Biochar - The Real El Dorado

SUBHEAD: We, the fire people, have to make coal and bury it, reversing the past 500 years since the start of the Industrial Revolution.By Albert Bates on 3 March 2011 in The Great Change - (http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/03/real-el-dorado.html)Image above: Screenshot from the game "The road to El Dorado". From (http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14685/gold-and-glory-the-road-to-el-dorado/images/

Cool food, fuel and climate

SUBHEAD: Permaculture seems to be indispensable for anyone trying to bring about broadscale collapse-proofing.By Albert Bates on 8 January 2011 in The Great Change - (http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/01/cool-food-cool-fuel-cool-climate.html)Image above:Plenty Belize and Maya Mountain Research Farm workshop on photovoltaic electric-generating systems. From (http://www.plenty.org/pb25_1/

The Cancún Butterfly

SUBHEAD: A human-Gaian umbilical is far more reciprocating than imagined.By Albert Bates on 7 January 2011 in The Great Change - (http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/01/cancun-butterfly.html)Image above: Prismatic patterns swirl on the surface of a soap bubble. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/knol/2947795925/#/).Combating climate change is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced, and

The Biochar Solution

SUBHEAD: Ethically seeding a large portion of the Earth's soils with biochar may actually become politically feasible.By Kurt Cobb on 12 December 2010 in Resource Insights - (http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-you-should-read-biochar-solution.html)Image above: Tractor plowing charred plants into the soil. From (http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/news/viewdetail/biochar_farm_soil.html).