Subscribe! If you were inspired by this free documentary please consider purchasing our previous documentary, Spiritually Incorrect available on Films For Action https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/… United Natures is directed by Peter C Downey featuring Vandana Shiva (seed freedom), David Holmgren (permaculture), Helen Caldicott, Polly Higgins (ecocide), Prof Stuart Hill (social ecology) and many more
Genetically engineered mosquitoes have arrived in U.S. 20 million ‘modified mosquitoes’ will be released in Florida to help prevent Dengue. But, Florida residents fear a ‘mosquito apocalypse’
The Irrefutable Studies That Show How Pesticides Can Harm You – By Author Andre Leu
Andre Leu is the International Director of Regeneration International. He is the Author of ‘Poisoning our Children’ and the ‘Myths of Safe Pesticides.’ He was the President of IFOAM – Organics International, the world change agent and umbrella body for the organic sector. IFOAM – Organics International has around 850 member organizations in127 countries.
Andre has a degree in Communications, with a double major in Video/TV Production and Socio-political Theory. He has post-graduate qualifications in adult education. Andre worked as a professional musician for many years. As well as performing and recording in bands, he worked in film and video production. This included computer animation, sound tracks, composing music, music videos and editing.
During a special service in St Peter’s Basilica Pope Francis denounced the violence taking place between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as the coup in Myanmar.
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza leveled three buildings and killed dozens of people on Sunday, including children. Rocket fire from Gaza into Israel also continued with reports of up to 3,000 rockets fired since the start of the conflict. International allies, including members of the U.N. Security Council, are calling for a ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled the conflict with Hamas will continue “full force.” NPR Correspondent Daniel Estrin joins from Jerusalem to discuss the situation on the ground and when a ceasefire might be reached.
Tax returns are calculated based on income, but a new book highlights how the tax code disproportionately impacts people of color. Dorothy Brown, professor at Emory University School of Law and author of “The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans and How We Can Fix It” joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.
David Suzuki talks to Andrew Chang about climate change being a bigger threat to human survival than the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in anti-Asian racism. Watch The National live on YouTube Sunday-Friday at 9 p.m. ET
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am talking to Professor Wolfgang Knorr – a climate scientist with over 25 years working for many agencies and laboratories around the world. Currently, Wolfgang is a Senior Research Scientist at Lund University measuring CO2 fluxes from terrestrial vegetation and human activities among other things. This conversation is to discuss the concerns that he and his colleagues have about the use or misuse of the term Net Zero and their concern that collectively we are setting ourselves up for failure in tackling the climate crisis. The safest pathway to the future means a radical transformation of our societies and yet the net zero narratives is one of incremental changes and technology that does not exist. In this critical moment when we are expected to do what is necessary, instead, collectively we have chosen to ignore the risks lock in for longer a business as usual approach.
A link to the article we are discussed is included here: https://theconversation.com/climate-s…
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