permaculture

[Christopher Nesbitt <christopher.nesbitt@mmrfbz.org>]

Nice to hear from you, Lawrence and also Skeeter, my Permaculture Teacher!

I am still here. I miss Toby Hemenway, a lot. He brought so much to the 
group, not just his encyclopedic knowledge, but his even demeanor and 
conciliatory ways. He would wade in and offer the final word on any argument 
because he was so well reasoned and even handed. I was also sad when Wesley 
Roe left the group. He got pretty comprehensively shit on for raising funds 
to help people from developing nations, including myself, get to the IPC in 
India, and shortly after that he bowed out.

I have been busy, working in active climate change mitigation and adaption, 
degraded land repair, and recently as a consultant with an EU funded project 
working with with indigenous farmers on the border who have collapsed soils 
from export based milpa. They have completely lost their traditional 
knowledge, displaced by a combination of indoctrination in agrochemical 
thinking and the transgenerational displacement and trauma of Guatemala's 
civil war, where the "older heads" as we say in Belize, were murdered or 
died, or whose place-based understanding of good practice was displaced with 
them.

We are using agroforestry as tools to rebuild soils and for food security, 
with a heavy emphasis on "pioneer species" to boost food security. If they do 
not do this, their community will likely be abandoned as their maie 
production dropped by >90%.

I am working on a project, and the thinking behind the project is outlined in 
the link below. It is the sort of thing that years ago I would have written 
on this list! My freind, Albert Bates, suggested I print it..

https://medium.com/@christopherN/multistrata-agroforestry-systems-and-biochar-for-food-security-climate-change-mitigation-and-975eceb0f35c
[https://miro.medium.com/max/1200/0*z08z_z8kkVlregvT]<https://medium.com/@christopherN/multistrata-agroforestry-systems-and-biochar-for-food-security-climate-change-mitigation-and-975eceb0f35c>
Multistrata Agroforestry Systems and Biochar for Food Security, Climate 
Change Mitigation and Adaption | by Christopher Nesbitt | Jun, 2022 | 
Medium<https://medium.com/@christopherN/multistrata-agroforestry-systems-and-biochar-for-food-security-climate-change-mitigation-and-975eceb0f35c>
Multistrata agroforestry system with varied yields of food, fiber, fodder, 
marketable and medicinal crops that retains soil and soil moisture, creates 
habitat and sequesters carbon
medium.com

Other than that, We are well. The pandemic has been good for us. We have 
closed to students and focus on farm work instead of hosting students. We 
have been blessed by a saint who was made aware of our work with the 
Commonwealth who has assisted us and our work financially, which has been a 
lifesaver. For the first time in my adult life, I have not had to overly 
worry about money. That has been liberating.

I hope that you are all well.

Warmly,

Christopher



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Christopher Nesbitt

Maya Mountain Research Farm
San Pedro Columbia, Toledo
PO 153 Punta Gorda Town, Toledo
BELIZE,
Central America

Country code 501-630-4386

www.mmrfbz.org
www.facebook.com/MayaMountainResearchFarm



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From: permaculture 
<permaculture-bounces+christopher.nesbitt=mmrfbz.org@lists.ibiblio.org> on 
behalf of Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2022 11:56 AM
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Who is Reading this List

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 8:06 AM Michael Pilarski via permaculture <
permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Hello Lawrence et al,
>
> It has been a hiatus since i see your posts.  I will monitor.
> I remain active in farming, permaculture, herbs, organizing and teaching.
> My main emphasis these days is ecorestoration
>

I would like to hear more about your ecorestoration work when you have
time. We are at a point where a lot of that is going to have to be done,
including reintroduction of species that have diminished or disappeared in
regions.

Here is a simple statement I wrote last night:
"God is the awareness we were born with that allows us to appreciate and
protect the nest we were born into, the Earth, Gaia, Pachamama and the life
giving forces of the natural world that surround and nurture us."
You might want to substitute the word Dharma for God.


> Love to all of you,
>  Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
> Permaculture - Wildcrafting - Medicinal Herbs & Seeds
>
> PO Box 1133
> Port Hadlock, WA 98339
> (360-643-9178
> Ecosystem Restoration Course this June!
> http://www.friendsofthetrees.nethttps://
> friendsofthetreesbotanicals.com/https://globalearthrepairfoundation.org/https://www.nwherbalfair.com/
>
>     On Monday, June 6, 2022, 06:34:03 AM PDT, Lawrence London <
> lfljvenaura@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 6:18 AM Kevin Topek 2019 <ktopek@att.net> wrote:
>
> > Lawrence.
> >
> > I am still here in Texas. How is Carolina? Thanks for keeping this list
> > still going.
> >
>
> It's great to hear from you, Kevin. Carolina is E X P A N D I N G as is
> Chapel Hill; unbelievable development, even out near me, 3/4 mile, thousand
> acres clearcut for future high density housing developments.
> But no UNC airport out here; that has been cancelled. Horace Williams
> airport in town will eventually be UNC North. The county, Orange, UNC
> Healthcare, Duke Health all did an outstanding job during the pandemic,
> making vaccines available with easy access. The Warren home is still there
> untouched. My parents house was resold along with two adjoining to a
> management company who rents them. It's called high density housing and
> infill.
> I wonder what the state of Mr. Warren's wildflower garden is.
>
> LL
>
> >
> > Kevin Topek
> > Permaculture Design LLC
> > permaculturedesign.net
> > 713.206.2400
> > ktopek@att.net
>
>
> I am glad you got a good PC domain name. Not always that easy.
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Jun 6, 2022, at 12:37 AM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Why the global soil shortage threatens food, medicine and the climate
> > >
> >
> https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/05/why-the-global-soil-shortage-threatens-food-medicine-and-the-climate.html
> > > Read also George Montbiot's essays at his website
> > > https://www.monbiot.com/
> > >
> > > Anyone else reading this discussion list? Just curious who is still
> tuned
> > > in.
> > > I will persevere forever.
> > > LL
> > >
> > > Hello to Scott and Michael.
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