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Monday, 22 August 2011
Feebates - Sam Carana's vision for a sustainable economy
"Feebates are the most effective way to facilitate the shift towards a sustainable economy"
"Feebates are proposed to facilitate a shift away from fossil fuel toward clean energy. Furthermore, fees are proposed on livestock products, nitrogen fertilizers, Portland cement and similar products with high emissions, to finance rebates on methods that can remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, such as biochar burial and olivine grinding..."
Fredric Wiebe provides a detailed critique on this feebate vision here in the biochar policy discussion group... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar-policy/message/3316
Slouching Towards Idiocracy
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*"Our children may remember when "being verifiably human" was still a
thing. Their children may not*."
“The masses have never thirsted after truth. They...
Nurtured by and dedicated to te reo Māori
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Te reo Māori is Dr. Anaha Hiini’s life purpose. Raised by his grandparents,
Kepa and Maata Hiini, Anaha of Ngāti Tarāwhai, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue
descen...
Biochar for gardeners
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Biochar is charcoal used to improve the quality of soil for growing plants.
Biochar particles mixed into soil will make the soil loose and friable for
bett...
maccybiochar is in business!
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Please find below a summary recently issued by maccybiochar: maccybiochar
is a not-for-profit volunteer group set up to convert tree litter from
local hous...
Is Mahogany the Answer?
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Is Mahogany the Answer?
True Mahogany or “Genuine Mahogany” is of the Swietenia genus. The Khaya
genus is “close enough” however Shorea genus or Philippi...
Morels! - Waterman and Hill-Traveller's Companion
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Morel Mushrooms
Morels are mycorhizal fungi, that is, they live symbiotically on the roots
of some species of trees. Apples, elms, poplars and ashes are ...
Hoverboards – Which one should You Choose?
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As we’ve seen these past year, hoverboards have become very popular and
look super cool. Today, there is a variety of different types of
hoverboardsavbaila...
Save the Arctic
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*by Renaud de Richter*
*Links*
- This idea was proposed by Denis Bonnelle,
'Solar Chimney, water spraying Energy Tower, and linked renewable en...
Delivering on the promise of soil carbon credits
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[This is a test. Just emerging from a fog. What did I mist? Back to work.
Carbon Farmers of Australia is committed to making the first soil carbon
methodo...
Updates:
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Well, things have changed over the last year and at the moment I'm up in
British Columbia having gotten married at the first of the year. All is
well, life...
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*Cody's Corner*
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Big Profits
We practice a method of agriculture here at Real Farm Foods that is old as
the earth and made more acces...
Adoption of Niger Seed
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In 2010, an ECHO Asia Notes article entitled *The Recent Introduction of
Niger Seed (Guizotia abyssinica) Production in Northern Thailand* described
how t...
TAKING THE STEP
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Yup! I'm starting a new walk. I've been toying with the thought for awhile.
I liked my previous retreat from the Internet and I'm doing it again, this
tim...
Installing the ONIL Stove in Guatemala
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Last year I had the good fortune to link up with a small NGO in Panajachel,
Guatemala - Mayan Families - and they were kind enough to let me help them
inst...
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Fredric Wiebe provides a detailed critique on this feebate vision here in the biochar policy discussion group...
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar-policy/message/3316
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