Book description
Healing Appalachia is a practical guide for environmentally conscious
residents of Appalachia and beyond. It is also the first book to apply
"appropriate technology," or the most basic technology that
can effectively achieve the desired result, to this specific region.
Authors Al Fritsch and Paul Gallimore have performed over 200
environmental resource assessments in thirty-three states. They bring
this knowledge to bear as they examine thirty low-cost,
people-friendly, and environmentally benign appropriate technologies
that can be put to work today in Appalachia. They discuss such issues
as renewable energy and energy conservation, food preservation and
gardening, forest management, land use, transportation, water
conservation, proper waste disposal, and wildlife protection. They pay
close attention to the practicality of each technique according to
affordability, ease of use, and ecological soundness. Their subjects
range from solar home heating to greenhouses, from aquaculture to
compost toilets, from organic gardening to wildlife restoration and
enhancement, and from solar cars to microhydropower facilities. Their
discussions of each topic benefit from the knowledge gained from
thirty years of practical experience at environmental demonstration
centers and public interest and educational organizations. Each
section of the book includes details on construction and maintenance,
as well as resources for locating further information, making this an
essential volume for everyone who cares about the future of Appalachia.
""This is a timely and welcome book. It makes an
important contribution to the advancement of earth-friendly,
user-friendly and community-friendly ways of living in the Appalachian
highlands." --Michael Frome, Ph. D., author of Strangers in High
Places: The Story of the Grea" --
Al Fritsch is founder of Appalachia--Science in the Public
Interest and coauthor of Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the
Mountains. Paul Gallimore is founder and executive director of the
Long Branch Environmental Education Center in Leicester, North Carolina.
