tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post140922694634902366..comments2024-03-29T06:38:18.116+00:00Comments on Energy Balance: Can flooding be prevented by rebuilding the soil? Professor Chris Rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-1961665607851467272024-02-27T12:40:48.117+00:002024-02-27T12:40:48.117+00:00How can soil rebuilding contribute to the preventi...How can soil rebuilding contribute to the prevention of flooding in vulnerable areas?Telkom Universityhttps://bba.telkomuniversity.ac.id/apa-itu-business-intelligence-dan-business-analytics-ini-perbedaannya/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-65199558619506716862015-04-30T08:31:29.430+01:002015-04-30T08:31:29.430+01:00Correction: I meant Dr Elaine Ingham, and the othe...Correction: I meant Dr Elaine Ingham, and the other person is Dr Christine Jones.<br /><br />Both are strong protagonists of building soil: Ingram (based in the U.S.)is the "soil food web" promoter, and Jones (Australia-based)has devised methods for building soil very rapidly.<br /><br />i.e. over 10-20 years for an inch, compared to the natural rates of its formation which are an order or more longer (said to be 200-1,000 years).Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-41909927030063133302015-04-29T12:01:43.453+01:002015-04-29T12:01:43.453+01:00Hi Michael,
indeed, Christine Watson is very impr...Hi Michael,<br /><br />indeed, Christine Watson is very impressive. Dr Christine Ingram is another, who focuses on the soil food web, and the crucial nature of soil in regard to sustainability.<br /><br />I have heard Russell Brand before, and although he might seem an unlikely "eco-hero" in some respects, he does have a following, and so he might prove to be a useful ambassador for the cause!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />ChrisProfessor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-50082399199959516382015-04-26T01:21:34.376+01:002015-04-26T01:21:34.376+01:00Oops, link to the video https://www.youtube.com/wa...Oops, link to the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8gSYKy7MNcMichael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-87027392516793801052015-04-26T01:20:27.780+01:002015-04-26T01:20:27.780+01:00I think your view on becoming a politician is fair...I think your view on becoming a politician is fair enough, I feel much the same way. <br /><br />(and don't really believe in our political system anyway as I have previously made clear in I believe my first comment on your blog, by saying that if we ever achieved positive anything we'd be rounded up and executed by death squads. ha)<br /><br />Another thing we have mentioned previously is Russell Brand talking about growth and peak oil, and in this video he (briefly) attacks "growth" which suggests he is aware of the problems we are aware of.<br /><br />I have to say I find no fault with his output thus far.<br /><br />Christine Watson knows her onions, or rather cereal crops which we both agree should be drasticly reduced, but she did inherit her experiment, and I admire here attempt to preserve it and it's integrity.<br /><br />At that night in the Q&A section there were a number of farmers talking about what is "economic", and I felt like quoting sections out of "Small is Beautiful" to make them reconsider the entire term "economic" but I think it was probably out of the scope of the discussion, unfortunately.Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-37908170699817479052015-04-22T08:42:01.797+01:002015-04-22T08:42:01.797+01:00I do know of Christine Watson. Her message is very...I do know of Christine Watson. Her message is very important indeed, especially in this "year of the soil".<br /><br />I'll consider what I might have to offer on the political front, but I am not a politician by nature! <br /><br />I would certainly be prepared to act as a scientific/technical advisor to such a group, though.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-38074846080945424472015-04-22T01:22:33.431+01:002015-04-22T01:22:33.431+01:00I went to see Christine Watson at stockton's c...I went to see Christine Watson at stockton's cafe scientifique tonight, she mentioned a connection with reading uni for her project, so I presume you are familiar with her work.<br /><br />IIRC her experiment has been running from 1922, and is about to be crushed by housing development, I can't really think of a more apt analogy of our times.Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-61456030001671991112015-04-22T01:13:58.947+01:002015-04-22T01:13:58.947+01:00Yes I mean you, I want someone with integrity who ...Yes I mean you, I want someone with integrity who knows what they are talking about, someone who knows economic growth and population growth are so intrinsically linked that they are effectively the same thing.