{"id":1070,"date":"2017-11-19T20:57:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T20:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2017-11-20T14:15:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:15:32","slug":"choose-compost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"Choose \u201cCompost\u201d over a Silver Bullet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThere is no silver bullet, but educating girls is like silver buckshot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What does this mean? It tries to communicate that we can be much more effective if we keep our focus less tight, and design solutions that create additional achievements beyond the core goal.<\/p>\n

Educating girls is not a silver bullet for CO2\u00a0reductions, but it is a valuable one that also improves community earning power, women\u2019s health, ongoing educational interests, all while reducing CO2\u00a0emissions through reduced birth rates. Silver buckshot. In my preferred analogy, \u201ccompost\u201d.<\/p>\n

Our goals and efforts are similar to compost rather than to chemically developed, highly tuned, artificial nutrient applications. Compost is local, varied, naturally processed and benign if overused. It feeds not only the plants we aim for, but works over time to create richer soil with better retention capacity for nutrients and water. This level of general soil health naturally supports resistance to disease and fosters growth of healthy, collaborative bacteria and insects.<\/p>\n

Applications of chemical fertilizer can overburden soil and water systems with nitrates and phosphates, cause quicker uptake of nutrients lacking complexity and variety, cause chemical burning of the plants, introduce toxins into our food, and can promote the striping of nutrients from the soil. It does not support strong soil systems.<\/p>\n

True sustainability can only be achieved through use of \u201ccompost\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here are some examples:<\/p>\n