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On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Permaculture Cooperative <
permaculturecoop@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi again Toby, all
>
> I made a post on Permaculture.TV about this... are you in a position to do
> a video dialogue with Paul Stamets over Ustream or Skype regarding this and
> record that conversation ? that would be extremely valuable ? easy to do and
> timeley.?
>
> I see that Paul is way ahead of the curve on calling for an organised and
> scalable approach, an internet education/training module
>
> http://permaculture.tv/the-petroleum-problem-paul-stamets/
>
> would be happy to facilitate a Ustream/Permaculture.TV video dialogue to
> discuss this for a wider audience and create a valuable video resource ?
>
> thoughts ?
>
> -N
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Permaculture Cooperative <
> permaculturecoop@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   1. Paul Stamets on the Oil Spill (Toby Hemenway)
>>>
>>> We just spent a wonderful week with Paul Stamets at his place in the Gulf
>>> Islands, and while we were there, the BP Crisis Management Team called to
>>> get his advice. In a way, that's pretty encouraging. People here were
>>> wondering what Paul's got to say about the mess, and after the call he put
>>> together a position paper on the spill and mycoremediation. It's at
>>>
>>> http://www.fungi.com/mycotech/petroleum_problem.html
>>>
>>>
>> hey Toby,
>> thanks for this...
>> great resource, couple of questions, observations, dont really expect you
>> to have all the answers, though I think its worth putting it out there
>>
>> 1. I wonder how we could actually use this information to develop a gaia
>> permaculture response ?
>> 2. how do we organise networks and teams of permaculture activists to use
>> this knowledge on the ground/in-the-water now?
>> 3. can we develop a faster and tighter network of expertise, i.e. the
>> spill was weeks ago, could we make responses faster from experts such as
>> Stamets and youself ? could we develop a network of experts to respond and
>> anticipate such disasters, events etc and feed this organic geo-engineering
>> into the policy mix, the activist strategies and techniques ?
>> 4. could we develop a media team that makes video, education, howtos,
>> implementation kits for such events as the spill ? could we set-up a
>> fund-raising team to buy the spore, the medium, distribute and train
>> activists in the field, measure results ?
>> 5. did you discuss genetically engineered fungi, microbes etc ? are any on
>> that list ?
>>
>> cheers
>> -N
>>
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