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Green Scenery in Sierra Leone have initiated a petition
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five other MALOA land rights activists from prison immediately. Please
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Princípios da Agroecologia
Agricultura sustentável tem que considerar aspectos socioeconômicos e culturais dos grupos sociais implicados. Não basta proteger e melhorar o solo ou a produtividade agrícola se não resulta em melhorias nas condições de vida das pessoas envolvidas. Portanto, agricultura sustentável é um conceito que implica aspectos políticos e ideológicos que tem a ver com o conceito de cidadania e libertação dos esquemas de dominação impostos por setores de nossa própria sociedade e por interesses econômicos de grandes grupos, de modo que não se pode abordar o tema reduzindo outra vez as questões técnicas.
Francisco Roberto Caporal
http://www.aba-agroecologia.org.br/
grãos
Como os lobos mudam rios
Como se processa os animais que comemos
Rio Banabuiu
A VERDADE SOBRE O CANCER
quinta-feira, 18 de fevereiro de 2016
As terras da Terra
Movimento Camponês Popular (MCP)
Ajude a banir 3 agrotóxicos agora!
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Tiram
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Acesse o formulário da Consulta Pública: http://formsus.datasus.gov.br/site/formulario.php?id_aplicacao=24249
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A primeira seção do formulário é relacionada a seus dados pessoais. Todos os campos são obrigatórios, e é necessário preencher seu e-mail e CPF!
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Na seção Ementa, vamos sugerir o banimento:
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Na proposta de alteração, preencha: “Proíbe a utilização do ingrediente ativo Tiram em produtos agrotóxicos, em decorrência da sua reavaliação toxicológica.”
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Na justificativa, preencha: “Na existência de contradições nos resultados dos estudos apresentados, se aplique o princípio da precaução e se retire o produto do mercado até que um laboratório independente (ou preferencialmente, um estudo interlaboratorial) pudesse realizar novos testes sugeridos pela ANVISA e dirimir as dúvidas e contradições apresentadas.”
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Na seção Art. 1o , vamos propor a alteração:
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Na proposta de alteração, preencha: “Proíbe a utilização do ingrediente ativo Tiram em produtos agrotóxicos, tendo em vista que, em sua reavaliação toxicológica, foram constatadas evidências suficientes de efeitos graves à saúde humana que o enquadrem no art. 31 incisos III, IV, V, VI e VII do Decreto 4.074, de 4 de janeiro de 2002.”
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Na justificativa, preencha: “Na existência de contradições nos resultados dos estudos apresentados, se aplique o princípio da precaução e se retire o produto do mercado até que um laboratório independente (ou preferencialmente, um estudo interlaboratorial) pudesse realizar novos testes sugeridos pela ANVISA e dirimir as dúvidas e contradições apresentadas.”
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A seção Art. 2o pode ser deixada em branco.
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Na seção Parecer Técnico nº 5, de 2015/GGTOX/ANVISA, vamos justificar nossa posição:
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No comentário, preencha:
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Na justificativa, preencha:
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Os três campos a seguir podem ser deixados em branco.
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Agora, o mais importante: A seguir, no campo De modo geral, qual sua opinião sobre a proposta de norma em discussão? * marque a opção Discordo integralmente da proposta.
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Ao clicar nesta opção, aparecerá o campo Se você discorda integralmente da proposta, explique os seus motivos: , sugerimos:
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Preencha a seção Levantamento de Impactos, marcando Não sei informar nas 3 primeiras perguntas, e Impacto negativo alto na última.
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Deixa os próximos dois campos em branco, se desejar.
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Caso não deseje anexar nenhum arquivo, na pergunta Você deseja incluir um arquivo para subsidiar a sua contribuição? clique em Não.
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Preencha os campos finais obrigatórios da seção Avaliação do formulário de Consulta Pública . Por um erro do sistema, mesmo que você marque Sim na pergunta “Esta é a primeira vez que você participa de uma consulta pública da Anvisa?”, você deve preencher a pergunta seguinte “Se você já participou de outras consultas públicas da Anvisa, como você avaliaria esta nova ferramenta de participação?”
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Clique em Gravar.
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Lactofem
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Acesse o formulário da Consulta Pública: http://formsus.datasus.gov.br/site/formulario.php?id_aplicacao=24251
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A primeira seção do formulário é relacionada a seus dados pessoais. Todos os campos são obrigatórios, e é necessário preencher seu e-mail e CPF!
