Green | January 10, 2010 | 5 comments

Shift to Small Farms Could Help Solve Social, Environmental Crises

source: http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100110/return-small-farms-could-help-alleviate-social-and-env...

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The epic blow-up at Copenhagen was ultimately about something very simple. It was about economic growth — about who gets to grow, how fast, under what terms, using which energy supplies.

Within this purportedly zero-sum framework, if China grows quickly, burning cheap coal for fuel, with a slowly increasing amount of renewables added to the mix, the West will have to cut growth too sharply. Meanwhile most of the global South worries that the Copenhagen proposals could have permanently put a stop to their plans for growth.

But what if there’s an escape from this cul-de-sac? What if development — entailing, but not the same as, economic growth — could co-exist harmoniously with sharp emissions reductions? What would that imply for development planning?

The question is not rhetorical. It can ...

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5 comments // Shift to Small Farms Could Help Solve Social, Environmental Crises

  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • I do not see a better option , at this point . It seems forest farms or forest gardens are far more productive than industrial ones . They are also sustainable without the use of fossil fuels . Time to work with mother nature as a partner , not as something to be subjugated .

    • 2 years ago
  • Willowguy
  • Johnll
  • Willowguy
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      Willowguy  

    • A commitment to community energy and local based fuel would add dimension to the system. Willow trees used for designated energy crops encourage local organic food production.

    • 2 years ago
  • Johnll
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      Johnll  

    • Community organic gardening could be just the thing to get Americans working together, instead of hating or disagreeing with one another...besides gardening could/should be fun for all

    • 2 years ago
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