The Origin of Feces What Excrement Tells Us about Evolution, Ecology, and a Sustainable Society |
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Author:
| Waltner-Toews, David |
ISBN: | 978-1-77090-397-5 |
Publication Date: | May 2013 |
Publisher: | ECW Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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The Origin of Feces takes an important subject out of locker-rooms, potty-training manuals and bio-solids management boardrooms, bringing it into the fresh air of everyone's lives. With insight and wit, David Waltner-Toews explores what has been too often ignored as he makes a compelling argument for a deeper understanding of waste. Waltner-Toews shows how integral excrement is to biodiversity, agriculture, public health, food production, food distribution and ecosystems. It serves as...
More DescriptionThe Origin of Feces takes an important subject out of locker-rooms, potty-training manuals and bio-solids management boardrooms, bringing it into the fresh air of everyone's lives. With insight and wit, David Waltner-Toews explores what has been too often ignored as he makes a compelling argument for a deeper understanding of waste. Waltner-Toews shows how integral excrement is to biodiversity, agriculture, public health, food production, food distribution and ecosystems. It serves as a reminder that unless we change how we think about shit, we are doomed to live in it.