Comments on: Water Wisdom?: healthy gardens and healthy communities by Beth Spencer http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2006/11/water-wisdom/ Creative adaptations to peak oil and climate change Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: gardenlen http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2006/11/water-wisdom/#comment-87 gardenlen Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:19:59 +0000 http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2006/11/water-wisdom/#comment-87 g'day, just a quick note to wish one and all the best of the seasons greetings, from len and his family to you and your families, have a safe one. we now have a new web addy: http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ wonder if the moderator could update the link provided on this page please? len g’day,

just a quick note to wish one and all the best of the seasons greetings, from len and his family to you and your families, have a safe one.

we now have a new web addy:

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

wonder if the moderator could update the link provided on this page please?

len

]]> By: James Grubb http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2006/11/water-wisdom/#comment-77 James Grubb Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:39:02 +0000 http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2006/11/water-wisdom/#comment-77 Not only are these points valid their adoption is essential. It would be unreasonable if suburban food producers were penalised as it becomes necessary to decentralize and move away from traditional monoculture while at the same time farmers continue to practise extremely wasteful irrigation methods. Much more water is lost through evaporation and seepage from dams, channels and flood irrigation systems and produces less food per litre of water than a suburban Permaculture garden. Not that it’s the farming communities fault, they have been encourage by successive governments to use traditional European farming methods and then propped up when normal variations in rainfall occur (they were not ‘Droughts’ it was normal variations in rainfall), but not any more, ‘Global Warming’ is beginning to have an impact and it’s only going to get worse. Sure the wealthy will be able to afford desalinated water and the other expensive solutions but that doesn’t solve the food production problem. We have to help ourselves! Not only are these points valid their adoption is essential. It would be unreasonable if suburban food producers were penalised as it becomes necessary to decentralize and move away from traditional monoculture while at the same time farmers continue to practise extremely wasteful irrigation methods. Much more water is lost through evaporation and seepage from dams, channels and flood irrigation systems and produces less food per litre of water than a suburban Permaculture garden.

Not that it’s the farming communities fault, they have been encourage by successive governments to use traditional European farming methods and then propped up when normal variations in rainfall occur (they were not ‘Droughts’ it was normal variations in rainfall), but not any more, ‘Global Warming’ is beginning to have an impact and it’s only going to get worse.

Sure the wealthy will be able to afford desalinated water and the other expensive solutions but that doesn’t solve the food production problem. We have to help ourselves!

]]> By: Susan http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2006/11/water-wisdom/#comment-76 Susan Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:32:32 +0000 http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2006/11/water-wisdom/#comment-76 Yes, these are very valid points. We still experience urban sprawl. If we're going to continue sprawling, at least let's use the land and the water for multiple uses (food, biodiversity refuges, etc.). We could build higher density centralised cities with fringe farms, but we don't. Let's retro-fit for urban ag and be done with it!!!! Yes, these are very valid points. We still experience urban sprawl. If we’re going to continue sprawling, at least let’s use the land and the water for multiple uses (food, biodiversity refuges, etc.). We could build higher density centralised cities with fringe farms, but we don’t. Let’s retro-fit for urban ag and be done with it!!!!

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