Friends,

This is a very [interesting site from Australia].

I particluarly like their tag line:

The best way to combat Global Warming short term is to reward farmers for cultivating deep-rooted perennial grass species and crops that can lock up vast amounts of carbon in the soil.

They are also promoting a program I know they are also looking into in Canada:

SANTFA’s brave plan for new climate

The South Australian No Till Farmers’ Association has come up with an innovative plan for policing standards for soil carbon credits and other “environmental” payments and finance. Brainchild on SANTFA’s recently-appointed Research & Development Manager Greg Butler, the scheme links together auditing for carbon credits, government environmental incentives, and favourable finance terms from banks. The plan will cover all Australian farmers and will be conducted by the Conservation Agricultural Association of Australia and New Zealand, the peak body of the Australasian no till cropping movement. The Carbon Coalition applauds Greg’s vision and endorses such an industry-wide approach. SANTFA’s plan was developed after consultations with the Carbon Coalition. We will report more details of this exciting development as they come to hand.

We would like to tell you about a project we completed last year.
27 kilos is the amount of CO2 emitted by each person in the UK ever day.

“We wanted to make a personal connection between global warming and our daily lives.”

The installation consists of 27 columns formed from blankets, placed in the gallery space. Each column represents the volume of 1 kg CO2, the gas responsible for global warming. 20% of each column is in a slightly darker colour. This area represents the sustainable level of CO2 emissions averaged out worldwide. The disparity between current emissions and the sustainable level reinforces the urgency to reduce individual emissions.

Artists-Birgit Muller and Mike Moran

More information can be found at www.27kilos.com

27kilos is currently on show at Hotbath gallery, in Bath, UK.

Here is a [site], created by David Bleja (a.k.a. Stillwater), that graphically shows births, deaths and CO2 emissions per country. Watch it for a while and see what is happening as you watch.

It would be useful if such a simulation also tracked other threats, policies etc.