* Contamination has been found in cornfields in the states of Chihuahua, Morelos, Durango, Mexico State, Puebla, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tlaxcala and Veracruz
* Analyses show contamination with the genetically modified (GM) variety Starlink, prohibited for human consumption in the United States
* Some plants found to show presence of two, three and four different GM types, all patented by transnational biotechnology corporations
* Mexican indigenous and farming communities demand a halt to corn imports, continuation of the moratorium on sowing GM maize, and rejection of the Bill on Biosafety currently before the Mexican Congress.
Representatives of indigenous and farming communities from the states of Oaxaca, Puebla, Chihuahua, Veracruz, and the Center for Studies on Rural Change in Mexico (CECCAM), Center for Indigenous Missions, (CENAMI), Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group), Center for Social Analysis, Information and Popular Training (CASIFOP), Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca (UNOSJO), Jaliscan Association of Support for Indigenous Groups (AJAGI) released the results of their own independent studies and conclusions on the presence of transgenic contamination in nine Mexican states: Chihuahua, Morelos, Durango, Mexico State, San Luis Potosi, Puebla, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala and Veracruz. The analysis were carried out on 2,000 plants (in 411 groups of samples), from 138 farming and indigenous communities. In 33 communities (24% of total samples) from nine states, the tests found some presence of transgenes in native corn. The results show percentages of contamination that run from 1.5% to 33.3%, in a second round of analysis.
In the nine states that tested positive, genetic contamination was found that coincides with the protein Bt-Cry9c, that identifies the corn variety Starlink, patented by Aventis (Bayer), prohibited for human consumption in the United States and nowadays taken off the market. In these same states, other strains of Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt), used in creating transgenic Bt corn varieties by companies including Monsanto and Novartis/Syngenta, were found, as well as presence of the protein CP4-EPSPS patented by Monsanto and used to create corn genetically modified to resist herbicides.
The analyses were carried out with commercial detection kits of the Agdia brand, applying the DAS ELISA test. The first round of tests were done by the members of the communities and organizations themselves, with the technical assistance and support of biologists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The second round of tests was carried out by a company that distributes the kits in Mexico.
“Our analyses confirm the findings of contamination of native corn that were released to the public previously by researchers Chapela and Quist of the University of California at Berkeley, and by the National Institute of Ecology (INE) and the National Council on Biodiversity (CONABIO). Now we see that the contamination has spread at least to the South, Central and Northern regions of the country,” stated Ana de Ita of CECCAM. She added, “This is just a small sample, but it indicates the seriousness of the problem. If we’re finding contamination in random samples from indigenous and farming communities far from urban centers and in communities that have traditionally used their own seed, then the problem is much more widespread. The presence of Starlink is especially serious because it ends up in the corn these communities consume. The plants in several communities that contain two, three and even four different transgenes together indicates that the contamination has been around for years, and that contaminated maize on small farms has been cross-pollinating for generations to have incorporated all these different traits in its genome.”
Silvia Ribeiro of ETC Group warned that “Recent U.S. production of corn genetically modified to produce substances ranging from plastics and adhesives, to spermicides and abortifacients poses an even greater risk of contamination. There have already been cases in Iowa and Nebraska of accidental escape of corn modified to produce non-edible substances. If we’re already finding contamination in remote areas of Mexico, where cultivation of GM corn is prohibited by law, how can we guarantee that these other types won’t spread as well?”
Ribeiro continued: “Like all GM products in the world, the proteins detected are all under patent. The Monsanto corporation that accounts for 90% of the world market in genetically modified agricultural products already won a lawsuit against Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser claiming unlicensed use of their patent, even though Schmeiser’s fields were inadvertently contaminated by Monsanto’s GM canola. There are currently 2,000 similar cases filed by Monsanto and other biotech corporations against farmers in Canada and the U.S.”
Elizabeth, a peasant from the state of Veracruz, declared: “The companies themselves should be sued, for contamination. We publicly declare their responsibility, and we will not permit any lawsuit filed by them, in any part of Mexico, since they’re the ones who have damaged our corn with their genetically modified products.”
Pedro, an indigenous community member in Chihuahua, echoed a view expressed by many of the representatives of indigenous and farming communities affected, stating that for them the contamination of their corn is an attack on their most profound cultural roots and a threat to their basic source of sustenance and autonomy. “Our seeds, our corn, is the basis of the food sovereignty of our communities. It’s much more than a food, it’s part of what we consider sacred, of our history, our present and future.”
Baldemar Mendoza, an indigenous farmer from Oaxaca, reported at the news conference that deformed plants with GM traits have been found in Oaxaca and other states. “We have seen many deformities in corn, but never like this. One deformed plant in Oaxaca that we saved tested positive for three different transgenes. The old people of the communities say they have never seen these kinds of deformities.”
