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Vermicomposting–A Great Way to Turn the Burdens Into Resources
VERMICOMPOSTING – A GREAT WAY TO TURN THE BURDENS INTO RESOURCES Thousands of tons of foods are being wasted everyday throughout the world and due to their improper management, they are creating further trouble polluting the environment. Though wasting food is not a matter to be happy with; but if it cannot be stopped at […]
PRI-Natural Fertilisers and Nursery
PRI – NATURAL FERTILISERS AND NURSERY Lori Morris takes you on a tour of Zaytuna Farm’s diverse fertiliser composting systems. Nursery Manager Laurie Duniam explains the number of different methods of composting that occur on the site and she also describes the process of implementing fertiliser into the nursery system at the PRI Zaytuna. This […]
Abundance From Small Spaces
ABUNDANCE FROM SMALL SPACES This article derives from three sources. The blog I wrote for FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations based in Rome) to advertise the IPC (International Permaculture Conference) during UN Year of the Soil which can be read at: http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/blog/the-answer-lies-in-the-soil/en/ ; my presentation at IPC which you can see/hear and see […]
Slow Money and the State of Soil
Slow Money and the State of Soil “Beetniks Against Global Warming.”There’s a placard you never saw in Paris. Because to a Beetnik—someone who has participated in a Slow Money Beetcoin campaign or anyone whose occasionally countercultural tendencies are tempered by an appreciation of local entrepreneurs and farmers— investing in a small food enterprise near where […]
If the world’s soils keep drying out that’s bad news for microbes (and people)
If the world’s soils keep drying out that’s bad news for microbes (and people) The world’s driest areas are tipped to get even drier, with potentially worrying implications for soil productivity. Author provided Deep beneath our feet, out of sight and out of mind, millions of tiny communities of microbes are working together to perform key functions […]
How to Build a Worm Tower
HOW TO BUILD A WORM TOWER Building a worm tower is a simple, enjoyable, sustainable way to nurture your garden so that it can continue to nurture you. Earth—the stuff on the ground, not the planet—is essential for life. Anyone who has a garden (or even a house plant!) has seen a microcosm of this […]
Mulching With Purpose and Precision
MULCHING WITH PURPOSE AND PRECISION Mulching is a top priority for a healthy garden. It does so much work that it’s hard to oversell the importance. A proper mulch maintains the integrity of the soil beneath it, protecting the earth from drying out under the sun and/or washing away when the rains come and/or blowing […]
What Are Effective Microorganisms?
WHAT ARE EFFECTIVE MICROORGANISMS? Effective Microorganisms (EM) are mixed cultures of beneficial naturally-occurring organisms that can be applied as inoculants to increase the microbial diversity of soil ecosystem. They consist mainly of the photosynthesizing bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, yeasts, actinomycetes and fermenting fungi. These microorganisms are physiologically compatible with one another and can coexist in […]
Ecological Meltdown And Nuclear Conflict: The Relevance Of Gandhi In The Modern World
Ecological Meltdown And Nuclear Conflict: The Relevance Of Gandhi In The Modern World A few months ago, entrepreneur Charles Devenish contacted me to tell me about his plans to develop various mining enterprises across India. He spoke about the massive amounts of untapped mineral resources lying beneath India that is just lying there and has […]
Give Back to the Garden
GIVE BACK TO THE GARDEN: PAUL TAYLOR TEACHES “LIVING SOILS” For far too long, mankind has viewed soil as a dead substance, something to be sucked dry of its remaining vitality before moving on to cultivate another patch of land. At the same time, we’ve also viewed anything other than what we’ve defined as the […]
COP21 and “4 per thousand” – Storing Carbon in the Soil.
COP21 and “4 per thousand” – Storing Carbon in the Soil. It would have been a remarkable oversight, had not our use of the land and its soils featured among the discussions about climate change mitigation in Paris at COP21. However, at the conference was hosted a side-event and official launch of the “4 per thousand” […]
Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate
Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate The world’s soils store four times more carbon than its plants. The world’s soils could be a key ally in the fight to limit global warming to 2℃, thanks to their ability to store carbon and keep greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. […]
Don’t Tell These Ranchers Climate Change Isn’t Real
Don’t Tell These Ranchers Climate Change Isn’t Real The push to make Alberta’s cattle ranges drought resistant. Mac Blades (middle) fellow ranchers Frances Gardner and Gordon Cartwright recently won a long battle to have their drought-resistant heritage rangelands protected from coal bed methane and other energy developments. Photo by Ed Struzik. Among the many pictures […]
Humanure is No Laughter Matter, Part 2: The Easy-Does-It Instructions
Humanure is No Laughter Matter, Part 2: The Easy-Does-It Instructions So, it would seem with one mountain of humanure now behind us—that, without a doubt, we should be composting human feces and urine (and, some would say, will eventually have no real choice in the matter)—it is now time to address exactly how this movement […]
Backyard Carbon Sequestration: What Does Synthetic Fertilizer Have to Do with It?
Backyard Carbon Sequestration: What Does Synthetic Fertilizer Have to Do with It? Part two of a series exploring how regenerative gardening techniques can enhance carbon storage while improving soil health. In part one I discussed some of the principles behind the factors involved in soil health and how plants and the soil biological community work […]
