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:
Global Mobilization for Indigenous Peoples: the story from Peru
Posted by annied in rainforests on 12. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
Most people in the West would be horrified by what is going on in the name of ‘national development’ in Latin America: in Peru, the violence last week in Ecuador against the Shuar protestors, massacres of Awa communities in Colombia, and the very worrying situation in Paraguay where the Ayoreo people are living in voluntary isolation due to a cattle ranching land dispute. There is huge risk in terms of carbon trading offset schemes and avoided deforestation schemes. These may seem like a very important step on the way to tackling climate change, but it is important to remember that unless indigenous land rights are secured, there is very little to indicate that such projects, saturated as they will no doubt become with billions and billions of dollars, will be any different to other mega-projects occurring on indigenous lands.
5 Cool Carbon Entrepreneurs as seen at The Carbon Show, London
Posted by annied in climate change, greentv news on 02. Oct, 2009 | 2 Comments
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Ecodesign. Impeccably dressed with a wicked eye for design Mark Shayler. Can both reduce your products packaging and make it prettier at the same time! Like Bectel, for example, there’ll be more space for more of your product on the shelf so you’ll probably sell more on top of saving on inputs. Oh, and his [...]
The Environment Agency versus Panorama: Whose side are you on?
Posted by annied in Environment Agency on 18. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
Last week Panorama reported on “Britain’s Dirty Beaches.” The Environment Agency disagrees and we’ve got their rebuttal:
FoE UK: Maria of Kiribati will fight at Cop15
Posted by annied in FoE, climate change on 07. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
Maria from the Kiribati Islands in the Pacific came to see us at Friends of the Earth recently. She told us that her islands could be underwater within ten years. Crops and wells are already contaminated with salt water and the mangroves where she used to play as a child are disappearing.
Climate change, the memory effect
Posted by annied in RSPB on 26. Aug, 2009 | Comments Off
With the nation wide climate protests today, the news from last night that 350.org’s position has been endorsed by the IPCC’s lead climate scientist it seems appropriate to bring the global back to the local by reflecting on how climate change has already begun to alter our everyday lives: