Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
The Chicago Department of Aviation (CAD) has hired a herd of goats to provide sustainable vegetation management at O’Hare International Airport. The city’s department of aviation awarded a $100,000 contract to Central Commissary Holdings, which owns the small grazing herd and operates several restaurants including Chicago’s ... keep reading
Written by Environmental Leader this month, about Agriculture & Food, Corporate Citizenship, Farming, Food, Innovation, Tourism, Travel
The World Bank ( hardly a radical organisation! ) says climate change is a fundamental threat to sustainable economic development and the fight against poverty. It is concerned that without bold action now, the warming planet threatens to put prosperity out of reach of millions and roll back decades of development. The ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Sustainability
Continuing a decade-long increase, global food prices rose 2.7 percent in 2012, reaching levels not seen since the 1960s and 1970s but still well below the price spike of 1974. Between 2000 and 2012, the World Bank global food price index increased 104.5 percent, at an average annual ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Food
As the long, dry summer continues, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is warning that drought conditions in some parts of the country could lead to higher than usual levels of tutin in honey. Tutin contamination, which causes toxicity in honey, is often found in late-season honey harvested in the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Industry & Business
Adding charcoal to land used to grow bioenergy crops can greatly increase their overall benefit in helping cut our greenhouse-gas emissions, scientists have shown. Applying so-called 'biochar' before planting energy crops can cut soil greenhouse-gas emissions by around a third. Soils are among the biggest sources of UK emissions, and ... keep reading
Written by Planet Earth Online last month, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Farming, Food, Industry & Business, Innovation
Written by Celsias in March, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior (1 comment)
Drought has dramatically increased as a consequence of climate change. Most countries react to it only after it has occurred, but don’t have national policies to prevent it. The high-level meeting on national drought policies in Geneva this week is trying to match scientific knowledge with political awareness. “Drought ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in March, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Farming, Food, Water, Weather
A documentary that Americans won't ever see. The gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years. There’s nothing they are leaving untouched: the mustard, the okra, the bringe oil, the rice, the cauliflower. Once they have established ... keep reading
Written by Films for Action in March, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Farming, Food, Industry & Business, Intellectual Property, Law (1 comment)
Honeybees are in trouble – a stressful lifestyle and an unhealthy diet are being compounded by mite attacks – but we needn’t panic about pollination. Australia has many native bee (and other pollinator) species that could be taking care of business, if we only took better care of them. What do ... keep reading
Written by Manu Saunders/Chas Sturt Uni in February, about Agriculture & Food, biological farming, Chemicals, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Science, Sustainability
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is both a national marine park and a World Heritage Area. But next to the reef, a catchment of 400,000km2 is almost completely developed for agriculture, predominantly beef grazing and sugarcane, horticulture, cotton and grains cropping. How does this development affect the integrity of ... keep reading
Written by Jon Brodie/The Conversation in February, about Agriculture & Food, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, Pollution
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