To Autumn - a poem by John Keats

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.


Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.


Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,--
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

 

 

Dear Ms. Ducette,

 

Thank-you for your inquiry in regards to my "inactivity" on Wiser. I have given your comunication serious consideration, and, after great reflection, updated my profile. I have also communicated to the climate and energy groups the aforementioned release of the climate change collection in the Encyclopedia of Earth.

 

Wirth best regards and true admiration and the deepest respect,

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Cutler

Hi Peggy, Thanks for getting in touch and for the information you sent. Greetings from Canada. Erika.

Hi Peggy
I am afraid I do not get to view this site as often as I would like, but thank you thank you for contacting us here at The Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Our mission here is to to sponsor research related to organic farming;
To disseminate research results to organic farmers and to growers interested in adopting organic production systems; and to educate the public and decision-makers about organic farming issues.
For those of you interested please visit our website at www.ofrf.org
If you have any questions on Organic faming in the United States, please e-mail or call us.

Hello Peggy,

I sent you this message on duvette@ naturalcapital.org.

I am Temur Lursmanashvili, from Tbilisi, Georgia, Caucasus.
I am director of nongovernmental organization IBIP.

One of main subjects of my activities is socio ecological sustainability and harmony.

I do not understand instruments of “Wiser Earth” well and I am afraid I will lose a lot of time.

It is fine, that members of “Wiser Earth” have an opportunity to discuss thoughts. But virtual contacts can never replace real contacts.

I think it will be good if the members of “Wiser Earth” will have an opportunity of direct contacts.
Undoubtedly immediate meetings and seminars are more effective.

I suggest creating Base-Center for the members of “Wiser Earth” (and researcher-activists) for meetings, seminars, trainings and active recreation in Georgia.
Here (in Georgia) are excellent conditions to carry out (realize) such project.
- first of all there are 13 climate-geographical zone on the compact territory; there is stable, mild, temperate climate;
- second: enough quantity of isolated, almost wild territories are yet existing, what is supported by relief and rich nature;
- third: there is social and ethno cultural solidarity developed during thousands of years here;
- fourth: in all territory of Georgia the developed settlements, well-developed infrastructure and communications are easily accessible.
- fifth: there are well developed international transport communications entrance and moving of foreigners are unlimited.
- sixth: all means of modern telecommunications network are well developed and accessible (internet, telephone connection, mobile phone).
- seventh: foodstuff is various, accessible and not expensive; life is cheap.

In short, I suggest creating additionally one more WISER platform: “Wiser Earth Meeting” by the base in Georgia.

I offer you collaboration if this idea is interesting for you.
I ask you to help me to develop idea of creating Base-Center for the members of “Wiser Earth”. (WISER platform: “Wiser Earth Meeting”)

Temur

Hi Peggy, looking forward to working with you on the Biomimicry Portal project.

your work bears testimony for your passion for the 'unbreakable yet poor'...i have you as my inspiration for other 'race groups' in South Africa who are so numbed by the violence and crime they see it impossible to 'think' of getting their hands dirty to lift the needy. Blessings and congratulations on your work!

Peggie:

I look forward to speaking with you on February 13. I was wondering if you do live webinars and/or tutorials on WiserEarth, especially for us "newbies" who may not know how to fully navigate and utilize the various functional and networking features? Please let me know if you do and, if not, can we work to make this happen.

We are moving steadily towards our education and training program, here, in New Jersey and have created a blog to serve as an interim place interested stakeholders can go to in order to learn about some of the existing resources (such as WiserEarth) and have updated the site with video, slide shows, and real-time analysis of green, smart, and sustainable projects. Here is a brief note about our latest posts and we invite you and your associates, here at WiserEarth to visit and post comments on the blog. Also, all are invited to contact me to do special postings, interviews, and eschange links to our web sites. Thank you for providing us with a wonderful resource.

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Thanks for reminding me to give more attention to WiserEarth. After I initially signed up I was diverted by other action projects. I will look again to see how it is developing.

Thanks, Peggy, for your work on WiserEarth. I find it an indispensable tool for my work in constructing and maintaining networks for action on peace justice and environmental issues. May we both grow and prosper as do the causes we hold dear.
Peace.