Permaculture – Kurt Amman – Rozendal Permaculture Farm – Organic Farming since 1985 – Chemical Fertilisers and Pesticides replaced with Biodynamic Organic Fertiliser
Permaculture – John Turner – A good soil develops over many seasons. It is a living entity, a synergy of bacteria, fungi, algae, and roots not just the actual soil type. The roots bring solar energy into the soil. The prediction of climate change was that there would be uneven rainfall. We can see that […]
Farmers in Zimbabwe have been trained in Permaculture and sustainable farming by a Botswanan NPO. They use natural resources to produce crops. For example, their compost is made from raw cow dung processed by worms.
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Susan Natali, Permafrost Carbon, The Frozen Amplifier of Greenhouse Gases, Carbon in Permafrost is contained in soil and organic matter, It is not included in current forecasts.
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Dirk Notz, Arctic Sea Ice, Max Planck Institute of Meterology, Hamburg, 50% loss of thickness and size of summer ice, CO2 levels are linearly related to levels of Arctic Sea Ice,
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Anders Levermann of the Potsdam Institute discusses the threshold for warming for Greenland, and the long-term risk of sea level rise from Antartica
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Susan Natali of Woods Hole Research Centre responds to questions about the impact of the higher global temperatures on Permafrost, the resultant melting and bacterial activity will release additional Carbon Dioxide and Methane that has not been included in previous budgets
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Georg Kaser of Innsbruck University, an expert in glaciers and global warming, explains the uncertainty calculation, a scientific tool needed to gather reliable results, and anthropogenic forcing, which is a change in the Earth’s energy balance due to human economical activities.
Dr Hugh Montgomery – Institute for Human Health and Performance, What Can We Do, Working together to achieve Climate Change Goals with Government, Corporates and Neighbours/Friends
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Gina Radford – Reducing Carbon Footprint of the NHS in the UK. Education of public and health professionals, Leading by example – TLC = Turn-off equipment, Lights off and Close the door
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Prof Patrick Rampal speaks on the lack of Environmental Education for Health Professionals
Roger Godwin and Luke Boshier discuss the current state of education. Sustainability as the relationship with oneself and one’s immediate environment. We need to step back to the time before greed superceded need. Luke is focused on post-collapse rather than holding onto what we have. Current Education conditions the mind to consumption. We need a new […]