We so often read that as incomes increase in developing countries, so too does the demand for meat. It seems as people have more disposable income, so do their meat purchases increases.I sometimes try to wonder why. If one looks at the so-called lifestyle diseases, diseases of affluence, in the developed world, it often has … Continue reading The elephant in the room is meat
Food Scarcity á la Wall Street | Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
Food Scarcity á la Wall Street | Food First/Institute for Food and Development PolicyAn interesting read about an important yet hidden, unreported reason behind food scarcity and rising food prices in the last few years. Hint: it isn't due to a lack of technology
Agroecology vs Industrial agriculture
Perhaps our excessive reliance on biotechnology and GM crops stems from not fully understanding nature and how to work with nature to good effect. In the developed world we rely on industrial agriculture models which incorporate biotech, models that rely on carbon-intensive off-farm inputs and produce water pollution, negated ecosystem and human health, and biological … Continue reading Agroecology vs Industrial agriculture
trade and environment
International trade rules, reflected in the WTO and its products such as GATS, TRIPS and others, have a huge effect on our local ecosystem functioning. It is surprising to me that more environmental campaigners do not lobby their governments to challenge these rules, which are deemed greater priority than many social or environmental safeguards are. … Continue reading trade and environment
Museums concerning the environment
The public can get invoked about an environmental issue on principles alone, but often struggles to know the extent or the details of the problem. Perhaps one of the challenges is finding translation from science as to the extent of the problem. Perhaps similair to doing internet research on our own medical problems, we become … Continue reading Museums concerning the environment
the youth speak out at COP 17
The words of Anjali Appadurai, at a youth intervention inside the COP 17 delegations, on Friday the 11th of November 2011“I speak for more than half the world’s population.We are the silent majority. You’ve given us a seat in this hall, but our interests are not on the table.What does it take to get a … Continue reading the youth speak out at COP 17
the relationship between energy and jobs is not clear cut
We are at a crossroads where, if we decide to invest in new energy infrastructure that relies on fossil fuels, we tie ourselves into decades of dirty energy use . Our economies, under the dominant global economic system, need to expand, and cheap energy is the manner in which it has been growing so far. … Continue reading the relationship between energy and jobs is not clear cut
Sustainable Agriculture | Village Earth
Sustainable Agriculture | Village Earth:'via Blog this'
World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
April 22nd, Cochabamba, BoliviaPEOPLES AGREEMENTToday, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.If global warming increases by more than 2 degrees Celsius, a situation that the “Copenhagen Accord” could lead to, there is a 50% probability that the damages caused to our Mother Earth will be completely irreversible. Between 20% … Continue reading World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
a disconnect between jobs and nature
How is the myth of job creation over sustainability destroyed? How do people learn that sacrificing biocapacity now will lead to irreversible job losses in the future? Biodiversity loss is not reversible, neither is runaway climate change, and these will affect the ability of our ecosystems to function healthily and to an optimum, and in … Continue reading a disconnect between jobs and nature
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