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.
COP 21 Spiritual Dimension – Dr Saleem Huq, IPCC
Spiritual Dimension – Dr Saleem Huq, IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change. Climate Change is a moral issue, rich people cause the pollution and poor people in both poor and rich countries are the ones who suffer.
COP 21 – Martin Kopp, Lutheran World Federation, France
Spiritual Dimension – Martin Kopp, Justice Advocacy Officer of the Lutheran World Federation, France – Mobilise their constituency, Interfaith One-Day Conference
COP 21 Dr Chi-Ming Peng, Tzu Chi Foundation, Taiwan
Spiritual Dimension – Dr Chi-Ming Peng, Tzu Chi Foundation, Taiwan, Unite people and society with a common goal; our suffering from global warming will be carried by all of us; all stakeholders including individuals need to be more active.
COP 21 Disappearing Phyto-plankton Communities
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP21: Paris 2015: Modelling of Disappearing Phyto-plankton Communities in the Global Ocean
Ocean Pollution – Russell Weston
Ocean Pollution – Russell Weston discusses False Bay Park, the dump site and its effect on the Wetland area, the water table and the surrounding farms. We need to find better ways to recycle and deal with waste production than dumping.
Ocean Acidification – Alicia Harold Carly – OCEANA
Ocean Acidification – Alicia Harold Carly, a Marine Scientist from Oceana.org, discusses how the acidification of oceans is leading to negative impacts on marine species, crashes in marine ecosystems and a decline in coral reefs.
Discussion Heidi du Preez and Beatrice Rabkin
Discussion by three Nutritionists – Heidi du Preez and Beatrice Rabkin, Regarding Nutrient-dense food in its most original form, preferably home-grown, wild foods
Nutrition for Health – Heidi du Preez – Food Scientist
Heidi du Preez discusses healthy nutrition – naturalnutrition.co.za/about-us/heidi-du-preez/ Heidi du Preez is a registered Professional Natural Scientist, who obtained her master degree in Food Science. She worked as a Food Scientist in the food industry for six years. While living in the UK for three years, and as a Food Scientist with a personal interest […]
Carbon Reduction – COP Panel Discussion
COP 20, Lima 2010, Discussion regarding the need for strong policy commitments so that investors and entrepreneurs can engage with climate development strategies and climate risk. This is not a situation that we can pay our way out of. We need a revolution not only in industry and manufacturing but in people’s minds as well.
COP 21 Panel Discussion – The Ocean and Global Warming
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: A Panel of Young Graduates discusses their interest in the Ocean and problems caused by Global Warming
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 […]
Helen Zille – Sustainable Development
Helen Zille, Premier of Western Cape speaks about Africa having leapfrogged the industrial revolution and headed straight for sustainable technology. Innovations coming out of Africa are excellent for combating the problems that have arisen from the Industrial Revolution in the rest of the world.