Appropriate Technology

[David Glober <david.glober AT yahoo.com>]

It would be great if there were a technology, perhaps more to the point a change of heart, that would prioritize reclaiming and restoring land, and reconnecting people dispossessed from good land. I wish I knew more to say about this...

Is the land issue more important than any technology? As valuable as it may be to reduce carbon output to the atmosphere any way we can - I agree that the land issue is more important. On a heart and life level - also on a practical level we can come up with new technologies more easily than new land, for starters.

I'd sure love to live in a world that synergized creative great ideas with keeping what's good and true and deep.

fwiw, david glober

Linda Shewan <permiegirl AT gmail.com> wrote:

Tata Motors and the West Bengal government have created a Special Economic Zone at Singur, and has evicted farmers from their land to build these cars. Protests have seen people beaten and shot. What do we in the permaculture movement support! Land rights are more important than any technology.

 

This is happening all over India – Tata Motors were offered non-agricultural land to build their factory and turned it down. There are plenty of wastelands to build factories on but they wanted the rich fertile land – why? In the past companies have used these special economic zones to acquire land from state governments and then sold them on at a tidy profit… because of the protests at Singur they will probably build the factory in this case though… .

 

The farmers lost their last legal option in January - the High Court Verdict is reported here http://sanhati.com/news/631/ but they are still not giving up.

 

In solidarity for all the people in the world that simply want to live a sustainable life on a little bit of land, Linda

 

 

From: approtech-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:approtech-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of David Glober
Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2008 5:49 AM
To: Appropriate Technology
Subject: Re: [approtech] Hybrid air car video

 

Does any one have verification information that the exhaust is in fact clean air?

Tata Motors of India has signed on to invest in and manufacture the air cars:
http://www.tatamotors.com/our_world/press_releases.php?ID=281&action="Pull
Additional YouTube videos on air cars:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22air+car%22&search_type=

david glober

Keith Johnson <keithdj AT mindspring.com> wrote:

Hybrid air car video
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/02/24/more-information-with-video-on-the-air-car-as-mentioned-by/

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also APPLE-Bloomington (Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy) It's a small world after oil.
http://www.relocalize.net/groups/applebloomington
also Bloomington Permaculture Guild
http://my.calendars.net/bloomingtonpccal/
and: http://bloomingtonpermacultureguild.blogspot.com/
also: Bioregional Congress
http://www.bioregional-congress.org
http://www.betterplace.org/?r=keith_j


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