"I love that you've brought this to attention. An extensive database of uncommon but resistant and hardy plants/foods could be developed and organized by climate. Ease of growth and processing should also be taken in to account. I will try to…"
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Dead orangutans in kit kat, but it's fair trade
Nestle's is going fair trade with Kit Kat, the first large candy maker to do it while it sources palm oil that kills orangutans the primate story continues
Added by kevin Jones on March 31, 2010 at 3:56am — No Comments
Peruvian permaculture startup
Core team is
meeting in Iquitos, Peru tomorrow to make the final arrangements on 5
hectors we will be transforming into a Permaculture center
They have a mission.
Twitter handle
meeting in Iquitos, Peru tomorrow to make the final arrangements on 5
hectors we will be transforming into a Permaculture center
They have a mission.
Twitter handle
@PlanetPeeps
Added by kevin Jones on March 25, 2010 at 4:31am — 2 Comments
Bamboo's role in sustanable relief in Haiti
With commitments from INBAR (International Network of Bamboo and Rattan) and CBTC (Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre), the World Bamboo Organization and Generation Bambou are leading the way to mobilize the world of bamboo businesses and
organizations with the goal of providing and promoting bamboo…
Added by kevin Jones on March 18, 2010 at 5:57pm — 5 Comments
resistance to pay the cost of water
People pay more for their cellphones and cable television than for water,” said Mr. Hawkins, who before taking over Washington’s water
system ran environmental groups and attended Princeton and Harvard,
where he never thought… Continue
Added by kevin Jones on March 15, 2010 at 2:06pm — No Comments
crowdsourced information about disasters
The new york times says
Ushahidi suggests a new paradigm in humanitarian work. The old paradigm was one-to-many: foreign journalists and aid workers jet in, report on a
calamity and dispense aid with whatever data they have. The new
paradigm is many-to-many-to-many: victims supply on-the-ground data; a
self-organizing mob of global volunteers translates…
Added by kevin Jones on March 14, 2010 at 6:18am — 3 Comments
Who owns scarce resources in the commons?
Can collaborative controls be enacted with enough force to keep predators from depleting a common resource, like Bluefin Tuna?
For an international trade gathering, the big issue is "Should tuna become a restricted species? Japanese and European countries disagree.
For an international trade gathering, the big issue is "Should tuna become a restricted species? Japanese and European countries disagree.
"Japan, which consumes 80 percent of Atlantic bluefin eaten worldwide, has said it will ignore the ban. The more critical issue…
ContinueAdded by kevin Jones on March 14, 2010 at 1:57am — 1 Comment
Information the backbone of good agriculture
what one guy did in appalachia
Tim Will saw that his adopted community - chosen for its stunning beauty - was decaying. Manufacturing jobs, the Appalachian county's
economic base, had moved elsewhere, and the area lacked the
infrastructure to support new business in a technology-driven world. So
Will used his telecommunications background to connect the North
Carolina… Continue
Tim Will saw that his adopted community - chosen for its stunning beauty - was decaying. Manufacturing jobs, the Appalachian county's
economic base, had moved elsewhere, and the area lacked the
infrastructure to support new business in a technology-driven world. So
Will used his telecommunications background to connect the North
Carolina… Continue
Added by kevin Jones on March 12, 2010 at 11:47pm — No Comments
Fair trade part of the answer to food security
the lender to fair trade, root capital, is the engine that makes it happen. they provide crop loans to coops, many of them women run, that do things like turn shea nuts in northern ghana into a butter used in body shop cremes, and help reforestation at the edge of the sahel to keep the sahara from creeping south. this video shows how they work.
Added by kevin Jones on March 12, 2010 at 11:32pm — 2 Comments
How we decide who gets food
What's happening now, and how we can change things.
If you appreciated the depth and level of detail of the now classic infographically animated The Credit of Crisis - Visualized, you will probably also like the following! "How to Feed the World?" [dvanw.com] explains in more than 8 minutes the intrinsic… Continue
If you appreciated the depth and level of detail of the now classic infographically animated The Credit of Crisis - Visualized, you will probably also like the following! "How to Feed the World?" [dvanw.com] explains in more than 8 minutes the intrinsic… Continue
Added by kevin Jones on March 12, 2010 at 11:12pm — 2 Comments
Farming extensively, not farming intensively
Measuring a fish farm by the health of its predators restores the watershed while it makes money and produces great, healthy fish. Dan Barber at Ted.com… Continue
Added by kevin Jones on March 12, 2010 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment
Satellites insure wealth tied up in kenyan cattle in drought
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8475548.stm
new insurance scheme has been launched in northern Kenya which offers herdsmen a chance to protect their livestock against
drought.
new insurance scheme has been launched in northern Kenya which offers herdsmen a chance to protect their livestock against
drought.
The initiative uses satellite technology to check the pasture available for the herders.
Arid northern Kenya suffered a severe drought last year and hundreds of thousands of animals died.
Until now insuring herds of livestock in…
ContinueAdded by kevin Jones on March 12, 2010 at 7:10pm — No Comments
Amanda's game
I like Amanda's game. it's easy to play and makes the network stronger and smarter.
Added by kevin Jones on March 8, 2010 at 6:14am — No Comments
Giving points, not getting
I think my role on evoke will be giving points, more than trying to get them. there is a lot to appreciate here.
Added by kevin Jones on March 7, 2010 at 4:56pm — 22 Comments
Learning to play
Just voted knowledge share and local insight points to this blog post
Added by kevin Jones on March 7, 2010 at 4:52pm — No Comments
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Fourth of July on the Lake
This past weekend was the annual celebration at the lake house in Connecticut. It is amazing that the lake is still so clear and beautiful after all these years. The watershed association has done a wonderful job protecting these waters from the damaging effects of development.The wood grill was finally ready to cook on, so we didn't miss the propane tank fueled grill anymore. The food actually tasted fresher than in the past and was easy to keep fueled.Dad was very proud of the solar hybrid…See More
Stinging Nettle
In this blog post I will focus on a plant that is abundant in our nature, and which is immensely nutritious. It's of course the Stinging Nettle. Let's start with the chemical constituents of this plant:37 % Non-Nitrogen-Extracts19 - 29 % Ash9 - 21 % Fiber4 % Fat22 % ProteinOnce the leaves are drid, their protein content can reach an astounding 40 %, which is much higher than beef, which even under the best of circ**stances can never exceed 31 % protein. In addition the Stinging Nettle consists…See More
The meal
It is 7'oclock, I was late home from work due to an assignment that i wanted to get ahead on. By the time I get home I am feeling extremley tired and I cannot be bothered to make a proper meal. I walk to the fridge and open it to see what there is for me to eat. All of the out of date foodstuffs have been automaticaly thrown away by the fridge, they will be recycled tomorrow as animal feed or something. I see i have organic local eggs and some local cheese. Foods are vacc** sealded for easy…See More
Future
FutureToday is 2020/1/1. It is just like yesterday. The war is still continuing. It has started since 2010. In 2010, that year was a horrible year. Almost every energy ran out. Every country’s governments were crushed down at the same time. There were riots everywhere. All of the big company’s bosses were killed xdeadx in the riots. Troops fought each other everywhere. Food was bought up xawayx at once. There were no more food supplies in any shops. The economy was all crushed down. All the…See More
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