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[naomi luckett]

Dear Lou,
Thank you, from all of us!
You have nailed it on the head!

Arohanui
The Charcoalab Team


On 10/28/07, lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Naomi,
>
> I want to send blessings to your good work, just a no-big-deal vote of
> support.
> I hope the kids have fun, learn a bit and escape the various tyrannies of
> the experts
> who dominate education (and a bunch of other non-problem-solving
> institutions).
>
> hugs from Brazil,
>
> lou
>
> On 10/28/07, naomi luckett <naomiluckett at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Dear Allan, Sean and all,
> > Yes, the Charcoalab team have skipped the boiological innoculation
> > process of Nova Terra Preta creation...
> > But that was not the aim of the kit...we have not intended to re-create
> > TP in the slightest...
> > the logistical nightmare of adding an amount of biological/organic
> > nutrients to the kit and trying to get that around the world...was not
> > feasable...hell we cant even send seeds!
> > We had to do what was most practical!
> > The project was never meant to hold any REAL research value...
> > It is an EDUCATIONAL tool..we are spreading the TP concept along with
> > educating kids about the carbon cycle, greenhouse effect, global warming and
> > climate change!
> > The kit was never designed for agronomists, mycologists, or backyard TP
> > enthusiasts!
> > It is for KIDS! We teach them that TP was NOT simply char and that char
> > alone can in some cases have a detrimental effect...simply putting char in
> > your soil (pot or otherwise) might not do anything...but at least they can
> > have a go...they get to learn in a kinesthetic manner about putting char and
> > carbon in the ground! even though in all our simple 'pot' trials we have had
> > good results. Even the most barren and depleted soils seem to benefit from
> > the addition of even just char! (and no soil is totally devoid of
> > organic/microbial content!)
> > The point is...we are not studying Terra preta...we are spreading the
> > message and teaching kids!
> >
> > We safely leave the studying to those with the ability to accurately
> > examine soil under microscopes and in laboratories...with phd's and all the
> > rest...
> > This is our contribution and at least we are doing something!
> > and something constructive at that!
> >
> > We hope that it inspires adults (like teachers and parents and people
> > who read about it in the news) to go and check it out for themselves...
> >
> > The Charcoalab Team
> >
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