Nature 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 ArticleThe Woes of Industrial Agriculture
Our relationship with the earth changed fundamentally when we began practicing agriculture some ten thousand years ago. The transition from nomadic to settler life allowed for the evolution of great...
View ArticleA Gathering of Silverbacks: Age of Limits 2014
Whenever such large shifts in temperature occurred in Earth’s history, they were not gradual but came in lurches. Resilience is the capacity of a system to continue providing essential functions after...
View ArticleVandana Shiva Keynote Speech – Food Otherwise Conference (Netherlands,...
World famous author and activist Vandana Shiva gave an inspiring speech at the Food Otherwise conference in Wageningen, Netherlands, on 21 February 2014. "Monopolies, centralization and monocultures go...
View ArticleCrash 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 ArticleLeaky Weirs
I cant swim, but I’ve been fascinated by water all my life and have learnt water harvesting and storage design and installation from some of the permaculture greats bio here. I mentioned in a recent...
View ArticleCrisis, Hope, and Permaculture
A “Green New Deal” is on everyone’s lips, but how do we actually get there? Our brand new “Green is the New Silver (Lining): Crisis, Hope, and Permaculture,” (http://bit.ly/hope-permaculture) the first...
View ArticleTo predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Siyuan Tian, Australian National University and Albert Van Dijk, Australian National...
View ArticleVandana Shiva Keynote Speech – Food Otherwise Conference (Netherlands,...
World famous author and activist Vandana Shiva gave an inspiring speech at the Food Otherwise conference in Wageningen, Netherlands, on 21 February 2014. "Monopolies, centralization and monocultures go...
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