The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP21: Paris 2015: Artha Graha Pedali, Sumatra, Indonesia, Conservation Area, Equatorial Forests, Palm Oil Industry is destroying Equatorial Forests and Orangutans
Read More »COP 21 Isis Alvarez – Global Forest Coalition
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Isis Alvarez works for the Global Forest Coalition – a group of social movements, NGOs and Indigenous People’s Organisations, which protects indigenous people’s rights when international forestry policies destroy livelihoods. The Global Forest Coalition is a collection of NGO’s, ...
Read More »John Turner – Organic Farmer
Permaculture – John Turner – Organic Farming is now more popular than Genetically Modified (GM) Foods. We have to change because the Industrial system has such a negative impact on the planet as it uses mineral dollars instead of solar dollars. GM has gone out of fashion. The feedback from ...
Read More »Luke Boshier – Sustainable Farming – Part 3
Luke Boshier discusses building methods with compacted soil and 3% cement – wattle and daub methods. The way the poorer people in the area build at the moment shows a victim mentality – they do not knead the clay properly or add mealie husks/grass to the mix so their houses ...
Read More »Luke Boshier – Sustainable Farming – Part 2
Permaculture farm – Kwa-Zulu Natal – Umgazi River – Luke Boshier – discussion on how aid and grants create dependency and destroy local farming
Read More »Luke Boshier – Sustainable Farming – Part 1
Permaculture farm – Kwa-Zulu Natal – Umgazi River – Luke Boshier – discussion on community land that will be developed. Workshops for 200 people (lifeskills), 60 people (food gardens), other courses on building, water and sanitation. The soil is dead from repeated burnings which has destroyed all micro-organisms in the ...
Read More »COP 21 Kirsty Lewis – Met Office, Hadley Centre
The University of Earth – Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Kirsty Lewis leads the Climate Security Team at the Met Office, Hadley Centre and is engaged in research about the effect of Climate Change of Global Food Security particularly for the most vulnerable
Read More »COP 21 Alexandra Bonnet – Local Government Paris
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Alexandra Bonnet is manning a stand to do with the local government and citizen response to global warming in Paris. The projects undertaken can be compared to those of other localities wishing to make a difference.
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