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To feed growing cities we need to stop urban sprawl eating up our food supply
To feed growing cities we need to stop urban sprawl eating up our food supply New season asparagus from farmland on Melbourne’s city fringe. Matthew Carey If you’ve eaten any of the new season’s asparagus recently, it probably came from Koo Wee Rup, a small town 60 kilometres to the south east of Melbourne. Koo Wee Rup […]
Wisconsin Groundwater Dispute Is a Warning Signal for the Eastern United States
Wisconsin Groundwater Dispute Is a Warning Signal for the Eastern United States Water problems in states east of the Mississippi River mirror those of the dry American West. Photo © Codi Kozacek / Circle of Blue Caroline Lake sits near the Lake Superior shore in northern Wisconsin. The state is one of many east of […]
Worries Build Among Investors Over Oil and Gas Industry’s Exposure to Water and Climate Risks
Worries Build Among Investors Over Oil and Gas Industry’s Exposure to Water and Climate Risks When it comes to financial risks surrounding water, there is one industry that, according to a new report, is both among the most exposed to these risks and the least transparent to investors about them: the oil and gas industry. This […]
Woodlot Management in the Anthropocene: Part Three
Woodlot Management in the Anthropocene: Part Three “A constructive and careful handling of the resources of the earth is impossible except on the basis of large co-operation and of association for mutual welfare.” — Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Holy Earth Winged Elm Farm has approximately 40 acres of hardwoods, and last year I posted a couple […]
Public health, endocrine disruption and the precautionary principle
Public health, endocrine disruption and the precautionary principle Several years ago over lunch a medical researcher I know told me that industrial chemicals were disrupting the human endocrine system leading to widespread obesity and diabetes. He said his research had revealed an important cause–the decline in the production of testosterone in both men and women (yes, women […]
Why Is This Happening? Unprecedented Flooding Has Hit The U.S. Within The Last 30 Days
Why Is This Happening? Unprecedented Flooding Has Hit The U.S. Within The Last 30 Days Over the past 30 days, major floods have hit the east coast, the west coast and now the middle part of the country. So why is this happening? Why is the U.S. being hit by so many catastrophic weather events […]
Powerful Earthquake Hits Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
Powerful Earthquake Hits Afghanistan, Pakistan, India Things are “shifting” in the Hindu Kush – literally. Just months after back-to-back quakes hit Nepal killing thousands, a powerful earthquake shook northeast Afghanistan on Monday. Tremors were felt in Pakistan and India as well. The quake, which the USGS says measured 7.5, “centered 82 km (51 miles) southeast of Feyzabad […]
Piecing Together a Guild of Your Own
Piecing Together a Guild of Your Own In the scheme of permaculture food production, harnessing the most out of nature whilst using its own attributes, creating plant guilds ranks pretty high up there. Most of us know them in simplified forms such as the three sisters—corn, beans and squash—or companion plantings like carrots and onions […]
Leaked Map Reveals Big Gas Is Setting Its Sights on the Most Biodiverse Place on Earth
Leaked Map Reveals Big Gas Is Setting Its Sights on the Most Biodiverse Place on Earth Part of a map from Pluspetrol, an exploration and production company, showing its interest in areas of Manú National Park in Peru’s Amazon. (Pluspetrol) A leaked map shows that a private energy corporation based in Argentina is eyeing Manú […]
Meet “Stunningly Catastrophic” Patricia, The World’s Strongest Storm Ever Is About To Hit Mexico
Meet “Stunningly Catastrophic” Patricia, The World’s Strongest Storm Ever Is About To Hit Mexico “Stunning, historic, mind-boggling, and catastrophic” is how Weather Underground’s Jeff Masters sums up Hurricane Patricia, which intensified to an incredible-strength Category 5 storm with 200 mph winds overnight as it approaches the Mexican coast. As The NY Times reports, The World Meteorological Organization warned […]
Permaculture, Climate & Survival
Permaculture, Climate & Survival SUMMARY: From 15th Annual International Permaculture Convergence in London, September 9th, 2015: “Cool Talk” by Albert Bates from The Farm in Tennessee. Albert interviews Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins. Australian permaculturalist Rosemary Morrow tells us Western permies are the minority, compared to East Asia, India, Africa, and the Pacific Islands. WELCOME […]
Because the ‘Time for Climate Action Is Now,’ Oslo Makes Landmark Move to Ban Cars
Because the ‘Time for Climate Action Is Now,’ Oslo Makes Landmark Move to Ban Cars ‘The reduction in pollution will make the city even better to live in, and ensure that we take our global responsibility’ Pedestrians walk down a street in Oslo. (Photo: Caleb Khor/flickr/cc) As part of a plan to rein in carbon emissions, […]
Derrick Jensen has Inspired Me to Question Civilization
Derrick Jensen has Inspired Me to Question Civilization Photo: Hartwig HKD/Flickr CC. I rode my horse out through the woods the other day. It was a beautiful Autumn afternoon as golden light filtered through the trees. My horse was keen to graze in an open meadow, so we found a spot where he could forage for […]
Backyard Carbon Sequestration: What Does Synthetic Fertilizer Have to Do with It?
Backyard Carbon Sequestration: What Does Synthetic Fertilizer Have to Do with It? Part two of a series exploring how regenerative gardening techniques can enhance carbon storage while improving soil health. In part one I discussed some of the principles behind the factors involved in soil health and how plants and the soil biological community work […]
Stern warns: humanity is at climate crossroads
Stern warns: humanity is at climate crossroads China, the world’s worst polluter, says its emissions are now set to peak earlier. Image: Gustavo M via Flickr Expert on the economic impacts of climate change says the stakes have never been higher for radical action to be agreed at the Paris summit. LONDON, 21 October, 2015 − The lead […]
