permaculture

["J Kolenovsky" <garden@hal-pc.org>]

Yes, Larry, demonstration sites and areas of attraction on the natural side.
People are like clones, homo see, homo do. My naturescape habitat is
certified by State of Texas, National Wildlife Federation and listed in the
American Garden Museum. It is a great demo site. I have built habitats for
schools and working with NWF assisted them in teaching teachers the value of
a habitat. I also gave about 24 native habitat presentations a year.
Demonstration by attraction is the best way to go as well as hitting up the
children. Double-barreled approach. We have an organization,
www.urbanharvest.org that has over 150 school vegetable gardens.

Massive widespread education will help convert and there will be fear mixed
up in all this.

So.....thanks for your comment. It helped clarify my stand.

For organic, natural, native data (as well as works) on habitats, see:

www.hal-pc.org/~garden
www.celestialhabitats.com

J. Kolenovsky
(former V-P, Native Plant Society of Texas)
with fruit from Orange, Lime, Lemon, Papaya and Mango
and lots of honeybees 


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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:38:22 -0400
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Subject: Re: [permaculture] easy way each of us can reduce pesticide
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I don't think fear will change many people in time.? It is important to
build demonstration sites in neighborhoods where lawns have been removed. It
is important that those sites are also aesthetically pleasing or people will
be turned off to the concept. Rosalind Creasey has long been an advocate of
edible landscapes and her books show that the results can be as beautiful
and unthreatening to the average suburbanite as conventional landscape.

Larry Saltzman

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