He also stated that government representatives came to his community to tell him not to worry about contamination, because GM crops have been available in some countries for five or six years and there is no evidence that GM crops are harmful to health. “But we have our own evidence,” asserted Mendoza. “We have 10,000 years of evidence that our maize is good for our health. To contaminate it with genetically modified maize is a crime against all indigenous peoples and farming communities who have been cultivating and improving maize over millennia for the benefit of humankind.”
Alvaro Salgado of CENAMI cited a Nahuatl poem that emphasizes the role of corn in Mexican communities: “It is our mother because it gives us life; it gives us unity and identity, as children of the same family. It makes us love our mother earth and not abandon her. It makes us peoples. We share the maize with joy, but nobody has the right to use it as its owner, maize can feed us all, but we cannot appropriate it. We have a mutual relationship, that’s why we defend it from foxes, coyotes and rats. We don’t want it to run out, because we exist thanks to corn.”
“Contamination isn’t just one more problem”, said Salgado. “It’s an aggression against Mexico’s identity and its original inhabitants. That is why the communities and organizations have decided to take matters in their own hands. We won’t let the same technicians and institutions and companies that gave us chemicals and hybrid seeds come along now to tell us not to worry and that the solution is their seeds. We want our seeds and we are going to defend them and rescue them.”
Carlos Chavez of AJAGI further noted: “In the two years that the government has known about the contamination, it hasn’t done anything to determine how far it has spread or to stop the sources of contamination. With the exception of the studies done by INE-CONABIO, it hasn’t released the results of governmental studies, like the ones carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture (SAGARPA).” Chavez also noted that Victor Villalobos, the Ministry’s delegate in the Intersecretarial Commission for Biosafety and Genetically Modified Organisms (CIBIOGEM) stated publicly that “contamination in Oaxaca is a natural laboratory” and called for lifting the moratorium on sowing genetically modified maize in national territory.
“This would only help the five or six multinationals producing GM corn.” Chavez said. Meanwhile, the Senate approved a bill on Biosafety with no discussion and with the support of all the political parties. Instead of protecting Mexico’s interests, this bill protects the multinationals that contaminate us, and rejects the precautionary principle although this should be the major priority in our country since Mexico is a mega-diverse country and center of origin for corn and other food crops. Out of respect for indigenous peoples, small farmers and all Mexicans, this bill should not be approved in the Chamber of Deputies, where it is currently under discussion. What we need in Mexico is to say NO to genetically modified crops—they contaminate native varieties, they make us dependent and we don’t need them.”
He added that, “Even international institutions like the International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT), which has the largest public seed bank for maize in the world gathered from small and indigenous farmers, have failed to publicly recognize that contamination exists but at the same time it has projects to develop GM maize and wheat. They are betraying what they say is their mission: to serve poor farmers.”
CECCAM’s Ana de Ita summed up the demands of the organizations and communities involved in the study:
* Total rejection of genetically modified crops
* Rejection of the bill on biosafety before Congress, which would only legalize genetic contamination
* Hold the multinational producers of GM products, particularly Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dupont, Dow and BASF, responsible for the contamination. We reject their lawsuits for “unlicensed use of patents,” that are in direct violation of farmers‘ rights.
* The Mexican government and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) must make public all the results of studies of contamination.
* Maintain the moratorium on cultivating and freeing GM maize into the environment
* Immediate halt to importations of GM corn, the most likely source of contamination
* Indigenous and farming communities, supported by the organizations they choose, will take specific actions to stop and reverse GM contamination. We invite all indigenous and farming communities to join the movement to defend our maize.
Indigenous and farming communities in Chihuahua, Puebla, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Veracruz and other states
CECCAM (Center for Studies on Rural Change in Mexico)
CENAMI (National Center to Support Indigenous Missions)
ETC Group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration)
CASIFOP (Center for Social Analysis, Information and Popular Training)
UNOSJO (Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca)
AJAGI (Jaliscan Association of Support for Indigenous Groups)
Summary of results of the tests for genetic contamination of native corn, Mexico 2003
The analysis were carried out on 2,000 plants (in 411 groups of samples), from 138 farming and indigenous communities. In 33 communities (24% of total samples) from the states of Chihuahua, Morelos, Durango, Mexico State, San Luis Potosi, Puebla, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala and Veracruz, the tests found some presence of transgenes in native corn.
All the communities that participated in this study practice campesino, or small-scale agriculture, using family labor, and little or no chemical inputs. The corn produced is destined primarily to family consumption and is sown on plots of between one and two hectares, using their own stores of saved native seed. Most of the communities are located in regions far from urban centers. Each one of the communities participating in the study defined the size of its sample and the plants were selected at random, taken from the corners and center of each plot.
