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alex Keenan wrote:If permaculture was restoring the environment than we have a problem.
You see beavers were across North America.
Today their range has been greatly reduced.
You can still see one dam complex in Canada from space.
To restore North America would require restoring millions of beaver dams.
These created meadows and charged ground water.
All those meadows made good grazing.
I can go on and on about how the environment has changed in North America.
So what we can do is create a ecosystem within the constraints that currently exist.
Sometimes we can change the constraints. Many times we are forced to live within these constraints.
By the way, beavers do make not make bad pets.
More work should be done with using beavers in areas where it is practical.
Most of the man's interaction with beavers right now is just removing them when they flood roads or block coverts.
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paul wheaton wrote:It seems a lot of people wish to compare permaculture to what this land looked like 500 years ago. I suppose some folks have a permaculture design that is to create a museum piece of what was.
I prefer to compare permaculture to moderm agriculture. I think permaculture is, in a large part, about creating something much better.
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Tyler Ludens wrote:
So far, in my experience, many native foods are yucky tasting...
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Todd Parr wrote:
Tyler Ludens wrote:
So far, in my experience, many native foods are yucky tasting...
I agree. Some foods may not be staples of our diet anymore because they don't keep well or don't ship well or ... but I think mainly that our staples foods are staples because they taste good. If something else tasted better, more people would probably grow that.
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paul wheaton wrote:It seems a lot of people wish to compare permaculture to what this land looked like 500 years ago. I suppose some folks have a permaculture design that is to create a museum piece of what was.
I prefer to compare permaculture to moderm agriculture. I think permaculture is, in a large part, about creating something much better.
alex Keenan wrote:
paul wheaton wrote:It seems a lot of people wish to compare permaculture to what this land looked like 500 years ago. I suppose some folks have a permaculture design that is to create a museum piece of what was.
I prefer to compare permaculture to moderm agriculture. I think permaculture is, in a large part, about creating something much better.
Those who restore environment in USA should be following this lawsuit.
private property owners could be held responsible for damage caused by wildlife.
“Private landowners, basically anywhere, [would] have a duty to control the population and the activities of wildlife on private property, up to and including killing and trapping wildlife.”
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/judge-to-assess-land-in-beaver-dispute-with-school/article_b0ff19fe-3298-5a90-a99a-4fd3e653be1a.html
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We really don't know how much we don't know.
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
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