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Na seção Ementa, vamos sugerir o banimento:
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Na proposta de alteração, preencha: “Proíbe a utilização do ingrediente ativo Lactofem em produtos agrotóxicos, em decorrência da sua reavaliação toxicológica.”
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Na justificativa, preencha: “A possibilidade de indução de câncer em seres humanos não esta totalmente descartada. Os argumentos da Nota que minimizam a possibilidade desse efeito em seres humanos é fundamentada em poucas referências bibliográficas. Portanto, pelo principio da precaução esse ingrediente ativo deveria ser proibido do país.”
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Na seção Art. 1o , vamos propor a alteração:
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Na proposta de alteração, preencha: “Proíbe a utilização do ingrediente ativo Lactofem em produtos agrotóxicos, tendo em vista que, em sua reavaliação toxicológica, foram constatadas evidências suficientes de efeitos graves à saúde humana que o enquadrem no art. 31 incisos III, IV, V, VI e VII do Decreto 4.074, de 4 de janeiro de 2002.”
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Na justificativa, preencha: “A possibilidade de indução de câncer em seres humanos não esta totalmente descartada. Os argumentos da Nota que minimizam a possibilidade desse efeito em seres humanos é fundamentada em poucas referências bibliográficas. Portanto, pelo principio da precaução esse ingrediente ativo deveria ser proibido do país.”
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Os 7 campos seguintes podem ficar em branco.
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Agora, o mais importante: A seguir, no campo De modo geral, qual sua opinião sobre a proposta de norma em discussão? * marque a opção Discordo integralmente da proposta.
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Ao clicar nesta opção, aparecerá o campo Se você discorda integralmente da proposta, explique os seus motivos: , sugerimos:
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Na seção Levantamento de Impactos, as perguntas dependem da sua profissão assinalada no início. Portanto, você só verá algumas das perguntas descritas aqui.
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No Indicador de Disponibilidade, marque Não sei informar;
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No Indicador de Informação, marque Não sei informar;
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No Indicador de Rotina, marque Não sei informar;
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Sobre risco sanitário, marque a opção: Aumenta/cria a exposição da população à evento danoso catastrófico, e preencha na justificativa: “Agrotóxicos sempre representam aumento do risco sanitário, ao contrário da agricultura agroecológica.”
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Sobre o grau de impacto da proposta, marque Impacto negativo alto.
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Deixa os próximos dois campos em branco, se desejar.
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Caso não deseje anexar nenhum arquivo, na pergunta Você deseja incluir um arquivo para subsidiar a sua contribuição? clique em Não.
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Preencha os campos finais obrigatórios da seção Avaliação do formulário de Consulta Pública . Por um erro do sistema, mesmo que você marque Sim na pergunta “Esta é a primeira vez que você participa de uma consulta pública da Anvisa?”, você deve preencher a pergunta seguinte “Se você já participou de outras consultas públicas da Anvisa, como você avaliaria esta nova ferramenta de participação?”
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Clique em Gravar.
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Carbofurano
“Vozes Indígenas Num Clima Em Mudança”
link para video:
http://www.ispn.org.br/
terça-feira, 16 de fevereiro de 2016
Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (Vale a pena traduzir!)
Guy Kastler: FAO should support seed selection by peasants and small scale farmers
- Published on Tuesday, 16 February 2016 18:18
THE FAO SHOULD SUPPORT SEED SELECTION BY PEASANTS AND SMALL-SCALE FARMERS, AND IT SHOULD CONDEMN THE CONFISCATION OF CULTIVATED BIODIVERSITY THROUGH GENE PATENTING
It was to be expected that, in order to discuss the subject of biotechnology, the FAO would call upon those who are using biotechnology in research and in industry. However, what was definitely not to be expected was for the FAO, in conducting its discussions on public policy and food policy, to turn almost exclusively to these same actors, while at the same time a very large number of peasant, small-scale farmer, and civil society organisations that are opposed to the uncontrolled development of biotechnology have not been invited to speak – or only in a very marginal way through the invitation that was sent to me. The organisations in question have released a public statement that I am asking you to take into consideration.