In January 2003, 105 groups of leaves from 520 plants were analysed from the states of Puebla, Veracruz, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Mexico State and Morelos. In August of 2003, additional samples from the state of Tlaxcala were analyzed that also tested positive using the same method described below.
Based on tests to determine the presence of endotoxins through the DAS-ELISA technique, using commercial kits manufactured by Agdia, with a reader of optical density and a filter of 620 nm, the first test was carried out to determine the presence or absence of five types of proteins that are present in GM organisms. Four of these detect the toxin Bacillus Thuringiensis: Bt-Cry 1Ab/1Ac, Bt-Cry9C, Bt-Cry 1C y Bt Cry2a, and one detects herbicide-resistant CP4 EPSPS.
Of these 105 samples, gathered from 95 plots in 53 communities, 48.6 % tested positive for transgenic proteins. 17% of the samples were positive for three or more, 13% were positive for two or more, and 18.6% for one.
Of the total of samples analyzed, in 21% Cry 1a/1ac was detected, among other things, and 26.67% tested positive for Cry9c (Starlink). Another 34% were positive for CP4 EPSPS.
In July/August 2003 a second study was carried out on 306 samples, made up of groups of leaves from 1,500 plants and using samples from the corners and centers of fields located in 101 indigenous communities in six Mexican states: Oaxaca, Puebla, Chihuahua, Durango and Veracruz.
The study sought to determine the presence of endotoxins through the DAS-ELISA technique, and was done by the laboratory Fumigaciones y Mantenimiento de Plantas S.C., using the Agdia commercial kits, with a reader of optical density and filter of 620 nm, diagnosing the presence or absence of three types of proteins indicators of the presence or absence of the toxin Bt that produces insect-resistant plants (Bt-Cry 1Ab/1Ac, Bt-Cry- 9C, Bt-Cry 1C) and one resistant to herbicides (CP4 EPSPS). Of the 306 samples in total in this case—from all the communities and points of sampling—32 samples (10.45%) tested positive. 1% of the simples registered the protein Bt-Cry 1Ab/1Ac; 1% of the samples registered the protein Bt-Cry 9C; 3.6% were positive for resistance to herbicides CP4 EPSPS. 4.9% of the samples were positive concomitantly for two or three different transgenes: 3.9% of the samples for three types—two different types of Bt (Bt-Cry9C, Bt Cry 1Ab/1Ac) and the herbicide resistant CP4 EPSPS; while 0.65% of the samples registered the presence of two transgenic characteristics: CP4 EPSPS and Bt-Cry 1Ab/1Ac. The remaining 0.33% was positive for CP4 EPSPS and Bt-Cry 9C.
In 18 of the 105 sample groups, between 1.5% and 33.3% of the samples registered positive results. Deformed plants have been found in the states of Oaxaca and Chihuahua that have tested positive for the presence of GM products.
Some commercial brands and companies that market GM products containing transgenes found in Mexican maize: Bt-Cry- 9C present in the maize Starlink of Aventis (owned by Bayer), prohibited in the United States for human consumption; Bt-Cry 1Ab/1Ac, present, among other commercial brands in the products YieldGard from Monsanto, Knockout from Novartis (owned by Syngenta), and NatureGard from Mycogen; Bt-Cry1C in products from Mycogen y Ecogen. CP4 EPSPS that identifies, for example, the GM maize resistant to herbicide RoundUp Ready Corn from Monsanto, (resistant to the herbicide glyphosate, known locally as Faena or Basta).
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http://www.soilfoodweb.com WORM TEA: FIGHTS PLANT DISEASES - ORGANIC FERTILIZERS
http://www.ourvitalearth.com/worm-tea.htm http://bristen.com/natureshop/gardenjournal/wormtea.htm http://www.kitsapezearth.com/fact.html#tea WORM COMPOSTING: RECYCLING - SOIL IMPROVEMENT - INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION
Worm Composting rapidly converts organic waste into safe and very beneficial garden products.
