Sounds like they were trying to turn a scientific meeting into a party. Those meteoroligists and statiticians can try all they like, its the biologists and anthropoligists who really know how to put on a conference. Outrageous indeed!

Hi, Shax

"Has everyone given up on trying to sustain our ever diminishing environment?" - always an interesting question on a slow-moving forum.

I just got back from Scotland. Among other things, I confered with people in a group called Trees for Life (they're sort of inheritors of part of Richard St. Barbe-Baker's reforestation work). Interestingly, they told me that there is more interest in hands-on reforestation work, on the part of volunteers, in the UK than every before. They saw it as a steady growth. It costs them L250 per week to keep the volunteers fed, equipped, transported, safe, and sheltered... and they get the volunteers to pay L80 of it! So that's commitment.

Yeah, let's not give up...

Joel

Howdy, Joel!
Yep, we have some pretty active Trees For Life programs here in Oz, too, but I think it's more about preserving threatened native plant species, and any environmental benefit is a bonus. They seem to be worldwide (see my link).

Personally, on my 100 acre block, I've initiated a "Rocks For Life" project....totally off topic (but hey, this IS my thread!), wanna see some pics of my backyard?

http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/shaxhome/

Regards,
Shax

Here is a link that might be useful: Trees For Life

Trees for Life in east-central Scotland is involved with preserving native-plant species in forests, and they also planted something like 15,000 native trees last year in native-forest circumstances. I'd say they are working in the St. Barbe Baker mode, since (as far as I know) he utilized native species in his reforestation work.

I consider people or groups who are planting lots of trees to be working on behalf of our environment.

Thanks for the link, Shax.

Joel

Here is a link that might be useful: Richard St. Barbe Baker, forester.