Genetically-modified plants have not fulfilled their promises. The majority of them have been modified so as to be tolerant to herbicides. They have led to the rapid appearance of herbicide-resistant adventitious weeds, to an exponential rise in the use of ever more toxic herbicides, and, in turn, to serious harm to public health and to the environment. Peasant farmers and rural area residents and their families are the first victims of these negative effects. The other large class of genetically-modified plants produces insecticidal substances that lead to insects’ becoming resistant – and thus to an already programmed agronomic failure. Here again, the first victims are the peasants and small-scale farmers who have lost their harvests, often despite additional use of toxic chemical insecticides. The genetic technologies used to produce these plants have caused numerous unintended and unforeseen effects that industry is desperately trying to hide. The most visible of these effects have been the loss of harvests and the decline in the quality of crops. Thus, the Burkina Faso cotton sector lost its place in the market, which it had won with much effort and which was based on the quality of its cotton fibre; with the switch to GMOs there was a drastic decline in quality. What good is it to increase yields if the harvest is unsaleable. Here, once more, peasants and small-scale farmers are the first to suffer, whereas the corporations that are responsible for such catastrophes simply say that they are unable to explain what happened.
Genetically-modified seeds will always be of no importance for food security. Their purchase cost and the cost of the inputs that are indispensable for their cultivation limits their use to the only markets in which they are affordable: the production of industrially-farmed crops for animal feed in the rich countries, for agro-fuels, and for the emerging biomass economy – which is taking over agricultural land for non-food uses. Industry is not interested in the food crops that provide three quarters of the world’s available food. The peasants and small-scale farmers who produce this food do not have enough money to buy GMOs and the inputs indispensable to their cultivation. GMOs are only a means of taking over their farmland so as to replace their food crops by the industrial monoculture of agro-exports.
Every time genetically-modified plants are approved, the immense biodiversity of cultivated plants resulting from many centuries of selection by peasants and small-scale farmers is replaced by a few patented varieties. When pollen and seeds are moved by wind, by insects, or by farm equipment, patented genes are carried from one field to another. They contaminate peasant seeds, which are then considered as infringements of industry’s patented varieties. That is how, in the United States, in less than 20 years, a point has been reached where patented GMOs represent 89% of the maize and 94% of the soya that is planted. The prohibition against farmers’ reusing their own harvested seeds, as well as constituting a violation of their rights, also prevents them from adapting their crops to climate change. Climate change is not linear. At the moment when the seeds are planted, nobody knows what that year’s weather is going to be like. Genes that are resistant to drought are useless in years when there are tornados or exceptional floods, and vice versa. The resilience of our crops in the face of the increasing violence of climate shocks, depends above all on their genetic diversity and on their adaptation to their local areas – and not on this or that new gene that has been patented in a laboratory. Only the selections made by peasants and small-scale farmers in their fields, from seeds that have been harvested locally, can foster such an adaptation; without them, there can be no real solution. The patents that accompany all GMOs are a false solution because they prohibit seed selection by peasants and small-scale farmers.
Confronted with the rejection of GMOs by a large number of consumers, industry has invented new genetic modification techniques which it wants to have exempted from GMO regulations. These genetic engineering techniques consist of modifying the genes of plant cells that are grown in vitro. There is no possible question that they produce modified living organisms as included in the definition in the Cartagena Protocol. But, on the pretext that some of these techniques do not leave visible traces, in the plants that are finally sold on the market, of the genetic material that was introduced into the plant cells in order to modify their genome, industry wants these plants not to be classified as GMOs – so as to avoid both the international rules of the Cartagena Protocol and the labelling, evaluation, and follow-up requirements that are part of many national regulatory systems. In order to bring this about, industry is trying to limit the definition of GMOs so that it only applies to the insertion of recombinant DNA that can be found in the final product. It is inadmissible that the FAO, in its own publications, has taken up, and given credibility to, this flagrant violation of the only recognised international definition of GMOs given by the Cartagena Protocol.
