<div dir="ltr">Posting this on behalf of <span class="gmail_sendername">Karl Thidemann</span> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karl.thidemann@gmail.com" target="_blank">karl.thidemann@gmail.com</a>></span><div class="gmail_quote">
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<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Dear Friends,<br><br>Allan Savory, the pioneer of a practice that is converting
deserts worldwide back into biologically-rich grasslands, will be speaking at the Fletcher School at Tufts University on the afternoon of January 25th (details follow).<br><br>Of particular relevance to the climate community, a significant amount
of atmospheric carbon is captured in the form of soil organic matter
through this innovative land management process. According to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the potential
for land to hold carbon and act as a sink for greenhouse gases is
"unparalleled."<br><br>I hope you will be able to attend this exciting and hopeful presentation, and encourage you to share this notice with others who may find it of interest.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Karl<br><div class="gmail_quote">
---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Fasulo, Miranda</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Miranda.Fasulo@tufts.edu" target="_blank">Miranda.Fasulo@tufts.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:38 PM<br>
Subject: Jan 25 at 2pm – A Land-Based Approach to Reversing Global Warming w/ Allan Savory<br>To: CIERP <<a href="mailto:CIERP@tufts.edu" target="_blank">CIERP@tufts.edu</a>><br><br><br>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">CIERP’s Agriculture, Forests, and Biodiversity Program<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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with the<span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Friedman School’s Agriculture, Food, and Environment Program
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and <span style="font-size:14.0pt">Planet-TECH Associates</span><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt">Reversing Global Warming while Meeting Human Needs: <u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt">An Urgently Needed Land-Based Option</span></i><u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">with<b>
</b></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Allan Savory</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">, <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Rancher and Restoration Ecologist, Founder of the Savory Institute and originator of the Holistic Management
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">approach to restoring grasslands, winner of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award, and finalist in the Virgin Earth Challenge<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Friday, January 25, 2013<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">2:00 - 4:00 PM, ASEAN Auditorium<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Reception to follow<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><a href="http://planet-tech.com/sites/default/files/Invite_letter.pdf" target="_blank"><br></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i><span style="color:#1f497d">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><a href="http://allansavory.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><i>RSVP</i></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<i><a href="http://planet-tech.com/sites/default/files/Invite_letter.pdf" target="_blank">View the letter of Invitation from Professor William Moomaw</a></i><br><a href="http://allansavory.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><i></i></a><i><u></u><u></u></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Letter of invitation from Professor Bill Moomaw attached.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Free and open to the public. Convened by the Agriculture, Forests, and Biodiversity Program of the
</span></i><a href="http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CIERP" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Center for International Environment and Resource Policy</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
at Fletcher; <u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the Agriculture, Food, and Environment Program of Tufts'
<a href="http://nutrition.tufts.edu/academics/afe" target="_blank">Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy</a>;<span style="color:#1f497d">
</span>and </span></i><a href="http://www.planet-tech.com/" title="Opens in new window" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Planet-TECH Associates</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">First in a Series of "Creating the Future We Want" Events.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u></u><img src="cid:image002.jpg@01CDE904.094A7CF0" alt="SS-2011-AllanSavory" align="left" height="103" hspace="12" width="120"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">While
governments posture and dither, a pragmatic practitioner and intellectual entrepreneur,
</span><a href="http://www.savoryinstitute.com/about-us/allan-savory/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Allan Savory,</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> has been developing and demonstrating
a powerful technique that can reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere immediately while reversing desertification and providing livelihoods and food for millions of people. His applied research based in Zimbabwe on the restoration of grasslands has now
been replicated on millions of acres worldwide. The application of his methods has the potential to significantly reduce atmospheric carbon through an increase in plant growth and soil formation. This process begins immediately and involves no new technologies,
only a shift to the Holistic Management practices for livestock that he has pioneered. Major organizations and institutions are now recognizing his work, but climate scientists and governments have yet to incorporate it into their analyses and policy prescriptions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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