CHAPTER 3:
HOW TO...
increase the area of peatlands & other wetlands, raising their outlet sills 1 cm/year to promote the formation of organic soils & peat
Carbon is an essential component of air, water, and of all living things, as well as a component of many minerals. It’s like the Earth has a “Carbon Economy” - but when an economy becomes unbalanced..... health and life are in peril. Welcome to our Carbon Sequestration blog. It is a work in progress, each post a continuously updated chapter of the eventual "Carbon Sequestration Workbook". The goal of the book is to explain in simple terms, the how and why of the carbon cycle, what climate change and global warming are, and what ordinary people can do to slow down the process, to minimize the suffering of our children and grandchildren as they adapt to changes that we now know are inevitable. We’ve traveled all across glaciated North America over the past half century, describing and illustrating ecological communities to document conditions in anticipation of ecological change. The poem that follows, was written by Fred 30 years ago on Haida Gwaii, as a response to
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