permaculture

["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

That is the best news I have heard all year I think.
john


> 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
>
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