Crash on Demand – or Rapid Transition?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pFDu7lLV4 The Arctic Death Spiral and the Methane Time Bomb (Duration: 1:11:11) Please watch before continuing with the article. Can we talk about transition, please?...
View ArticleExpanding Farmlands with Reduced Cropping
According to a new research findings, over the next 100 years due to climate change, land suitable for agriculture is going to expand by 5.4 million km2, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere at high...
View ArticleThe Kink in the Human Brain
Pointless, joyless consumption is destroying our world of wonders. This is a moment at which anyone with the capacity for reflection should stop and wonder what we are doing. If the news that in the...
View ArticleAn Embarrassment for Both Yale University and the New York Times: “To Save...
Dr. Nadine Unger, an assistant professor of atmospheric chemistry at Yale, had an op-ed published in the Opinion Pages of the September 19, 2014 edition of the New York Times. Both the title of her...
View ArticleNature is Speaking
I say may those who have a loud voice speak! This is precisely what Nature Is Speaking has ventured to do — to give nature a voice (and a very familiar voice). Watch the videos below to see what I...
View ArticleWhen Organics Goes Bad
When Organics Goes Bad is a short video where Geoff Lawton visits an organic carrot farm in California and explains why some organic farms are not always good for the environment. Whilst travelling...
View ArticleFood Tank Webinar Series with Dr. Roger Leakey on The Global Food Crisis
This discussion features Dr. Roger Leakey, a crop physiologist and tree biologist who has worked in forestry and agroforestry aimed to reverse deforestation and desertification in the tropics. About...
View ArticlePermaculture Research Institute Proud to Be Recognized with UNCCD Accreditation!
The Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) recently received notice that the organization has been accredited as a Civil Service Organization by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification...
View ArticleSAVING THE PLANET
I have often found myself wincing as I hear people talking about saving the planet. It’s felt wrong! I can hear the voices of condemnation screaming at me now … ‘What a horrible person you are not to...
View ArticleCan you help us save the trees? EU asks citizens for ‘solutions’ to...
As the world continues turning into a new calendar year, many people may be reflecting on what actions they can personally take for a healthier year ahead, both on a personal and an environmental...
View ArticleTo predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space
Another summer, another drought. Sydney’s water storages are running on empty, and desalinisation plants are being dusted off. Elsewhere, shrunken rivers, lakes and dams are swollen with rotting fish....
View ArticleHow to Combat Desertification and Drought from Home
Well, things can get pretty specific when it comes to the UN “world day” arena, and today—17 June—is no different: It’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Specifically, 2020’s theme is...
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