http://www.vermico.com http://www.elementgreen.com http://www.wormdigest.org http://www.wormbooks.com http://www.eco-ireland.com http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.earthworms.co.nz http://vermitechnology.com http://www.wonderwormsuk.com/recycling http://www.sfenvironment.org/our_programs/topics.html?ssi=3&ti=6 http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/Redwormsedit.htm http://www.homestead.org/Gardening/RaisingEarthworms.htm book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof
http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com book: Recycle With Earthworms; by Shelley Grossman
http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm book: Let An Earthworm Be Your Garbage Man
http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm book: Composting With Worms; by G. Pilkington
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: A Worm's Eye View of Recycling Rubbish
http://www.organicnz.org/page/organic-nz-book-club-children book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; by David Ernst
http://acresusa.com article: The Worm Composting Toilet
http://www.wormdigest.org book: The Worm Café: Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes- A Manual for Schools resources for the Classroom
http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html schools and univerities composting their organic waste
http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html newsletters:
http://www.vermico.com/newsletter1.htm training and seminars:
http://www.vermico.com/seminar.htm Kitchen Worm Composter
http://www.elementgreen.com E.M. COMPOSTING: RECYCLING - CLEANING POLLUTED SOILS - INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION
Effective Microorganisms Composting converts animal waste into safe garden products and eliminates odors.
http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://bokashicenter.com http://www.emshop.co.nz http://www.emrousa.com/about.html http://www.bokashi.co.nz http://www.eminfo.info http://www.agriton.nl/apnanman.html http://www.emro.co.jp http://www.emtrading.com http://www.emnz.com http://www.emrochina.com http://www.multikraft.at http://www.school-el.net http://www.unet.or.jp http://www.go-emco.co.jp http://www.embiotech.org http://www.chujosl.com http://www.emgreen.pl http://www.emhellas.com http://www.emiko.de http://www.lindros.co.za/Effective%20Microorganisms.htm http://www.emhawaii.com http://www.bmecology.com http://emerald-natural-living.ie http://www.newfarm.org/depts/gleanings/0803/rutter.shtml http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/01/01/stories/2005010117170300.htm book: Beneficial and Effective Microorganisms for a Sustainable Agriculture and Environment; by Teruo Higa
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; by Teruo Higa
http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products-books_videos.html book: Eco Pure The Front Line of EM Kitchen Garbage Recycle; by EM Joho-shitsu
book: EM Teacher's Manual Transforming Waste
http://bokashicenter.com Compost-Zing for Kitchen Waste Recycling
http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm Bokashi Compost-Zing Systems
http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm EM Kitchen and Garden Composters
http://www.emtrading.com/store1/emkc100104_700_26_15_3_261.html OTHER COMPOSTING METHODS
book: Let it Rot; by Stu Campbell
http://www.countrysidemag.com book: Secret Life of Compost; by Malcom Beck
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=41&catid=&pcid=2 book: Fletcher Sims' Compost; by Charles Walters
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=43&catid=&pcid=2 book: Mulch It; by Stu Campbell
http://www.countrysidemag.com book: Field Guide to On-Farm Composting; by Mark Dougherty
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=1192&catid=&pcid=2 VOLUNTEER to WORK on ORGANIC FARMS all over the World
http://www.wwoof.org http://www.wwoof.it http://www.wwoof.dk http://www.wwoof.de http://www.wwoof.com.au http://www.wwoof.ca EAT LOCAL ORGANIC FOOD CAMPAIGN
Please support your Local Organic Family Farmers. Thank you.
http://www.localharvest.org/csa http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp http://www.eatlocal.org/Ideas.html http://colombia.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/34640.php http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/33261.php http://www.iatp.org SEATTLE P-PATCH PROGRAM for helping Food Banks and the poor
You can copy the Seattle Method, and use it in your LOCAL Neighborhood.
http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch GARDEN-RAISED BOUNTY They build raised gardens for the poor, single mothers and the old.
You can duplicate their methods in your community.
http://goodgrub.org http://www.leftfootorganics.org GLEANER Groups
Please set up a Gleaners Group in your community to pick excess Fresh Organic vegetables and organic fruits from your neighbors' gardens, from local farms and from Farmers Markets for use by your local food bank. Thank you.
http://www.localharvest.org Local FOOD BANKS need your help. Luke 10:29 Isaiah 1:17; 1:19
Please grow a row of food in your garden for your Local Food Bank. Thank you.
