Agnihotra Timing: How Does the Magic Work? by Dr Ann Ralles, faculty advisor at the NEU School of Socio-Economics & Ecology Twilight Agnihotra Practice photo taken at the NewEarth Haven – Bali, 2017 NewEarth Festival Agnihotra is the wonderful life-changing practice of making fire with specific natural materials in a copper vessel. This ancient ritual, gifted to humanity
With a whole-systems assessment of all undertakings, faculty members of the Ecology & Regeneration discipline at NewEarth University’s School of Socio-Economics & Ecology, have endeavored to consider each element within a given environment, and thus orient construction towards solutions accordant with regeneration, symbiosis and ecological reverence. (Feature photo, Morning on the Rio Grande, courtesy of Dr Ash from her
Agnihotra & Biochar to Remediate Soil by Dr. Ann Ralles faculty member, School of Socio-Economics & Ecology, NewEarth University As I write this on the day of the summer solstice, I wonder about the similarity between the words “sol” and “soil”. Both are essential for life on earth. The sun gives warmth and light for photosynthesis. The soil,
For Kids of ALL ages! Did you know soil is alive?! Where DOES mud come from? This delightful, fun episode of Muddy Earthlings! was created by NEU volunteer, Naomi Cook in Australia. She explores what soil is, how it is made and why soil is hungry! She enthusiastically...
Debal Deb’s book excerpt (PDF) was added by Namjen, a former NEU staff researcher. It is common understanding among natural scientists that if development means unlimited growth in production and consumption of materials, sustainable development is an oxymoron. That’s because unending growth of anything in the universe is impossible except perhaps the universe itself. In ecological economic parlance, sustainable
This resource is a website, NOVAMONT that promotes the development of a green bio-economy model based on the efficient use of renewable resources and regeneration of local areas. It is rooted in the Montedison School of Material Science – green integration of chemistry and agriculture.
This is a good resource in alignment with NEU’s discipline of Ecology & Regeneration, a website, Remineralize the Earth, a paradigm shift away from conventional chemical farming is a new frontier, Soil Remineralization—the key to sustainable agriculture. Has many varied resources for your continued studies. (Turtle Mountain Photo by Dr N Ash from her private collection.)
“Dirt! The Movie” takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility – from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. Official Site to purchase the film: www.DirtTheMovie.org
integrated biodiversity conservation plan (ibcp) NEU’s IBCP is designed to enrich and restore natural environments that foster human and planetary well-being. It plants the seeds required for a new world to rise, where people of the world connect back to nature. Integrated Biodiversity Conservation Plan (IBCP) provides the foundation and necessary means for a conscious humanity to take back its
glossary of integrated biodiversity conservation plan Adaptative Management “… systematic acquisition and application of reliable information to improve natural resource management over time.. This approach can establish cause-and-effect relationships and point the way toward optimal strategies. Adaptive management has been promoted as essential to management under uncertainty.” (Wilhere, 2002). Biodiversity “…the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter
