One of the most important aspects of the Almanda Project is that this book, together with annual updates, will provide a record of every aspect of riparian zone habitat restoration. We will be closely monitoring this restoration over a ten year plus time-frame. We hope to provide, for the first time, a guide for all those undertaking this type of work and at the same time build an audit system which will track our progress, successes and failures. As nature is never predictable, close obse...

Some will recall the Harmonic Convergence that took place on August 17, 1987 and which pointed to the final 25 year cycle of the Mayan Calendar and its multi-faceted possibilities. Combined with her own in-depth research and that of biologist Carl Johan Calleman, Barbara Hand Clow describes the implications for the earth and for our consciousness, as we near the year 2012.