<br /><br />Someone who can't claim that Britain is full and that we are due massive amounts of economic growth in the same breadth, without realising their own cognitive dissonance in those two statements.<br /><br />(I don't know if you have noticed but that is my summation of the current leaders debates)<br /><br />That's the person I want to vote for.Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-37008522752114575892015-04-21T10:08:32.177+01:002015-04-21T10:08:32.177+01:00Do you mean "me" going for the Green Par...Do you mean "me" going for the Green Party?<br /><br />I hadn't really thought of politics. Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-67495883906054976672015-04-21T00:50:20.978+01:002015-04-21T00:50:20.978+01:00So glad you recommended the peak prosperity podcas...So glad you recommended the peak prosperity podcast in a previous thread, been listening to it ever since (and have been listening to previous episodes)and the John Michael Greer episode, which I have just finished was absolutely excellent.<br /><br />I have been reading the Archdruid report for about a year or more now, and I have to say his style is the antidote for the previously discussed Green Party wishy washiness, if someone like he was to become the leader of the green party I think they could go places.<br /><br />I think you have the credentials and manner to pull it off.Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-20677468464625538252015-04-16T15:38:05.508+01:002015-04-16T15:38:05.508+01:00Reading this blog, acorns, when leached can be mad...Reading this blog, acorns, when leached can be made into a sweet flour.<br /><br />http://www.spiciefoodie.com/2013/11/12/all-about-acorn-flour/Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-32100270502555008292015-04-16T15:19:29.124+01:002015-04-16T15:19:29.124+01:00His a rather interesting blog about the historical...His a rather interesting blog about the historical use of Chestnut Flour along with some recipes.<br /><br />https://thehistoricfoodie.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/chestnut-flour-its-many-uses/<br /><br />I think I'm gonna have to have a good scour through that persons blog, it looks interesting.Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-44136138987964618902015-04-16T08:24:24.228+01:002015-04-16T08:24:24.228+01:00That's interesting. I hadn't heard of swee...That's interesting. I hadn't heard of sweet chestnut flour, but maybe you have part of the solution here.<br /><br />I don't know if this kind of flour contains gluten, but if it's used as a mix with wheat flour there is probably enough to make some recipes work, e.g. making a "white sauce".<br /><br />I once tried this (unknowingly) with soya flour (because the jar wasn't labelled!) and was quite perplexed that it wouldn't thicken. no matter how much of the flour I added!<br />Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-45545474650733572122015-04-15T19:12:25.707+01:002015-04-15T19:12:25.707+01:00Yes, when I have looked into it before sweet chest...Yes, when I have looked into it before sweet chestnut flour seems like a possible substitute for a lot of cereal grains, although most recipes I have read require wheat flour also, it would at least seriously reduce the amount of cereal consumption.<br /><br />Maybe I'll do some experimenting and write a cook book, can't really get hold of chestnuts this time of year unfortunately.Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-71822374041458904282015-04-15T07:50:54.618+01:002015-04-15T07:50:54.618+01:00Not a bad idea at all! In the documentary ("A...Not a bad idea at all! In the documentary ("A Farm for the Future")with Rebecca Hoskins, where she took over her father's farm and decided to try and run it using permaculture principles, that point is made, that hedgerows can be very productive, in terms of growing nuts and fruit.<br /><br />But producing cereals is not <br />viable this way, so a change in our diet would be necessary.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-4100941532635850122015-04-14T23:29:19.127+01:002015-04-14T23:29:19.127+01:00Perhaps it should be made BBC policy for them to m...Perhaps it should be made BBC policy for them to make recipes including British nuts such as Hazelnuts, Chestnuts and Walnuts the ingredient de jour on their cooking programs, and encourage farmers to plant a whole lot more of them.<br /><br />They are eaten so infrequently, and in recipes where nuts are used they are often ones which can't be grown here, even though in many recipes you can just substitute the nut, Hazelnut pesto is just as nice as any other nut.Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.com