By the way, thanks to the indefatigable energy of my wonderful agents, my book has now been sold to eight countries. Namely: Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, China (where it will be published in simplified Chinese), Taiwan (where it will be published in complex Chinese), Japan, and Korea. All very exciting.
Me
© 2009 Rose George
Posted in Blog — 30th April 2009
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Congratulations!
I have not read the book yet. I’ve listened to that interview you’ve gave the link for not long ago.
I was wondering if you’ve ever heard of John Todd, a man I had the pleasure to meet almost 30 years ago in Vermont while visiting Goddard College where then they had a social ecology MA program. John has achieved a remarkable wastewater treatment based on plants which is running in some towns, among them Burlington VT.
Here is an excerpt from wiki about him
Todd and colleagues have developed what they call “living machines”. In principle, a living machine is an ecologically engineered technology developed to restore, conserve, or remediate sewage or other polluted water, by replicating and accelerating the natural purification processes of streams, ponds and marshes. In practical application, a living machine is a self-contained treatment system designed to treat a specific waste stream using the principles of ecological engineering. It does this by using diverse communities of bacteria and other microorganisms, algae, plants, trees, snails, fish and other living creatures.
Go check it out. Perhaps you know about him already.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Todd_(biologist)
Marc
Quebec City