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Researchers found that one of the herbicide formulations killed 96% of bees within 24 hours.
The green transformation will have far-reaching socio-economic implications.
Action is needed to ensure domestic and international social equity and fairness.
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/04/its-time-for-a-green-social-contract/
Canadian women leaders send an open letter to the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/13/investing-nature-essential-our-shared-future
https://fossilfueltreaty.org/nobel-letter
Hannibal, Missouri, and Poughkeepsie, New York, are among the cities that have dropped the controversial chemical in favor of new water treatment systems
Weeds are destroying crops globally – but the real problem is Big Agriculture.
That we live on a hugely degraded, biologically impoverished planet, in which natural ecosystems are battered, abused, barely clinging on, is now emerging into public consciousness. But the corresponding rise of the superweed, and increasing vulnerability of our crop species, has yet to so register.
https://theecologist.org/2021/apr/14/you-reap-what-you-sow
In the climate fight, Lee Raymond is the ultimate Bond villain. As the CEO of ExxonMobil,
he was the chief architect of a decades-long disinformation campaign to discredit climate science
and brainwash Americans into questioning the reality of climate change
Majority Action urges investors to vote against these directors at companies
failing to implement plans consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5ºC.
https://www.proxyvoting.majorityaction.us/proxy-voting-guide
Greening Earth and creating Jobs, Biden to slash Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Extend Wind, Solar Credits.
https://www.juancole.com/2021/04/greening-creating-subsidies.htmlCOVERING CLIMATE NOW STATEMENT ON THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
Journalism should reflect what the science says: the climate emergency is here.
https://coveringclimatenow.org/the-press-and-the-climate-emergency/
5th annual report card on retailer actions to eliminate toxic chemicals
https://retailerreportcard.com/
Class ConsciousnessCan’t Combine View: We must understand relationship between economy and ecology https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-evoke/view-we-must-understand-relationship-between-economy-and-ecology/articleshow/81876857.cms Changing our ways? Behaviour change and the climate crisisThe report of the Cambridge
What a 40-year experiment can tell us about organic food. Takeaways from Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial. https://peeled.substack.com/p/what-a-40-year-experiment-can-tell Transform school meals to nourish kids and
What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?A society based on natural ecology might seem like a far-off utopia— yet communities everywhere are already creating it.Includes: 6
Questions “Too Puny” for Our Dire Circumstances The unanswered question is whether we have the political will to do what is required to prevent Earth’s
The Quapaw Nation’s Casino Farms Its Own Food A stone’s throw from the blackjack tables, bison are grazing, beehives are buzzing, crops are growing—and nature
For sustainable business, ‘planetary boundaries’ define the new rules https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/for-sustainable-business-planetary-boundaries-define-the-new-rules/ What could a good green recovery plan actually look like? What do governments across the
Humility, caring and wisdom make a better future possible (David Suzuki) For many, the pandemic has renewed our innate appreciation for and connection to nature.
Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution The climate crisis is here, but regenerative agriculture can help fight it. Our newest white paper explores regenerative
Amazon ‘women warriors’ show gender equality, forest conservation go hand in hand Keeping forests standing is one of the most effective and important ways to
UK Environmental Agency Post-Covid Recovery Plan This Action Plan sets out how we will build on our past achievements to accelerate to a fair,
A greener economy: how we make sustainability central to business https://theconversation.com/a-greener-economy-how-we-make-sustainability-central-to-business-139086 The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape: Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share Message for
Only One Earth Nature is sending mankind a message, specifically that mankind is on the verge of a breakdown. It is time to wake up.
From Emergency to Emergence. The pandemic has also exposed extreme vulnerabilities in the global market economy, including its long and highly specialized linear supply chains,
Ecological Reflections on the Corona virus From the forests, to our farms, to our gut microbiome https://navdanyainternational.org/one-planet-one-health-connected-through-biodiversity/ Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air
Al Gore promotes carbon markets, regenerative agriculture at D.C. conference https://thefern.org/ag_insider/al-gore-promotes-carbon-markets-regenerative-agriculture-at-d-c-conference/ How to support your children in turning climate angst into climate action https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/how-support-your-children-turning-climate-angst-climate-action/
Banking on Climate? https://www.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Banking_on_Climate_Change_2019_vFINAL1.pdf Hundreds of workers defy Amazon rules to protest company’s climate failures Employees ‘needed to stand up for what’s right’ despite policy
Statistic of the decade: The massive deforestation of the Amazon https://theconversation.com/statistic-of-the-decade-the-massive-deforestation-of-the-amazon-128307 Greta Thunberg named Time magazine’s person of the year Teen activist lauded by magazine
If you read only one book this year, it should be Roger Hallam’s “Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop
How the U.S. power grid is evolving to handle solar and wind As renewable energy sources move mainstream, electricity generation and distribution systems are getting
‘Genius’ Grant Goes To Marine Scientist Who Embraces Flash Mobs And Comic Books https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/09/25/763456317/genius-grant-goes-to-marine-scientist-who-embraces-flash-mobs-and-comic-books Is Compost the Secret to Making Ag Climate Friendly? A new
Greta Thunberg’s Transatlantic Sailing Trip Is Seriously Carbon-Neutral https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/22/greta-thunbergs-transatlantic-sailing-trip-is-seriously-carbon-neutral/ Walter Jehne – The Soil Carbon Sponge, Climate Solutions and Healthy Water Cycles (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=123y7jDdbfY
The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller has just launched a new website: https://www.buckminsterfuller.net. The Green New Deal Must Include Regenerative Agriculture and an
A new generation of leaders understands that individual actions won’t fix our environmental problems By defining environmental citizenship as responsible consumption, sustainability advocates downplay
Climate change and biodiversity should be top headline news (David Suzuki) http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2019/05/climate-change-and-biodiversity-should-be-top-headline-news We’re Not the Class of 2019. We’re the Class of 0000. Deliver a
A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/4/eaaw2869 AND New paper proposes a science-based ‘Global Deal for Nature’ https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/new-paper-proposes-a-science-based-global-deal-for-nature/ Why Is Going
The ideas behind regenerative farming are simple and ancient People taking the training are often surprised to find out that sustainable ecological farming—and healthy soil—actually
US Youth Climate Strikes https://www.youthclimatestrikeus.org/ Becoming Greta: ‘Invisible Girl’ to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/climate/greta-thunburg.html THIS IS A CRISIS FACING UP
Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation just announced a bold new plan to curb climate change The One Earth Climate Model says we can curb temperature rises without
We don’t have enough organic farms. Why not? Organic food sales in the U.S. doubled over the last decade, but organic farming hasn’t kept pace.
