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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 […]
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COP 20 – Stewart Scott

Stewart Scott of the United Planet Faith and Science Initiative talks about a new level of realisation at COP 20 reflected in the recent NY Times article declaring that without an agreement the planet will soon become uninhabitable for humans. These negotiations are not between the Global North and the Global South but between those […]
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Luke Boshier – Sustainable Farming – Part 3

Luke Boshier discusses building methods with compacted soil and 3% cement – wattle and daub methods. The way the poorer people in the area build at the moment shows a victim mentality – they do not knead the clay properly or add mealie husks/grass to the mix so their houses collapse within a year.  Tudor […]
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Roger Godwin – Bees and Pollination

Roger Godwin, Project and Environmental Research, discussing Bees and the pollination services for the fruit industry. South Africa as a microcosm of what is happening globally. The American Foulbrood disease is just one disease being found in hives. There are not enough hives and bees left to manage pollination needed. The fruit industry in South […]
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John Turner – Organic Growing Soil

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 […]
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COP 21 Brighter Green – Meat as a driver of Deforestation

The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Executive Director of Brighter Green, Mia MacDonald, and Associate Wanqing Zhou presents a film narrated by Wen Bo of the Global Exploration Fund, on the increased demand for meat in China since the 1990s and the introduction of western fast foods into their economy. […]
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Solar Panels – Gunter Pauli

Gunter Pauli talks about new Solar Panels designed in Sweden that continue to produce energy at night. See more information atgunterpauli.com/ and theblueeconomy.org/