Tag Archives: Agriculture

The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Dirk Notz of the Max Planck Institute discusses Arctic Sea Ice.  Since 1979 we have lost 50% of the area and 50% of the thickness which amounts to a loss of 3/4 of the Arctic Sea Ice in ...

King Lear, late at night on the cliffs asks the blind Earl of Gloucester, “How do you see the world?”. And the blind man Gloucester replies, “I see it feelingly.” And shouldn’t we all? Animals must be off the menu because tonight they are screaming in terror in the slaughterhouses, ...

Introduction: Judy Sole interviews Cyril Hromnik, in pursuit of the truth with regards to the ANC’s claim that the Bantu people were allegedly indigenous to this country, and were here long before the whites. He starts off telling us that Africa, until the 1200’s was originally called Ethiopia. Africa, named ...

Advocate Douglas Shaw has been taking the major banks in South Africa to the High Court for a sum of an estimated 62 billion rand. This is asking the court to order that the major banks repay the money to the thousands of bond holders who were repossessed without following ...

Climate, Carbon and Cities: Assessing Risk, Transforming Sectors, Building the Future Moderator: Kira Vinke, PIK Speakers: Bambang Susantono, Vice-President, ADB: A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific Mr. A. K. Saxena, Senior Fellow & Director, TERI: Enabling Decarbonization of the Power Sector ...

It must be noted before you read this review that globally this year we produced more cement than ALL food produced on the entire planet. That’s quite something. LC3 is a new type of cement that is based on a blend of limestone and calcined clay. LC3 can reduce CO2 ...

At this Science to Action Day at COP 22, Marrakech, Ms Charlotte Hebebrand, Director General – International Fertilizer Association (IFA), speaks on Climate-Smart Agriculture ~ What Role for Fertilisers? The presentation opened with a summary on the state of African soils by highlighting key issues, viz; 75% of arable land ...

In this panel discussion on Methane Emissions in Livestock and Managing the Impacts, various speakers address a variety of subjects like agricultural practices, livestock products, etc and answer questions from the floor at COP 22, Marrakech. Alexandre Berndt, EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), answers an audience member’s questions on our ...