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Mushin, Steve,

Ultrawild : an audacious plan to rewild every city on earth / Ultra wild Steve Mushin. - Australia : Allen & Unwin, 2023. - 79 pages : colour illustrations ; 34 cm

New Zealand author. Some illustrations in comic book format.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Join maverick inventor Steve Mushin as he tackles climate change with an avalanche of mind-bending, scientifically plausible inventions to rewild cities and save the planet. Jump into his brain as he designs habitat-printing robot birds and water-filtering sewer submarines, calculates how far compost cannons can blast seed bombs (over a kilometre), brainstorms biomaterials with scientists and engineers, studies ecosystems and develops a deadly serious plan to transform cities into jungles, rewilding them into carbon-sucking mega-habitats for all species, and as fast as possible. Through marvellously designed and hilarious engineering ideas, Mushin shares his vision for super-high-tech urban rewilding, covering the science of climate change, futuristic materials and foods, bio reactors, soil, forest ecosystems, mechanical flight, solar thermal power and working out just how fast we could actually turn roads into jungles, absorb carbon and reverse climate change."--Publisher website.

ISBN: 9781760292812 1760292818

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Conservation of natural resources--Juvenile literature.
Climatic changes--Juvenile literature.
Inventions--Juvenile literature.
Sustainable living--Juvenile literature.
Environmentalism--Juvenile literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Illustrated works.

LC Class. No.: GE195.5 / .M87 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 333.72