This new manoeuvre is all the more perverse because it allows industry to patent genes without distinguishing them from genes existing naturally in the seeds of peasants and small-scale farmers and in seed banks. In this way, the whole of available cultivated biodiversity comes under the control of the handful of multinationals holding the largest patent portfolios. Peasants and small-scale farmers and small seed selectors can no longer find out – in order to protect themselves – whether or not the seeds that they are using contain patented genes. This legal insecurity is leading to an acceleration of the extreme concentration of the seed industry that allows three multinationals to control more than half of today’s world seed trade. It is also leading to the disappearance of the immense diversity of peasant seeds that are saved and renewed year after year by peasants and small-scale farmers in their fields. In order to contribute to this new biopiracy, the Divseek programme is making freely available information on the genetic sequences of all of the plant resources in the ITPGRFA’s Multilateral System. In so doing, it is violating the obligations of prior consent and benefit sharing. ITPGRFA’s complicity in collaborating with this programme is an unacceptable betrayal of the trust of millions of peasants and small-scale farmers who have entrusted it with their seeds.
La Via Campesina and allied civil society organisations expect the FAO to put an immediate end to this new biopiracy and to any type of support for genetic modification technologies, the only purpose of which is to allow a handful of multinationals to take over and to patent the entirety of existing cultivated biodiversity. The FAO should support the peasants and small-scale farmers organisations and the researchers that are involved in collaborative peasant seed selection programmes which strengthen food sovereignty and peasant agroecology.
segunda-feira, 8 de fevereiro de 2016
Emprego para Agronomos
Description
Agricultural Adviser – required for Tristan da Cunha

Start date: August 2016
Detail: Tristan da Cunha is a small isolated island in the South Atlantic and is currently seeking an Agricultural Adviser to assist with all aspects of the development of livestock and agriculture. The island has approximately 1000 acres of poor grazing land for 300 cattle and 500 sheep. The community produces potatoes in family run allotments, but intend to harvest fruits, vegetables and other crops to reduce its reliance on imported foodstuffs.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate expertise gained in the UK in the following areas:
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AI and modern medication for livestock
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Arable crop rotation
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Orchard creation, management and development
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Tending to legumes in Greenhouses - extensive experience of developing successful greenhouse operations.
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Livestock maintenance (beef/dairy/sheep) and general animal husbandr
Candidates must have proven leadership experience and experience of island life with an ability and willingness to integrate and adapt into the island’s unique community.
The Island: Tristan is one of the United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories and is the world’s remotest inhabited island. There is just one village where the population of 265 live. This is an opportunity to work in a unique community where you will have a chance to make a real and immediate difference. Visit www.tristandc.com for further information on the Island.
Terms: Attractive package available including free accommodation and travel. Salary negotiable dependant on experience and qualifications.
Duration: 2 years dependant on the shipping schedule
If interested – please send your CV and 250 word statement as to how you meet the requirements to – The Commercial Officer commercialofficer@tdc-gov.com
Background
Tristan da Cunha is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom (UKOT). It is of volcanic origin and consists of four islands – Tristan (the main island), Nightingale and Inaccessible, which together form a group, and Gough Island which lies 200 miles to the south-east. Tristan is the only island with a permanent community: it has a population of around 260 people. It is the most remote inhabited island in the world, situated some 1750 miles south-west of Cape Town and only accessible by sea - seven days sailing away from Cape Town. A harbour allows for access to the island for approximately 60 days of the year.
Tristan da Cunha offers expatriates opportunities for walking and occasionally visiting the nearby islands of Nightingale and Inaccessible. Of particular interest is the wildlife and it is possible to observe at very close quarters the beautiful Yellow Nosed Albatross and the Rockhopper Penguin. Fishing is a rewarding pastime both from the shore and at sea. The island people are fun loving, friendly, kind and generous and it is possible to enjoy a lively social life. In the village there is a pub, cafe, dance hall, swimming pool, museum and tourist centre. The island shop sells most essential items and there is always an abundant supply of potatoes, fish and locally produced beef and lamb. There are three television channels provided by British Forces Broadcasting Service that provide a wide variety of films, dramas, documentaries, sports and soaps as well as UK news. Although the island is very remote the telephone service is good and the internet is available.
Tristan da Cunha is internally self governing and is part of the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Constitutionally, executive authority rests with the Tristan Governor (resident on St Helena); in practice authority is delegated to an Administrator who is resident on Tristan and is the de facto Head of Government. The Administrator heads a locally elected Island Council, which is an advisory body on policy matters. The Administrator and Council are supported by government departments. These include: Agriculture, Conservation, Education, Finance, Fishing, Medical, Post Office & Tourism, Public Works and Telecommunications.
