permaculture

[Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com>]

http://inhabitat.com/new-urban-algae-system-generates-energy-while-cleaning-sewage-water-in-paris/


http://inhabitat.com/live-share-grow-vertical-farm-could-produce-10-of-san-diegos-produce/vertical-farm-in-san-diego-brandon-martella-2/?extend=1

According to the FDA, the average American alone consumes 707.7lbs of fruits 
and vegetables each year and the residents of San Diego consume 21,310,000 lb 
a year. Martella’s tower would provide enough space to group about 532,000 
lbs of produce every 3 months. This is approximately 10% of the produce the 
city consumes – a sizable portion of the city’s needs and produced in a 
sustainable and local facility. The produce sold through the open air market 
would contribute towards the local economy serving residents and restaurants 
a like, while providing jobs to local residents, even residents that live 
inside the tower.

 
 
Koreen Brennan

www.growpermaculture.com
www.facebook.com/growpermaculturenow
www.meetup.com/sustainable-urban-agriculture-coalition
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On Friday December 12th of 2012, Biologist and Animal Assisted Farmer
John D'hondt wrote:
> Seems that antibacterial liquid soap is one of the big sperm killers. A test
> done on Danish navy cadets (great in cleanliness) showed about 35%
> infertility if I remember well.
> john
>
>> A new study suggests that the sperm count in French males between the age
>> of 17 and 70 has dropped by 32.3 % in the 16-year period between 1989 and
>> 2005. The reasons are not yet clear, but changed diet, chemical exposure
>> and environment impact are likely reasons.
>>
>> Is this how nature deals with overpopulation ;-)

No, it's the result of Hubris, Stupidity and Greed. (Unless those traits
form an indispensable part of Human Nature, Nature played no role in in
the self-defeating anthropogenic debacle currently taking place on the
surface of the Planet Earth).

Hope everything's fine in your part of Ireland, these days.

>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20593467
>>
>>
>> “…
>> There has much been debate in the past 20 years over whether sperm quality
>> has decreased, with research supporting both sides of the controversy.
>> This latest research adds weight to the numerous European studies that
>> suggest one in five young men has a sperm count low enough to impair
>> fertility.
>> Prof Richard Sharpe, from the University of Edinburgh, said: "Something in
>> our modern lifestyle, diet or environment like chemical exposure, is
>> causing this.
>> "We still do not know which are the most important factors, but perhaps
>> the most likely is a combination, a double whammy of changes, such as a
>> high-fat diet combined with increased environmental chemical exposures."
>> …”
>>