sciencecenter: China to flatten 700 mountains to build new desert metropolis This doesn’t sound like a good idea… A long, long time ago, a 90-year-old Chinese peasant named Yu Gong decided to move two inconveniently located mountains away from the entrance to his home. Legend has it he struggled terribly, but ultimately succeeded. Hence the Chinese idiom “Yu Gong moves the mountains.” When there’s a will, there’s a way. Now Chinese developers are putting old Yu to shame. In what is being billed as the largest “mountain-moving project” in Chinese history, one of China’s biggest construction firms will spend £2.2bn to flatten 700 mountains around Lanzhou, allowing development authorities to build a new metropolis on the northwestern city’s far-flung outskirts. If you’re concerned about the environmental impact, don’t be: it’s all but assured to be disastrous. That’s because the WHO has already named Lanzhou as China’s worst city for air pollution. The city also chronically lacks water, even before the new construction takes place.

sciencecenter:

China to flatten 700 mountains to build new desert metropolis

This doesn’t sound like a good idea…

A long, long time ago, a 90-year-old Chinese peasant named Yu Gong decided to move two inconveniently located mountains away from the entrance to his home. Legend has it he struggled terribly, but ultimately succeeded. Hence the Chinese idiom “Yu Gong moves the mountains.” When there’s a will, there’s a way.

Now Chinese developers are putting old Yu to shame.

In what is being billed as the largest “mountain-moving project” in Chinese history, one of China’s biggest construction firms will spend £2.2bn to flatten 700 mountains around Lanzhou, allowing development authorities to build a new metropolis on the northwestern city’s far-flung outskirts.

If you’re concerned about the environmental impact, don’t be: it’s all but assured to be disastrous. That’s because the WHO has already named Lanzhou as China’s worst city for air pollution. The city also chronically lacks water, even before the new construction takes place.

offro lievito madre, lievito naturale, pasta madre, pasta acida…

ho 3 barattoli di lievito madre appena rinfrescato da regalare

2 da 200gr

1 da 100gr

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roba da imbecilli…

Top 10 Things that Make Humans Special

Long Childhoods

Humans must remain in the care of their parents for much longer than other living primates. The question then becomes why, when it might make more evolutionary sense to grow as fast as possible to have more offspring. The explanation may be our large brains, which presumably require a long time to grow and learn.

livescience.com

John Seymour

“Autosufficienza non significa fare un passo indietro… Piuttosto vuol dire puntare a un tenore di vita migliore, a cibi freschi, buoni e biologici, a un ambiente piacevole, alla salute del corpo e alla pace della mente… alla soddisfazione che viene dal realizzare bene compiti difficili e complessi.” John Seymour

tirebouchon:

Pat Mooney: i brevetti sulle varietà vegetali mettono a rischio la nostra sovranità alimentare.

(by sblocchiamoli)

Sull’altare di questa “religione” suicida il Futuro è sacrificato al Presente

“L’agricoltura moderna tiene esclusivamente conto della “resa” immediata , senza considerare le conseguenze inevitabili di una produttività insostenibile sul lungo termine: il suolo viene minato, sfruttato nello stesso modo in cui l’industria sfrutta il Pianeta… la Natura è considerata esclusivamente come fonte di risorse, di materie prime, e l’imperativo è il rendimento economico: sull’altare di questa “religione” suicida il Futuro è sacrificato al Presente.”

Emilia Hazelip

onyxearth: The Face / November 1999 / Mark Alesky

onyxearth:

The Face / November 1999 / Mark Alesky