Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

permaculture - [permaculture] Fwd: Living Bridges of Meghalaya, India

permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: permaculture

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk" <wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: Living Bridges of Meghalaya, India
  • Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:55:17 +0100 (BST)

In the monsoon region of Northeast India, there is a network

of man-made bridges made of tree roots that last for hundreds
>of years.
>
>Here we see a man teach his niece to care for a living bridge,
>which he started with a simple fig tree 30 years ago.
>
>No man can complete this task in his lifetime, so they
>teach the young, who will teach their young because this living
>bridge will grow and safely transport people for 500 years!
>
>Visually stunning and awe inspiring.
>
>See it here:
>
>
> 
>Video: (4:09)
>http://www.nextworldtv.com/page/5148.html
>
>
>

>From g.parlow@gmx.at Fri Sep 30 05:04:49 2011
Return-Path: <g.parlow@gmx.at>
X-Original-To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Delivered-To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Received: by lists.ibiblio.org (Postfix, from userid 20217)
id 30741E8CD8; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:04:49 -0400 (EDT)
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on
mailman1.ibiblio.org
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham
version=3.2.5
Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22])
by lists.ibiblio.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 396A0E8CD2
for <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>;
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:04:47 -0400 (EDT)
Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 30 Sep 2011 09:04:46 -0000
Received: from chello084113138066.4.13.vie.surfer.at (EHLO [192.168.0.7])
[84.113.138.66]
by mail.gmx.net (mp006) with SMTP; 30 Sep 2011 11:04:46 +0200
X-Authenticated: #11477541
X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19rzgE1Zc5rviFDyfmOK6VQMsRCzI46Ptxo7sceyZ
5UvwXMtIzJPPBB
Message-Id: <1828AEB7-B477-41CD-B443-FF1521DDE0FA@gmx.at>
From: georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
In-Reply-To: <BA561A7DC21A4E59A66ABEF281CF5538@Targadc5fefe82d>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936)
X-Priority: 3
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:04:14 +0200
References:
<CAExX-Ey71LkXOS3DCt0oR9S8enQMCri3z6RUX211rj_ZGN82dA@mail.gmail.com><1317141727.49063.YahooMailClassic@web161309.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
<1317289289.29547.YahooMailNeo@web25404.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
<BA561A7DC21A4E59A66ABEF281CF5538@Targadc5fefe82d>
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936)
X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0
Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture fiction
X-BeenThere: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
Reply-To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Id: permaculture <permaculture.lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture>,
<mailto:permaculture-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/permaculture>
List-Post: <mailto:permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Help: <mailto:sympa@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=HELP>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture>,
<mailto:permaculture-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:04:49 -0000

> Do not forget that less than ten years ago it was completely
> impossible to
> mention possible collapse in polite society.

I do not agree. MAny sciemce fiction deals with scenarios after the
collaps - e.g. "Mad MAx" with Mel Gibson, which is now more than 30
years old, was actually a blockbuster.

bamboothiastically,
georg




  • [permaculture] Fwd: Living Bridges of Meghalaya, India, wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk, 09/30/2011

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page