Alpha Project Proposal: How to Make Money with Arundo Donax+

Date:   12/23/2011 9:51:49 AM ( 13 y ago)

leslie goldman to make proposal to alpha project
to show san diego top service project how to make
money with arundo donax (the giant reed)




leslie and fred clark, on the arosa canyon rim, december 15, 2011


follow this story today
here on the new plant your dream blog
as the last big stand of arundo heads for the landfill!

http://plantyourdream.net/?p=7265


how to make money with arundo donax

read 102 ways in leslie goldman
aka your enchanted gardeners new e-book


and on the plant your dream blog


52 reasons why roundup herbicide is hated around the world
read it here on the plant your dream blog


film: arundo nation!
from ojai allies--
pesticide free ojai
2009

this is the story of two friends who hit upon a novel way to try to stop an herbicidal spraying campaign in their bucolic canyon: they found a green company to make the spraying’s target, an invasive cane species called arundo donax, into a commercially viable crop. if they succeed, monsanto, makers of the herbicide used in the campaign (roundup®), might just back down. this alternately light-hearted and hard-hitting documentary captures real-life quest in an amusing tale that also lays bare the perils of pesticide use and corporate rule. patty pagaling, an ojai valley resident finds out that monsanto's legendary glysophate (a derivative of roundup) is being sprayed in her pristine matilija canyon to kill the “devil weed” arundo donax. problem is glysophate is known to cause serious health problems including lymphatic cancer with impacts to wildlife and water systems.
patty, who has a background in native american culture and education decides to take on one of the largest chemical corporations in america. she forms a local group, pesticide free ojai valley and pretty soon they find themselves in broiled in a series of random "sprays" for apple & gypsy moths and other pests the county and state of california has deemed deleterious. patty takes her case to the county supervisors but finds political ineptitude and indifference, with a long standing insidious relationship to the chemical giant. deciding it's better to fight fire with fire, patty and her activist friends decide to harvest the arundo reed and turn it into everything from perfume, bread to couture underwear. going from her hippy digs to rodeo drive in beverly hills on a quest to find the best product ideas for arundo, along the way her journey exposes monsanto's chemical treadmill and the revolving door between the chemical giant and the epa, as well as the viability and beauty of arundo and it's incredible history as a cure all with multiple uses. the film uses humor, adventure and the personal courage of it's activists to engage the audience.

pfov campaign leader: patricia pagaling
producer: patricia pagaling
consulting producer: carolyn scott
status: in production summer 2009. we will be producing a promo to raise funding.

for a full treatment contact: patricia pagaling clairdeluna33 at yahoo.com
pesticide free ojai website: http://www.pesticidefreeojaivalley.org/
contact patty pagaling: pesticidefreeojaivalley@gmail.com



leslie's environmental challenge to you



this plant your dream blog shares the plan to create a video documentation of a small piece of ground, now organically grown, that will soon be sprayed with roundup herbicide. i am taking on a 10 by 10 plot. i want to demonstrate that enough people rallying around and digging out roots of arundo donax the giant reed can prevent its regrowth without round up herbicide use. help support this demonstration. schedule a time to come a dig out a root between december 18-january 1 so we can show this can be done. call me, 619.384.2631


to schedule a time for your participation. if you want to participate but do not want your face shown in the video, that is possible.

financial support

if you cannot show up but want to support another person doing it and this project, contribute here and express your financial sponsorship.


this was written last sunday or so....


 

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