Category Archives: Biodiversity

Virtuous Corruption

Posted on 6 May 2011 by Graham

Book Review The Virtuous Corruption of Virtual Environmental Science Aynsley Kellow Edgar Elgar 2007 Hdbck 218pp This book by Aynsley Kellow, Professor and Head of the School of Government at the University of Tasmania, Australia, is a provocative and in … Continue reading →

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Meat and Grass in Permaculture

Posted on 27 December 2010 by Graham

Book Review: Meat- A Benign Extravagance Simon Fairlie Chelsea Green 2010 pbck 322pp My name is Graham, I’m 46 years old and I am a born-again carnivore. Like many of my generation, my first act of rebellion was to become … Continue reading →

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We don’t need GE crops but Africa does

Posted on 10 September 2010 by Graham

Starved for science: How Biotechnology is being kept out of Africa Robert Paalberg Harvard University Press 2009 Pbck 235pp Harvard Professor Robert Paalberg has written a book that makes essential reading for anyone interested in global food politics and why … Continue reading →

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Reading the Great Book of Life

Posted on 27 October 2009 by Graham

Book Review: The Living Landscape: How to Read and Understand it Patrick Whitefield Permanent Publications 2009 334pp 48 color photos When I first saw in the recent Permaculture Magazine that Patrick Whitefield had written a book on reading the landscape … Continue reading →

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Taming the Dreaded Knotweed

Posted on 14 August 2009 by Graham

A new biological control is being considered as a way of controlling one of Britain and Ireland’s most pernicious weeds, Japanese Knotweed, according to this story in The Guardian. a species of jumping plant lice, aphalara itadori, could bring down … Continue reading →

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