Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
As women, men, peasants, smallholder family farmers, migrant, rural workers, indigenous, and youth of La Via Campesina, we denounce climate smart agriculture which is presented to us as a solution to climate change and as a mechanism for sustainable development.
There is an adage commonly spoken in many activist circles: Think global, act local. And several communities across the Northwest, linked together in their opposition to coal transports by concern for the health of their communities and of the planet, are aiming to do just that.
The idea that we can use design to strengthen relationships between parts of the city,,,is essential for the emergence of a sustainable society.
In this episode, Local Bites interviews ecologist and renowned seed conservationist, Dr. Debal Deb on the value of traditional seeds in an unstable world.
Writing books and essays about food, I hear a lot of stories about what people ate growing up.
Modern industrial agricultural methods can no longer feed the world, due to the impacts of overlapping environmental and ecological crises linked to land, water and resource availability.
Welcome to the arcane and short-sighted world of public health strategic planning.
Solar capacity is growing. Rapidly.
Sarah tells us about life beyond consumerism, translating online community into on-the-ground action, and more…
Like many things in modern life, the vast majority of our current water and wastewater infrastructure is completely dependant upon fossil energy to keep the toilets flushed and the taps running.
…never has it been more important to embrace a collective demand for ‘system change’ as the surest way to limit global warming and ensure environmental sustainability.
It’s always quite an experience to stand in solidarity with so many people who care deeply about an issue.
