[Terrapreta] TP as paradigm shift

[David Yarrow]

lou has touched off an important chorus line for our emerging TP song.  here's a quick sketch of the lyrics.

TP is not just about charcoal
TP is not just a new fertilizer or soil amendment.
TP isn't just a new way to think about soil fertility.
TP is a new way to conduct our relations to nature.
TP is about ultimately about cultures: human, microbial, ecological.

the image of TP is the circle -- the open letter C.
the first principle of TP is the cycle -- of returning everything to nature -- to the soil.
the main activity of TP is carbon recycling and sequestration.
in this seamless sequestration cycle, there is no such thing as waste.

when we get down to composing verses for our global TP advertisement video, i want to compose a special verse about micro-organisms living in the soil and the composition and climate in the earth's atmosphere.

for a green & peaceful planet,
David Yarrow
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: lou gold 
  Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 6:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Earthen Kilns Conjecture

  So, the question should not be about choosing between forestland and grassland but understanding that terra preta technologies should be applied to all lands that have been degraded either by rural over-population (combined with slash and burn) or by industrial farming. TP can bring forth an important shift in the consciousness that has dominated modern agricultural. The shift carries agriculture away from mining and depleting the resources and resiliencies of the world's soils toward healing and restoring them. TP can heal the earth and farmers (at every level of industrial development) can be the healers. 
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