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Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere

  • The Sahara Forest Project

    • 1 Feb 2012
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    • Africa Ecology February 01 2012 Forest Mega Projects desert
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    "Can you imagine being able to produce enough water in the Sahara to grow crops there? Can you imagine harnessing sufficient quantities of solar power to supply electricity to cities in Africa and cities in Europe? Can you imagine producing a sustainable bio-fuel that doesn't impact on world food supplies? Charlie Paton, Michael Pawlyn and Bill Watts can and what's more they can imagine all these happening in the same place at the same time."
    via treehugger.com

     

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  • Fog in Forest Ancient

    • 29 Dec 2011
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    • 28December11 Fog Forest Photographs
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    by Matt Gragg Photography Travel by Nature 

    This photo was taken in the Kahuku tract of Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island.

    via flickr.com

     

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  • "You're Gonna Burn !!"

    • 22 Dec 2011
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    • 21December11 Ecology Fire Forest Infestations Natural Disasters
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    "Nearly 8,000 hectares (19,768 acres) of forest in Western Alberta is sacrificed in a controlled fire to prevent the spread of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae), notorious vector of the deadly blue stain fungus (Grosmannia clavigera)."
    via electricorchid.tumblr.com

     

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  • Pagoda Forest, China

    • 30 Apr 2011
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    • 30Apr11 China Forest Historical Pagoda
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    Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic

    ""Gained merit in battle" reads the epitaph of two of the 231 eminent Shaolin monks honored with shrines in the Pagoda Forest. The number of layers in a shrine reflects a monk's virtue; his bones, and often those of disciples, are buried below."

    via photography.nationalgeographic.com

     

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  • Growing is Forever

    • 4 Jan 2011
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    • 04Jan11 Ecology Film Shorts Forest Inspirational
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    Written by Kallie Markle - twitter.com/​lightningvsbug
    Music: Window - Album Leaf

    "I have a deep affection for the Redwood forests of Northern California. This is my best attempt to capture the reverence I feel when in the presence of these giants. - twitter.com/​JesseRosten" 
    via vimeo.com

     

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