Film "How to Save the World"

For the Greater Good, Inc. will not have the film, "How to Save the World" at Shenandoah University on 24 May. If you are interested in seeing the film please contact me by 20 May.

This film shares the work of Peter Proctor, a farmer from New Zeland, who has gone to India several years to assist small farmers in reclaiming their land - land which was often decimated by the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. NPR recently did a report on the plight of many farmers in India for whom an increasing reliance on water demanded by the "green revolution" has dropped the water table significantly. Here is a link to that program on NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102893816

Proctor's work uses composting and Biodynamic approaches to agriculture as a way to heal the land. Here is a link to Proctor's work http://www.celsias.com/article/reversing-the-green-revolution/

Robert Hughes sees this 3rd film as pointing out a sustainable and efficient approach to agriculture. In some ways the first 2 films in our series helped us be aware of many of the problems of "agriculture" based on the industrial model and controlled by a few major corporations and politicians. This third film shows the viability of an alternative.

Should you wish to join in, give a call or e-mail to Robert Hughes:

540-665-8989 goinggreen4339@gmail.com http://sites.google.com/site/nsvballe/