climate change
how long has big oil believed in climate change?
As the Union of Concerned Scientists unveiled in their July 2015 report, The Climate Deception Dossiers, Exxon internally recognized climate change as fact in 1981-- right before they went on to […]
how pope francis is reviving radical economics
Excerpt from: How Pope Francis is Reviving Radical Catholic Economics- Some Catholics have been quietly practicing them all along. By Nathan Schneider September 9, 2015 My friend Ryan Patrico, a […]
check this film out!
‘This Changes Everything’ Trailer: Climate Change Documentary Based On Naomi Klein’s Bestseller Set For Toronto Premiere Watch Trailer Here: http://deadline.com/2015/08/this-changes-everything-climate-change-docu-tiff-premiere-trailer-1201506754/
corroding our democracy (big oil, the canadian government, and the silencing of environmental science)
Democracy Now on the (nearly) unbelievable story of they extent to which Canada's oil industry has stifled the country's democracy, silenced its scientists, and crippled its environmentalist movements. It is […]
good primer on reclaiming our soils and regenerative farming
Excerpted from Ronnie Collins's essay Regeneration: Global Transformation in Catastrophic Times: We must begin to connect the dots between fossil fuels, global warming and related issues, including world hunger, poverty, unemployment, […]
soil not oil conference, richmond, ca, sept. 4-5
Soil Not Oil International Conference Friday-Saturday, Sept. 4-5, 2015, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Memorial Civic Center Complex, 403 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804 Note: Dr. Vandana Shiva keynote speech […]
maps showing how maine's coastline could change
New sea-level rise forecast is alarming: Here are 10 maps showing how Maine’s coastline could change This computer-generated image shows what Portland’s Back Cove would look like after a rise […]
what happens in california doesn't stay in california
Game Changing Climate Leadership. Listen to this amazing new bioneers web series!
conference: artisans of the grasslands, oct 2-4
Join the Savory Institute’s annual international conference “Artisans of the Grasslands - Crafting the Future for Food & Agriculture,” on Oct 2-4 in San Francisco this year. Click here. Convene […]
transformational workshop on transformational landscapes
While we're on the subject of Orchards, this is a great time to remind you that the next workshop in Eliza Greenman's Home Orchard Series is coming up! See details below. August […]
where to go for good thinking on climate change! -- guernica mag & techno-utopianism
"It’s the greatest fight in human history, one whose outcome will reverberate for geologic time, and it has to happen right now." That's Bill McKibben, who will be in New […]
saint organic: coach mark smallwood
Over the last 14 days, Mark Smallwood has been on a walk. A walk that will hopefully change the way that we look a climate change and think about how we […]
technology & human consciousness: upcoming conference
On October 25th and 26th the City University of New York will host a teach-in and public forum on Techno-Utopianism & The Fate of Earth. The purpose of the conference […]
movie: seeds of time
Cary Fowler is a man with a mission. A mission that is about securing the foundation of nothing less than earth's survival in the form of the world's smallest currency: […]
the shape of crisis, a historical perspective
via the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) Economic Crises, Land Use Vulnerabilities, Climate Variability, Food Security and Population Declines: Will History Repeat Itself or Will Our Society Adapt to Climate Change? […]
epic video: fall and winter
A Survival Guide for the 21st Century For over two years, director Matt Anderson traveled 16,000 miles to document firsthand our modern industrial world and the environmental destruction in its […]
new book: grass, soil, hope
Build topsoil. Fix creeks. Eat meat from pasture-raised animals. Right now, the only possibility of large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is through plant photosynthesis and related land-based […]
global warming in 15 seconds
A 15-second NASA time-lapse video shows the steady and rapid warming of the planet since the middle of the twentieth century, with regions in the Arctic and Siberia warming as much as two […]
nabhan on the farm bill & climate change
Our Coming Food Crisis By Gary Paul Nabhan Published: July 21, 2013 in the New York Times TUCSON, Ariz. — THIS summer the tiny town of Furnace Creek, Calif., may […]
growing food in a hotter, drier land
Gary Nabhan's newest book, out next month. From his website: With climatic uncertainty now “the new normal,” many farmers, gardeners, and orchardists in North America are desperately seeking ways to […]
alan savory on TED
This is brilliant. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnNaLSKDf-0]
young farmers, land tenure, crazy weather
For young farmers: No land but plenty of climate change to go around by Jared Flesher, cross-posted from Grist & Edible Jersey We desperately need more young farmers in this […]