1st Edition

Poverty and Climate Change Restoring a Global Biogeochemical Equilibrium

By Fitzroy B. Beckford Copyright 2019
188 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Most, if not all of the global biogeochemical cycles on the earth have been broken or are at dangerous tipping points. These broken cycles have expressed themselves in various forms as soil degradation and depletion, ocean acidification, global warming and climate change. The best proposal for an organic solution to fixing the myriad broken cycles is a deliberate investment in solutions that... Read more

Part I: How global environmental democracy died

1. The American native and the European invader – the nexus

2. Facets and consequences of environmental slavery

3. It’s the ecology, stupid

4. The Biogeochemical Cycles in the Era of Anthropogenic Climate Change

5. A Review of the Biogeochemical Cycling of the Elements of Life

6. Addressing the Biogeochemical cycles with Transformative Anthropocentrism

Part II: Applying Practical Solutions; Reconnecting Earth and Sky

7. Feeding the future: Farming in a post-carbon economy

8. Transitioning to low-carbon farming: An assessment of the process

9. The kinetic role of biochar in Climate Change mitigation

10. Biochar in the age of renewable energy policy

11. How alleviating energy-poverty will also improve the climate

12. Envisioning a transformative age

Biography

Fitzroy B. Beckford is an agricultural scientist who holds a PhD in Sustainability Education with a research emphasis on integrated food-energy systems (IFES). Integral areas of his work include concepts in nutrient biogeochemical cycling and restorative anthropedogenesis.