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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (3029)	1/17/2004 5:24:42 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

This thread is still here? I thought the pesky environment had been eliminated by now. -g- Tom

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (3029)	1/19/2004 9:38:47 AM
From: k.ramesh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

Quite the contrary, It is 86% Christian, >> The Mizoram of today is unrecognisable nearly a century later. 46% of the population live in urban areas, nearly 86% profess Christianity, and the state has an impressive literacy rate of 88.06%. >> 85.73% Christians (Presbyterians, Baptists, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, Seven Day Adventists, United penticosts, and other denominations) 7.83% Buddhists, 5.04% Hindus, and 1.40% other professed religions >>> Doubt if it is any more or less vegetarian than other parts of India. Eating animals in India is IMHO, is not as bad (on the environment), as w the exception of chickens, & fish the animals are not factory farmed. In that sense, the animals harvest for man that part of the biosphere that he cannot directly use. The sight of little goats prancing around in India's villages seemed pretty idyllic and natural to me, they feed on branches and vegetable waste, and if they are consumed as food, oh well, pretty small footprint still. India ia very difficult to figure out, 1+1 is seldom 2. Mizoram is not as densely populated, and is a mountainous region with not much of regular farming. It maybe due to high literacy, or due to New Farming movements in neighboring Bangladesh called Naya Krishi. It might be a good development if all farming is done organically, but not as good if forests are replaced with farms, even if organic. Most interesting that the state would make an official announcement though.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (3029)	1/19/2004 9:47:19 AM
From: k.ramesh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

Masanobu Fukuoka's books are hard to find, out of print. I have been scouring half.com, bookcrossings etc. for his One Straw revolution for a about a month now. Costs about $30-45. Until I found this place in another quaint little corner of India - Goa - The Other India Bookstore. The Road back to Nature and The Natural way of farming by Masanobu Fukuoka. ($13 ea) He has a pretty good following in India, and his books have been translated into many Indian languages. The Other India Bookstore - category Organic Farming goacom.com

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (3029)	1/19/2004 10:31:18 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36921

I'm wondering if some leaders, etc... are recognizing that there is a growing market for organically grown products. Up here (Canada), one of our main chain stores features quite a few organic products now -- alongside the regular products. Typical choices would be such things as teas, coffee, various pasta products, a few different sauces, specialty rices, cereals, sunflower oil, soy sauce, etc... As this chain is large and require quite large volumes of organic product, etc... I understand that it makes contracts with producers in various parts of the world that can supply what is needed. I would think that, at some point, someone somewhere is going to twig to the fact that, if they can produce large quantities of organically grown product, they'll be able to secure some fairly substantial contracts. croc