Adieu, Earth Mother, Wangari . Posted 28 September 2011, by Editor, Vanguard, vanguardngr.com . ON Sunday, September 25, 2011, one of the most famous African women in modern times took her exit from the planet earth which she served with distinction. Her name was Professor Wangari Muta Maathai (April 1, 1940 to September 25, 2011). [...]
Posts Tagged ‘soil’
27 Sep
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage . Posted 26 September 2011, by Akinyi Princess of K’Orinda-Yimbo, Tom Wilt News, tomwilt.com . The global food crisis of 2007/2008 that triggered riots from Cape to Cairo and from Senegal to Haiti made governments and their agriculturally-engaged companies to [...]
25 Sep
Maine Gardener: Ferry Beach students elevate garden to a sustainable ecosystem
Maine Gardener: Ferry Beach students elevate garden to a sustainable ecosystem . Posted 25 September 2011, by Tom Atwell, Maine Sunday Telegram (MaineToday Media Inc.), pressherald.com . The Ferry Beach Ecology School in Saco has given a new name to its organic garden. “We are calling it a ‘sustainable food ecosystem,’ ” said [...]
23 Sep
This month in ecological science
This month in ecological science Evolutionary traps, invasive yellow starthistle’s favorable response to carbon dioxide and plant breeding for harmony between agriculture and the environment . Posted 22 September 2011, by Nadine Lymn (Ecological Society of America) , EurekAlert! eurekalert.org . Evolutionary traps in human-dominated landscapes A study published in the September issue of [...]
22 Sep
The Magic of Chickens
The Magic of Chickens . Posted 20 September 2011, by Robyn Lawrence, Care2, care2.org . If Harvey Ussery were stranded on a desert island and could bring only one thing, he would bring a flock of chickens. “They would feed themselves by foraging over the island, keep me supplied with eggs, one of [...]
22 Sep
Learn about beneficial rain gardens at free workshop
Learn about beneficial rain gardens at free workshop . Posted20 September 2011, by Brenda OReilly, West Lake/Bay Village Observer, westlakebayvillageobserver.com . A rain garden is an attractive landscaped area planted with perennial native plants which don’t mind getting “wet feet.” Built in a bowl shape, a rain garden is designed to increase infiltration [...]
21 Sep
Women of Corn
Women of Corn . Posted 20 September 2011, by Esther Vivas, International Viewpoint (Fourth International), internationalviewpoint.org . In the countries of the Global South, women are the principal producers of food, those in charge of working the land, safegaurding the seeds, gathering the fruit, obtaining water. Between 60 to 80% of food production [...]
20 Sep
Living with oil spill in Ogoniland
Living with oil spill in Ogoniland . Posted 18 September 2011, by George Onah,Vanguard Media, vanguardngr.com As the convoy of cars from Bodo town conveying journalists veered into the road leading to Goi community, the air became fetid. The air was so offensive that two members of the entourage made to throw up. The air [...]
18 Sep
McHenry County Installs Raingarden; Xeriscaping Garden is Next
McHenry County Installs Raingarden; Xeriscaping Garden is Next Gardens to provide residents an example of how to conserve water, with threat of water shortages in the future. . Posted17 September 2011, by Cassandra McKinney (McHenry County), BarringtonPatch (Patch Network), barrington-il.patch.com . Water conservation in McHenry County is serious business now and for the future. In [...]
