Jim Laurie, "Closing the Nutrient Loop: Creating Abundant Clean Water"
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The document discusses the importance of restoring water cycles as a means to combat global warming and revitalize biodiversity. It emphasizes the role of self-organization in nature, advocating for a symbiotic approach where humans collaborate with various species for ecological restoration. Key insights are drawn from various ecological thinkers, highlighting transformative paradigms and the potential for holistic environmental stewardship.
Jim Laurie, "Closing the Nutrient Loop: Creating Abundant Clean Water"
- 1. Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming See bio4climate.org Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts, USA October 16-18, 2015
- 2. Biodiversity for a Livable Climate Loss of Biodiversity: Consequences Freshwater: Reduced Availabili Quality Food: Reduced Availability & Quality Disease Processes in Many Species (including Humans) Loss of Climate Stability - Globa Warming Jim Laurie jimlaurie7@gmail.com
- 3. “When you understand the power of self-organization, you begin to understand why biologists worship biodiversity even more than economists worship technology.” “Hierarchical Systems evolve from the bottom up. The purpose of the upper layers of the hierarchy is to serve the purposes of the lower layers.” from Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows Places to Intervene in a System 12. Numbers - “Mostly, the numbers are not worth the sweat put into them” (I’ll skip a few.) 4. Self-Organizing Systems (John Todd & Eco-Machines) 3. Goals (What do you want? - Allan Savory & HM) 2. Paradigms (Lynn Margulis - Microbial Symbiosis) 1. Transforming Paradigms (questioning your own beliefs and paradigms)
- 4. Lynn Margulis - 5 Kingdoms >>> Gaia 4
- 5. Lynn Margulis - Symbiosis is a key to evolution.
- 7. New Alchemy Institute 1969 to 1990 John Todd, Nancy Jack Todd, Bill McLarney Bucky liked this dome. • g h g 7
- 8. Inside the Pillow Dome ~ 1980’s 8
- 13. Lab Results In Out Ammonia, ppm 20.51 1.07 (NH3) Chloroform, ppb 14.4 0.3 (CHCl3) BPA, ppb 513 7 (hormone disruptor)
- 16. Where are the Microbes? What is brittleness? What do you want?
- 18. Elizabeth, Hayden, Jamila, Annie, Lynus Restoration Ecology Home-Pod also AP Environmental Science
- 20. 90% of the Work will be done by other species. How do we give Voice to them? How do we learn from them? • Think like a Fish.. or like a Nitrobacter.. or Fungi. • What does the Fish need? • How does the Fish interact with other species? • How can the “Symbiosis Team” work together to improve the process? • Can Humans be a part of the Symbiosis Team?
- 26. Jerrie Tipton - 1989
- 29. Carol Evans BLM Biologist near Elko, Nevada ~ 10 inch annual rain Jon Griggs Maggie Creek Ranch If you can rehydrate Nevada, you can do it anywhere!