Gaia Theory & Deep Ecology by Dr. Stephan Harding
This is a youtube series. (10 episodes altogether) This is profound and very valuable info…
The Fate of The Last Tree
The story goes…:
The Ténéré wastelands of northeastern Niger were once populated by a forest of trees. By the 20th century, desertification had wiped out all but one solitary acacia. The Tree of Ténéré, as it came to be called, had no companions for 400 km in every direction. Its roots reached nearly 40 m deep into the sand.
When Michel Lesourd of the Central Service of Saharan Affairs first came upon the tree in 1939, he wrote: “One must see the Tree to believe its existence. What is its secret? How can it still be living in spite of the multitudes of camels which trample at its sides? How at each azalai does not a lost camel eat its leaves and thorns? Why don’t the numerous Touareg leading the salt caravans cut its branches to make fires to brew their tea? The only answer is that the tree is taboo and considered as such by the caravaniers. There is a kind of superstition, a tribal order which is always respected. Each year the azalai gather round the Tree before facing the crossing of the Ténéré. The Acacia has become a living lighthouse; it is the first or the last landmark for the azalai leaving Agadez for Bilma, or returning.”
In 1973, the tree was knocked over by a drunken Libyan truck driver. It has been replaced by a simple metal sculpture. The dead tree is now kept in the Niger National Museum in Niamey.
Sharing info on mushrooms/mycelium
The mycelium infuses all landscapes, it holds soils together, it’s extremely tenacious. This holds up to 30,000 times its mass. They’re the grand molecular disassemblers of nature — the soil magicians. They generate the humus soils across the land masses of Earth. We have now discovered that there is a multi-directional transfer of nutrients between plants, mitigated by the mcyelium — so the mycelium is the mother that is giving nutrients from alder and birch trees to hemlocks, cedars and Douglas firs.
Numen: The Nature Of Plants
Just received something I would like to share, because I like the idea:
“Especially in a time of radical flux and … climate change, our relationship with… plants and our knowledge of those plants is perhaps the most important collective heritage we have… That knowledge is ultimately what is going to sustain us.”
-Ken Ausbel, Co-Founder Bioneers Conference
Numen: The Nature of Plants will be 80 minute documentary film focusing on the healing power of plants and the natural world. Numen, defined as the animating force in nature, brings together innovative thinkers to discuss how our disconnection from nature affects human and environmental health and the healing made possible by embracing our place in the wider web of life.. We hope to inspire viewers to think deeply about the source of their medicine and the impact of healthcare systems on their health and the earth.
Numen bridges the disparate worlds of plant conservation and human health, advocating for a re-awakening of traditional knowledge about plants and healing in order to conserve those plants, improve our health, and increase the resilience of our healthcare systems.
We are producing Numen for wide distribution, to raise questions and provoke dialogue about alternatives in medicine. We plan on a theatrical release, television broadcast, and distribution as a DVD for home viewing. The DVD will include tutorials on growing and harvesting medicinal herbs, preparing kitchen medicine, and on the growing field of ecological medicine. Together with the documentary, these tutorials will help viewers diversify their approach to health and wellness and become more knowledgeable consumers of plant-based medicines and allopathic healthcare.
Preview:
http://www.brookhollow.tv/numenpreview/videopage.html