AN EDAPHIC APPROACH To the Three Vaster Partners of the Biosphere Note to the Reader: All references are available as links within the document
(OVERVIEW) “WHEREVER AIR AND WATER AND ROCK MEET, LIVING THINGS ESTABLISH THEIR HOME. THE BIOSPHERE GOES NOT MUCH HIGHER THAN 17,000 FEET INTO THE AIR. IT RARELY REACHES MUCH FURTHER THAN 10,000 FEET IN THE OCEAN. APART FROM DEEP DRILLED MINES AND WELLS, THE USABLE PART OF THE LITHOSPHERE IS REPRESENTED BY A FEW FEET OF SOIL. BUT, THIS RELATIVELY TINY FRACTION OF THE PLANET CAN ONLY SUPPORT LIFE BY ENGAGING IN CONTINUOUS INTERCHANGES BETWEEN ITS THREE VASTER PARTNERS.” (Only One Planet, Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos, p.39) "Our artificially constructed world is not isolated from the real world. It is enmeshed in a larger natural world that cradles and nourishes us making all of our activities possible." Janine Benyus, *Biomimicry*, p. 241.
THEORY 1. “THE WHOLE FIRST” – “3 VASTER PARTNERS” (see infra, “In conclusion” page
6). “What is important with Hamaker's Thesis on the Nutritional Basis of Glacial Cycles, was his considering the ‘Whole First’”. - Pierre Lehmann, Nuclear Physicist.
FOUNDATIONAL REFERENCE: Ages of Gaia, James Lovelock, W. W. Norton. (See ‘Reference 1’ attached). ○ 2. LIVE BIOMASS = LIVING SYSTEM = BIOSPHERE 3. ORGANIC ACIDS = FULVIC AND HUMIC = DECAY PROCESS = The Return = Total Recycling = The Catabolic Side of Photosynthesis = Biodegradation = Thermal Heat is Self-Generated