 years, serving as Editorial Director for the last 6. She first made her name in gardening, writing a classic gardening book among other things. She now has a hugely popular gardening blog, "A Way to Garden." But despite the financial and professional rewards of her job, Margaret felt unfulfilled. So she moved to her weekend house upstate in an effort to lead a more authentic life by connecting with her garden and with nature. The memoir she wrote about this journey is funny, quirky, humble--and uplifting--an Eat, Pray, Love without the travel-and allows readers to live out the fantasy of quitting the rat race and getting away from it all.
