Comments on: Making The Case for Earth Repair Work – Part III http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:23:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/#comment-55457 Øyvind Holmstad Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:55:36 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3773#comment-55457 - How to Plant 60 Million Mangrove Trees in 3 Months (Slideshow): http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/how-to-plant-60-million-mangrove-trees-in-3-months-in-western-africa-slideshow.php - How to Plant 60 Million Mangrove Trees in 3 Months (Slideshow): http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/how-to-plant-60-million-mangrove-trees-in-3-months-in-western-africa-slideshow.php

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/#comment-54306 Øyvind Holmstad Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:20:40 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3773#comment-54306 For Scandinavian readers I'll strongly recommend listening to this interview with Edward Osborne Wilson (partly in English): http://nettradio.nrk.no/default.php?&kanal=P2NoYW5uZWw9bnJrLXAypHN0YXJ0PTIwMTAtMTAtMDRUMTIlM0EzMCUzQTAwpGVuZD0yMDEwLTEwLTA0VDEyJTNBNTklM0EwMKR0aXRsZT1WbVZ5WkhRZzVTQjJhWFJspGlubj0wpHV0PTCkYml0cmF0ZT0= Edward Osborne Wilson in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson For Scandinavian readers I’ll strongly recommend listening to this interview with Edward Osborne Wilson (partly in English): http://nettradio.nrk.no/default.php?&kanal=P2NoYW5uZWw9bnJrLXAypHN0YXJ0PTIwMTAtMTAtMDRUMTIlM0EzMCUzQTAwpGVuZD0yMDEwLTEwLTA0VDEyJTNBNTklM0EwMKR0aXRsZT1WbVZ5WkhRZzVTQjJhWFJspGlubj0wpHV0PTCkYml0cmF0ZT0=

Edward Osborne Wilson in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/#comment-54297 Øyvind Holmstad Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:05:33 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3773#comment-54297 - Majority of World's Rivers in a State of Crisis, But Solutions Can Be Cheap: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/majority-of-worlds-rivers-in-state-of-crisis-but-solutions-can-be-cheap.php - Majority of World’s Rivers in a State of Crisis, But Solutions Can Be Cheap: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/majority-of-worlds-rivers-in-state-of-crisis-but-solutions-can-be-cheap.php

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/#comment-54295 Øyvind Holmstad Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:53:08 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3773#comment-54295 Fighting Against Time, Thousands Are Rebuilding Senegal's Mangrove Forests: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/senegal-casamance-senegal-mangrove-replanting.php Fighting Against Time, Thousands Are Rebuilding Senegal’s Mangrove Forests: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/senegal-casamance-senegal-mangrove-replanting.php

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/#comment-52500 Øyvind Holmstad Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:42:36 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3773#comment-52500 Here is more about Lake Filsø in English: http://www.dof.dk/sider/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=347&itemid=408 Here is more about Lake Filsø in English: http://www.dof.dk/sider/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=347&itemid=408

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/#comment-52482 Øyvind Holmstad Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:05 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3773#comment-52482 Here is a good example of ecosystem restoration: http://jp.dk/indland/article2159316.ece After most of Lake Filsø was drained for agricultural use, most of it will now be restored and given back to bird life. For the time the lake is at just 65 hectare, but when restored it will cover 900 hectare. Thank God it's still good news to be found in this world! This is a very good example of ecosystem restoration. Here is a good example of ecosystem restoration: http://jp.dk/indland/article2159316.ece

After most of Lake Filsø was drained for agricultural use, most of it will now be restored and given back to bird life. For the time the lake is at just 65 hectare, but when restored it will cover 900 hectare.

Thank God it’s still good news to be found in this world! This is a very good example of ecosystem restoration.

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/#comment-51906 Øyvind Holmstad Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:24:20 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3773#comment-51906 World entered ecological debt on Saturday 21 August 2010: http://www.neweconomics.org/press-releases/world-enters-ecological-debt-on-saturday-21-august-2010 What is Earth Overshoot Day? What is Overshoot? The Cost of Ecological Overspending. How is Earth Overshoot Day Calculated? See: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/earth_overshoot_day/ Globalism in a nutshell: - We exported 131,000 tonnes of chewing gum to Spain and imported 125,00 tonnes back again. - The UK exported 3,300 tonnes of soft toys to New Zealand, and then imported 2,400 tonnes back again. - We exported 43,000 tonnes of toffee to France while at the same time importing 39,000 tonnes from the French. The same thing goes on here in Scandinavia. Some years ago my father talked with a truck driver, and he frequently drove toilet paper from Finland to Norway and from Norway to Finland. This was because of state subsidies to the paper industry in some way or another made it cheaper to use imported toilet paper from one another. The world is crazy! World entered ecological debt on Saturday 21 August 2010:

http://www.neweconomics.org/press-releases/world-enters-ecological-debt-on-saturday-21-august-2010

What is Earth Overshoot Day? What is Overshoot? The Cost of Ecological Overspending. How is Earth Overshoot Day Calculated?

See: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/earth_overshoot_day/

Globalism in a nutshell:

- We exported 131,000 tonnes of chewing gum to Spain and imported 125,00 tonnes back again.

- The UK exported 3,300 tonnes of soft toys to New Zealand, and then imported 2,400 tonnes back again.

- We exported 43,000 tonnes of toffee to France while at the same time importing 39,000 tonnes from the French.

The same thing goes on here in Scandinavia. Some years ago my father talked with a truck driver, and he frequently drove toilet paper from Finland to Norway and from Norway to Finland. This was because of state subsidies to the paper industry in some way or another made it cheaper to use imported toilet paper from one another. The world is crazy!

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/19/making-the-case-for-earth-repair-work-part-iii/#comment-51771 Øyvind Holmstad Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:26:22 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3773#comment-51771 And here we see how the oil industry contributes to the ecosystems: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/16/gulf.oil.environment/index.html?hpt=T2#fbid=anSs22cue4Z&wom=false And here we see how the oil industry contributes to the ecosystems: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/16/gulf.oil.environment/index.html?hpt=T2#fbid=anSs22cue4Z&wom=false

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