FOURTH NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States The National Climate Assessment (NCA) assesses the science of climate change
Turn your food scraps into soil BECOME A SOIL MAKER, OR FIND ONE NEAR YOU. MakeSoil.org A Record Number of Scientists Are Running for Congress,
California Climate Strategy An Integrated Plan for Addressing Climate Change http://www.climatechange.ca.gov New study finds incredibly high carbon pollution costs – especially for the US
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change The first suggestion to Rafe Pomerance that humankind was destroying the conditions necessary for its own
A California City That’s Taking Beauty Seriously Vallejo is working on conserving open space and beautifying the city as part of a national campaign to
Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health Today Americans live in a world that thrives on being busy, productive
Moving from sustainable to regenerative farming For those still catching up with sustainable farming, a new trend is on the horizon. The idea of regenerative
Class Consciousness
Can’t Combine
This is particularly true of discussions about how best to scale behaviour change. Government policy, economic incentives and broader cultural change all have a role to play. But can they achieve the scale of change over short-term time frames within which ‘transformative action’ needs to take place to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement?
https://www.rapidtransition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Cambridge-Sustainability-Commission-on-Scaling-behaviour-change-report.pdf
https://www.vogue.com/article/greta-thunberg-letter-climate-change-earth-day
‘Regenerative’ and ‘regenerated’ are replacing ‘sustainable’ as the marketing words du jour. But can they stay meaningful?
https://www.ft.com/content/71b58bba-e95a-4e0e-85c0-c75717bdfdbc
https://sentientmedia.org/why-are-farmers-embracing-regenerative-grazing/
https://today.tamu.edu/2021/04/20/rio-grande-salinity-drives-innovation-change-in-agriculture/
Plant more bean-like crops in Europe and consider ‘healthy diet transition’ to beat climate crisis, say scientists
Figures from oil, gas and petrochemical companies does not include £100m from Ineos in 2021
https://news.arizona.edu/story/why-climate-change-driving-some-skip-having-kids
Cutting food waste in our own homes can have a positive impact on both climate change and world hunger.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/23/not-wasting-food-save-world
Definitive answers to the big questions.
Regenerative farming is fast becoming the higher standard for consumers seeking to protect their health and the planet.
As the world warms these Earth systems are changing. Could further warming make them spiral out of control?
Massive melting of glaciers has tilted the planet’s rotation showing the impact of human activities
Poor nations would be particularly hard hit but few would escape Swiss Re said. The findings could influence how the industry prices insurance and invests its mammoth portfolios.
Hitting the targets could require a rapid shift to electric vehicles, the expansion of forests nationwide, development of complex new carbon-capture technology and many other changes researchers said.
Psychiatry has long failed to explain depression. Our research into psilocybin suggests a new approach could offer answers04-
Researchers found that one of the herbicide formulations killed 96% of bees within 24 hours.
The green transformation will have far-reaching socio-economic implications.
Action is needed to ensure domestic and international social equity and fairness.
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/04/its-time-for-a-green-social-contract/
Canadian women leaders send an open letter to the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/13/investing-nature-essential-our-shared-future
https://fossilfueltreaty.org/nobel-letter
Hannibal, Missouri, and Poughkeepsie, New York, are among the cities that have dropped the controversial chemical in favor of new water treatment systems
Weeds are destroying crops globally – but the real problem is Big Agriculture.
That we live on a hugely degraded, biologically impoverished planet, in which natural ecosystems are battered, abused, barely clinging on, is now emerging into public consciousness. But the corresponding rise of the superweed, and increasing vulnerability of our crop species, has yet to so register.
https://theecologist.org/2021/apr/14/you-reap-what-you-sow
In the climate fight, Lee Raymond is the ultimate Bond villain. As the CEO of ExxonMobil,
he was the chief architect of a decades-long disinformation campaign to discredit climate science
and brainwash Americans into questioning the reality of climate change
Majority Action urges investors to vote against these directors at companies
failing to implement plans consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5ºC.
https://www.proxyvoting.majorityaction.us/proxy-voting-guide
Greening Earth and creating Jobs, Biden to slash Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Extend Wind, Solar Credits.
https://www.juancole.com/2021/04/greening-creating-subsidies.htmlCOVERING CLIMATE NOW STATEMENT ON THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
Journalism should reflect what the science says: the climate emergency is here.
https://coveringclimatenow.org/the-press-and-the-climate-emergency/
5th annual report card on retailer actions to eliminate toxic chemicals
https://retailerreportcard.com/
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