In the Weeds: Nurturing Community through Landcare - Paperback
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Weeds are everywhere. If you've ever been frustrated by weeds erupting into your garden, overgrowing your favourite reserve or popping up in your paddock, then this book is for you. Whether it's privet or lantana, bitou bush or serrated tussock, Sonia Graham invites you to consider how we can rethink weeds from being pesky and pervasive to a problem that we can solve together.
The book presents seven stories of communities who have worked to control weeds over the past 30 years. It shares how Landcare groups have achieved positive environmental change and forged close-knit social networks to effectively respond to bushfires, floods and a pandemic.
Bringing insights garnered from social research, In the Weeds offers fascinating stories and practical suggestions for starting a local environment group or making an existing group stronger. From developing achievable goals, to shared leadership and the need for coffee and cake, this book explains step-by-step how to grow and nourish a thriving community.
Sonia Graham is an associate professor of rural geography at the University of Wollongong. Over the last two decades her research has explored the social values and relationships that shape environmental attitudes and collective action.
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