Re: [Biofuel] A Manifesto for Earth
Thanks for your input. Truly the soil is the center of numerous interactions in the Earth's environment that have globally cascading effects. On 7/25/11, Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a couple of thoughts that are relevant. Bill Doer's 'Tenets of basic Foundational Forestry' http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2010/09/tenents-of-basic-foundational-forestry.html and of course: What is the prime product of the farm? The prime product of the farm is soil. any farming enterprise that cannot increase soil fertility is doomed. The soil is the principal and primary product of the farm. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 10:26:37 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] A Manifesto for Earth Quite nice, but it's a bit weak on soil, nothing about fertility maintenance, without due attention to which all other efforts are considerably weakened. See Small Farms Library: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html It covers ethics and philosophy. Best Keith I have been looking for a clear statement and vision on environmental ethics and philosophy. The best I have seen thus far is A Manifesto for Earth by Ted Mosquin and Stan Rowe. If you have not read it I highly recommend doing so. If you know of a better statement, or prefer others, please direct me to them. As this was published in 2004 I assume there have been more recent developments since. See below for the text of this paper: A Manifesto for Earth (HTML 42.6 Kb file) (Mosquin and Rowe) http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.html A Manifesto for Earth (PDF 2.5Mb file) (Mosquin and Rowe) http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.pdf ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] A Manifesto for Earth
Quite nice, but it's a bit weak on soil, nothing about fertility maintenance, without due attention to which all other efforts are considerably weakened. See Small Farms Library: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html It covers ethics and philosophy. Best Keith I have been looking for a clear statement and vision on environmental ethics and philosophy. The best I have seen thus far is A Manifesto for Earth by Ted Mosquin and Stan Rowe. If you have not read it I highly recommend doing so. If you know of a better statement, or prefer others, please direct me to them. As this was published in 2004 I assume there have been more recent developments since. See below for the text of this paper: A Manifesto for Earth (HTML 42.6 Kb file) (Mosquin and Rowe) http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.html A Manifesto for Earth (PDF 2.5Mb file) (Mosquin and Rowe) http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.pdf ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] A Manifesto for Earth
Just a couple of thoughts that are relevant. Bill Doer's 'Tenets of basic Foundational Forestry' http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2010/09/tenents-of-basic-foundational-forestry.html and of course: What is the prime product of the farm? The prime product of the farm is soil. any farming enterprise that cannot increase soil fertility is doomed. The soil is the principal and primary product of the farm. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 10:26:37 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] A Manifesto for Earth Quite nice, but it's a bit weak on soil, nothing about fertility maintenance, without due attention to which all other efforts are considerably weakened. See Small Farms Library: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html It covers ethics and philosophy. Best Keith I have been looking for a clear statement and vision on environmental ethics and philosophy. The best I have seen thus far is A Manifesto for Earth by Ted Mosquin and Stan Rowe. If you have not read it I highly recommend doing so. If you know of a better statement, or prefer others, please direct me to them. As this was published in 2004 I assume there have been more recent developments since. See below for the text of this paper: A Manifesto for Earth (HTML 42.6 Kb file) (Mosquin and Rowe) http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.html A Manifesto for Earth (PDF 2.5Mb file) (Mosquin and Rowe) http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.pdf ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] A Manifesto for Earth
I have been looking for a clear statement and vision on environmental ethics and philosophy. The best I have seen thus far is A Manifesto for Earth by Ted Mosquin and Stan Rowe. If you have not read it I highly recommend doing so. If you know of a better statement, or prefer others, please direct me to them. As this was published in 2004 I assume there have been more recent developments since. See below for the text of this paper: A Manifesto for Earth (HTML 42.6 Kb file) (Mosquin and Rowe) http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.html A Manifesto for Earth (PDF 2.5Mb file) (Mosquin and Rowe) http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.pdf ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
