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On 10/28/2012 11:23 AM, Steve Hart wrote:
> PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL NETWORKS....Thanks Steve Hart
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Maria Whittaker <foodsovereignty@yahoo.com>
> Date: 28 October 2012 15:29
> Subject: [Ipc-support] 2013 International Permaculture Convergence: Cuba:
> November 24-December 7, 2013

Speaking of Cuba, and anti-Castro pro right wing US politics & economic 
interests exiles and pollution of the Everglades by those exiles and 
their giant sugar cane farms draining nutrients and pesticides into the 
swamp, fast forward to succeeding environmental regulations, prevention 
of industrial and real estate projects and cessation of large scale 
conventional farming encroaching on the Everglades.

I am now watching on PBS an excellent program on the history of the 
Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp and efforts to prevent development and 
farming in or near it, restoration measures carried out and maintenance 
of it in as pristine condition as possible. I am amazed at the beauty, 
size and scope of this incredible ecosystem and the diversity of 
wildlife it provides home for. Cuba also has an amazing ecological zone 
which supposedly contains the most diversity of any in the world.

It is worth taking the time so learn about the Everglades and how 
valuable it is to the US. Attempts to drain and develop it are just 
beyond belief to me. Fortunately the right activists and government 
appointees got on the stick and prevented much damage, probably 
permanent and, that might have otherwise occured. Global warming is 
going to cause considerable damage to coastal ecosystems. Take a look at 
what is happening along the U.S. East Coast especially in the Tidewater 
Virginia marshes and estuaries.

LL