Joseph c jenkins this is a selfpublished book that no respectable publisher would touch with a tenfoot shovel. Jenkins pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad the 10th anniversary edition of the most comprehensive, uptodate and thoroughly researched book on the topic of. During that time he has developed a depth of insight into the processes involved. Persons wanting to use excerpts or artwork from this book for a profit venture must contact the publisher for permission. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. The humanure handbook, third edition, will amuse you, educate you, and possibly offend you, but it will certainly pertain to youunless, of course, your bowels never move. A guide to composting human manure by jenkins, joseph c. A guide to composting human manure free download book. Considered by many a moving book, the humanure handbook will surprise you with its timely relevance. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the food forest handbook. The 10th anniversary edition of the most comprehensive, uptodate and thoroughly researched book on the topic of composting human manure available anywhere.
Written by a humanure composting practitioner and organic gardener with over 30 years experience, this third edition provides detailed scientific information on how humanure can be hygienically recycled, without fancy technological dodads, a large bank. Joseph c jenkins in the united states, humans take flush toilets for granted. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Topics biogas, energy, prepping collection opensource. A guide to composting human manure, third edition by joseph c. New post fulltext search for articles, highlighting downloaded books, view pdf in a browser and download history correction in our blog. The humanure handbook by joseph jenkins books forum at. A guide to composting human manure third edition, c2005, by joseph c.
I d bought the paper version, as book well worth adding to my permaculture library. The most comprehensive, uptodate and thoroughly researched book on the topic of composting human manure available anywhere. The most wasteful piece of equipment ever devised the flush toilet. A guide to composting human manure from the worlds largest community of readers. The humanure handbook jenkins 2nd edition yep, so good they wrote it twice. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. The humanure handbook 4th edition won a gold medal in the 2019 readers favorite awards. Toilets were one part of the ecosystem that organic food proponents tended to overlook, until this book came forward and shouted from the hilltop. The fourth edition of this underground classic is completely revised, expanded, and updated, help new. The humanure handbook was an accidental literary phenomenon.
It is also a finalist in the foreword magazine indies awards in two categories. Human waste, also known as biosolids, is being used by farmers all over the world as fertilizer, as well as cow manure to grow their crops. Organic material with too much nitrogen for effective composting such as a urinefeces mixture can be balanced by adding more carbon material. As mentioned in part 1, this method ends up contaminating water even if the. You take your dump into a large bowl of drinking water, then flush it. To treat it as a waste product and dispose of it this includes all waterbased sanitation techniques such as flush toilets. The humanure handbook a guide to composting human manure by joseph jenkins 256 pages, paperback, jenkins publishing, 3rd ed. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the humanure handbook. Design and manage a homescale perennial polyculture garden. I could not contain the sound of disgust that escaped from me. The humanure handbook is a great how to and more importantly whyto guide to composting human manure. Welcome to planet earth a word with the author the balance of nature is. Fastinated with the topic of humanure composting, jenkins decided to convert the books language into a.
A guide to composting human manure kindle edition by jenkins, joseph. How good is your survival library prepared society the. They realize that the benefits of proper humanure recycling far outweigh any disadvantages from the health point of view. Its clear, informative, scientific, interesting and at times even humorous. It has been hugely influential in a certain subculture well represented on this forum. For this reason, it should also be evident that the composting of humanure is a serious undertaking and should not be done in a frivolous, careless, or haphazard manner. The humanure handbook has become a classic for anyone who has environmental or horticultural interests. Joe began selfpublishing when he turned his masters thesis into the nonfiction humanure handbook and published it in 1995. Joe jenkins began writing the book as a masters thesis while attending slippery rock universitys master of science in sustainable systems program in pennsylvania in the early 90s. Managing manure to save mankind kindle edition by logsdon, gene, budner, brooke. The humanure handbook electronic download4th edition shit in a nutshell. A more constructive attitude is displayed by scientists with a broader knowledge of the subject of recycling humanure for agricultural purposes. Jenkins is a great writer with a passion and knowledge of nature and ecology is. The 1st edition of the humanure handbook is out of print.
In the humanure handbook 2, joseph jenkins points out that we as a species have four different ways to deal with human excrement. A guide to composting human manure second edition, c1999, by joseph c. A patron returned this book the other day and i happened to glance at it as i took it to the cart to be reshelved. Nearly a third of all household drinking water in the us is used to flush toilets joseph jenkins, the humanure handbook the function of all organic matter, animal and vegetable, is to maintain the fertility of the soil j.
It is very well researched, has all the facts and figures at hand and is full of interesting, sometimes funny tips from tommy turd. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading holy shit. A reality based approach to life in the age of scarcity. Cds are ok, lots of info on a disc, but, how do take those with you if you have to leave all of a sudden, also you need to have a computer to read them, might not have room for that, need power, etc also you cant share with others at the same time, i can hand out the books as needed, or loan out. Jenkins, the reader will discover the various aspects of. It is also a finalist in the foreword magazine indies awards in two. A guide to composting human manure, third edition, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist.
Joseph jenkins boldly steps where no author has gone before. Joseph jenkins has composted humanure at his home in pennsylvania for 26 years, while raising a family. An alternative method of achieving the same result which does not require the separation of urine from feces does exist. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. The first edition of the book was execrable, but it developed a life of its own and has gone on to sell 70,000 copies and be translated in whole or in part into 19 languages over three editions.
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