Hi John - Yeah, I love worms too. We don't appreciate the importance of all 
the wee beasties!

As for meeting Polly - she's in the middle of a mammoth world tour raising 
awareness of ecocide. I know she's on Twitter but maybe the best way to 
contact her would be via her website - http://pollyhiggins.com/

Also, all Crisis Forumers might want to consider signing this (takes a wee 
minute but quite simple) - http://www.endecocide.eu/ We need a million 
signatures, so spread the word, if poss.

John - I think there are some contact people other than Polly on one of 
these links - you might have more luck just getting advice from the End 
Ecocide team, rather than Polly herself.

cheers

Mandy

-----Original Message----- 
From: John Nissen
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 12:29 PM
To: Mandy Meikle
Cc: Bru Pearce
Subject: Re: Should we not be destroying these nasty earthworms?

Dear Mandy,

I was very much drawn to this thread by my love of earthworms that do
wonders in my compost heap!

But I wonder if you could help me.  I should very much like to meet
Polly Higgins about a legal challenge to the government over protecting
the Arctic, where the government has chosen to disregard solid evidence
about the speed of retreat of the sea ice, which threatens the whole
Arctic ecosystem.  My friend Bru Pearce has spoken highly of Polly's
efforts.

Best wishes,

John

020 8742 3170
07890 657 498

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On 08/02/2013 10:34, Mandy Meikle wrote:
> Do you remember the one about trees emitting methane? I thought it was a 
> few years ago but the story apparently raised its stupid head again last 
> year 
> (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2185493/Could-trees-causing-global-warming-Air-forests-80-000-times-normal-levels-methane.html#axzz2KInlEYwB).
>
> Best not to dwell on it. Let's hope Polly Higgins gets her ecocide law 
> introduced (http://eradicatingecocide.com/). Met her last night and while 
> I'm not as optimistic as she is about the power of international law, she 
> is very much a values person. We need to change how we see the world and 
> accept that it owes us nothing. We owe it, big time. Worms & trees are NOT 
> the problem & I think, deep down, we know that!
>
> cheers
>
> Mandy
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Coleman
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 7:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Should we not be destroying these nasty earthworms?
>
> Hello all,
> Further to the current search for the culprits of climate change (or 
> something else to blame but us) the journal Nature published a new and 
> updated piece of research showing how the earthworms are to blame for the 
> increases in farm land soil emissions of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide.
> If these worms are to blame it leads to the blinkered and short sighted 
> argument that we must destroy the earthworms to redress the issue of these 
> soil emissions.
>
> Who or what will humans blame next?
> After all it is us that is causing the problems and mother nature that is 
> merely adapting to these conditions that we are creating.
> Who is to blame for that? Mother Nature or us?
> Chicken or Egg?
> Plausible deniability?
> Enjoy.
> Kev C
>
> http://inhabitat.com/new-study-reveals-that-earthworms-are-accelerating-global-warming/