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Cultural traditions, environmental conservation and international development

Posted on May 5, 2014 by

Originally posted on Shonil Bhagwat:
Community mosaic, Edgbaston, Birmingham (Source: Jackie Nash Art) This mosaic is an example of living with difference in a multicultural society and forms a good analogy for the co-existence of cultural traditions, environmental conservation and…

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Foundations for Farming

Posted on February 23, 2014 by

For many people, farming and growing are religious. I follow no organised religion but God’s here to stay on the land. For example here’s Foundations for Farming where good land management is promoted from a Christian point of view. I … Continue reading →

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Biocultural refugia

Posted on January 19, 2014 by

Originally posted on Shonil Bhagwat:
A modern-day sacred natural site: Sancheti organic farm near Pune, India, on mappingthesacred.org Pune, the small town where I grew up, is now a bustling metropolis of 6 million people. In my visit to the city…

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Could Food Insecure Africa Have Found a Saviour in Farming God’s Way?

Posted on August 13, 2013 by

Originally posted on The Plantwise Blog:
Proponents term it the long awaited messiah that food-insecure Africa has been yearning for! ‘Farming God’s way’ promises to end fertilizer woes of resource-poor farmers in the continent by providing a cheaper and less…

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Putting the culture back in agriculture: Reviving native food and farming traditions

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Mangarbani: Delhi’s last sacred forest grove

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Originally posted on Save Mangar Bani:
Environmentalists have often voiced their concern about the groundwater depletion in the NCR region. Mindless deforestation is aggravating this problem further. What can be described as possibly the last stretch of virgin forests in…

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Dragons, Devils & Dinosaurs: A Symbiologist’s Guide to St George’s Day

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Originally posted on Symbiology:
It’s St George’s Day today; here in England, this is the feast day of our Patron Saint.  We share him with a number of other countries including Moldova, Palestine and (perhaps unsurprisingly) Georgia, but we are…

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