Sunday, August 18, 2002

Trees in the desert After years of surviving solely on food aid, hundreds of thousands of people living in the horn of Africa now have the opportunity to become self-sufficient. How will we do all that? By planting trees in the desert, by harvesting the seeds of these trees and planting them - and by growing huge quantities of biomass to feed domestic livestock. Our plan: to plant 1000 million trees over the next 100 years. 8:29:05 AM    comment []  trackback []

"To cast away environmental education is more than a tragedy, it is a form of theft." Common Dreams: In a released 2003 White House budget, environmental education (EE) has been labeled, "ineffective." The budget calls for a reorganization of EPA, with EE funds being allocated to the National Science Foundation.... Forty years ago we called "advocacy" in schools "civics," now we prefer a numb, materialistic generation fluent in standardized tests that basically revel in semantics and put critical thinking, problem solving and citizen participation on the endangered species list. 8:14:23 AM    comment []  trackback []