agenda 21
December 2008 
Just add WATER !
Michael
No CEO with a subsidiary that required a constant infusion of capital would keep that subsidiary very long, and nature is a better manager than any CEO I know, and capable of being far more ruthless
Ray Anderson co-chair of President Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development and the Chairman CEO of ... Interface Inc.
further more - LIFE cannot be sustained without WATER - over 95% of our body IS water and in order to stay healthy one must drink good water !
The National Research Council, Washington DC , set out strategies to combat desertification, including soil conservation programmes, drought relief and afforestation - following Agenda 21 - the blueprint for action adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
However, actual achievement in world terms is still inadequate except in China, where massive tree planting has mitigated, but not yet halted, the movement of sand eastwards from the dunes of the Gobi desert.
Coping with Water Scarcity
" Equity and rights, cultural and ethical issues are essential to be addressed when dealing with limited water resources. Imbalances between availability and demand, the degradation of groundwater and surface water quality, intersectoral competition, interregional and international disputes, all centre around the question of how to cope with scarce water resources."
Out of deference to the fact that - it was Gobi desert nomads who first grew "bonsai" fruit trees to take their only source of vitamin C with them on their travels - and in support of the Interface sustainability & FLOW concepts - and in admiration of zaadz' support for the Working for Good initiative - and last but not least Julia's commitment to start the PASSION SMASHIN zPod - I have published elsewhere details of my development of the technique of sustaining Alder bonsais by ...
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Sometimes the unplanned becomes visible, sometimes it is planned but cannot be perceived. The way that life takes one character, and changes through him / her the things to be.
The Book of the Catalyst
I believe we each have a flow & when we look at our flow, we then can see how our choices & thoughts have created our lifes. One of the ways I believe we can change the world is to share our stories. To spotlight the differences each of our life paths have been will help us understand that we are all, individuals & each one of us is an important cog in this wheel of life & evolution
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Upon reading the title and nothing else “Just add water” –what came to mind immediately was, as you say “one of the ways I believe we can change the world is to share our stories. To spotlight the differences each of our life paths have been will help us understand that we are all individuals and each one of us is important…”
“Just add water” helps us reach one another, expand, grow…open ourselves, as we are ourselves, and we have much to learn and share with each other. The “each other” that is the greater whole of ourselves.
Sustainability = Water = Zoe
with you again
it is all about water…
http://2020worldpeace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Watercycling
nothing you don’t know already i am sure
what are we going to do about it?
Imagine sand turning into soil.
Imagine food being grown where water is a luxury.
Imagine shelter where sand storms blow down walls.
Imagine people of all faiths working towards common goals.
Imagine abundant nature replacing barron desert.
Imagine hope in place of dispair.
Imagine interdependence in place of dependence.
Such is THE vision and dream of Martin Dewhurst for this project …
a 12 acre community garden that trains teachers in the art of permaculture.
and now a message …
From the trees
The UN estimates that achieving the millennium development goal on water and sanitation would cost about $10bn a year and the G8 must make good on the promises of Evian and come up with a global fund to mirror that for HIV/Aids.
There is no earthly reason why Gordon Brown's international finance facility - a means of raising up front money for development through the sale of government backed bonds should not be used for water and sanitation. Indeed, given the hefty capital cost of water and sanitation projects, it's hard to think of a better use for it.
On any basis it would be a cracking investment.
It is estimated that Africa loses about 5% of GDP through waterrelated illnesses.
Every $1 invested in water and sanitation generates about $6 in economic returns, even apart from the lives it saves.
Gordon Brown says and he's right that the greater the pressure from civil society the easier it is for progressive politicians to egg on their more cautious colleagues. It's time for the development community to take Brown at his word and start raising a big stink about the Great Stench.
Larry Elliot - Economics Editor - The Guardian
In the context of HOW best to spend the hard-earned money of the world's taxpayers ..
What Works: Top-down or Bottom-up ?
Yes, “Imagine…”!. Imagine, imagine, imagine…, dare to emagine…; this is the beginning of all human creativity.
However, beware of the enemies in high places of a successful earthly humanity.
Among other things, they will want to cull five out of six of us because, they insist, the earth's carrying capacity is, at maximum, 1 billion of humans.
When a population species is secure in its evolutionary survival its rate of reproduction is harmonised with the resources available in its environment.
Human population will be stabilized around eight or ten billion when social security provision in “poor countries” will replace large families as necessary provider of security in old age.
DIscipline can INDEED be freedom …
I would leave religion home…
Then watch the children smile …
as joint No1 priorities of …
a totally integrated bottoms-up/top-down Global Commons solution
… and China's green journey continues ….
The bottom line is that China IS DOING a lot already, mostly unsung. Could IT DO MORE ?
YES. China must keep an open mind and learn from the international community. The Climate Group's new report shows clearly that the world should revise its image of China,
not fear it but work with it constructively. At the same time, China must keep up the internal pressure to make its clean revolution a reality.
Chuangjua Wu, Greater China director at the Climate Group's Beijing office.
… and in the context of ACTION which makes SENSE - where better to start than …
The grapes, white or blue, harvested and collected at the right moment, become wine, almost by themselves.
A noble, rich liquid if professionals facilitate the transformation process.