permaculture

[Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>]

How about if we don't feed 9 billion people, don't make the inevitable even 
worse by putting it off yet another 30 years, and instead pay the human cost 
of not inflicting more ecocide on the planet. The most recent 2.5 billion 
came from turning oil into food; we're way, way past carrying capacity in a 
way that adopting a "drill, baby, drill" attitude toward food won't change. 
More food makes more people. More people increase human impact. That's just 
physics. Does anyone else see this?

The longer we put off nature's turn to come to bat, the harder she'll swing 
at us.

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com


On Nov 21, 2012, at 1:07 PM, David Fortson wrote:

> Hi friends,
> 
> We are just returning from the Albuquerque, New Mexico fully inspired that 
> we can sustainably feed 9 billion people.  Almost 600 hundred young 
> agrarians, ranchers, farmers, non-profit, business and government officials 
> attended.
> 
> This event featured Allan Savory, organic labeling expert Katherine 
> DiMatteo, former presidential advisor Gus Speth, forest hero Glora Flora, 
> water expert Sandra Postel, seed expert Molly Jahn and more.  
> http://quiviracoalition.org/Annual_Conference/2012_Speakers/
> 
> We posted a summary and photos of the event here: 
> 
> http://bit.ly/RRgIgz
> 
> We'll post videos of some of the top lectures within the next two weeks.
> 
> Best
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> David Fortson
> 
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