Comments on: Scumbags, Slimebuckets, Saviours of the World http://www.realdirt.com.au/2008/10/20/scumbags-slimebuckets-saviours-of-the-world/ environmental news, opinion and photographs from James Woodford Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Owen Bassett http://www.realdirt.com.au/2008/10/20/scumbags-slimebuckets-saviours-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 Owen Bassett Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:12:56 +0000 http://www.realdirt.com.au/2008/10/20/scumbags-slimebuckets-saviours-of-the-world/#comment-1998 James, and Proff Millar. Pleasing to read an article loaded with moderation and reality. In my line of work - forest sciences - there are too many bright minds quickly jumping on the climate change and worlds-end approach to a delicate nature. The more I've studied, the greater the resilience I have observed and measured in our environment. Nature is complex and powerful - thankyou for the algal reminder! Owen Bassett James, and Proff Millar. Pleasing to read an article loaded with moderation and reality. In my line of work – forest sciences – there are too many bright minds quickly jumping on the climate change and worlds-end approach to a delicate nature. The more I’ve studied, the greater the resilience I have observed and measured in our environment. Nature is complex and powerful – thankyou for the algal reminder! Owen Bassett

]]> By: Rob High http://www.realdirt.com.au/2008/10/20/scumbags-slimebuckets-saviours-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 Rob High Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:24:31 +0000 http://www.realdirt.com.au/2008/10/20/scumbags-slimebuckets-saviours-of-the-world/#comment-1987 Thanks James I have argued against the demands to stop ocean outfall of treated sewage effluent in the middle of Pambula Merimbula Beach because of the claimed link to algal blooms. DECC closed the outfall due to concerns about tree deaths they attributed to water-logging. I am sure the tree deaths are caused by BMAD. Regards Rob High Thanks James

I have argued against the demands to stop ocean outfall of treated sewage effluent in the middle of Pambula Merimbula Beach because of the claimed link to algal blooms. DECC closed the outfall due to concerns about tree deaths they attributed to water-logging. I am sure the tree deaths are caused by BMAD.

Regards

Rob High

]]> By: allan kessing http://www.realdirt.com.au/2008/10/20/scumbags-slimebuckets-saviours-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 allan kessing Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:35:10 +0000 http://www.realdirt.com.au/2008/10/20/scumbags-slimebuckets-saviours-of-the-world/#comment-1757 Thanks for that wealth of detail. Oz really is naturally blessed by Nature, on land or sea girting. In Ireland (and Scotland), as well as turburary (peat) rights in the upland moors, most of the farm holdings along the coast and a considerable distance inland (in non motorised days) also had the right to harvest seaweed in due season, late winter & Spring in Donegal after the heaviest Atlantic storms had done their churning. It was used in lieu of manure, the farms being too poor to have sufficient livestock to fertilise their field. The Atlantic islands of Scotland & Ireland often had gardens, the soil of which was entirely man made.. errr actually, like the amana pearl divers of Japan, it was the women who did the gathering in the frigid waters, must be something to do with all that subcutaneous adipose. (See Elaine Morgan's Aquatic Ape thesis). In early Spring in Donegal there was a traditional treat known as "dulse", a dried bladderwort, that was highly prized as it was rare, or at least hard to gather, as it grew beyond walking depth. In early days it had to be sorted from the common kelp (wrack) gathered by the wagon load by all that had the titular rights. Thanks for that wealth of detail. Oz really is naturally blessed by Nature, on land or sea girting.
In Ireland (and Scotland), as well as turburary (peat) rights in the upland moors, most of the farm holdings along the coast and a considerable distance inland (in non motorised days) also had the right to harvest seaweed in due season, late winter & Spring in Donegal after the heaviest Atlantic storms had done their churning. It was used in lieu of manure, the farms being too poor to have sufficient livestock to fertilise their field.
The Atlantic islands of Scotland & Ireland often had gardens, the soil of which was entirely man made.. errr actually, like the amana pearl divers of Japan, it was the women who did the gathering in the frigid waters, must be something to do with all that subcutaneous adipose. (See Elaine Morgan’s Aquatic Ape thesis).
In early Spring in Donegal there was a traditional treat known as “dulse”, a dried bladderwort, that was highly prized as it was rare, or at least hard to gather, as it grew beyond walking depth. In early days it had to be sorted from the common kelp (wrack) gathered by the wagon load by all that had the titular rights.

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