[Terrapreta] Fw: Original Wisdom: Introduction

[joe ferguson]

I was simply observing the interconnectedness of all our activities.  
How alleviating one problem can aggravate another.  The principle of 
unintended consequences at work.  Winners and losers following change.

Joe

lou gold wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> I'm a forest guy for sure and have spend the better part of the last 
> 20+ years defending her.  Here's the video of what I did for many 
> years in the US: 
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1564163516423005289&hl=en 
> <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1564163516423005289&hl=en>
>
>
> Now I'm in Brazil where deforestation of Amazônia is a HUGE problem 
> and I'm well aware of the way it stimulates a malaria cycle. Indeed, I 
> soon will be in an area that was hit hard by both deforestation and a 
> subsequent virulent malaria epidemic. A dear friend of mine still has 
> severe episodes with the malaria she got at that time. I think I have 
> some on-the-ground awareness of the situation. It is also the region 
> that produced Chico Mendes and the dream that the "peoples of the 
> forest" (indigenous and mestizo) might achieve a sustainable way of 
> living in balance. It's an ongoing struggle. I blogged about it here: 
> http://lougold.blogspot.com/2007/04/amaznia-acre-and-earth-day-once.html 
> I like the dream. I want to work for it.
>
> So, I'm not quite sure of your drift vis a vis terra preta. Are you 
> seeing it primarily as an attack on the forest?
>
> lou
>
> On 6/26/07, *joe ferguson* <jferguson at nc.rr.com 
> <mailto:jferguson at nc.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     There is a feature article in the new National Geographic on Malaria,
>     all aspects of the malady ant its impact.  There is a great photo of a
>     family of charcoal-makers at their soil and log kiln.  It shows
>     clearly
>     the unburned vapors coming up from the soil near  the oven.  And there
>     is commentary as to how these workers in stripping the forest for the
>     raw material leave behind fertile breeding ground for those pesky
>     mosquitoes.
>
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> -- 
> Lou Gold
>
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