I found an interesting video in Nat Geo ("Sustainability Lessons From China: Low Footprint Fish Farms", Sept 12 2012, www.natgeo.com) about China's leading position in sustainable fish farming. It was a pleasant surprise to discover that this kind of thinking is still present in a culture that is leaving behind traditional agricultural and nature-related jobs to head to the big cities, where the factories and big bucks are.
This short documentary shows how a local community keeps a perfect balance by farming carp, producing silk and mulberry leaves. It all starts with the leaves, that are fed to the silkworms, who leave waste and a nutritious pup that is then fed to the fish. A perfect circle in every way, except when it comes to the human resources department. Young people, who in the past had few choices but to get involved in the family business or in the local permaculture activity, are now fleeing to the city to study and get involved in more modern and profitable kinds of business
For me, this video pictures the strong juxtaposition between the millenarian, wise culture still alive in the countryside, and the wildly ambitious, matter-of-fact reality of the metropolitan areas.
Link to video: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/12/sustainability-lessons-from-china-low-footprint-fish-farms/
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