num_pages: 224
description: *2023 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Green Restorative Practices /Sustainability Hannah Lewis describes a gift to a despairing world. . . . There may be no single climate solution that has a greater breadth of benefits than mini-forests. . . [and] can be done by everyone everywhere.Paul Hawken from the foreword For readers who enjoyed Finding the Mother Tree and The Hidden Life of Tree s comes the first-ever book about a movement to restore biodiversity in our cities and towns by transforming empty lots backyards and degraded land into mini-forests. Author Hannah Lewis is the forest maker turning asphalt into ecosystems to save the planet and she wants everyone to know they can do it too. In Mini-Forest Revolution  Lewis presents the Miyawaki Method a unique approach to reforestation devised by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki. She explains how tiny forests as small as six parking spaces grow quickly and are much more biodiverse than those planted by conventional methods. She explores the science behind why Miyawaki-style mini-forests work and the myriad environmental benefits cooling urban heat islands establishing wildlife corridors building soil health sequestering carbon creating pollinator habitats and more. Today the Miyawaki Method is witnessing a worldwide surge in popularity. Lewis shares the stories of mini-forests that have sprung up across the globe and the people who are planting themfrom a young forest along the concrete alley of the Beirut River in Lebanon to a backyard forest planted by tiny-forest champion Shubhendu Sharma in India. This inspiring book offers a revolutionary approach to planting trees and a truly accessible solution to the climate crisis that can be implemented by communities classrooms cities clubs and families everywhere. Lewis simplifies the science of planting trees in a manner that produces the maximum benefit. The Associated Press
language: English
title: Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World
publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing