I posted this somewhere else but this seems like the right place for it..Something we can really do… Things are changing, and it’s time we take our head out of the sand and do a little preparation. Here’s just a little info to get you caught up.
February 28, 2009 at 10:53 am
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal
“The climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for explosive changes, effects that would be irreversible, if we do not rapidly slow fossil-fuel emissions over the next few decades. As Arctic sea ice melts, the darker ocean absorbs more sunlight and speeds melting. As the tundra melts, methane, a strong greenhouse gas, is released, causing more warming. As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.
The public, buffeted by weather fluctuations and economic turmoil, has little time to analyse decadal changes. How can people be expected to evaluate and filter out advice emanating from those pushing special interests? How can people distinguish between top-notch science and pseudo-science?
Those who lead us have no excuse - they are elected to guide, to protect the public and its best interests. They have at their disposal the best scientific organisations in the world, such as the Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences. Only in the past few years did the science crystallise, revealing the urgency. Our planet is in peril. If we do not change course, we’ll hand our children a situation that is out of their control. One ecological collapse will lead to another, in amplifying feedbacks.”
What to do? My answer… Kudzo ..The experts agree, not on the time line but the fact that up to 50% of our food supply will be in peril when the heat really gets turned up.( 3 or 4 more degrees centigrade) .The south is supposed to get very warm.
Kudzo is a member of the legume family.. steamed with a little butter salt and pepper and a little imagination tastes like some kinda pea..( the young leaves taste best, the root is used medicinally in asia, a great source of carbo’s and protein) it can be frozen , dried (the leaves put between two paper towels in the microwave) made into soup cubes. It makes a nice addition to soups, omelets, and is only limited by your imagination.. there’s actually a Kudzo cook book.
“Kudzo the plant that saved the South”.. I would like to rename the plant something appealing like “Verde de Dio” green of god…
So let’s dry some leaves put them in the basement and if and when the big heatwave hits.. we can have Kudzo festivals.. We Ashevillians will do a festival at the drop of hat…
