By Jacopo Prisco, CNN Climate change means desertification is a growing problem, with 250 million people directly impacted by the degradation of formerly fertile land. The issue affects a third of the Earth’s land surface, according to the United Nations, parching parts of Africa, South America, southern Europe, China and a third of US …
EU Fears for Global Biodiversity Goal if Own Nature Law Not Passed
By Kate Abnett, Reuters BRUSSELS, July 5 (Reuters) – Europe will damage its ability to deliver on an international biodiversity deal if it fails to pass a flagship law to restore nature, the EU’s environment chief said ahead of what officials expect to be a tight vote next week. The …
Desertification is turning the Earth barren – but a solution is still within reach / REPARATIONS – JUST TALK? OR, ACTION!
Desertification is turning the Earth barren – but a solution is still within reach By David R Montgomery* – The Guardian The expansion of drylands is leaving entire countries facing famine. It’s time to change the way we think about agriculture This summer’s record-setting heatwaves and dramatic fires in …
from Crunchbase; alt protein/plant-based food startup R&D and investment increase
“The Science Behind Alternative Proteins Has Startups, Investors Digging In“ quoting Amy Huang of the Good Food Institute, whose research conforms with our own on the explosive growth of this global alternative food sector, in our “Transitioning to Science-Based Investing“ (2020). We also draw attention to yet another largely overlooked …
Greening The Global Food System-Video
“This video recording of the expert seminar at Arizona State University(ASU), March 5, 2020, was convened to discuss halophyte plants worldwide and their wider adoption for many purposes: 1.) to expand the human food system from its perilous reliance on the planet’s dwindling 3% of freshwater; 2.) opportunities for investing …
Innovators are turning to the sea to tackle food security
You may already know that the world wastes an overwhelming amount of food, with more than a third of the food produced being thrown away. But our global food system is currently also plagued by another urgent problem. Over the past four decades, the world has lost up to one-third …
INVESTING IN SALTWATER AGRICULTURE: THE NEXT BIG THING
In this program, Hazel Henderson and NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell continue their exploration of the massive global potential in shifting over-investments in food and agriculture dependent on the planet’s 3% of freshwater to the other halt of the plant kingdom: the 10,000 salt-loving (halophyte) plants that can fill human …
2018 Green Transition Scoreboard® Media Release
“Our report shows that the best way to capture carbon is still Nature’s way: through proper use of land and forests and we point out that the largest new opportunity is in shifting toward, plant-based diets and salt-loving plants for human food, grown on saltwater on the planet’s 40% of degraded …
Aquaponics: No Soil, No Waste
“In nature there is no waste. Every waste product becomes a benefit for another event – and that’s what we try to do here.” says Myles Harston, of AquaRanch Industries, who has been working with aquaponics 1992. In an aquaponic system, the people feed the fish, the fish waste feeds …
News Release: CHAMPION COAST REDWOOD TREE CLONES PLANTED AT PORT ORFORD BUFFINGTON PARK – PDF Doc Attached
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Milarch Archangel Ancient Tree Archive – Co-Founder Tel. 231/883/5366 – dmilarch@arctrees.org www.anacientreearchive.org www.portorford.org/ CHAMPION COAST REDWOOD TREE CLONES PLANTED AT PORT ORFORD BUFFINGTON PARK …