Last you heard from us, we had recently arrived in Australia and we’re still getting our footing. As some of you know, the housing market here is a bit constrained right now and we now have a home for another 6 months. With that out of the way, and …
Obituary-Yuan Longping
The high-yield variety of rice he produced in the 1970s prevented countless people from dying of starvation. Lisa Winter May 26, 2021 Yuan Longping, an agronomist who developed strains of high-yield rice that made significant progress against famine, died in a hospital on May 22 at age 90. People’s Daily, a …
Invitation: Rethinking Protein Conference, 3 June
On 3 June 2021, the Jeremy Coller Foundation and the FAIRR Initiative will host the first international law and policy conference on the future of protein: RETHINKING PROTEIN: ACCELERATING LAW AND POLICY IN THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM You are warmly invited to attend this half-day virtual summit, which will focus …
from Crunchbase; alt protein/plant-based food startup R&D and investment increase
“The Science Behind Alternative Proteins Has Startups, Investors Digging In“ quoting Amy Huang of the Good Food Institute, whose research conforms with our own on the explosive growth of this global alternative food sector, in our “Transitioning to Science-Based Investing“ (2020). We also draw attention to yet another largely overlooked …
Exciting Kelp Update from 2040
The Australian Marine Permaculture Project is bringing seaweed solutions to life Marine permaculture is the practice of regenerating kelp and seaweed to reforest our oceans and is being pioneered by Dr Brian von Herzen and his team at the Climate Foundation. Establishing Australia’s first offshore seaweed platform In an innovative initiative …
ESA and FAO unite to tackle food security and more
“Ethical Markets welcomes ESA’s important initiatives in using satellite information to better inform Earth System Sciences and even more important, this collaboration with FAO. However, both these global organizations still seem to have the same blind spot: the threat of global starvation due to the reliance of global food systems …
Halophytes for Social and Environmental Justice-By Tori Martin
Salicornia grows on Block Island, RI Photos by Tori Martin Halophytes for Social and Environmental Justice
Investment in Land Restoration: New Perspectives with Special Reference to Australia
Abstract: Investment in Land Restoration: New Perspectives with Special Reference to Australia by: John E. Leake Faculty of the Professions North Terrace Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia Academic Editor: Marta Debolini Land 2021, 10(2), 156; https://doi.org/10.3390/land10020156 Received: 23 December 2020 / Revised: 27 January 2021 / Accepted: …
Climate/ Ecosystem Mitigation/ Remediation – Role of Halophytes
Climate/ Ecosystem Mitigation/ Remediation – Role of Halophytes Dennis M. Bushnell Chief Scientist NASA Langley Research Center Briefer Halophyte Activities…. Presentations at International Climate and water Forums Extensive “Futures” briefs and publications explicating, advocating, extoling such Through the tech advisor to Sec State, Halophyte site near Aswan, Egypt Adviser to …
Earth: The water planet, by Hazel Henderson
ECONOMY & POLITICS Published by WSIM 4 JANUARY 2021, HAZEL HENDERSON (The water planet) Looking at our planet, we see that it is mostly water. So why are so many politicians, scientists, public officials in hundreds of global conferences all warning of a “Water Crisis”? These alarms are really just …