Project background
Since the early 1970's, Harry Hart of Global-Eco has been involved in projects and research to investigate climate change and the loss of land through deforestation and over farming. Originally forming a group called "Green Deserts" with like-minded individuals who had travelled the world and seen the same devastation and poverty as he, they set about researching ways of reclaiming desert land and refertilising overused land.
The foundation for this work is a person-millennium of largely self-funded research (30 people working for over 30 years) originally conducted by individuals including, for example:
Richard St Barbe Baker OBE (Awarded by Prince Charles) - founder of Men of the Trees (now International Tree Foundation) extensive author, responsible for planting more trees worldwide than any one.
James Sholto-Douglas - Plant ecologist. Worked on overseas projects for ODA, UN, etc. horticulture and forestry. Author of several books and specialist on hydroponics also on ecology and others, co-author Forest Farming (agro-forestry) Trustee of Green Deserts.
Lawrence D Hills - Founder of Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), the world's largest organic gardening group; and overseas projects.
Dr Christopher Hills - President of the Microalgae International Union from 1965, co-author of Food From Sunlight introduced and cultured Spirulina and Chlorella. Stated methane, benzene and petroleum can be made from algae. He proposed refertilising deserts with microalgae in 1978.
John Davies OBE - re-organised the British gas industry. Designed continuous cropping in hot climates to make methane gas in large enough amounts to make petrol.
James Grant - climatologist. Including using trees to induce, or inhibit, rainfall.
Dr Patrick Ffiske Howden - Australian. Author of Ecologists and active land recovery.
Stephen Sampson, Ran a land recovery project in Jordan, a book on methane gas, widely travelled studying biology and natural energy technology, founded and ran Sunseed Trust project recovering a Spanish deserted village organically and with natural energy. Worked with Edward Goldsmith founder of The Ecologist Magazine.
Bob Flowerdew, early member of Green Deserts (currently not interested).
Harry Hart, Loretta Quartey, John Agnew, Founders of Green Deserts in 1972. Harry was assistant to Joe Durden who made the film Soil Science around 1947.
Lesley Bremness, horticulturalist author of HERBS Eyewitness Handbook and other books. Chelsea Flower Show, and media presenter.
David Diego Mulligan - USA, Radio eco programmer, founder of an eco village in New Mexico.
Greg Peachey - founder of FREdome, communicator and promoter of forward looking proposals and visionaries. Administrator for Global Eco.
Harry Alderslade - introduced us to atmospheric CO2 in 1970, wrote a book but no one was interested.
Tim Eiloart - Founder of Cambridge Consultants, formed Sunseed Trust and funded a project in the Spanish desert.
Martin Farnell - solar engineer and inventor of numerous solar energy devices and systems. Low tech and high tech. Capable of great world benefits. Original member of Green Deserts.
Also Maurice Crook, Piers Corke, Owen Dumpleton, Peter Acton, Julia Walsh, .John Lyons, Tony Cordey, Lindsey De la Terre, and many, many others as members and supporters. Regretfully some of the above are now demised although their contributions have helped to change a good idea into an obviously practical proposition.
Since the early 1970's, Harry Hart of Global-Eco has been involved in projects and research to investigate climate change and the loss of land through deforestation and over farming. Originally forming a group called "Green Deserts" with like-minded individuals who had travelled the world and seen the same devastation and poverty as he, they set about researching ways of reclaiming desert land and refertilising overused land.
The foundation for this work is a person-millennium of largely self-funded research (30 people working for over 30 years) originally conducted by individuals including, for example:
Harry Hart
