Daily Archives: February 12, 2014

Just How Much of out Taxes go to Corporate Welfare?

E120, e145,

Moral Mondays…Where was the Media?

E145, e120

@YaleLive with Paul Anastas


YaleUniversity

Scheduled for Feb 19, 2014

Join us for a question and answer session on chemistry and climate change with Prof. Paul Anastas.

Global Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Environment Ethics

The End of Power


The RSA

Published on Feb 12, 2014

Senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Foreign Policy editor-in-chief Moisés Naím visits the RSA to outline the startling power shifts taking place across the globe, and offers insight into how individuals and leaders can adapt to this new global reality.

For more information about the event go to the RSA event page http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-an…

Listen to the podcast of the full event including audience Q&A: http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/f…

Environment Ethics

Planting for Change (Chinese language)

iiedclips

Published on Feb 12, 2014

A short film showing how smallholder farmers are adapting to climate change in Southwestern China.

“Planting for Change” tells the story of how farmers in Guangxi and Yunnan provinces have responded to climatic adversity by using their own innovations and biocultural heritage – and by improving this heritage by working with scientists on participatory plant breeding projects.

See http://www.iied.org/supporting-biocul… for more details, or http://www.bioculturalheritage.org.

Extended version:

iiedclips
Published on Feb 12, 2014
An extended version of a short film showing how smallholder farmers are adapting to climate change in Southwestern China.

“Planting for Change” tells the story of how farmers in Guangxi and Yunnan provinces have responded to climatic adversity by using their own innovations and biocultural heritage – and by improving this heritage by working with scientists on participatory plant breeding projects.

Global Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Environment Ethics
Food-Matters

South Prepares for ‘Catastropic’ Storm


AssociatedPress

Published on Feb 12, 2014

Texas is already dealing with dangerous icy roads as the South prepares for a storm that officials are calling catastrophic. The storm is expected to coat the South with ice and drop snow from the Mid-Atlantic to New England. (Feb. 12)

Global Climate Change
Environment Ethics

S0 News February 12, 2014: China Quake, Climate Discourse

Suspicious0bservers   Published on Feb 12, 2014
Website: http://www.suspicious0bservers.org

Global Climate Change
Environment Ethics

An Urbanizing Planet

Stockholm Resilience Centre TV

Published on Oct 7, 2013

Hollywood actor and Goodwill Ambassador to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) Edward Norton has lent his voice to a new video explaining the challenges and opportunities that come with an increasingly urbanized planet. Read more on cbobook.org

See English Version:

Global Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Environment Ethics