Consumption of Meat
Spokesperson for Meat Farming – Acting on climate change is not about preventing people doing things but getting them to do things more responsibly and intelligently.
COP 21 – Will Countries Implement COP
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Will Countries Implement the Agreements
Marcus Asner – US Attorney – Prosecutor Bengis Case
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 8 – US Attorney, Marcus Asner, currently a lawyer in New York, was a federal prosecutor between 2000 to 2009 in Manhattan, and prosecuted amongst others, the James Bengis South and West coast Rock lobster and Patagonian toothfish […]
COP 20 – Iain Keith of Avaaz – Snr Campaign Director
Iain Keith, a Senior Campaign Director of Avaaz, a civic organisation that promotes global activism, speaks at COP 20, Lima, Peru on Energy -People Power pushing Positive Change. In a quoted statement: ‘2014 was a turning point year’, Iain Keith elaborates on some of the facts that support this statement, viz; People Power, Renewable Energy […]
ENN – Drought, Cyberpoaching, Trumps madness and science meets permaculture
This week in ENN, Jason Sole covers the emerging drought crisis here in Cape Town, in reality the first major city to potentially face no water with a population of 3.7million. Also talks about Trumps actions against the EPA and the emergence of the new trend of cyber poaching. The baseline of discussion is related […]
Cancun Climate Summit 2010 – China’s Achievements in Renewable Energy
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 plants contribute 30.97GW (both development […]
COP 21 Nature is Speaking
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Conservation International, Natureisspeaking.org, People Need Nature, Nature doesn’t Need People
Gunther Pauli – Global Economy Local Self-Sufficiency
Dr Gunther Pauli – Global Market Economy causes massive unemployment, dying communities, excessive consumption of junk. We need to re-envision ourselves as locally self-sufficient to protect the environment and social structure
Organised Crime – Discussion
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 19 – Discussion – Global Security and Organised Crime – Inspection of Unseaworthy Vessels leads to uncovering of further crimes such as human trafficking, money laundering. Prosecution of Crimes
Mining and Oil – Tar Sands – Canada – Indigenous Environmental Network
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.