Jason Sole discusses another month of temperature records set globally (see link below) and the impacts it is beginning to have on various locations around the globe (see link below). He also discusses the report released recently regarding the stress on the agricultural industry (see link below) in providing food ...
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COP 21 WWF PANEL SPEAKERS ON GLOBAL CLIMATE & ENERGY INITIATIVES
COP 21 PARIS RS WWF Panel speakers Samantha Smith, Liangchun Deng & Lou Leonard on: Climate change and renewable energy funding and investment commitment officially supported by US President Obama at the COP Conference in Paris. Chinese government has made the highest domestic investment levels into renewable energy & is ...
Read More »COP 21-UNI. READING & WALKER INST. AFRICAN FARMERS SUPPORT WITH CLIMATE DATA
COP 21 PARIS University of Reading UK speaker Dr. Peter Dorward & Walker Inst. Prof. Ros Cornforth on: Supporting African farming communities with climate data to enable improved decision-making criteria, food crop security and create sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. Dr Peter Dorward: Most climate services have tended to focus ...
Read More »COP 21 BARBARA J. RYAN DIR. GEOSEC EMISSION OBSERVATION & MONITORING
COP 21 PARIS GEO Secretariat Director Barbara J Ryan on: The importance of coordinating and integrating GHG emissions with space & ground based observation, monitoring and reporting systems to support adaptation & mitigation measures of global policy makers.
Read More »19 CHANGE AGENT – KEN STUCKE ERA ARCHITECTS HOLISTIC ECO FOCUSED ARCHITECTURE
CHANGE AGENTS 19. Interview with Ken Stucke from ERA Architects on the need to incorporate environmental components and shift current architectural paradigms with aim of reducing energy consumption & climate impacts of conventional architecture. Integrating architectural design with nature, watersheds and socio economic elements. Minimising impacts on the earth to ...
Read More »BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW: JOHAN WOLMARANS STH ENERGY SOLUTIONS BIOGAS GENERATORS
BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW, Western Cape, South Africa. Interview with Johan Wolmarans on the viability of BioGas power, steam & hot water generation, utilising agricultural waste streams from farming operations.
Read More »BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW BENNIE VAN ZYL IMPORTANCE OF LAND, SOIL & WATER PRESERVATION
BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW, Western Cape, South Africa. Interview with Bennie van Zyl from TLU SA on: The importance of land, soil & water preservation to ensure a sustainable future of the agricultural industry in SA.
Read More »BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW: LEONIE AGRI-RESEARCH COUNCIL
BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW, Western Cape, South Africa. Interview with Leonie from the Agricultural Research Council on: Research for the sterilisation of male fruit flies to combat fruit, wine & food crop losses, implementation of remedial honeybush tea farming on a broader scale.
Read More »BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW: BOBBY LAWRENCE ANIMAL FEED PROTECTION
BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW, Western Cape, South Africa. Interview with Bobby Lawrence from Kemin on, Organic acids and Inoculates used to protect animal feeds such as hay & silage from getting mould and fungus, which also adversely affects animal health.
Read More »BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW: ARNOLD SWART FIRE MGMT. PREVENTION & CONSERVATION
BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW, Western Cape, South Africa. Interview with Arnold Swart from Integrated Fire Mgmt. Services on: Integrated fire management training, preventative measures, alien tree clearing, fire break construction. Farmer & farm labour fire fighting & fire prevention training.
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