The first half of this Regenerative Hour is about mangroves, seaweed and blue carbon in an indigenous perspective. The rest of the podcast digs into the topics of soil health and carbon sequestering through regenerative farming.
Category: World affairs
What will you do for the youth on 20 September?
“It’s hard not to feel despair at headlines full of fires, floods, hurricanes, and droughts. But the science tells us we still have time to turn it around if governments listen to the people, instead of the oil and gas
Race against extinction: When hope fails, action begins
“Many of us all around the world have had enough, and we are rebelling.”
~ Professor David A Hood AM
Where are the adults?
Will the adult world and their trade unions take up the strike challenge for the ‘Global Week For Future’ on 20 to 27 September 2019? In the lead up to Earth Strike on 27 September, the Swedish Fridays For Future
UK doctor on hunger strike for more action on climate
Dr Clifford Kendall is a UK trained doctor who has worked largely in South Africa since 2010. On 14 July 2019, he started a hunger strike outside the UK Parliament to push for more aggressive action on the climate and
Business leaders declare a climate emergency
On 20 May, Dale Vince, an entrepreneur and founder of the renewable energy utilities firm Ecotricity, publicly declared a climate emergency for his company with a pledge to upgrade the company’s current sustainability commitments to become a carbon-neutral business by 2025
Juggling with the ‘It’s-already-too-late’ syndrome
“I have had a big blue fear since I heard in a speech that for Planet Earth, it was too late. I felt collapsed for 15 seconds.”~ Brice Pascal Abbey In an era of global ecological destruction, climate change is
Leader of 1.3 billion Catholics declares a climate emergency
“Faced with a climate emergency, we must take action accordingly, in order to avoid perpetrating a brutal act of injustice towards the poor and future generations,” said Pope Francis
600 climate emergency declarations: the emergence of a global referendum
This week I received an email from Janine O’Keeffe titled ‘Climate Emergency Declarations and fear for democracy’ with this question: “Hi Mik,Some countries have fears about the climate emergency declarations being used for non-democratic purposes. Can this include democratic mobilisation
Biggest ever global #ClimateStrike announced
To everyone who cares about climate safety and climate justice for all of us, this is your invitation to join the Global #ClimateStrike on 20 September 2019 – millions of people around the world standing up to confront the climate