Tristan’s main resource is lobster fishing: product is exported to the US and Japanese markets, and a royalty agreement with the company that has exclusive fishing rights, generates income for Government. Tristan also earns limited income from the sale of stamps, coins and handicraft souvenirs. Modest revenue also flows from tourism and visitor accommodation. The UK Government provides some financial support in specific areas (notably in the healthcare sector).
Tristan’s financial situation is problematic: more needs to be done to ensure Tristan can maintain its financial independence and avoid insolvency. The island would benefit from reducing its reliance on imported foodstuffs to become more self sufficient. There is a small agricultural department but lacks any formal training in animal husbandry or agricultural development. It would benefit from the introduction of knowledge and expertise to assist in increasing the production of fruit and vegetables and the development of livestock on the island.
A Vida Social das Árvores
Trees in the forest are social beings
"They can count, learn and remember; nurse sick neighbors; warn each other of danger by sending electrical signals across a fungal network known as the 'Wood Wide Web' – and, for reasons unknown, keep the ancient stumps of long-felled companions alive for centuries by feeding them a sugar solution through their roots."
These are just a few of the secrets that Peter Wohlleben, a German forest ranger and best-selling author, has learned about trees.
Upon coming across a duo of soaring beeches in the forest, Wohlleben, the author of the runaway hit book “The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries From a Secret World,” observes:
“These trees are friends. You see how the thick branches point away from each other? That’s so they don’t block their buddy’s light.”
“Sometimes," he adds, "pairs like this are so interconnected at the roots that when one tree dies, the other one dies, too.”
For someone (me) who has can’t help but to anthropomorphize trees, these words ring deep and true. And Wohlleben’s work could be changing the way we think about trees. Putting the German forest back in the spotlight, notes The New York Times, Wohlleben is making the case for a popular reimagination of trees – which the modern world seems to think of as “organic robots,” designed for little more than to supply us humans with oxygen and wood.
With a mix of scientific research and his own observations – the 51-year old Wohlleben studied forestry and has worked in the forest since 1987 – the man who speaks for the trees does so in decidedly anthropomorphic terms. Which has rankled some German biologists who question his use of language to describe life in the forest.
But Wohlleben says this is exactly the point. “I use a very human language. Scientific language removes all the emotion, and people don’t understand it anymore. When I say, ‘Trees suckle their children,’ everyone knows immediately what I mean.”
And while the book remains a runaway best-seller and is kindling, so to speak, a new appreciation of trees, Wohlleben’s hands-on work with trees themselves is nothing short of an inspiration.
After years working for the state forestry administration in Rhineland-Palatinate and then as a forester managing 3,000 acres of woods near Cologne, he began to understand that contemporary practices were not serving the trees, or those who depend on them, very well.
“By artificially spacing out trees, the plantation forests that make up most of Germany’s woods ensure that trees get more sunlight and grow faster,” notes The Times. “But, naturalists say, creating too much space between trees can disconnect them from their networks, stymieing some of their inborn resilience mechanisms.”
After researching alternative approaches to forestry he began implementing some revolutionary concepts – he replaced heavy machinery with horses, stopped using insecticides and let the woods become wilder. The forest went from loss to profit in two years.
But even with the successes the responsibility to the trees became a burden and he began to see a therapist to treat burnout and depression. “I kept thinking, ‘Ah! You only have 20 years, and you still have to accomplish this, and this, and that.’” But he learned to understand that he can’t do everything … but what he could do was write a book. And now even a tree-loving writer in New York City is singing the praises of a German forester and his profound understanding of the humble and majestic neighbors who we share this planet with.
As Dr. Seuss' tree-loving Lorax says, “I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.” And now trees have found another articulate spokesperson working in the German forest.
For more on the science of how plants and trees communicate:
• Trees communicate with one another, connected by fungi (Video)
• Plants can actually talk to each other, say researchers
Via The New York Times
Related on TreeHugger.com:
BANIR AGROTÓXICOS.
Assine o Abaixo-Assinado virtual que pede o banimento dos agrotóxicos já proibidos em outros países do mundo e que circulam livremente no Brasil.
A Campanha tem o objetivo de alertar a população sobre os perigos dos agrotóxicos, pressionar governos e propor um modelo de agricultura saudável para todas e todos, baseado na agroecologia.
Assine já, pelo banimento dos banidos! Entre no link abaixo.
