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Hi everyone! I’m interested in learning how to make biochar and would love some guidance on where to start. Are there any beginner-friendly resources, techniques, or tips you’d recommend? Any help is greatly appreciated—thanks in advance!
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Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts
When the baby parrots were delivered to Alice Soares de Oliveira’s desk they had no feathers and could barely open their eyes. Housed in a dirty cardboard box, the pair were barely a month old, and showed signs of underfeeding.
The parrots – along with a pair of young toucans that arrived just under a month later – were victims of wildlife traffickers. Snatched by poachers, perhaps from their mother’s nest, they were all advertised for sale on social media.
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I am working on a software project and I am wondering if there are any open source databases that contain information about edible plants of the world?
currently planning to use: https://openfarm.cc/
but wanted to see if anyone knows of something else / something different.
thank you in advance!
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Hey y’all, my boyfriend and I are starting to plan our next trip exploring states we are wanting to settle down in.
We are hoping to connect with individuals that live in the area and are willing to host and or show us around.
We are traveling through north Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Southern Pennsylvania. We are heading out at the start of the new year this January.
We are interested in finding an area with friendly communities (does not have to be an established intentional community) that we can join.
If you are interested in connecting, please send me a personal message and we can set something up!
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In the previous article, (Soil Organic Matter – the Most Critical Cause and Solution to Climate Change), I showed how the climate models and negotiations completely neglected soil organic matter (SOM) and how its destruction through industrial agriculture is the largest source of carbon dioxide (CO2), more than fossil fuels. Adopting regenerative agricultural systems that reverse this loss, remove CO2 from the air, and store it as SOM will reverse climate change.
The post Scaling Up Best Practices Regenerative Agriculture to Regenerate Our Climate by Maximizing Photosynthesis appeared first on Regeneration International.
Scientists and paramotor experts come together with an eco-friendly method to explore remote desert plants while protecting fragile environments from vehicle damage.
The post Paramotoring at the Frontier of Botanical Knowledge in the Peruvian Desert appeared first on Botany One.
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we are in Aegean Turkey, steep costal hills, summer drought, heavy winter storms.
our neighbors decided to try to gain some money by illegally turning their (protected and ancient) olive orchard into little “hobby gardening plots” to sell for a higher price. their construction (seen on pics 1&2) consisted of completely killing everything on their land, turning the whole soil upside down to flatten and “clean” the place. they then built very cheap roads and cheap fences and thats how they tried to sell everything.
of cause they failed miserably, nobody wanted to buy anything in this steep place. after the first fall storm, half of their fences fell over. it’s all a huge mess, nature will eventually reclaim it.
but our land lies partly below their land, it’s an unfavorable cut-in, but we were fine with it because our plot had many other advantages (for example having the valley, where there is flat parts, meadows and space for water retention ponds.
but the border region between their land and our land is still pretty steep and we could not yet find a smart solution for the new problems that arise since the shitty destruction of the nature above us:
these fotos (screen shots from a video) i just took, show the situation when there is “just a short (10mins) medium rain”, this not even the heavy storm. it’s the third time our fence is down and i don’t really know how to tackle this other than spending a lot of money and building a concrete wall with big pipes in it. (we need a fence because our animals escape, while fox, street dogs, coyote and wild boars enter…)
further down where the road is, i fixed everything already several times with my backhoe but after every rain, it is destructed again. i need a serious solution how to move this water safely into the valley/creek bed. i feel dumb in a region that has drought issues all the time, to carry the water with big pipes without “collecting” it. but the hillside is so steep, it is not possible to build a swale or terrace or pond large enough to effectively collect these amounts that come down there. it’s unfortunate because this little valley had very beautiful almost flat “meadowy” spaces, before this shit started.
well… now you know.
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Hi everyone,
I’m new to permaculture and really excited to explore how it can help me improve my land. I have a 3500m² plot in Libya with around a dozen olive trees, although many are dead. The climate here is very dry, and I’ve noticed that groundwater is getting harder to reach as it keeps going deeper and deeper.
I want the olives to be the start because they were planted by my grandfather and it pains me to see them dry.
I want to know about the possibilities and what I can expect.
More info: The land is basically our families inheritance and my father has no plans for it. My uncles live next to us and have their own share of the land. The plot is about 30m X 82m.
I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from those familiar with dryland or desert climates. Thank you in advance.
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