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Soil Carbon Coalition founded. Enterprise, Oregon, January 2008--The Soil Carbon Coalition, with pending 501c3 nonprofit status, plans to advance the practice of turning atmospheric carbon into soil organic matter, and to advance public awareness of the soil carbon opportunity to enhance biosphere processes and reverse global heating.

Australian author reveals comprehensive solutions to the climate crisis. Enterprise, Oregon, July 2007--Biosphere Media has published a US/UK edition of Allan Yeomans's controversial book Priority One: Together We Can Beat Global Warming.

Allan Yeomans has a background in physics, chemistry, meteorology, and agriculture. He realized that the rapid development of soil organic matter could solve the global warming problem, in combination with a switch to nonfossil energy sources. But most scientists, experts, organizations, and governments are unfamiliar with soil-enhancing farming and grazing methods, or the large and rapid increases in soil organic matter that they were achieving. "The undue influence of the coal, oil, and gas industries on every aspect of American politics has blinded Americans to the opportunities we have to stop global warming," he said. Continue article...

Forestry that Works. 30-minute film about excellent forest stewardship, highlighting the opportunities for public land management, and some observations on fire. Forestry that Works page, with a trailer and ordering info.

Discover the most common cause of droughts and floods worldwide. Viewable as a Flash movie with quiz, HTML slide show, or downloadable Flash and PowerPoint versions for classroom use, presentations, and offline viewing. In 6 languages:

Water cycle basics
水循环常识
Водный цикл
Los principios fundamentales del ciclo del agua
Les principes de base du cycle de l'eau
المبادئ الأساسية لدورة الماء في الطبيعة

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Today's featured story

When the thistle wilts at fat sheep farm

Holistic Management helps small farmers cope with drought

by Cindy Dvergsten

Colorado, U.S.A.:  In mid-August 2001, I gazed down the Mancos River thinking to myself "Gosh it must have been a really wet year in 1776." This was the year Spanish explorers Dominguez and Escalante traveled through Southwestern Colorado in search of a trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Monterey, California. Their journals speak of a drowning and injuries during river crossings, and hence came names like Mancos, meaning one hand crippled, and Dolores, the river of sorrows.

As I stared at the trickle of water picking its way haphazardly through cobbles, I tried in vain to visualize how this river could pose danger to even the most tenderfoot of traveler. Read article…

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Grazing management for healthy soils: An excellent article by Australian botanist Christine Jones. Includes bibliography.

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Enterprise Facilitation creates jobs in Canada: On site at two Canadian entrepreneurial development projects.

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Low Stress Livestock Handling, Part 1: by Steve Cote. Practical instruction on Bud Williams's low-stress livestock handling methods.

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Water absorption in grazed and rested pastures by Tony Malmberg. A simple experiment demonstrates how both grazing and recovery improve the watery cycle.

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