permaculture

[Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com>]

I have a few graduates in the Miami area who are working to keep the 
Everglades intact through education, sustainable farming methods, etc. One of 
them has a 22 acre permaculture demonstration farm in Homestead, near the 
everglades. The way that ecosystem works is breathtakingly astounding. There 
are also some really effective organizations down there who are dedicated to 
keeping the "lungs of Florida" intact. That may be a moot point with global 
warming, but in that case, the Everglades may just move up to the middle of 
the state. Just visited a town where most of the town is no more than 10 feet 
above sea level (Ft Myers). Where I live, near the Gulf, we're 72 feet or 
more - we may be an island instead of a peninsula but my little backyard food 
forest may still be here. 
 
Koreen Brennan

www.growpermaculture.com
www.facebook.com/growpermaculturenow
www.meetup.com/sustainable-urban-agriculture-coalition


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 From: John D'hondt <dhondt@eircom.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] 2013 International Permaculture Convergence: 
Cuba: November 24-December 7, 2013
 

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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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [SANET-MG] pesticides and bees
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:32:45 -0400
From: jcummins <jcummins@UWO.CA>
Reply-To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
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Even in the face of clear evidence that agricultural pesticides are
poisoning honey bees and bumble bees there has been little or no
progress in eliminating such pesticides or preventing their murder of
bees .Certainly, the loss of the bees will outweigh any benefits from
spraying crops.

Bumblebees and pesticides Juliet L. Osborne Nature 491,43–45 (01
November 2012) doi:10.1038/nature1163

The authors report that fewer adult worker bees emerged from pupae in
the colonies exposed to imidacloprid, which resonates with a previous
study that found reduced production of queen bees in
imidacloprid-treated colonies. Gill and colleagues also found that bees
from such colonies exhibited increased foraging activity, and that a
higher proportion of foragers did not return to the colony,In colonies
exposed to λ-cyhalothrin, they observed higher mortality of worker bees
in the nest. Finally, they report that colonies exposed to both
pesticides showed additive effects predictable from the individual
treatment results.

Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and
colony-level traits in bees Richard J. Gill, Oscar Ramos-odriguez
& Nigel E. Raine Nature 491, 105–108 (01 November 2012)
doi:10.1038/nature11585

we show that chronic exposure of bumblebees to two pesticides
(neonicotinoid and pyrethroid) at concentrations that could approximate
field-level exposure impairs natural foraging behaviour and increases
worker mortality leading to significant reductions in brood development
and colony success. We found that worker foraging performance,
particularly pollen collecting efficiency, was significantly reduced
with observed knock-on effects for forager recruitment, worker losses
and overall worker productivity. Moreover, we provide evidence that
combinatorial exposure to pesticides increases the propensity of
colonies to fail.
It is interesting to note that there is a lot of propaganda from pest
control operators that describe bumble bees to be pests. On line advice
describe how to sneak up on sleeping bumble bees and assassinate them
with pesticides. 'As mentioned previously, the best time to kill bumble
bees is when they are at rest or as they sleep. Avoid treatment during
daylight hours; treat the bumble bee nest at dusk or when it is dark
enough for the bees to cease their activity but just light enough for
you to see what you are doing.You can (using a flashlight) kill bees at
night but there are a couple of possible hazards that you might run
into: stumbling over unseen objects and actually attracting angry bees.
The first possible hazard listed is mainly common sense. If you trip and
fall over any unseen object in the area, you not only risk possible harm
from the fall but also risk waking up the resting bees. Using a
flashlight to navigate to the sight or while treating the nest can be a
problem.' The cowards will not give a beautiful bumble bee an even break.