Biodiversity v GM, or both?
Posted by annied in Kew Gardens, agriculture on 27. Oct, 2009 | Comments Off
From The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence on Saturday last, Colin Tudge (author Feeding People is Easy) explains how important something like Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Project is:
The New Food Panic: Scientists Call for Green Revolution 2.0 & FoE says No!
Posted by annied in FoE, agriculture on 21. Oct, 2009 | Comments Off
Well, it looks like world maybe headed for a second green revolution. None the least to do with the Royal Society for Agriculture’s new study that calls for £2 billion for R&D over the next decade. A new study from the International Food Policy Research Institute (find link Nelson et al) forecasts future crop yields based upon the IPCCs second worst scenario is 1.6 degree Celsius average rise in global temperatures combined with two climate change weather pattern models (NCAR & CSIRO). But Kew Gardens and Friends of the Earth both argue for biodiversity instead.
The Tories, EU bashing, and your food supply
Posted by annied in DEFRA, Environment Agency, Green News, climate change on 06. Oct, 2009 | Comments Off
As the Tory Conference continues in Manchester, and David Cameron trashes the EU, let’s take a minute to remember just what the EU has done for the UK. There is a common myth in food and drug regulation that just because a problem isn’t evident in a lab, there won’t be a problem in (uncontrolled environment) the real world.
Have you met Ade?
Posted by annied in green media on 22. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
Ade Thomas, green.tv’s founder (our very own version of George Monbiot) has a conversation with the bloggess. For a guy who runs a tv channel and a web-design firm and works in London, he’s quite the naturalist. Ade talks about his boys, growing up in Oxford, fishing, urbanization and rapacious, invasive American invaders.
5 Odd & Important green news stories from the bank holiday weekend
Posted by annied in Green News, WWF, green media on 02. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
1. Japan elected a leftist government, but it doesn’t necessarily mean tougher action on climate change.
According to our friends at ClimaticoAnalysis.org, environmental activists ought to tone down the celebrating a wee bit (check out their blog post on the subject). Although the government wants 15% cut in GHG emissions by 2050, the DJP wants 30% [...]