[Lapg] Fw: UN Petition for FREE Land for Sustainable Farming

[steve williams]

hmmmm... interesting food for thought(plot?)  ...sorry ( ;   

 I think this petition is well-intentioned but I echo Scott's concern.  There are numerous ecosystems which have evolved for millennia to support a specialized flora and fauna, even in "...presumably unusable, marginal, even arid land."  This is strictly a human-centric view of landscapes.   Not so sure I support the "Greening of the Desert", etc.   I kinda like it sandy brown. 

Thoughts?  

---S





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Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 3:38:38 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: UN Petition for FREE Land for Sustainable Farming

Re: Fw: UN Petition for FREE Land for Sustainable
Farming 
Thank you!

Looks wonderful but I do have a big concern.  Ag land much
of the time is forested land. Not all
gardens or Ag. development are sustainable either. Have you seen
what the soy bean industry has done to once rich "farm"
land? I might add that land was once forested with "at
least" old growth chaparral.

Forests all over the world have been clear cut for food and or
coffee production. Coffee bean farming practices and production, being
one of the worst fears to once pristine tropical forests.

FYI - Russia has beautiful temperate rain-forests. Home of many
endangered species such as the Siberian tiger. Some of these animals
in Russia are on the top of the 50 most endangered species and we are
loosing them because of development and farming.

Fertile can mean futile for animals, plants & trees.

I need to see more - like an "Global" / "UN"
EIR. ( Environmental Impact Report) before sending out the link to my
list of over 1500 concerned and green friends and aquatints.

I know you may know all this Jaiia but just in case. =)

Peace & Love,

Scotty Hill


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#yiv947714035 { font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Dear Friends,

I have just read and signed the online petition:

"Family-Plot Food Gardens for a Sustainable Planet"

hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition
service, at:

http://www.petitiononline.com/SoLMag/

I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you
might
agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and
consider
signing yourself.

Best wishes,

Jaiia Earthschild

Our Story is a love Song
~
http://www.Earthschild.com/rockopera.html 


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