Hi Folks, Hiroshi contacted me awhile back about creating an educational GE website for his language. This was in response to a suggestion that a broader effort in education be made. I used the term "Para Geoengineer" to describe someone who would be dedicated to the educational aspects of GE. His English page represents the most extensive glossary of GE related terms I have yet to find. In fact, it may be the first "published" GE glossary. I am personally impressed with his efforts to get this issue translated. If anyone on this list knows of an interrupter who could help him further his work, please let him know directly.
Thank you for your work, Hiroshi. I have bookmarked your site and I will visit it often to watch your progress. Michael ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: hiroshi mizutani <mizutani49...@gmail.com> Date: 2011/6/22 Subject: Re: [clim] Re: Time for "Para" Geoengineering Syllabus? To: voglerl...@gmail.com Hi Michael, Thank you for your encouraging mail. Though the site I mentioned before is, content-wise, not yet ready for public access, its further development somehow demanded it to be on an open site. The URL is : http://geoeng.brs.nihon-u.ac.jp The language is Japanese, but you may find "ENGLISH HOME" at top right corner of the home page. It is the only page on the site, where you can find more English than Japanese! If you please take a look at it and give any comments to me, I would greatly appreciate them. Thank you in advance. Hiroshi 2011/5/12 <voglerl...@gmail.com>: > On May 5, 2011 12:42am, hiroshi mizutani <mizutani49...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Michael: >> >> >> Hi Hiroshi, > > I think what you're doing is Great! I have studied the general subject for > about 18 months and I'm now able to piece things together to develop my own > opinions. The professionals are experts in their respective fields, yet this > subject is so new that even an interested and informed layperson can see the > bigger picture with as much clarity as the professional researcher. The more > that the informed layperson (Para Geoengineers) get involved, the less > chance that this issue will be influenced by radicals. There are already > small media based groups who are influencing UN level decisions. They have > no real interest in the technology, just gaining financial donations. > > The eventual deployment of any global level Geoengineering (GE) effort, will > need the consent of the masses. With the internet, the masses can follow > this type of sophisticated technical/political development and make their > views known directly to the policy makers. Helping laypeople find the > information is what I had in mind. > > Things are heating up in a number of areas on this topic and knowledgeable > internet based groups can make an impact. Watching the Google GE Group is my > main means of staying abreast and making suggestions. Pulling together the > many web links posted on that site would be a good knowledge resource for > someone new to the issues. The Climate Intervention Google Group will be > shut down soon and those links will be lost. Collecting those links would be > important.... now! Collecting them has never been done, as far as I know. > With a little time, your group will be as informed as the policy makers. How > much do you think the policy makers actual know about the science and > technology? Not that much. > > What they do know is that the opinions of the people matter. Let's just try > to get the interested laypersons informed. Let me know if you need any input > from me and please keep me informed. > > Thank you. > > >> I see your point. Furthermore, I believe the professionals are to be >> >> educated as well. Both professionals and lay people lack sufficient >> >> perspective on Geoengineering to make right choices. >> >> >> >> With this in mind, I am now trying to set up a web site at my office >> >> in Japan. Its main language is Japanese because intensive exchanges >> >> among any interested parties must be done with their mother tongue. I >> >> am a bit sorry for that, but I certainly see the need for the >> >> familiarization program in English. It will benefit us as well as >> >> folks in the street. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 5ζ4ζ₯, εεΎ2:44, Michael Hayes voglerl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Thanks Ron, >> >> > >> >> > I think you have simply made my point with your response. How many folks >> >> > walking down the street can tell you what "terra preta" means? >> > Atmospheric >> >> > Carbon Capture is an important aspect of Geoengineering. Yet, unless a >> > class >> >> > of educators/technicians are trained to bring the concepts down to the >> >> > understanding of the masses, the Phd funding will be difficult to find. >> >> > >> >> > Does your use of the term "terra preta" refer to Portuguese "black >> >> > earth", Amazonian dark earth or Indian black earth? In certain areas, >> > the >> >> > need to choose the best definition may help the local folks better >> >> > understand the concept. Please spend time on Hollywood Blvd with a >> > camera >> >> > asking folks what "terre preta" means!!!! Jay Leno would probably buy >> > the >> >> > videos! >> >> > >> >> > Thanks for the feedback, >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Climate Intervention" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to climateintervent...@googlegroups.com . >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> climateintervention+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/climateintervention?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- *Michael Hayes* *360-708-4976* http://www.wix.com/voglerlake/vogler-lake-web-site -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
