Amerindia US Blog

6/22/2010

The toll of oil drilling

Filed under: Bad Business, Environmental, General — Queen @ 7:56 am

The toll of oil drilling, and the inevitability of spills and its effects.
The toll of oil drilling

6/14/2010

Small farmers, land use, wherever you’re from

Filed under: Environmental, General, Healthy Food & Ag — Queen @ 8:45 am

Turning land into farmland. Sustainable agriculture for farms and farmers, wherever they come from. A lesson that should inform everywhere.
http://www.grist.org/article/Kansas-City-pioneers-new-models-for-urban-farms/

6/13/2010

Everything begins with soil science

Filed under: Environmental, General — Queen @ 8:52 am

A study going on in Vermont demonstrates how everything is connected, and begins with soil science. We “enrich” the land with fertilizers, pollute it with phosphates from sewage waste and runoff, and some is imbalance in the soil that is eroding away. It’s a loss of soil and a contaminate for our water.

Vermont studies soil, the consequences of phosphates and erosion

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