by
Paul
Benhaimchemicals are exact chemical copies, but they are only chemical
copies of what we can currently measure. The most important
factor of food is the life energy and this cannot be copied in a
laboratory. And what about the further trace elements that have
not be discovered or detected by modern science yet? Even when
eating organic, there are enormous variations in the quality of the
food. The energy from a several day old organic carrot from the
health food store is a far cry from the freshly picked carrot from the
garden, eaten raw. It has been found that organic produce
contains far more iron, magnesium, potassium and calcium than
conventional crops, and the growth in organic farming is growing.
Alternative
Technology
In 1972, Peter Harper coined the term 'alternative technology' to
describe attitudes and approaches to working with nature. This
idea has been with us for over 25 years now, an intuitive reaction
to our diminishing natural environment. Although self-sufficiency
was once thought to be the solution, the past two decades have
seen an increased emphasis on the notion of sustainability -
engaging society, rather than dropping out of it.
Gas, coal and oil reserves are rapidly being depleted
around the world and pollution is clogging our rivers and choking
our cities - yet the vast potential of clean, natural energy sources
such as solar, wind and hydro has only just started to be explored.
Like it or not, whenever we use energy from fossil fuels,
we are dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. From the
beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the rate at which we burn
fossil fuels has increased every year. The rise of the automobile
and the easy availability of cheap petrochemicals in the 1950s and