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 →
The United Nations chief has called on world leaders to declare states of “climate emergency” in their countries to spur action to avoid “catastrophic” global warming. Antonio Guterres’s comments on Saturday came during his opening statement to the Climate Ambition Summit, a virtual gathering aimed at building momentum for much steeper cuts in planet-warming emissions... Continue Reading →
Declare ‘state of climate emergency’, UN boss urges world leaders
Can the world meet the challenge of climate change? After more than three decades of global negotiations, the prognosis looks bleak. The most ambitious diplomatic efforts have focused on a series of virtually global agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and the Paris Agreement of 2015. With so many diverse interests across so... Continue Reading →
How to Fix the Climate
Sustainable Development Goals The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. They are a call to action for peace and prosperity by 2030. Australia was one of the 193 United Nations members that agreed to the SDGs. The goals address population growth, income growth, climate change, environmental... Continue Reading →
Sustainable Development Goals
A clear, certified home compostable mailing film has been created in Adelaide by local manufacturer BioBag World Australia for Direct Mail Centre of Australia as an alternative to single-use plastic that breaks down into microplastics. BioBag World Australia Director Scott Morton said the Compostable Wrap is an opportunity for a better environmental outcome because... Continue Reading →
New home compostable wrap leaves no microplastics
Preamble This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting... Continue Reading →
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The most important thing you can do to fight climate change…
How do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we've been discussing for years, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. In this inspiring, pragmatic talk, Hayhoe shows how the key to having a real discussion is to connect over shared values like family, community and... Continue Reading →
It’s a cold Saturday morning in November, yet hundreds of people have descended on Beckton District Park in east London for a day of tree planting. Dozens of shovels stuck into the muddy earth are waiting to be grabbed by newcomers, while four cordoned-off areas are already full of volunteers measuring and digging holes, before... Continue Reading →
Families plant an urban forest to fight effects of pollution
Kristalina Georgieva is very keen to talk about the research one of her International Monetary Fund economists is doing. Surprisingly, this is not about any of the issues that have gripped the organisation in the past 75 years: balance of payments crises or global recessions. It is about whales and the part they play in... Continue Reading →
Tackling climate crisis is what we should be doing, says new IMF boss
Climate Smart Agriculture…
Le Foll takes a deep breath and lets his eyes settle on me. “If nothing happens,” he says, “I fear we will have a forceful expansion of the desertification of soil. Global water and wind erosion of soil will be catastrophic. Secondly, I fear if we don’t move concretely forward with this project,... Continue Reading →
Already, there are hundreds of videos available on the Sustainable Development Goals. Here, Colm Regan presents his top 5. 1. Leave No One Behind 2. We the people 3. No Point in Going Halfway 4. Hurdles 5. Action towards 2030 One of a series of TED talks on SDG related issues and a good place to start. ... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 