1. Harry Alderslade introduced us to the atmospheric carbon dioxide hazard around 1970.
2. We had worked out how to refertilise the world’s vast wastelands using natural energy technology and organic cultivation.

Around 35 years ago some widely world-travelled documentary film makers working with academics, agriculturalists and others held meetings in a central London mews flat (apartment). The objective was to identify the greatest problems facing the world and to find the solutions.

The film cameramen and crews were travelling the planet almost incessantly at a time when one flew below the clouds and before satellites began to show the vast majority of the world’s land area as deserts and wastelands: Mostly manmade, from the originally largely forested land area with just a few places below the ice line not colonised by trees. Most of the time we were flying over deserts or water and found ourselves wondering why, and what could be done about it? While on land frequently observing or working with extremely poor, deprived and sometimes starving people.

It did not make sense.

The major problem was clearly one of inadequate world resources for most of humankind and of the general ignorance even amongst those of us who had communication techniques.

The answers became clear enough: Take the water from the seas, desalinate it, and refertilise the barren lands. The understanding became progressively obvious, and eminently feasible by working with natural energies –sun-wind-wave-power- and others, along with biological, organic cultivation methods. And using controlled environments ranging from greenhouses to large inflatable domes, in the early stages of progressive land recovery.

We called it: How To make The Deserts Flourish but the official culture was not interested.

As an expanding group, in 1972 we were invited to an estate in Suffolk, England to set up a headquarters by Sir John Agnew and were subsequently supported by eco-scientists, ecologists, environmentalist and many others: Including Dr Richard St Barbe Baker OBE, James Sholto-Douglas, Lawrence D Hills (HDRA), Bob Flowerdew, Dr Christopher Hills, John Davies OBE, James Grant, Harry Alderslade, Tim Eiloart, Dr Patrick Ffiske Howden, John Lyons, David Mulligan, Owen Dumpleton, Peter Acton, associated organisations and many others as members and supporters. Regretfully many of the above are now demised although their contributions have helped to change a good idea into an obviously practical proposition.

The original London-based Green Desert Group of myself Harry Hart, with Loretta Quartey and Stephen Sampson became a key part of a charity registered by the Agnew family: Green Deserts Ltd, joined by Sunseed Trust, Green Deserts Ghana and others, and was supported by the ODA and others; largely financed by the original three.

Decades of committed and enthusiastic activity included overseas projects and surveys, very diverse researches, innovations and prototyping, magazines, publications, holding the Rougham Tree Fairs, and attending many others as well giving lectures and talks. In its heyday Green Deserts had about a quarter of a million supporters.

Two effects brought about the decline of Green Deserts followed by the creation of Global Eco: Firstly two recessions during the Thatcher era when people became progressively more inward looking and the grassroots and sub-culture funding fell off, secondly by overspending by some on improbable projects. All part of the learning process one supposes. Others of us set up support businesses and the debts are now paid off but leaving us very short of funding.

However the message, the understanding, the logical and practical aspects of a carbon-stable and naturally enriching world have all increased enormously: Those whose understanding embraces the full processes can now see it as incontrovertible.

The Carbon Dioxide Cycle.
Most of us do not realise that atmospheric carbon and the 20% of carbon in our bodies are the same carbon. Just moving in and out of being organic carbon. Trees, the largest plants are 60% carbon, while the smallest and fastest growing feeders on the carbon in the air are micro-alga at 50% carbon.

With our desert recovery programme the intention is to make organic fertilisers from the microalgae which feed on no more than seawater, fresh water and air and can multiply tonne by tonne at a prodigious rate. A million times in a week is well below the possible maximum. So large scale wasteland cultivation and reforestation becomes readily attainable while solving climate change.

A Realisation.
When we realised that micro algae being 50% carbon, and can be grown very quickly in massive quantities, the solution to global warming hazards became obvious

The resulting organic biomass can be perfect fertiliser for humankind to produce the foods, biofuels, fibres, materials, medicines, chemicals and even rubbers and plastics that we may need. All that is needed is for a general understanding, and the will to do it before it is too late.

As far as Global Eco is concerned we seek the funding to present our massive thirty years of researches, study and learning as quickly as possible. Financial supporters will receive periodic updates.

Your help, small or large, will help. Thanks,
Harry Hart