Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
Recently there have been many reports about the negative sides of ploughing. The productivity of our soils has constantly increased thanks to the invention of the plough millennia ago, but now ploughing could be a cause for the decline in soil productivity. Dr John Baker, an international soil scientist who ... keep reading
Written by Daniel F Benson-Guiu last month, about Agriculture & Food, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Food, greenhouse gas (3 comments)
Earlier this week, the BMJ published an article claiming advice that saturated fat intake should be minimised to reduce heart disease is flawed. While this may sound tempting, it’s just not the case. The author of the BMJ article notes that despite four decades of dietary advice against saturated ... keep reading
Written by David Richard Sullivan/The Conversation in October 2013, about Children and Families, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
Africa as a whole is going to face two major problems in the 21st century: The first problem is how to feed the growing population of the continent, the second is how to adept to climate change. Both problems are interlinked since climate change has the potential for having ... keep reading
Written by Christoph Seiler in September 2013, about Agriculture & Food, Food, Population, Poverty & Development
Last week the European Parliament backed a proposal to limit the amount of food crops used to produce bio-fuel. Bio-fuels are seen as an environmentally friendly way to cut fossil fuel use. The move to reduce the percentage of bio-fuels in the market from 10% to 6% arrives on that ... keep reading
Written by Joshua Thaisen in September 2013, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Rainforest (2 comments)
The world wastes 1.3 billion tons of food annually—a third of all the food that’s produced—according to a report published last week by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This waste not only results in major economic loss, but also causes significant harm to ... keep reading
Written by Worldwatch Institute in September 2013, about Food, waste
Food waste costs the world's economy some $750bn (£470bn) a year, and is "wreaking significant harm" on natural resources, according to a new report. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has estimated some of the natural and fiscal impacts of food waste globally. Among the key findings are the ... keep reading
Written by Edie Newsroom in September 2013, about Food, waste
People who were deprived of one night’s sleep purchased more calories and grams of food in a mock supermarket on the following day in a new study published in the journal Obesity , the official journal of The Obesity Society. Sleep deprivation also led to increased blood levels of ghrelin ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2013, about Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
Sharks are in for an image makeover during New Zealand’s first-ever Shark Awareness Week which started this week Sharks often make the headlines for the wrong reasons so this week a series of events around NZ will focus on the vital role sharks play in maintaining the healthy balance ... keep reading
Written by Greenpeace in September 2013, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
I was sitting in a Manhattan Beach City Council meeting listening to a bunch of politicians gripe at Cal Edison, a utility, for shoddy service (Duh). I’d rather be grocery shopping, doing laundry, lifting weights, cleaning the litter box, calling family members back, editing, any of the other 1 ... keep reading
Written by Raegan Payne in September 2013, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Design, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
Making the transition look easy -Surfdale Orchard on Waiheke Island starts the transition to a food forest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3VJTW9q7o keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2013, about biological farming, Children and Families, Food, Forestry
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