Tony Croft aka hamadryad

yes, thats another facet of human nature, not to learn from others mistakes.

the solution to that is become the inovators of change, own the green economy

thats it blame it on everyone else, we STARTED THIS MESS!

if we made it, we can change it, its simple, but not with an attitude like yours im afraid to say, no disrespect your in the majority of shoulder shruggers.

set up a pulley and capstan tie here up and work away

@2.17 minutes long even you lot have time!

might be of use as fibre for hanging baskets

some nice shots there matty, mushroom is probably agaricus silvicola

polyporus squamosus no doubt:biggrin:

and dont forget that which is undeniable. increasing climatic events, and increasing ocean depths acidification and glacier loss.

your in need of facts huck not radio programs! check prehistoric ice cores and ocean sediments.

there are around 16 forms of Laetoporus, 16 strains each ecosystem will have its specific one, evolved for that zone. dont eat it off yew trees, a child was said to have horrible side effects from eating Laetiporus, I suspect it came from a yew tree.

one of those videos (about a seed bank)said that there was 7000+ named varieties of apples, there is around 2000 now, thats just apples.

They say one should not crap on ones own doorstep, man has been doing this for 1000's of years, oh yes, charcoal and iron started this.(1200 BC – 400 AD) And then we discovered coal, although Coal was one of man's earliest sources of heat and light. The Chinese were known to have used it more than 3,000 years ago. either way, 3000 years of carbon emissions. I know theres forest fires and volcanoes (60% of carbon output) BUT our issues are not just carbon, they are heat=ecosystem changes, Acidification= ocean chemistry is changing, nitrification of all land on earth, diversity failing anf food sources being increasingly nutrient poor. I wanted to see what everyone thought about climate change with as serious and accurate start as a basis. I am afraid the human race is indeed lost, for it is not going to be the Governments of this world that change this it is only within YOUR powers to change this, and we havent even acknowledged the very real threat facing humanity, starvation is No1 that may happen In OUR lifetimes, if you thought live aid was about hard times, you have seen nothing yet.

Its human nature to be lazy and greedy, greed allows us to get lazy, and we can be lazy cos were greedy. The eco system we evolved in is dying, we are in danger of pushing a threshold that is akin to that of a supreme pathogen that wipes out its hosts to extinction, the pathogen dies along with its hosts, that is basic ecosystem functioning, you arent allowed to break this rule and live.

Im glad that some of the views expressed here in do not reflect the true changes that are happening in society, a lot of people are waking up.

Listen, the polar ice caps REFLECT heat, thay also act like a cooling airconditioner. FACT it also contains much greenhouse gasses and see level potential. the core is hot through gravitational forces FACT LIFE balances itself and the climate, and has done since plants first created an atmosphere FACT we have since the industrial revolution generated a global climate change that has not been normal in the last 10000 years, FACT. Did you watch every video, that I spent three to four hours prepairing and watching and thinking about to illustrate the problem? are you blind, or just afraid to admit it like everyone else

Your subject to the american propaganda, so fair enough! bahhhaa goes the sheep:biggrin:

First up a video illustrating the real extent of our problems. James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss | Video on TED.com This video is hinting at the local landscape level, harnessing local skills to manage local biomes David Keith's unusual climate change idea | Video on TED.com this next talk just illustrates what lengths are being gone too to uncover the systems parts. Rachel Pike: The science behind a climate headline | Video on TED.com check out the American coal industries propaganda! Al Gore warns on latest climate trends | Video on TED.com This video is a lot longer, but if you still doubt the magnitude of what we have to do... Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis | Video on TED.com Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food | Video on TED.com thats enough to give a well rounded overview, discuss!

to be honest Rob, Ive got bigger fish to fry at the minute, all this carbon market BS is really starting to play on me. Needed a distraction from fungi!

Our government, and the big corps are not going to do ANYTHING that breaks their regimes or power or more importantly the profits, think about it! it is down to you and I to sort this mess out, and while we dont need to for our sakes, and if the human race burns it wont stop life itself, but if you love your children and your grandchildren I would suggest you start paying attention. Because your being snakeoiled

Its just a way to for corps/plc's/governments/countries to continue whilst paying off the guilt whilst they have their heads in the sand. europeantrees | trees and woodland Carbon Trading Nonsense | Common Dreams The inconvenient truth of carbon offsets : Nature News & Comment Canada May Miss $6.7 Billion Carbon Offset Bill by Exiting Kyoto Protocol | Conservative Byte

Fortunately I have got nothing else to do at the moment so shall put it together and elaborate.

Sean, I think as you elude to that behind the scenes of this short talk, there is a suggestion that we move our parched wastelands into sustainable landscape schemes. There is also a heck of a lot of work going on in the background within the whole scientific community to ensure that the freedom of research is available, meaning free access because it is widely understood that in fact the NGO's etc are incapable of managing things as well as the practitioner on a local scale, and given access to information a revolution will occur. Give people freedom of info and they will find healthy sustainable solutions, leave it in the hands of the quangos and all we will see is PR and stupid schemes like carbon offsetting.