[Community_garden] [COMFOOD:] How do gardens reduce global warming?

[Diana Liu]

Or you can also ask/interview some gardeners to find out what they have to say.  I am cc'ing this question to the community garden listserv.

Anna Lappé <anna at smallplanet.org> wrote:  Heather, 

You could check out the research from the Food Climate Research Network in
the UK.

http://www.fcrn.org.uk/

Look also at the research coming out of Rodale about carbon sequestration in
soils. 

http://www.strauscom.com/rodale-release/ 

Would love to see what you write!

Best, 
Anna 



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From: Sympa user [mailto:sympa at elist.tufts.edu] On Behalf Of Keith Addison
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:40 PM
To: comfood at elist.tufts.edu
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Subject: Re: [COMFOOD:] How do gardens reduce global warming?

Compost and CO2
http://www.foodshare.net/garden13.htm

Report: "Fighting Global Warming at the Farmer's Market".
http://www.foodshare.net/resource/files/ACF230.pdf

HTH - all best

Keith Addison
Journey to Forever
http://journeytoforever.org/


>A request for info...
>
>From: blooming.heart at yahoo.com
>Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008
>Subject: [earthactivist] How do gardens reduce global warming?
>
>Hi! I hope this email finds you all doing GREAT. I am excited
>because there's going to be a special issue of the peer-reviewed
>American Journal of Community Psychology dedicated to global climate
>change. So, how can community psychologists contribute to reducing
>global warming?
>
>Did you say community gardens?
>
>Yes! that's what I'm writing about for the special issue. I'm stoked
>because the people reading this journal are interested in "prevention
>of problems in living, promotion of emotional and physical health,
>well-being and competence, empowerment of marginal groups, collective
>social action, social networks, institutional and organizational
>change, and self and mutual help." To work towards these goals,
>community gardening is a promising avenue.
>
>My job is to write a paper that gets them interested!
>
>Now, I have data about how great gardening is for individual and
>community well-being...and I KNOW gardens are good for the
>environment...but I need help understanding the basics of how gardens
>could reduce global warming. I'm looking for 1) overarching themes,
>and 2) facts. An example of 1) is that soil sequesters carbon,
>pulling it out of the atmosphere. An example of 2) would be, e.g. one
>cubic foot of soil can sequester xx amount of carbon per year.
>
>I'm asking all you brilliant people to share your ideas and knowledge
>regarding how gardens could decrease global warming. References would
>be ideal, to books, journals, or websites.
>
>I'd be happy to send my 5-page detailed outline on this topic to
>anyone who'd like to see it, or my 50-page paper about the
>psychosocial benefits of contact with nature, if you're interested.
>
>Sending all good wishes,
>Heather
>EAT January '07
>
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