Geotherapy
Geotherapy is the metaphor that earth's Biophysical environmental problems, like
Geotherapy should not be confused with
Origins of geotherapy
The term geotherapy was coined in 1991 by
Declaration for Geotherapy and Bioethics
Accelerating environmental degradation threatens the habitability of the biosphere. We believe that corrective action is possible and urgent.
- Our goal is long-term survival in an acceptably maintained ecosystem.
- We, as human beings, take full responsibility for our actions by not sacrificing natural resources for short term gains and by working to make the world a better living place.
- This choice will influence our biological and cultural evolution; we cannot avoid it without grave consequences.
- A global bio-ethic should further develop a guide and motivate geotherapy and our cultural evolution.
- A root problem is excessive demographic growth; the earth's carrying capacity is being exceeded. With the present style patterns of development pollution of all kinds will increase as long as the population increases.
- We declare that scientists of all walks of life should adopt the aforementioned goals and participate in meeting at all levels to apply these principals.[7]
Through the Geotherapy Declaration, Grantham aimed to create a worldwide "global
The effort to create a worldwide bio-ethic that embraces the concept of geotherapy was unfortunately cut short soon after the Geotherapy Declaration was drafted in 1991 when Grantham became ill with a neurodegenerative syndrome similar to Parkinson's Disease. The illness rendered him unable to speak or write.[8]
Geotherapy today
The geotherapy principle was revived in 2014 with the publication of the book Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase,[15] a collection of papers that address atmospheric carbon sequestration to reverse climate change in conjunction with the creation of carbon and mineral rich soils for agriculture. Some chapters touch on large-scale changes in global civilization that could help implement a global bioethics, for example switching to a "carbon based economy".[8] The concept is attracting increasing attention[16] and aims to serve Grantham's goal of establishing a scientifically sound regenerative concept to unify global action for a sustainable future.[17][8] In addition, geotherapy was discussed in a climate change forum called 'Climate Emergency Forum.' The forum is run by the Climate Emergency Coalition, a group based out of M.I.T. and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[18]
References
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- ^ "Landmarks in Geotherapy". remineralize.org. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ "Geotherapy on a Fast Track?". remineralize.org. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ "FAQ - What is Geotherapy & its role in climate change mitigation?". Climate Emergency Coalition. Retrieved 2019-02-20.