Buzz Words

Thyme to review what we know and get the ideas clear, because to understand the changes necessary to fix the ideas, we will have to be able to apply the idea in a secondary form. There are some basic givens that i don't see any way around. For instance, we will have to have food and water and a means of reprocessing the material that is waste. Life is full of acronyms - i will try to identify some of these as we discuss this life concept.

The current use of clean water for handling excrement will have to be replaced, even though it is convenient, it has the effect of concentrating a lot of material in a very small space. MWTF Municipal water treatment facilities are the biggest water polluters on the planet - but the grubbermint would have you think its those darn farmers and their cow poop management. Just go look at the operating plan of your nearest CAFO confined animal feeding operation.

We will need to eat and drink, so food production and water purification are both necessary. I am working with some dome folks to design a grow-dome that is capable of being home to multiple species. The current working plan is for Bee Haven - a place where we can cultivate the pollens and pollinators necessary to keep the bees buzzing. Flowing water tends to create a healthy environment - this sequence of flow can simulate nature, but can never replace it.

I will be tending bees this spring and learning from the masters - the bees themselves. I have an excellent 1960's textbook and a 44-year veteran of the hive wars. The latest bee problems, including CCD colony collapse disorder, seem to be a function of industrial agriculture. Nature is significantly impeded when foreign genes are placed on the inside of its systems. What in the world is Monsanity thinking with Bt embedded plant life - see where the poison pollen goes.

Nuff o dat negative stuff. We are not going to complain, we are going to be agents of change. There is an awesome new article from one of my modern heroes - Butler Schaffer - discussing the same reality that we deal with here. Let me lead you there.