[Greenbuilding] The Masdar Initiative: carbon-free & zero waste

[Norbert Senf]

At 08:16 AM 5/11/2007 -0700, Reuben Deumling wrote:
>(snip) I've heard of) and would be grateful if someone could
>confirm) that ancient cities in Japan quite consciously developed and
>maintained a diurnal nutrient cycling regime between urban households
>and periurban gardens for centuries.

A long time ago I read "Farmers of Forty Centuries, or
Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan", by F.H King,
http://www.earthlypursuits.com/FarmFC/FFC/F_%20H_%20King%20Farmers%20of%20Forty%20Centuries.htm

which discussed this.


Norbert

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