http://www.hmk.on.ca/plantarow.html http://garden.hortport.com/Current_Issue.htm?ID=3796 http://www.toronto.ca/health/plant_a_row.pdf http://www.seattletilth.org http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://www.growingpower.org http://www.growinghope.net http://www.edibleschoolyard.org http://www.cityfarmer.org rswr.org WINTER FARMING AND GARDENING TECHNOLOGY
http://www.newfarm.org/features/0404/moore/greenhouse.shtml http://www.newfarm.org/features/0404/moore/greenhouseII.shtml http://biointensiveforrussia.igc.org http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.growerssupply.com http://www.growbiointensive.org/newsletter/may2000/passive-solar.html http://www.homepower.com Passive Solar Greenhouse Workshop: design, construction and year round production:
contact:
sandcmoore@juno.com telephone: 717.225.2489 (USA) Steve and Carol Moore book: Four Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/main/books/books.html book: Solar Gardening; by Leande Vogel Poisson
http://green-shopping.co.uk book: Winter Harvest Manual; by Eliot Coleman
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/main/books/books.html book: Lasagna Gardening; by Patricia Lanza
bring sun light indoors to grow food:
http://www.sunpipe.com energy efficient LED grow lights:
http://www.led-grow-master.com Water Walls-Thermal Mass
http://www.slosustainability.com Water Wall Design Manual
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/AWaterWallIntro.pdf Polymax Water Wall Bag
http://www.growerssupply.com http://www.solar-components.com HEATING GREEN HOUSES with SOLAR HOT WATER and radiant heating systems
(Using the floor as a Thermal Mass for Retaining Heat at Night - see THERMAL MASS)
http://www.radiantsolar.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.thermomax.com http://www.orange-energy.de Free Installation Manual:
http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm Solar Water Wall for Passive Solar Heating
http://www.solar-components.com http://www.growerssupply.com Water Wall Design Manual
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/AWaterWallIntro.pdf Polymax Water Wall Bag
http://www.growerssupply.com book: Energy Conservation for Commercial Greenhouses; by John Bartok
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Biodynamic Greenhouse Management; by Heinz Grotzke
book: Greenhouses for Homeowners and Gardeners; by John Bartok
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Complete Greenhouse Book, Building and Using Greenhouses from Cold-Frames to Solar Structures; by Peter Clegg
book: Complete book of the Greenhouse; by Ian Walls
http://green-shopping.co.uk book: Greener Greenhouses;
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Greenhouse Gardener's Companion; by Shane Smith
book: Building Your Own Greenhouse; by Mark Freeman
book: Gardening Under Cover: A Northwest Guide to Solar Greenhouses, Cold Frames; by William Head
book: Building and Using Cold Frames
book: Polytunnel Companion; by Jayne Neville
book: Gardening Under Plastic: How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels; by Bernard Salt
book: Starting Early Flowering and Vegetable Plants Under Glass; by Charles Nissley
bring sun light indoors to grow food:
http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.led-grow-master.com Water Walls-Thermal Mass
http://www.slosustainability.com Vertical indoor Garding:
http://207.155.2.70 http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 SOLAR POWERED GREENHOUSES and passive solar heated greenhouses
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 http://www.growingspaces.co.uk http://www.scrupe.com/Collecting%20Details/collecting_details.htm http://www.solar.demokritos.gr/desabst/1981.htm Solar Water Wall for Passive Solar Heating
http://www.solar-components.com Water Wall Design Manual
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/AWaterWallIntro.pdf Polymax Water Wall Bag
http://www.growerssupply.com RAINWATER HARVESTING
http://www.greengridroofs.com http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://plants-for-people.org/eng http://foodnotlawns.com Rainwater Filtering:
http://rainfilters.com http://www.hydroscreen.com http://www.oasisdesign.net Rainwater Purification:
http://www.chlorfreeglobal.com http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://atlantium.com http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://www.hlf.org.np/Spowts.html http://sunutility.com http://www.rainwaterclub.org http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/DTU/rwh/index.html http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org http://www.aboutrainwaterharvesting.com http://www.rainman.ie http://www.sustainable.com.au/rainwater.html http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.forgottenrain.com http://www.lifewater.ca/rain.htm http://www.rainwaterharvesting.net http://www.raincentre.org http://www.ne-design.net http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/PI/rainbarrels.htm http://www.rainharvesting.ie http://www.freerain.co.uk http://www.cseindia.org http://www.ideorg.org/Page.asp?NavID=215 http://products.ecosaver.com.au/dma-savew/?sectionid=20 Online Book: Texas Guide to Rainwater Harvesting; by Wendy Price Todd
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf http://www.geckodance.com/Family_Focus/Rainwater_Collection.html http://www.ircsa.org/7th.html http://home.btconnect.com/engindia/rainwaterharvesting.htm http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/resources/rainwater-harvesting-with-cisterns-resources http://www.newint.org/issue354/harvesting.htm http://www.selfhelpintl.ie/selfhelp/Files/20509%20Self%20Help%20Water%20Book.pdf http://www.p2pays.org/ref/18/17754.htm http://www.oneworld.ca/guides/water/harvesting http://www.solar783.com/rainharv.pdf book: Rain Gardens; by Nigel Dunnett
book: Create an Oasis With Greywater; by A. Ludwig
