George L. Chan - Integrated Farming - 70s Short CV of Prof. George L. Chan (1999) Environmental engineering Consultant Presently Field director to ZERI Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland Born: 2 march 1924, Por Louis, Mauritius 1985-89 - Professor, Research Programme on Integrated Farming, Academy of Scieences, Guangzhou, China 1984 - Energy Innovation, Dept. of Energy, USA 1999 - Field Director, UNDP - Zeri Foundation, Geneva for IBS Projects in Seychelles, Cameroon, Colombia & Brazil, with training in the last two countries. 1995 - 98 - Field director, UNU-ZERI Plilot projects in Fiji and Namibia, to demonstrate the economic and ecologic benefits of Integrated Biomass Systems, without any environmental Pollutionor resources depletion 1985-90 - Academy of Sciences, Guangdong, China; Consultant in Integrated Farming Systems to enhace the traditional Dyke-pond Systems with modern science and technology for more effective & efficient natural processes. 1975-78 - Waste Digester Specialist, South Pacific Commission.
Sustainable Communities ZERI NM Professor George Chan has kindly allowed SCZ to reprint his photos and his detailed November 2003 article explaining the Integrated Farming System for recycling human and animal wastes. He is a sanitation engineer and was formerly of EPA Region 9 - Pacific. George L. Environmental Management Consultant Looking back at the precarious and even risky situation in the farming activities worldwide, we see the poor farmers working hard to feed themselves and trying to make a living from their land, with some livestock and crops. Those who added fish to the livestock-crop system have made a very big step forward, not only increasing the fertilizer from the fish wastes, but also enhanced their income from the bigger and quicker yield of fish and their relatively higher market prices. Provided that all the extra nutrients and feeds are utilized to improve productivity, the benefits can only increase to make the farmers much more prosperous. References Chaboussou, F., 1980. Chan, G.L., 1996.
Arne Næss - deep ecology - 50s Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Næss. Arne Næss en 2003. Arne Næss (27 janvier 1912 - 12 janvier 2009) est un philosophe norvégien, fondateur du courant de l'écologie profonde. Biographie[modifier | modifier le code] Vivant en Allemagne avant la guerre, sa famille déménage en Norvège pendant celle-ci, et Næss rejoint la Résistance [2]. Il développe par ailleurs une théorie du langage distincte du positivisme logique dans Interpretation and Preciseness. En 1940 et 1955, il participe activement à divers mouvements pacifistes et milite à partir de 1970 en faveur de l'écologie. Son travail philosophique se concentre ensuite sur Spinoza, dont il devient un spécialiste renommé[6], en incluant les influences du bouddhisme et de Gandhi. Næss cite le livre de Rachel Carson Silent Spring paru en 1962, comme ayant été une des influences majeures de sa vision de l'écologie profonde. « Écologie profonde » et « écosophie »[modifier | modifier le code] A. 2.
Integrated farming Integrated Farming- UNI 11233-2009 new European agriculture organic standard (IF) or integrated production is a whole organic farm management system which aims to deliver more sustainable agriculture. It is a dynamic approach which can be applied to any farming system around the world. It involves attention to detail and continuous improvement in all areas of a farming business through informed management processes. Definition[edit] The holistic approach UNI 11233 new european bio standard: Integrated production system looks at and relates to the whole Organic and Bio farm based on UNI 11233-2009 European standard, Particular emphasis is placed on a integrated organic management approach looking at the whole Bio farm as cross-linked unit, on the fundamental role and function of agro-ecosystems, on nutrient cycles which are balanced and adapted to the demand of the crops, and on health and welfare of all livestock on the farm. Classification[edit] History[edit] Objectives[edit]
Aurelio Peccei - limits to growth - 60s Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Aurelio Peccei Aurelio Peccei (Turin, - )[1] résistant au sein du mouvement Giustizia e Libertà, était un industriel italien, notamment pour Fiat, Alitalia et Olivetti. En 1968, il constitua avec Alexander King le Club de Rome. Bibliographie[modifier | modifier le code] Liens externes[modifier | modifier le code] Références[modifier | modifier le code] James Lovelock: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change | Environment Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades. This is the stark conclusion of James Lovelock, the globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist who developed the Gaia theory. It follows a tumultuous few months in which public opinion on efforts to tackle climate change has been undermined by events such as the climate scientists' emails leaked from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the failure of the Copenhagen climate summit. "I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change," said Lovelock in his first in-depth interview since the theft of the UEA emails last November. One of the main obstructions to meaningful action is "modern democracy", he added. Lovelock, 90, believes the world's best hope is to invest in adaptation measures, such as building sea defences around the cities that are most vulnerable to sea-level rises.
Lynn Margulis - 5 kingdoms of nature - 70s Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Alexander;[1] March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011)[2] was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1][3] She developed a theory of the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and contributed to the endosymbiotic theory, which is now generally accepted for how certain organelles were formed. She showed that animals, plants, and fungi all originated from Protists. She is also associated with the Gaia hypothesis, based on an idea developed by the English environmental scientist James Lovelock. Research[edit] Endosymbiosis theory[edit] Lynn Margulis attended the University of Chicago, earned a master's degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1960, and received her Ph.D. in 1963 in the faculty of Biological Sciences from UC Berkeley in Botany. In 1995, prominent evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins had this to say about Lynn Margulis and her work: [edit]
Lynn Margulis" Margulis, Lynn Alexander (1938-), an American biologist, helped advance the study of the origins of cells. She developed the symbiotic theory, which states that bacteria played a major role in the development of living cells. This theory has become known as the serial endosymbiosis theory, or SET. Margulis was born on March 5, 1938, in Chicago. At the University of Chicago, Lynn met Carl Edward Sagan, then a graduate student in physics, who would later become a famous astronomer and author. She and Sagan next moved to California, where Margulis received a doctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1965. Margftlis taught at Boston University for 22 years, from 1966 until 1988. In graduate school, Margulis became intrigued by reproduction that involved genetic material not found in a cell's nucleus, but in its cytoplasm, which is all the material within a cell's membrane other than the nucleus.
Fritjof Capra - Tao of physics - 70s Fritjof Capra (born February 1, 1939) is an Austrian-born American physicist.[1] He is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, and is on the faculty of Schumacher College. Life and work[edit] Born in Vienna, Austria, Capra attended the University of Vienna, where he earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1966. He conducted research in particle physics and systems theory at the University of Paris (1966–1968), the University of California, Santa Cruz (1968–1970), the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1970), Imperial College, London (1971–1974) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1975–1988). While at Berkeley, he was a member of the Fundamental Fysiks Group, founded in May 1975 by Elizabeth Rauscher and George Weissmann, which met weekly to discuss philosophy and quantum physics.[2] He also taught at U.C. Santa Cruz, U.C. He is fluent in German, English, French and Italian. Bibliography[edit] Capra has written several books and articles.
Fritjof Capra: The Science of Leonardo Bio Fritjof Capra Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., physicist and systems theorist, is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, which promotes ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education. He is on the faculty of Schumacher College, an international center for ecological studies in England, and frequently gives management seminars for top executives. Dr. Capra is the author of five international bestsellers, The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), The Web of Life (1996), and The Hidden Connections (2002). His most recent book, The Science of Leonardo, was published in October, 2007. Rev. Alan Jones, Ph.D., has been dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco since 1985. Jones was formerly the director of the Center for Christian Spirituality and Stephen F. To download this program become a Front Row member. ZOOM IN: Learn more with related books and additional materials. Encyclopædia Britannica Article