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  • From: Brent Ladd <laddb@ecn.purdue.edu>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: [Fwd: help, taking care of the earth is becoming illegal!]
  • Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:08:26 -0500


A case in West Lafayette, IN I know 10 years ago of city lot in
"professorville" near
university where a woman was allowing her yard/landscape to become more
natural.
Neighbors complained and I believe were using the county officials, etc to
file
complaints-argument was decreased property values. The woman approached a
friend in
the Forestry Dept and I believe was able to get her place certified as a
nature
preserve or something to that effect. Anyway, she used the "system" to her
advantage
and she is still living there and her place is just as natural looking today
so it
must have worked.

Perhaps looking into your county, state, or country opportunities on things
such as
certified forest, nature preserves, conservation easements, etc may help
provide a
legal shield from the chem-lawn lovers.

Brent

permed@nor.com.au wrote:

> >I just became aware of someone who is being sued (in the state of
> >Tennessee)
> >by her neighbors for "devaluation of their land" because this person has
> >developed an "edible landscape" on her property.
>
> This is incredible - there was a case in the early '90's of a front yard
> food forest in suburban Brisbane, the owner arrived home one day to find
> council had been in with a bulldozer and completely cleared it away - the
> neighbours had complained to Council that 'you can't see the house from
> the street & it may be harbouring vermin'!
> Robyn
>
> Djanbung Gardens Permaculture Education Centre
> home to:
> Permaculture Education
> ERDA Institute Trust
> Nimbin Eco-Village Project Office
> Robyn Francis - permaculture designer & educator
> PO Box 379, Nimbin NSW 2480 Australia
> Ph 02-6689 1755 Fax 02-6689 1225
> permed@nor.com.au www.earthwise.org.au
>
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Brent Ladd
Water Quality Specialist, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1146
Ph: 765-496-6331 Fax: 765-496-1356
Email: laddb@ecn.purdue.edu

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"If there is magic on this planet it is surely found in the spirit of
water"-Loren
Eiseley






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