http://www.oasisdesign.net book: Safe Rainwater Collection; by Charmaine Taylor
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com book: Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls; by Nigel Dunnett
book: Green Roof Plants; by Edmund C. Snodgrass
book: Roof Gardens; by Theodore H. Osmundson
RECYCLING STORM WATER
(heat island mitigation, cleaning and filtering storm water)
Porous concrete vehicle parking areas and green parking lots
http://www.grasscrete.com http://www.ecocreto.com http://www.nidaplast.nl http://www.hexapath.com http://www.perfo-uk.com http://www.hoofmark.co.uk http://www.netlon.co.uk/_turfsystems http://www.heitonuk.com/ground1.htm http://www.invisiblestructures.com.au http://www.grasspave.com/GP2/grasspave.htm http://www.ritter-technik.co.uk/grass.html http://www.geoproducts.org http://www.geosyn.co.uk/products/duoblock.html http://earth-savers.com http://www.monolithic.com/construction/culverts/index.html GRAY WATER RECYCLING
http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecoplay.nl http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.waterrecycling.com http://www.waterrecycle.com.au http://www.korte-organica.hu http://www.livingmachines.com http://www.cepp.cc http://www.seacology.org http://www.seaweb.org book: Builder's Greywater Guide; author: Art Ludwig
http://www.oasisdesign.net book: Sewage Solutions; author: Nick Grant
http://www.cat.org.uk/catpubs/book.tmpl?sku=ss Greywater Heat Exchangers:
http://www.gfxtechnology.com RECYCLING HEAT FROM WASTE WATER for heating and cooling buildings
http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.focus-solar.com NO FLUSH COMPOSTING TOILET SYSTEMS
http://www.compostingtoilet.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://www.composttoilet.nl http://www.ecosan.nl http://www.sun-mar.com http://www.riles.org http://www.solartoilet.com http://www.envirolet-europe.com http://www.berger-biotechnik.de http://www.aquatron.se book: Composting Toilet System Book; author: David Del Porto
http://www.oasisdesign.net book: Humanure Handbook; author: Joseph Jenkins
http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html book: Wastewater Recycling Manual
http://csestore.cse.org.in book: The Toilet Papers: Designs to Recycle Human Waste; author: Sim Van Der Ryn
http://www.alibris.com article: The Worm Composting Toilet
http://www.wormdigest.org Compost-Zing for compost toilets
http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm training for: building composting toilet systems
http://www.cepp.cc utilizing ORGANIC GARDENING in SCHOOLS-UNIVERSITIES
for improving Academic Performance and social development
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/schools.php http://www.schoollunchinitiative.org http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/cla_lessons.html http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl-guide.html http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.organicconsumers.org http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/kit_lessons.html http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/pubs/index.html http://growinghope.net http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://seattletilth.org http://urbanharvest.org http://cityfarmer.org http://farminthecity.org http://csafarms.org http://www.ncfi.org.uk http://www.seedinternational.com.au/Schools.html http://www.goodgrub.org/youth http://www.utafoundation.org/Sunshine/home.htm http://www.communitygarden.org/learn http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/Toolkit.pdf http://www.thewatershedproject.org/default/?q=resources http://www.journeytoforever.org/edu.html#garden http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/nutrition/healthy01.asp https://secure.bioneers.org/product/books/ecologicalliteracy http://www.nwf.org/backyard/resourceconservation.cfm Organic Farming Training:
http://www.wwoof.org book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; by Jeanette Abi-Nader
http://www.communitygarden.org http://public.gripserver4.com/garden/html/learn book: Learning About Lifecycles Using An Organic Garden; by Allan Randall
http://www.green-shopping.co.uk book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber
http://www.acresusa.com book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof
http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com book: Four Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com book: Growing Naturally: A Teacher's Guide to Organic Gardening; by M. Brown
book: Let's Grow!: 72 Gardening Adventures with Children; by Linda Tilgner
book: Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World; by Michael Stone
book: Permaculture Teachers' Guide; by Andrew Goldring
http://www.green-shopping.co.uk book: Manual For Teaching Permaculture Creatively; by Robin Clayfield
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: A Child's Organic Garden, Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables; by Fryer Bradford
book: Digging Deeper: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrating Youth Gardens into School and Communities; by Kiefer and Kemple
book: Organic Gardening, The Natural No-Dig Way; by Charles Dowding
http://www.charlesdowding.co.uk book: No-Did, No-Weed Gardening; by R. Pioncelot
book: The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden; by Ruth Stout
http://www.emilycompost.com/books.htm book: Tips for the Lazy Gardener; by Linda Tilgner
http://www.countrysidemag.com book: Heirloom Vegetable Gardening - Heritage Seeds; by William Weaver
book: An Earth Saving Revolution, Vol. 1, Vol 2; by Teruo Higa
http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products-books_videos.html book: Permaculture, Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability; by David Holmgren
book: Gaia's Garden; by Toby Hemenway
book: The Natural Way of Farming; by Masanobu Fukuoka
book: Seaweed, A User's Guide; by Sonia Surrey-Gent
