Nov 18, 2015
With the huge enviro-problems facing us today, wouldn't the best solutions be whoppers as well? Courtney White says smaller is working, WELL and NOW.
White is an
Activist-turned Rancher-turned Green Idea Grower Supreme.
He harvests 50 current success stories into his new book
"Two Percent for the Planet: 50 Low-Cost, Low-Tech, Nature-Based
Practices for Combatting Hunger, Drought and Climate Change" (2015,
Chelsea Green). These inspiring pieces report on Ranching, Farming,
Technology, Restoration and Wildness. Links in each section invite
us to learn more and full-color photos illustrate each example of
human partnership with nature.
This fun read expands on White's 2014 personal experience, also
featured on Earthworms, in the book
"Grass, Soil, Hope - A Journey Through Carbon
Country" From the rancher whose "flerds" of sheep and
cattle are restoring soil health and plant communities to San
Francisco's use of human poop (aka "Night Soil") as healthy
fertilizer, every chapter affirms ways we humans are by
nature problem-solvers, and CAN collaborate productively with the
Earth.
Whopping good stuff!
Music: Rearview by Belle Starr, recorded live at KDHX.