Recently there was a study about carbon sequestration in farm land. The idea - say it with me now, is a simple one. We remove carbon dioxide out of the air and store it in plants. That's what plants do right? It's called the Carbon cycle . Well...yes. It actually does work. All we really need to do is stop plowing. We grow low growing plants - like milkweed; which by the way butterfly's love so bonus points - which have been showing to store carbon right after the harvest, we then increase the amount of permanent grassland. We start to practice agroforestry and lot more and restore the wetlands! CRISIS PREVENTED!!! Wow! That was simple. Good job everyone; see you next Tuesday at the Vegan BBQ and bowling night. On a small scale it really is a simple solution and I'm doing a bit of that myself. I've let part of my yard go wild and it will, one day, be absorbed back into the forest from which it came. It's a natural carbon sink. Her
Can the City Mouse adjust to life in the country? The day to day adventures of a "city boy" in rural PA trying to adjust to things like chopping wood, growing his own food and dealing with the horrors of the complete lack of a decent Chinese restaurant.