Earth Repair: A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes

Millions of acres in the US alone have been contaminated by pesticides, improperly handled chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants. This toxic legacy impacts the environment, our health, our watersheds, and land that could otherwise be used to grow healthy local food and medicines. Conventional clean-up techniques employed by government and industry are tremendously expensive and resource-intensive and can cause further damage. Earth Repair describes a host of powerful grassroots bioremediation techniques, including microbial remediation, phytoremediation, and mycoremediation. Encompassing everything from remediating and regenerating abandoned city lots for urban farmers and gardeners to recovering from environmental disasters and industrial catastrophes such as oil spills and nuclear fallout, this fertile toolbox is essential reading for anyone who wishes to transform environmental despair into constructive action.