Tag Archives: Health

In this episode we hear the wonderful Jason Sole who promises us that this will be the last dishevelled episode. He talks initially about a recent study that shows if we burned all the fossil fuels we have on earth it would put 5 trillion metric tonnes of co2 into ...

Indigenous Environmental Network is a NPO working on behalf of indigenous communities located in areas where Tar Sands are being mined for oil. They are suffering from increasing levels of illness and cancers.

Spiritual Dimension – Dr. Saleem Huq, IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change. Climate Change is a moral issue, rich people cause the pollution and poor people in both poor and rich countries are the ones who suffer.

Spiritual Dimension – Martin Kopp, Justice Advocacy Officer of the Lutheran World Federation, France – Mobilise their constituency, Interfaith One-Day Conference

Spiritual Dimension – Dr Chi-Ming Peng, Tzu Chi Foundation, Taiwan, Unite people and society with a common goal; our suffering from global warming will be carried by all of us; all stakeholders including individuals need to be more active.

The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP21: Paris 2015: Modelling of Disappearing Phyto-plankton Communities in the Global Ocean

Ocean Pollution – Russell Weston discusses False Bay Park, the dump site and its effect on the Wetland area, the water table and the surrounding farms. We need to find better ways to recycle and deal with waste production than dumping.

Ocean Acidification – Alicia Harold Carly, a Marine Scientist from Oceana.org, discusses how the acidification of oceans is leading to negative impacts on marine species, crashes in marine ecosystems and a decline in coral reefs.

Cancun Climate Summit, Mexico, December 2010 – A Chinese Government representative discusses China’s achievements in Renewable Energy provision. They rank number one in the world in Windpower, Hydropower and Nuclear Power installations. Their capacity in Solar generation accounts for half of the installations worldwide at 800MW and their Nuclear Power ...