Biodiversity
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Summary Presentations for Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity
Editor’s Note: Some permies may wish to download the slideshow files at bottom to use, or modify to use, for…
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“GM Crops Cannot Be the Answer,” say scientists
The evidence favors ecological approaches New Delhi, September 24 2012: World renowned scientists, addressing a media briefing here, asserted that…
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Why are the FAO and the EBRD Promoting the Destruction of Peasant and Family Farming?
Editor’s Note: It is intensely infuriating when people in suits make wholly inaccurate, ignorant statements about incredibly important issues, and…
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The 2012 Farm Bill and Agricultural Subsidies: Corporate Welfare for Farmers
This video from ReasonTV covers ground we’ve covered before many times, but since little to nothing has changed on this…
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Ecocide: The Power of International Law to Create the New World – Update!
Originally published on www.permaculture.co.uk Polly Higgins, Lawyer for the Earth, is the founder of the campaign to make Ecocide the…
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We Need Your Help to End the Era of Ecocide
Editor’s Note: We’ve covered a little of Polly Higgin’s important work before (see here and here). If you’re not already…
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Perennial Food Plants, Food Forest Gardens, and Food Security
This article and research proposal were initially inspired by reading Eric Toensmeier’s article User-Generated Food Forest Resource is Online, encouraging…
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World Forest Area Still on the Decline
by Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute Forests provide many important goods, such as timber and paper. They also supply…
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Making the Case for the Genetically Modified Human
If we fail to change trajectory, then perhaps we should be re-engineering the root cause of our problem — ourselves?…
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“Civilisation Needs to Change Its Intent” – Interview with John D. Liu
Although recorded back in May, for International Permaculture Day (see here and here), I found out about the interview below…
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Maximizing Omega-Level Diversity
Note: this is a piece that was originally to be published in Edible Forest Gardens, which I coauthored with Dave…
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The GMO Emperor Has No Clothes
A Global Citizens Report on the State of GMOs — False Promises, Failed Technologies by Navdanya International People who point…
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