| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| References and
Links
Publications Colin Austin's Story
Comments welcome - email
me to see latest files go to index_date_subject.html and search for files by date or subject |
New filesFile on large scale application has been updated 12 May 2011Links to Wicking bedstrailer_katie keeps her cool.wmvwicking bed history.html wicking worm beds.pdf Links to water managementalternative water.pdfharvesting smaller rains.htmlwater and the whistle blower.wmv Water at the eco village.wmvsolving the water crisis vol 1, Vol 2, vol 3, vol 4, vol 5 |
News from China
Dear Readers,
It may seem that all
is quite in the world of wicking beds as I have not updated my web for
some months.
In fact life has
been a whorl as I fight my battle to convince the powers that be, that
the twin problems of food shortages and climate change can be largely
offset by allocated areas of low grade land to grew deep rooted
perennial’s which can extract nutrients from deep in the ground,
regularly prune them and use the prunings as both a nutrient source and
carbon sink in wicking beds.
This would simultaneously increase food production and embed
carbon.
On a global scale
this is a massive project requiring advances in technology, logistics
and global carbon trading.
This is way beyond
my resources so the next step is to recruit both Sydney University
department of sustainable agriculture headed by Professor John Crawford
and The Farmland Irrigation Research Institute in XinXiang China headed
by Professor Awang as allies.
Fortunately trial
wicking beds have already been installed in XinXian under the direction
of Professor Xiubin Qi. I
attended the Food security conference in Beijing where both institutes
signed a memorandum of understanding for joint cooperation.
The next stage is
for these organizations to present a case to their respective
Governments for funding for the next stage of the project.
I have prepared a number of documents to argue the case.
These can be accessed from the following links.
Of course there are
now hundreds of users of the wicking bed technology, not just in
Australia but in many other countries.
They have built their beds using information on my web site and
email help and I regularly receive reports on their success.
These users have given me great encouragement when the battle
seemed never ending and soon I hope that I can report success in moving
this system to resolve the two great problems of food security and
climate change. Let’s hope for a
great story on people power.
17 August 2010 |
Buy on lineBooks and DVD'sSolving the Water Crisis (DVD) Water and the Whistle blower (DVD) Katie keeps her cool - |
Home |
||
|
|
