Christmas Eve of 2020 brought a storm to the Hudson Valley that one might describe as tropical. Temperatures reached upwards of 60° Fahrenheit, wind speeds hit 60 miles per hour, and parts of the region received over two inches of rain. This followed, by about eight days, a winter storm that in a matter of... Continue Reading →
(NOTE: Statements in this talk have been challenged by scientists working in this field. Please read "Criticisms & Updates" below for more details.) "Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate... Continue Reading →
How to fight desertification and reverse climate change
Every day, the team at Kipster tends to 24,000 hens in a single building with a Photovoltaic roof made of solar power shingles. Kipster is a revolutionary and sustainable poultry farm, complete with a housing system designed to allow hens to express their species-specific behavior and feel comfortable. The hens are fed only with leftovers... Continue Reading →
Re-rooting the Dutch Food System – From More to Better
100 solutions to reverse global warming
What if we took out more greenhouse gases than we put into the atmosphere? This hypothetical scenario, known as "drawdown," is our only hope of averting climate disaster, says strategist Chad Frischmann. In a forward-thinking talk, he shares solutions to climate change that exist today -- conventional tactics like the use of renewable energy and... Continue Reading →
WHAT DOES “PERMACULTURE” MEAN?
The term “permaculture” was originally coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in their book Permaculture One (1978) as a contraction of “permanent” and “agriculture.” Its etymology reflects the early concept of permaculture as primarily focused on agriculture. By the early 1980s, the definition had expanded in scope to broadly encompass the ways in which... Continue Reading →
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #11 23.15 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $57.2 BILLION NET COST $1.93 TRILLION NET SAVINGS Regenerative agriculture practices restore degraded land. They include no tillage, diverse cover crops, in-farm fertility (no external nutrient sources required, no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, and multiple crop rotations, all of which can be augmented by managed... Continue Reading →
Tick-Tock
The next layer of industrial agriculture is already being developed and field-tested. It incorporates artificially intelligent computers, autonomous robots, self-flying drones, and advanced genetic designs. All this “intelligence” is based on the “more is better” principle of squeezing ever more nutrient-void calories from our depleted soils. In other words, more “overproduction.” Before we as a... Continue Reading →
we cannot succeed without farmers…
Stéphane Le Foll Excerpt from Josh Tickell’s book: KISS the GROUND, he is referencing his meeting with Prime Minister of France, Stéphane Le Foll at the time of COP21. ______________________________________ But to solve the question of the storage of carbon, it’s necessary that we have accompanying public policies. And we cannot succeed without farmers. ... Continue Reading →
(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) A panel of experts discusses climate change and its effects on our agriculture and our health, while also offering insights into how we as individuals can work to limit its negative impacts and create positive change. [5/2019] [Show ID: 34568] Future Thought Leaders (https://www.uctv.tv/future-thought-le...) Explore More Health & Medicine on UCTV (https://www.uctv.tv/health) UCTV... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 