The 'One Planet' Life: A Blueprint for Low Impact Development

ISBN-13: 9780415738545 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 438 str.

David Thorpe

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The One Planet Life demonstrates a path for everyone towards a way of life in which we don t act as if we had more than one planet Earth. The difference between this approach and others is that it uses ecological footprint analysis to help to determine how effective our efforts are. Much of the book is a manual with examples on how to live the 'good life' and supply over 65% of your livelihood from your land with mostly positive impacts upon the environment.

It examines the pioneering Welsh policy, One Planet Development, then considers efforts towards one planet living in urban areas. After a foreword by BioRegional/One Planet Living co-founder Pooran Desai and an introduction by former Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson, the book contains:

• An essay arguing that our attitude to planning, land and development needs to change to enable truly sustainable development.
• Guidelines on finding land, finance, and creating a personal plan for one planet living.
• Detailed guides on: sustainable building, supplying your own food, generating renewable energy, reducing carbon emissions from travel, land management, water supply and waste treatment.
• 20 exemplary examples at all scales from micro-businesses to suburbs followed by Jane Davidson s Afterword.

The book will interest anyone seeking to find out how a sustainable lifestyle can be achieved. It is also key reading for rural and built environment practitioners and policy makers keen to support low impact initiatives, and for students studying aspects of planning, geography, governance, sustainability and renewable energy."

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Foreword by Pooran Desai  Foreword by Jane Davidson  Part One: A Call for Change  1. We have only one planet  Part Two: Steps Towards the One Planet Life  2. Finding Land, Finding Finance, Gaining Skills  3. Crafting a Management Plan  Part Three: Practical Guidance  4. Land Management  5. Water  6. Energy  7. Building  8. Food  9. Transport  Part Four: Exemplary Examples  10.1 Hockerton Housing Project  10.2 The lessons of BedZED  10.3 The Triangle, Swindon  10.4 Rachel Shiamh’s frameless straw bale home  10.5 Lammas  10.6 Hoppi Wimbush: Growing flowers to sell  10.7 Hoppi and Paul Wimbush: Dairy farming  10.8 Cornerwood: Coppicing as a business  10.9 Cornerwood: Shiitake production  10.10 The Ecological Land Co-operative  10.11 John Hargreaves: top fruit grower  10.12 Phil Corbett: Edible wild flowers and nitrogen-fixing clovers  10.13 Nant y Cwm farm: livestock management  10.14 Jay Andrews: Wetland Ecosystem Treatment  10.15 A modular studio  10.16 Ty Solar  10.17 Calon Cymru  10.18 One Planet City – Brighton and Hove  10.19 One planet living in Freiburg, Germany  10.20 The road ahead to real sustainability  Afterword by Jane Davidson

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David Thorpe is a writer and consultant on sustainability issues. He is a Special Consultant on Sustainable Cities Collective, the primary website for urban leaders globally; a founder and core group member of the One Planet Council; and the author of several books on sustainability, including: Energy Management in Buildings, Energy Management in Industry, Solar Technology and Sustainable Home Refurbishment, all in The Earthscan Expert Guide series. Prior to this he was the News Editor and Opinion Writer of the UK's Energy and Environmental Management magazine for 13 years. Before that he was director of publications at the Centre for Alternative Technology. For more information, see his website: www.davidthorpe.info.