Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: A bit of controversy here... 41Feb 20, 2011 10:59 pm I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: A bit of controversy here... 53Feb 24, 2011 9:36 am Julie R Good on you Kerry F for starting this post. It has certainly created much debate and hopefully we have all learnt something from it! I was quite interested in seeing what people thought of the original statement I quoted, but turns out that we've all learnt something by this thread - I certainly have! That's the good thing about tangents and forums where you don't get threads closed down as soon as they go mildly off topic or people display opinions that don't match that of others. It's sometimes hard to accept that people have different points of view based on their personalities, upbringing, past experiences, current situation... a whole range of variables that cause one individual to see an event in an entirely different way to that of another. It doesn't mean that they are 'wrong' or that you're 'right' - just that their personal opinion is different to yours. The key to acceptance, learning and advancement is being able to listen to a myriad of different opinions, no matter how controversial, investigate them of your own accord and decide independantly on their various merits or pitfalls. Never blindly accept another persons opinion as fact and never dismiss an opinion as being incorrect, just because it doesn't match what you personally believe. This is how we will tackle the problems that our local environments, Australia, and the world as a whole, face. By listening to the array of different opinions and doing our own research, we all come to accept, to a greater or lesser degree, the problems that exist. From the experience of other people (like Fu!), we are learn new methods and techniques, or re-learn old ones, and apply these to our current and future situations - thus we advance Re: A bit of controversy here... 54Mar 09, 2011 12:51 am kyton See I disagree with some of the posts about synthetic turf. We have it around the beach area in the pool - it is great for the kids rather then sitting on the hard pavers. We are also ripping up the real turf under the clothesline and putting artificial down as it is only a small area and hard to access with the mower. The kids fort / playground area will also have a combination of softfall and artificial turf. Ours has been down for over 6mths with no signs of any weeds. it is the combined effect of environmental costs and cumulative effects on urban climates that is the concern for many in sustainability. As is is right now, we have enough plastic to see us into the foreseeable future by recycling what we have. Now we are seeking to cover large areas with new plastics that have enormous thermal mass. Plastics are a very complex area due to the power plastics companies have. They can finance counter studies. Granted this is relative to food but gives an insight into what the different types are and their effects on us. http://green.yahoo.com/blog/care2/213/w ... -food.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... isphenol-a It is most commonly heat which causes much of the dioxins and other chemicals to leach out into the environment and this stuff has a massive ability to absorb and store it. Again it is the cumulative effects over an urban environment that are the concern. http://www.ehhi.org/reports/turf/health_effects.shtml http://softleafbuffalograss.com.au/buff ... ncrete.php Re: A bit of controversy here... 55Mar 09, 2011 9:58 pm I sit here biting my tongue.. And, do. not. start me on America. Republicans = elephant in the room. Democrats = jackass. Both = on the take. Democracy = non existent. Plutocracy = HAHAHA! Why does America push Monsanto? Because if it wins it can tax the world for the act of eating food. The same taxes are already applicable to... Money swaps. Credit Swaps. Oil purchases Oil Swaps Mass Media and entertainment. Majority of news publication. Majority ownership of .... Nylon Dacron Glues Synthetic clothing Computers IDE USB and so on. Everytime you buy these things you pay a tax, a tax regardless of stupid copyright laws and patent laws, a tax even though half had expired 3 decades ago. A tax is a tax and America is taxing us and wants to tax us more.. If you don't they will bring you freedom... Ahhhh.... Re: A bit of controversy here... 56Mar 10, 2011 3:55 pm Has anybody seen the documentary "The World According to Monsanto"?
You can watch it free online here http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-worl ... -monsanto/ Well worth watching. Re: A bit of controversy here... 57Mar 10, 2011 8:45 pm An excellent link Quote: There’s nothing they are leaving untouched: the mustard, the okra, the bringe oil, the rice, the cauliflower. Once they have established the norm: that seed can be owned as their property, royalties can be collected. We will depend on them for every seed we grow of every crop we grow. If they control seed, they control food, they know it – it’s strategic. It’s more powerful than bombs. It’s more powerful than guns. This is the best way to control the populations of the world. The story starts in the White House, where Monsanto often got its way by exerting disproportionate influence over policymakers via the “revolving door”. One example is Michael Taylor, who worked for Monsanto as an attorney before being appointed as deputy commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1991. While at the FDA, the authority that deals with all US food approvals, Taylor made crucial decisions that led to the approval of GE foods and crops. Then he returned to Monsanto, becoming the company’s vice president for public policy. Thanks to these intimate links between Monsanto and government agencies, the US adopted GE foods and crops without proper testing, without consumer labeling and in spite of serious questions hanging over their safety. Not coincidentally, Monsanto supplies 90 percent of the GE seeds used by the US market. Monsanto’s long arm stretched so far that, in the early nineties, the US Food and Drugs Agency even ignored warnings of their own scientists, who were cautioning that GE crops could cause negative health effects. Other tactics the company uses to stifle concerns about their products include misleading advertising, bribery and concealing scientific evidence. This is also occurring in NewZealand now. Re: A bit of controversy here... 58Mar 11, 2011 12:56 am Fu Manchu Lawn became king and it's stayed and now become so important to home ownership that some think it necessary to wean off lawn by covering large areas in ver conked plastics that decorate an area to look like lawn. Landscapes and gardens like that have proven to eliminate crime and increase community well being. My mum must have been before her time because when she planted out our garden twenty odd years ago, she used nothing but natives. We had to hand water to get them established but we haven't had to water our garden in years. No retic and no hand watering - for almost a decade. They are established gardens thriving in their natural environment on the natural water supply. Large trees have been planted to shelter the house from the summer sun yet allow light and warmth from the winter sun. The fauna is spectacular too. We have a wide variety of birds, nests, geckos, butterflies, bees, insects etc. Our garden is a haven for them away from all the neighbours endless palm trees & grass. We do not have a single blade of grass in our garden and don't miss out on anything. In the twenty years we have been in this house, we have never had an from of crime while other neighbours have. I find it amazing that mum's gardening 'style' is now taking off here in Perth. I have a new neighbour behind me and am loving him so far. He has decked out the garden with fruit trees, vegie plot and herb garden. He has just introduced some chickens too and often we come home to find a bag over the fence full of mangoes, tomatoes, eggs, basil, mint etc because he has an over supply so is sharing it with his neighbours. Makes for a great neighbourly relationship. Custom build Perth Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=44112 Purchased block: May 2009 Building approval: July 2011 Bricks complete: Jan 2012 Re: A bit of controversy here... 59Mar 11, 2011 6:16 am I am trading Onions, basil, chives, mint, marjoram, sage, bay leaves, passion fruit, thyme and Vietnamese mint for lemons, dates, figs, limes. Next year that list will include table grapes. So yum! Our first crop was this year, I ate them all. (Water melon, grapes, pear, plums, orange or mandarin in natural yogurt with lemon, salt, sugar and passion fruit freshly squeezed. Condensed milk with or in place of yogurt works well). Re: A bit of controversy here... 60Mar 11, 2011 4:53 pm I had been going to post something, but Redman made me feel hungry so I'm going to go and make dinner instead!!
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