Étiquette : Geoff Lawton
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A shift in consciousness: the problem is the solution. Thank you Bill!
Hi, this is Geoff, Last year I was in Jordan working on the Greening The Desert site when I heard the news about Bill Mollison’s passing and now, again, I’m here in Jordan at the same time of the year. This site was visited by Bill and Lisa (the last country he visited in his…
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Jordan green and lush in hottest summer on record, growing seaweed to sequester carbon, and the very healthy Amish
Hi, this is Geoff, I’m at the Greening the Desert Project, Dead Sea Valley, Jordan teaching a Permaculture Design Certificate with a co-teacher from Zaytuna Farm’s one-year practical apprenticeship program, which trains project managers. We have 19 paying international students and 15 Jordanian sponsored. We follow this with a four-week practical internship with 13 international…
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en anglais: positive news de Geoff Lawton
Hi, this is Geoff, Lots of positive news to share this week, so let’s jump right in… Fish and Chips: Fishermen can manage wild ocean fish stocks to be sustainable. Want proof? How about this: “Stocks of cod in the North Sea were once one of the world’s great fisheries but plummeted by 84% between…
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Food exit after Brexit, China’s “appetite,” and super soil….by Geoff Lawtonn
Hi, this is Geoff, I hope that all fathers receiving this email had / are having a wonderful Father’s Day weekend. On Saturday, I had a great time answering all sorts of questions about soil posed by attendees of the 2017 Home Grown Food Summit online event. In case you missed it, Marjory is doing…