BIODIVERSITY IN GAIA - balancing our bioregions
Complexity & simplicity in natures infinite fertililty

All bioregions & eco-zones have different biodiversity, varied soil, weather & species, from micro climate habitats of bacteria to mini bug villages to midi plant/animal levels, to macro levels of global magnetism, jet streams, sunshine, moon tides, etc. All these effect the local fertility daily, as we work to enhance or reduce species levels, functions & growth around our homestead. How complex is your local ecology? Does it measure fertility at home? if not, why not?
Are you growing organic food or going shopping for needs, taste, sales, fashion, credit, or fun? We need biodiversity in our watershed to balance all energy factors cooperating together in harmony. We hear now is the 6th great extinction of species in evolution of life on earth. Yet we're also peaking with more species than ever known before to exist on earth. Our goal here is to simpfy living in complex to simple healthy peaceful living in harmony with nature in awareness of energy sources & cycles of balance. We really need to know the patterns of elements around & inside us.
What are the multi causes & effects of local bacteria, plant & animal food species we can see, grow, use & support? The more species living in community, the more creative flexible & beautiful it all evolves in cycles. If we disturb the macro organic rhythms of nature it will create storms, shocks, floods, earthquakes, epidemics, etc, to balance out the extremes, by releasing vast energy we call disaster. For example, nature loves to cover the ground soil with plants,, weeds, grass to raise more green & fertility levels of soil. When we till the soil, burn or poison off plants & leave it bare, it reduces the organic fertility & water holding capacity. So then farmers 'need' to add chemicals to improve it, which poisons needed soil bacteria to death. How we live in harmony with soil, air & water bacteria is critical to good natural health, lost in most city families, depending on big $cience. Meanwhile we seek, fear & blame bacteria for our illness, i call 'ecofobia'. How wholistic!?
There's another new trend of ecology, to inventory all earth species in 6 major kingdoms dimensions: bacteria/archea, protozoa/ algae, fungus/yeast, plants, animals & viruses. They're finding millions of species, most unknown until the last 50 years. The diversity & complexity of all species is overwhelming & uneeded to know, because we need local water quality & food growing fertility, not global fact finding studies costing big buck to learn the infinite.
SPECIES IN 6 KINGDOMs (fall 00 est.)
1. Prokayotes: bacteria/archea: 4K known, est. 50K to 3 million
2. Protoctista: protozoa/algae: 80K known, est. 250K to 1.2 "
3. Fungi/yeast/molds/lichen: 72K known, est. 200K to 2.7 "
4. Plants/land & water: 270K known, est.2.825 million to 103 mill.
5. Animals/insects/nematods: 2.4 mill.known, est. 8-100 million
6. Viruses: 5000 known, est. 50K to 1 million now alive on earth.**
Most of these change daily, so its impossible to be very accurate?! Many scientists say millions of unknown species now exist. This global science & saviorism, is trying to know, count, describe all species. A BIG JOB. They often ignore how we need those creatures to live in symbiotic relations with local human home food(chain) with fertility levels we need. The new eco-hip "all species inventory" is an elite research project, hinting of vast infinite "diversity we must save soon now for the future". Does it ignore our home eco-zones, while global-trotting to count & save endangered species? Is "saving biodiversity" a con to find/make/sell some new chemicals, a rare creature &/or another 'savior' project to pay for?
How can we study the biodiversity within our community to understand its causes, effects & needs in relation to our healthy functions??? We do need to expand our focus, scope & horizons within the infinity of evolution, but not be so seriously persuaded by big numbers to ignore our back-yard, local-weather, food sources, water purity & soil fertility. Biodiversity is constantly changing in evolution, we're growing or dying with. Our water quality to equal in importance to species diversity. I support the current organic seed saving movement, now at war with industrial seed farming mega- corps, patenting chemo-dependent seeds for farms, that terminate, don't grow more seeds, farmers must buy yearly for mega crops.
Permaculture (natural home food growing whole systems) surveys the biodiversity of our watershed around our community, to learn what's happening in relation to present & yearly cycles of change. We work to incease guilds, natural cooperation in groups of plants & animals. The more diversity, the more functions & choices we all have there. In PC we work to integrate most local species in flexible eco-zones in homestead balance. We're bound to find some new/hidden or rare species in the process of deep studying local ecology. We're inter-dependent with the species around us, whether we're aware or not. With PC we learn essential food chain functions, better than our natural ancestor gardeners, because we question & study local causes & effects, natural whole symbiotic systems & current trends of seeds & humans in evolution working together. Not just accept traditional methods as good, better, best, perfect, until tested in PC homestead, garden or wilderness.
For example: the solunar cycles of daily change of sunshine & moon tides, we can plant & harvest with. Not just the macro/yearly seasons cycles, because plants grow with planetary influences. We love to learn native & invading species whole life cycles growing together or in conflict? All species live in context, a supporting niche of basic resources, or wait dormant to regain life. How can we learn how the invisible levels bacteria, insects, moisture & fungus are working together now to create fertility we need to grow herbs, food & animals at home. We use our ???s, senses & instincts to learn what our creatures need to grow best, they tell us each day moment.
We observe animals & plants "territorial imperative", their need for natural space to grow in healthy patterns. Plants grow best with companion plants to balance their eco-zone. Animals will move around (or away), while plants will grow or die, all depending on natural cycles & resource levels here: sunshine/shade, rainwater & drainage, shelter/ peace, predators/prey, mobility, wind & ions. In arid regions & seasons the water levels are critical! In wet regions the sunshine is essential to grow food in balance. We have great density & diversity of organics in nature's mid ranges, wet regions & fertile soil, especially in warm aquaculture. In the tropics nature grows fast, using up the soil fertility, which we work to build up to grow more abundant food. Even the birds & bugs songs help to grow nature more fertile. We study all these patterns to learn interelations of natures ways, & help them reach simple natural balance=evolve..
Lets learn the 10 kins of animals on earth ever evolving, besides humans
1. BACTERIA 2. PROTOZOA/cells 3. spineless/wormy 4. insect 5. shells 6. reptiles 7. mammels 8. birds, 9. fish 10. cetaceans
If we include crytozoology" the monsters of earth are the weird ones in dark mysteries.
**Whole Earth magazine, Fall 2000, report on 'all species' data.