Making the Case for Earth Repair Work
Economics, Ethical Investment, Global Warming/Climate Change, Society — by Rhamis Kent July 23, 2010
I put together a brief document for an acquaintance of mine who said she recently met Juergen Voegele, Chairman of the World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department. She asked me to prepare something for him as it relates to what I had described as earth repair work – a term of course used often by Geoff, Paul Taylor and a number of others.
It was an attempt to make a case for having these efforts adequately funded given the importance of the work. This certainly isn’t an exhaustive, comprehensive reference (it was done with very short notice), but I’d like to think it conveys the basic premise behind the work and why it needs to be done – and, more importantly, deserves real financial backing.
Click to open (152 kb PDF):
Economic Support for Global Earth Repair Work & Ecosystem Restoration: Making The Case
Comments (3)
For those who never have come across the name Juergen Voegele – that’s the guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR694Ok6sn0#t=3m47
The video – “The lessons of the Loess Plateau” – is actually well worth watching. In particular, because it documents how serious misconceptions about economics and ecosystem function gradually got that society into such a situation (watch the old guy claiming that “they want us to plant trees, even in good land, but our children can’t eat trees”).
This is episode 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYCARwFRN9g
Comment by Thomas Fischbacher — July 23, 2010 @ 9:44 pm
…or maybe not?!? — http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifdcphotography/4752355980/
Comment by Thomas Fischbacher — July 23, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
Thomas – thanks for posting the links.
Now, either people with the money put it up or…remain reticent.
Rhamis
Comment by Rhamis Kent — July 24, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
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