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This may be very interesting to all local Greens or even "greens",
especially those who participated in the seed / seedling tasks. <br>
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<td>May 21 Talk: Biological Ways to Solve Our Global Warming
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<td>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:46:05 -0700</td>
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<td>Kathryn Mathewson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kmathewson@secretgardens.com"><kmathewson@secretgardens.com></a></td>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="796592619-19052009">Friends:</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="796592619-19052009">I
thought you would be interested in this very important talk I will be
giving this Thursday night in Palo Alto. To my knowledge it will be
the first time this important subject will be discussed in Silicon
Valley. I am so grateful that a local environmental organization is
finally coming to the plate to address our soil's health which will
greatly reduce Global Warming and also improve our health. I have
attached a flier but the same information follows:</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="796592619-19052009"></span></font> </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman">The Importance of Biological Soil Health to
Quickly and Inexpensively Solve our Global Warming Crisis:<span style="">
</span><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman">By Kathryn Mathewson, Ecologist. Designer and
Sustainable Planner<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b style="">Time</b>:<span style=""> </span>Thursday,
May 21, 2009 at 7:30 pm</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b style="">Place</b>:<span style=""> </span><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Unity</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">3391 Middlefield Rd.</st1:address></st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Palo Alto</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:address></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Talk Sponsored by the <st1:place
w:st="on">Silicon Valley</st1:place> for Obama Environmental/Energy
Group</font></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">“What I enjoy is not the fruit
alone.<span style=""> </span>I also enjoy the soil itself and its
power.”<span style=""> </span>(Marcus Cicero, Roman philosopher,
statesman, and political theorist (106 - 43 BC)<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">A perspective of life on earth:<span
style=""> </span>In one handful of healthy soil there are more
micro-organisms than people in the world!<span style=""> </span>Some
of the things these organisms will do are:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">1.<span style=""> </span>Improve the
health of plants and food by making nutrients naturally available to
plants;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">2.<span style=""> </span>Aerate the
soil and balance the pH.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">3.<span style=""> </span>Reduce
plant water needs by 50 to 75 percent.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.<span style=""> </span>Sequester
carbon dioxide and thus solve our Global Warming problem.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">5.<span style=""> </span>Reduce and
eliminate weeds.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">6.<span style=""> </span>Remove
chemicals and pollution.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Questions and issues we will address
with suggestions for action:</font></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
face="Times New Roman"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> is
the number one agricultural state in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=""> </span>Agri
businesses and developers dominate our state’s land use practices and
agricultural research.<span style=""> </span>Agri-businesses use
chemicals and fossil fuel which kill the soil biology thus creating
carbon dioxide and Global Warming rather than sequestering carbon.<span
style=""> </span>The food from this system is less healthy and is
transported by trucks thus using even more fossil fuel.</font></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Agriculture uses eighty percent of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>’s
water.<span style=""> </span>Cities use only 20 percent of the
state’s available water.<span style=""> </span>Mandatory water
rationing occurs in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>
cities but agriculture, the largest user of water, has no restrictions
and no conservation requirements.<span style=""> </span>The <st1:place
w:st="on">Central Valley</st1:place> water users have no water meters
and flooding is agriculture’s favored irrigation technique.<span
style=""> </span>Because traditional agriculture uses chemicals,
their plants use 50 to 75 percent more water.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">The cheapest and quickest way to
sequester carbon and eliminate Global Warming is to return our soils to
healthy soil biology, a very simple and inexpensive process.<span
style=""> </span>Yet, the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> and the federal
government’s Global Warming policies only address the technology
solutions.<span style=""> </span>President Obama’s one public comment
about soil was in his Acceptance Speech when he said: “…we must harvest
our soil and wind.”<span style=""> </span>Our political leadership is
ignoring the foundation of our health and of life, our soil.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">What are our current urban open space
land policies and what can we learn from the soil sequestration and
water saving ideas in agriculture research?</font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Kathryn
Mathewson</font> <br>
<font face="Arial" size="2">408-292-9595<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="2"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kmathewson@secretgardens.com">kmathewson@secretgardens.com</a></font> </font></p>
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