permaculture

[Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>]

Did anyone else note the ironic juxtaposition of this article with 
Darren Doherty's post of yesterday, in which he offers workshops on 
carbon farming? I'm surprised that we still haven't learned to try 
biological solutions like those of Yeomans before technological ones 
like seeding the oceans with iron. Yikes! I'd say that this more or less 
irreversible "solution" is just screaming for the law of unintended 
consequences to show up. What critical ocean nutrients will be depleted 
when hungry algae search for food to balance the load of chemical 
fertilizer they've been given? The problem can be the solution, but with 
technology, the solution is often the problem.

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com



Nicholas Roberts wrote:
> you might not be interested in global geo engineering solutions... but
> it is interested in you
>
> I am interested in trying to apply Permaculture to Gaia Theory
>
> how do you managed a planet ? we are managing a planet now anyway,
> just really, really badly
>
> the way that power is structured in the world system we will end up
> with a Mc Donalds Haliburton Green Zone surrounded by Darfur's
> everywhere...
>
>
> Are 'Hail Mary' Technological Solutions Our Only Hope to Prevent
> Disastrous Climate Change?
> By Steve Connor, Independent UK
>
>