By Tim Groves - August 8, 2010

Two children were killed and another two hospitalized after playing with unexploded ordinance that was believed to be found in a Canadian firing range in Afghanistan, in February 2009, according to classified document leaked by the website Wikileaks...“A mortar round, fired from the direction of a Canadian forward operating base to the west of the village, landed among the children, who were on their way back from a local madrassa” read a story in Canadian Press [CP] from February 23rd 2009..."This is disgusting, firing these kind of mortars on civilians".

Too often even those people who are striving for sustainable ways of living find it hard to shake off the notions of linear resource use fostered by our ecologically dysfunctional culture. This week's post explores ways around this blockage, using soil nutrients as a starting place.

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