Von Grund auf

"Von Grund auf ist ein wunderbares Buch. Kaufen Sie es, stellen Sie Ihr Telefon ab und gnnen Sie sich ein Wochenende mit fesselnder Lektre. Sie lernen eine beeindruckende Unternehmerpersnlichkeit kennen und erfahren viel ber Amerika und die Seele seiner Bewohner." (Management-Journal 25. Mrz 2020)

Howard Schultz ist der ehemalige Chairman und CEO der Starbucks Coffee Company. Nachdem er ein kleines Cafunternehmen gegrndet hatte, kaufte er Starbucks, das unter seiner Fhrung von elf Kaffeehusern auf mehr als 28000 anwuchs. Im Jahr 2018 belegte Starbucks den fnften Platz auf der Liste der "World's Most Admired Companies" von Fortune. Howard und seine Frau Sheri leiten gemeinsam die Schultz Family Foundation. Howard wurde fr seine Leidenschaft zur Strkung von Communitys anerkannt und erhielt unter anderem den Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award. Bei Wiley erschienen ist auch: "Onward. Wie Starbucks erfolgreich ums berleben kmpfte, ohne seine Seele zu verlieren" (2011).

Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 1 What Youre Not to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book is Organized 3 Part I: Composting Basics 3 Part II: Selecting a Home and Method for Your Compost 3 Part III: Compost Happens 3 Part IV: Expanding Your Compost Horizons 3 Part V: The Part of Tens 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part I: Composting Basics 5 Chapter 1: Digging into Compost 7 Welcome to the World of Compost 7 What compost is 7 What tools and equipment you need 8 How composting works 8 You Can Do It! Home Composting Made Easy 9 Some like it hot! 9 Cool customers 9 Reaping the Rewards of Composting 10 A healthier, more prolific garden 10 A healthier community and planet 11 Chapter 2: Tools of the Trade 15 Protecting Yourself from the Elements: Safety Gear 15 Getting a good pair of gloves 15 Shielding your eyes 16 Donning a dust mask 17 Blocking harmful rays with a hat and sunscreen 17 Choosing the Right Tools and Equipment for the Job 18 Mixing things up with a pitchfork or compost fork 18 Digging in with a soil fork 18 Getting the lowdown on shovels and spades 19 Investing in a good-quality hose 20 Moving compost in buckets or tarps 21 Hauling compost with wheelbarrows or garden carts 21 Additional Gadgets and Tools for the Enthusiastic Composter 22 Testing your composts temperature 23 Aerating your compost 23 Considering chopping tools 23 Tool-Buying Tips 25 How does it feel? 25 Hows it made? 25 Showing Your Tools Some TLC 26 Giving everything a quick cleaning 27 Maintaining wooden handles 27 Chapter 3: The Decomposition Process 29 Decomp 101: How Rotting Works 29 Going to pieces: The physical breakup 30 Freeing the nutrients: The chemical breakdown 30 Maintaining balance through the food web 30 Whos Doing the Hard Work? 32 Counting on chemical decomposers 32 Profiting from physical decomposers 34 Creating a Productive Work Environment 38 Rationing the carbons and nitrogens 38 Sizing down particles 39 Managing moisture and air 39 Tuning the temperature 41 Part II: Selecting a Home and Method for Your Compost 45 Chapter 4: Composting Aboveground or Underground: No Bin Required 47 Composting Without a Container 47 An Issue of Air: Aerobic versus Anaerobic Composting 49 Aerobic composting: Keeping everything aboveground 49 Anaerobic decomposition: Working without air underground 51 Creating a Pile Aboveground 52 Where to site the pile 53 Aboveground composting in a few simple steps 53 When your compost will be ready to use 54 Digging a Hole (Pit or Trench Composting) 55 Where to site the hole 55 Pit composting in a few simple steps 55 When your compost will be ready to use 57 Keeping Your Binless Compost Critter-Free 58 Chapter 5: Working with Compost Containers 59 Composting in a Container (Or Two or Three) 59 When using containers is best 60 Sorting out your composting style 61 Checking Out Your Options 62 Taking a turn with tumblers 62 Bins of all types 64 Kitchen composters 67 Keeping Wildlife Out of Your Container 71 Eliminating enticing ingredients 72 Using bin characteristics to exclude creatures 72 Bugs, ants, and flies, oh my! 73 Shopping for a Composter: A Buyers Guide 74 Chapter 6: Erecting Your Own Compost Containers 77 Transforming Recycled Items into Inexpensive Containers 78 Wood shipping pallets 78 Recycled garbage can 80 Building Bins with Wire, Bales, or Wood 81 Hardware cloth circular wire bin 82 Poultry wire circular bin 85 Straw-bale bin 86 Wood and wire three-bin composter 90 Part III: Compost Happens 95 Chapter 7: Selecting Your Ingredients 97 Getting Down with Browns: Carbon-Rich Ingredients 97 Dry leaves 98 Woody plant trimmings 99 Paper products 100 Straw 100 Pine needles 101 Sawdust 101 Greening It Up: Nitrogen-Rich Ingredi