After the Great Quake

SUBHEAD: Living precariously on the surface of a volatile planet is the norm.By Verlyn Klinkenborg on 28 March 2011 in Yale Environment 360 -(http://e360.yale.edu/feature/after_the_great_quake_living_with_earths_uncertainty/2387)Image above: A survivor is given a helping hand getting of a boat on arrivel to Banda Aceh after Indonesian earthquake and tsunami in 2004. From (http://bop.nppa.org/2006

Sea Water Farming

SUBHEAD: Stark contrast to industrial aquaculture, where they throw cheap energy on unsustainable systems to maximize profit.By Oyvind Holmstad on 30 March 2011 in Permaculture RI - (http://permaculture.org.au/2011/03/30/sea-water-farming/#more-5369)Image above: Closed loop shrimp farm where effluent goes to farmland. Still frame from "Eritria - Part 1" vedio below.The two videos below are much

Start Gardening With a Vengeance

SUBHEAD: More of us should take up the spade, make some compost, and start gardening as if our lives depended on it.By Ellen LaConte on 30 March 2011 in AlterNet - (http://www.alternet.org/food/150428/garden_as_if_your_life_depended_on_it%2C_because_it_does)Image above: Poster circa 1925 with Uncle Sam advocating "Garden to cut food costs!" From (http://gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/8612566/).