Biodiversity
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Annus Horribilis
2012 was the worst year for the environment in living memory. by George Monbiot It was the year of living…
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Line in the Sand (Video)
We often only begin to understand the importance of nutrient- and water-cycling when they don’t — when they don’t cycle,…
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Flow – For the Love of Water (Documentary)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zmWdco0glEA As permaculturists, we have a great many solutions for the water crisis. From water harvesting to reed bed grey…
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The Unsung World
Biodiversity offsets threaten both the survival and the meaning of nature. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and…
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Let’s Talk About Soil
Further Reading: Soil – Our Financial Institution The Story of Soil
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Who Benefits from GM Crops – An Industry Built On Myths
Click to download (2.7mb PDF) At bottom of my article GM Crops, Pesticides and the Poor I had made four…
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Consumer Choices
by William Park, Eco Ola, Peru Heritage varieties of Quinoa outside Alausí, Ecuador Can consumer choice be a driver of…
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Taking Stock: World Fish Catch Falls to 90 Million Tons in 2012
by J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects that the world’s wild fish…
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Wolfbane
So much for Norway’s eco-friendly image. Image: State of the Environment, Norway One of the biggest political shocks of the…
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Rwanda – Emerging in a Changing Climate (video)
Filmmaker and environmentalist, John D. Liu from the Environmental Education Media Project team, takes us to Rwanda again (last time…
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Finding Sustainability in Ecosystem Restoration
Before (below) and after (above), Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabiliation Project A Breakthough of Worldwide Importance In 1995, as the Chinese…
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Nature Resilience – Organizing Ecological Restoration by Partners in Business for Next Generations
I was recently invited to contribute to a concept paper (2.2mb PDF) authored and edited by Willem Ferwerda. Mr. Ferwerda,…
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