The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Charles, Prince of Wales, International Sustainability Unit, Restoration of Forests. “Understanding the many praiseworthy achievements, I earnestly hope that the hours ahead, will also see the announcement of new ambitious initiatives and partnerships across sectors, communities and regions. Accelerated action ...
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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 »COP 21 Brighter Green – Meat as a driver of Deforestation
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Executive Director of Brighter Green, Mia MacDonald, and Associate Wanqing Zhou presents a film narrated by Wen Bo of the Global Exploration Fund, on the increased demand for meat in China since the 1990s and the introduction of western ...
Read More »COP 21 Deforestation and Beef Production in South America
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Presentation on market driven, export driven beef and soybean production in South America leading to large-scale deforestation to create farms and cattle ranches. Most emissions (70%) are due to the deforestation and change in land-use with only 20% due ...
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COP 21 Mangrove Swamps in the Philippines
This video we hear about how the natural infrastructure of the Philippines is being damaged and lost. The central part of the Philippines is losing its wetlands at a rapid rate. There have been massive impacts on the poorest communities and that have resulted from the loss of the coastal ...
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 ...
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