These Disturbing Photos Prove That Pollution Is Out Of Control In China

by Mike Cahill, Viral Nova: http://www.viralnova.com/chinese-pollution/

Over the last 30 years, China's economy has been growing at a breakneck pace. While this rapid growth has benefited the population, the environmental impact of that growth is also unreal. China is currently the world's biggest polluter and largest producer of carbon emissions. It's a fact that can be seen, felt, and even tasted.

Garbage-clogged waterway

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Millions of dead fish

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I'm not sure that water is safe to drink

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Dumping garbage straight into the river

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Surrounded in pollution

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Running through the garbage

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Sitting among piles of industrial garbage

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So sad

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More dead fish

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You can barely see the sun through the haze in this picture

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I'm not sure I even want to know what happened here

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How did it get this bad?

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Straight from the factory to the oceans

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Intense smog

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Devastating the countryside

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Not a pleasant sight to have outside your home

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What are they doing here?

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So tragic

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More industrial waste dumping

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Careful not to breathe the air

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This looks like the apocalypse

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That's no wildfire, it's just smog

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This might be beautiful if it wasn't so toxic

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(via Reddit)

I dread to think what these parts of China will look like in another 30 years if something isn't done to clean up this damage.

VIDEO: Re-Greening a Mountain

by Ecofilms, The Permaculture Research Institute: http://permaculturenews.org/2015/01/30/re-greening-a-mountain/



Re-Greening a Mountain video trailer. See the full version on Geofflawton.com

When Geoff Lawton says this is the best Permaculture demonstration site on the planet, then you have to stop and listen.

“Where is it exactly?” I asked, as I’ve never heard of this place. I didn’t know the Chinese were even into permaculture. “Kadoorie Farm” he said and he insisted we go there and film. “It’s in Hong Kong on a massive mountain. The whole place has been redeveloped. You gotta see it”.

Geoff was teaching there four years ago and was blown away by what they managed to achieve. He described it as a “Permaculture Disneyland” that was very neatly manicured.

It had been completely re-vegetated into a food forest with numerous water falls, ponds, rare turtles, terraced gardens on steep slopes, a compost and biochar system, a waste-water treatment plant and wetlands and so much more. It is an amazing site that was built so far ahead of its time with an emphasis on teaching local people.

Two brothers, Lawrence and Horace Kadoorie in 1951 took on an idea to redevelop a trashed and degraded mountainside on 148 hectares with the emphasis on helping people to help themselves through training, supply of agricultural inputs and interest-free loans.

The end result of our trip is a 16 minute video you can watch on GeoffLawton.com that has Geoff as your tour guide, take you down the mountain slope, from the very top, through a forest system where the water is captured and irrigated down the steep terraced slopes, to the very bottom of the wetlands and nursery system.

Geoff stumbled across an ingenious potting system they were using with great success that he dubbed the “airpot” as it allows plant roots to grow out laterally, and not be constrained, allowing faster growth once replanted in the natural system (Nursery Quality to Tree Planting Success). Check out the video that explains it all in greater detail.