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Re: Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
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I like the last part where the host asks how to feed all those animals when there's no food and he says something about a sigmoid curve and how it's "a little bit technical." I should think so!

Jennie
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On Dec 15, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Charles Carlson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Hi Stefan,
> Thank you so much.  Any idea how this guy got so much traction?  I recently heard him on NPR, and thought wow that's interesting, went from there to the Savory Institute website, from there to TED--which admittedly sealed the deal for me--and to a longer presentation he did at Tufts.  By the end of watching the presentations, I was convinced.  As soon as I started explaining it to someone, I hit questions about the science that didn't add up, i.e. What about the vast quantities of methane coming directly from the  ruminants? And exactly how might grasslands store more carbon than forests?
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> Too good to be true.
> Thanks again,
> C
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>> On Dec 15, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Stefan Sommer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Dear Charlie et al., 
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>> Allan Savory got his research start in Africa and his results may work in grazing-adapted habitats that evolved with large herds of grazing animals. These results do not hold in non-grazing-adapted habitats like the Intermountain West of the U.S. and many other arid regions of the World that did not evolve with large herds of grazing animals. In these regions, intermediate level grazing and short bursts of intense grazing have a devastating impact on microbiotic crust communities (nitrogen cycle), native bunch grasses, and soil erosion. 
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>> In the 1980's Allan Savory was offered a chance to test his ideas at the Sevilleta Long-term Ecological Research Station in central New Mexico and he declined the offer. 
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>> Best,
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>> Stefan
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>> Dr. Stefan Sommer
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>> Subject: Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
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>> Here's an interesting TED talk--a little slow at the beginning--that finishes strong with an almost unbelievable report and result.  If you're a meat fancier, livestock maybe the salvation of the planet.  It's very much worth a watch.
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>> C
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>> Hi Check out this video on YouTube:
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>> http://youtu.be/vpTHi7O66pI
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