Longish, but fascinating read on the history of seeds, their journeys and their caretakers. It makes one view the notion of native and "invasive" plants in a...
Now if activists could start going after the funds and companies that have been making huge profits from the agricultural crisis, we'd be doing something. ...
So how could this play out? China and the US either could continue depleting farmlands beyond their borders or they could farm sustainably ( as the UN has...
Reversing the ecological and social damages of the past 100 years that have locked Ethiopia in poverty. The world's largest single study of its kind now shows...
Here's the free Mission Farmers' Market I mentioned in a recent post. All w/o fossil fuels, US $ and, contrarily, in the face of CC. Hmm.....maybe a myth...
Please forward to other lists you may be on. <http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=1be275ca-cd91-4bfc-96a6-f311f7514bb4> "If you don't grow...
Sept. 21-23, 2008 For those interested: <http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/> Pricey, but this might help: <http://spaceshare.com/aspo/> ...
The speakers are not paid. Their housing is covered by the conference but there is no honorarium. I assume any income over expenses will go to ASPO-USA. David ...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2055502/All-over-Europe-food-prices-stay-high-A-bombshell-in-the-shopping-basket.html> In the spirit of "fair and...
Hi All, Got this off www.urbansurvival.com today. What do you guys think? Any promise or more hype? Energy Breakthrough of a Lifetime? 'Is it really 'ground...
Google is your friend.... "blacklight power debunked" turns up: http://mistersnitch.blogspot.com/2005/11/there-really-is-one-born-every-minute.html ...
So much for how oil companies have been raking in a percent of their big profits. Why are they so anxious to fix oil rigs at the Peak, anyway? ...
    Come to San Francisco's First and Biggest Potluck ever. There will be many presentations, hands-on demonstrations and classes on skills with which to...
Parabolic "instant on" Solar Dish at MIT. Can be sized from home to industrial to town. <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C370212%2C00.html> Sharon San...
   Such a strange web of corporate/government meddling has replaced the web of nature. Now we are trucking, flying, railroading and shipping all kinds of...
An interesting idea whose time has come....matching yardless, skilled gardeners with those who have yards but no time or gardening skills. they';; either sell...
... Oh, we'll see about that happening. I imagine the Pope is probably about as likely to change the world for the better as, well, say George W. Bush...