http://acresusa.com book: Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew
http://www.squarefootgardening.com book: Cinder Block Gardens, book; by Lynn A. Gillespie
book: Practical Guide to Container Gardening; by Susan Berry
book: Soul of Soil; by Grace Gershuny
book: Great Garden Formulas; by Joan Benjamin
book: Super Nutrition Gardening; by William Peavy
book: Sprouts The Miracle Food; by Steve Meyerowitz
book: Windowsill Gardening, Year-Round Indoor Gardening Projects for Kids; by Klutz
http://eco-artware.com/books.shtml Vertical indoor Garding:
http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.aerogrow.com High School Science Garden, Solar Energy, Farmers Market:
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 Roof Top Gardening - Balcony Gardening:
http://www.rooftopgardens.org book: Harnessing the Earthworm; by Thomas Barrett
http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm book: Allergy-Free Gardening; by Thomas Ogren
http://www.allergyfree-gardening.com book: Food Not Lawns; by Heather Flores
http://www.foodnotlawns.com book: Designing And Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally; by Robert Kourik
book: Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy
book: Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/edibleflowers.html http://www.plantea.com/edibleland.htm http://www.landofvos.com/articles/kitchen8.html http://www.ibiblio.org/permaculture-online/artedibl.html book: Amaranth to Zai Holes: Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions; by Laura Meitzner
http://echobooks.org book: Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms; by Paul Stamets
book: New Seed Starter's Handbook; by Nancy Bubel
book: Autumn Nature Activities for Children; by Marie Louise Kreuter
book: Sharing Nature With Children; by Joseph Cornell
book: Earthwise: Environmental Crafts and Activities; by Carol Petrash
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson
http://www.acresusa.com book: Natural Soap Book; by Susan Miller Cavitch
book: Solar Food Dryer; by Eben Fodor
Solar Cooking:
http://www.solarcooking.org bring sun light indoors to classrooms for growing food and plants:
http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sun-tek.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.skytube.net.nz http://www.sunscope.com http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier:
http://garlicbarrier.com http://ghorganics.com http://biconet.com http://organiclandscape.com http://foxfarmfertilizer.com Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds:
http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528 http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm http://garden-ville.com http://greenergyinc.com http://groworganic.com http://ehabc.org http://hotpepperwax.com http://www.organiclandcare.org http://www.mcs-global.org http://www.panna.org http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/4466/index.php http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/02/36740.shtml Free organic gardening-farming Catalog:
http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm MORE INFO
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/44217.php http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/1186.shtml http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14175/index.php http://india.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/211309.shtml http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/12625.php For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening, Biointensive gardening, Heirloom gardening-Heritage Seeds, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening Therapy. Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques. Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time. Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://www.localharvest.org To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves. Gandhi
School Gardening - Science and Academic Success
and school Farmer Markets GENERATING REVENUE or a CSA - Community Supported Agriculture
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 solar school GRANTS:
http://www.pge.com/about_us/community/solar_schools How to set up a Farmers Market or a CSA
http://www.localharvest.org http://www.acresusa.com book: New Farmers' Market; by Vance Corum, Maurice
book: Backyard Market Gardening; by Andrew W. Lee
book: Sharing the Harvest; by Elizabeth Henderson
http://chelseagreen.com ORGANIC GARDENING THERAPY
http://www.growingcenter.org http://www.plants-for-people.org/eng http://www.gardening4good.org http://www.horticulturaltherapy.com.au http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.camphillkimberton.org http://www.camphill.org.uk http://www.steinerwaldorf.org.uk http://www.kidsgardening.com http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.kurisu.com/kurisu-restorative-gardens.shtml http://www.meristem.org http://www.sustland.umn.edu/design/healinggardens.html http://www.kinghorngardens.com/healing.htm http://www.kurisu.com http://www.djc.com/special/landscape98/10037844.htm http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/swt_0905p19.htm http://www.mhtachapter.org/resources.htm http://www.healthdesign.org/resources/pubs/books/books_gardens.php book: Starting a Horticultural Therapy Program; by Cathedne Drew
book: Healing Gardens, Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations; by Clare Cooper Marcus
http://www.alibris.com book: Healing Through Working; by D. Ketelaars
http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org/index.php?s=announce&id=5&t=healing-through-working book: Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled; by Joann Woy
book: Restorative Gardens; by Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs
book: Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population; by Suzanne Wells
book: Horticulture As Therapy, A Practical Guide to Using Horticulture As a Therapeutic Tool; by Mitchell Hewson
utilizing ORGANIC COMMUNITY GARDENS to feed the hungry
http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://www.growingpower.org http://growinghope.net http://seattletilth.org http://www.communitygarden.org http://www.ssawg.org/cfs-resources.html http://www.greenguerillas.org http://www.greenthumbnyc.org http://www.rswr.org http://www.hmk.on.ca/plantarow.html http://garden.hortport.com/Current_Issue.htm?ID=3796 http://www.toronto.ca/health/plant_a_row.pdf http://www.seedinternational.com.au/community_food.html http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.html http://www.longbeachorganic.org/Site/englishstartupguide.PDF http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/startup_guide.html http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/spew4th.pl?ascribeid=20030513.123819&time=13+19+PDT&year=2003&public=1 http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=476 http://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot4.html http://www.lta.org/resources/index.html http://www.lta.org/publicpolicy/advocates.htm Free book:
http://www.wasatchgardens.org/Library/CommunityGardenStart-upHandbook.PDF book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; by Jeanette Abi-Nader
book: Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool; by Karen Payne
book: Community Planning Handbook; by N. Wates
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Sustainable Communities; by H. Barton
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Sustainable Community - A Practical Guide
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Common Sense of Community; by D. Atkinson
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Guerrilla Gardening; by David Tracey
book: Great Neighborhood Book; by Jay Walljasper
book: Do It Yourself; by Kim Bryan
book: Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores
book: 21st-Century Smallholder; by Paul Waddington
book: Conservation Finance Handbook; by Kim Hopper
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/items/conservationfinance book: Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation
book: In Gardens We Trust
http://www.tpl.org/tier2_kad.cfm?folder_id=1385 WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
http://www.zeri.org http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.bokashi.co.nz http://www.elementgreen.com http://www.zerowastekovalam.org http://zerowaste.co.nz http://www.zerowaste.com http://www.crns.org.uk http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com http://www.1windowquilts.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://waterrecycling.com http://ecoflo.ie book: Create an Oasis With Greywater; by A. Ludwig
http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://atlantium.com book: Safe Rainwater Collection; by Charmaine Taylor
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com Greywater Heat Exchangers:
http://www.gfxtechnology.com book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof
http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com http://elementgreen.com book: Recycle With Earthworms; by Shelley Grossman
http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm ADVANCED RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES:
http://rogueimc.org/en/2007/05/8529.shtml http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211277.shtml http://santiago.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/68545.php http://turkce-cyprus.indymedia.org/newswire/display/120/index.php PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING of BUILDINGS
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs14.htm http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/phase2.htm http://www.sunplans.com http://www.passivhaustagung.de http://www.passiv.de http://www.solardwellings.com.au http://www.omsolar.net http://www.poweredliving.co.nz http://www.solarliving.org http://www.passivehouse.org.nz http://www.sunpowerdesign.com.au Passive House Planning Package 2007 Manual + CD-Rom (7th revised edition)
http://e-colab.org http://www.passivhaus.org.uk http://passiefhuisplatform.be http://pibp.pl http://budynek-pasywny.pl http://www.lamaisonpassive.fr http://maison.passive.free.fr http://www.lamaisonpassive.be http://www.maison-passive.be http://www.maisonpassive.be http://www.passiefhuisplatform.be http://www.batirbio.org http://www.la-maison-ecologique.com http://passive-aventure.vivao.be http://maisonpassive.info http://solares-bauen.fr http://www.energieinstitut.at http://www.hausderzukunft.at book: Warm House, Cool House: Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing; by Nick Hollo
http://www.unireps.com.au/isbn/0947277226.htm http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/housedesign/moreinfo.shtml http://www.aseg.net/InTheNews.htm http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/programs/sustainable_buildings/books_on_sustainable_architecture_and_building http://www.architext.com.au/Cat/environmental.htm http://www.facs.gov.au/indigenous/housing_guide2/b8.htm http://www.bookworm.com.au/bookworm/dw000013.htm http://www.theownerbuilder.com.au/Bookshop.pdf book: Passive Solar House; by James Kachadorian
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/passivesolarhouse2 http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/passolhous.html http://www.urbanharvest.org/permaculture/pclinks.html http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/bccde3d2434d17fba19afeb4da09e526.html http://www.homesteadinginfo.com/books/chelseapublishing/passive_solar_house.html http://store.sundancesolar.com/pasohoussode.html http://www.acresaustralia.com.au/bookstore/prod381.htm http://www.rockymtsolar.com/passivesolar.htm book: Solar House, Passive Heating and Cooling; by Ph.D. Chiras
http://www.nesea.org/publications/NESun/review_chiras.html http://store.altenergystore.com/Books-Videos/Solar/c457 https://www.oikos.com/shop/product_inf