Top 10 Weird Uses for Vodka
Top 10 Weird Uses for Vodka Save Money and Reduce Chemicals with Alcohol – thedailygreen.com This is SO cool! Who would have thought Vodka was such a versatile liquor…
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“Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet” Click here to read The Times article. How about giving up meat 5 days a week? Thank could be a nice step too, I guess.
View ArticleLooking forward to Copenhagen 2009
Another 2 interesting articles from The Times… “Exaggerated claims undermine drive to cut emissions, scientists warn” Click here. “Methane’s impact on global warming far higher than previously...
View ArticleClimate change skeptics
A very icy Serpentine in Hyde Park, London Just a couple of weeks ago I took this photo of the Serpentine in Hyde Park. It was very cold and not even the ducks dared try to ice-skate on its surface. It...
View ArticleMaking solar power portable
Excerpt: ”Last year, when Jonathan Smith was still the president of Earth911.com, a Web site dedicated to recycling, he said he would often board a plane after a speaking engagement or a day of...
View ArticleLivestock Revolution examined
Livestock Revolution Examined | Mother Jones. I read a lot of news, studies and reports on the Livestock Revolution. Still some support it, some never did it, some don’t support it anymore. I believe...
View ArticleSunny rain
A sunny rain shower: perfect light Maybe I should sort my photo galleries by season and track down climate changes in the Cotswolds. It was very amusing to watch journalists spread across the country,...
View ArticleImportant scientific discovery
As many of you know… OK, scratch that. Maybe some of you know that the Condor is a huge vulture that can only be found in the New World, mostly in the Andes and a species in California. Well, I think...
View ArticleSustainability & co.
I’m thinking of including posts on sustainability, in particular related to agricultural production, ecosystem services, small-scale farming and sustainable rural livelihood. The topics might be...
View ArticleClimate smart agriculture
Some time ago I warned you that I would start writing about environmental sustainability and other issues that are more related to my day job. In between dealing with the PhD saga and attending...
View ArticleAre we about to make the same mistakes again?
This is the question I have recently discussed on the blog of the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC 2014). As you may have noticed, I’m particularly interested in agriculture, livestock, food...
View ArticleThe cause of hunger is poverty
What a beautifully written article from Eric Holt Gimenez, Executive Director at Food First, Institute for Food and Development Policy, on the Huffington Post, about the, dare I say, “Feeding the 9...
View ArticleSustainability & co.
I’m thinking of including posts on sustainability, in particular related to agricultural production, ecosystem services, small-scale farming and sustainable rural livelihood. The topics might be...
View ArticleGalápagos Islands are one of the last sharks sanctuaries (in Spanish)
This is in Spanish, but I hope it is of interest anyway La Reserva Marina de Galápagos es considerado uno de los últimos santuarios de tiburones. Se tiene registros de, al menos, 33 especies con...
View ArticleA ‘nursery’ for Hammerhead Sharks in Galápagos
https://videopress.com/embed/MKzlXyOa?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0 Por vez primera se descubrió un sitio de crianza natural de tiburones martillo en la Reserva Marina de Galápagos....
View ArticleWEBINAR – Sustainable pitahaya production in an agroforestry system — H2020...
Project Partner INIAP (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias) in Ecuador is organising a webinar on sustainable pitahaya production in agroforestry systems. The webinar takes place this...
View ArticleNew Comic! “Living with Covid” While Clinically Vulnerable: A Real-Life Story...
A much needed reminder that the pandemic isn’t over and that not all clinically vulnerable people “look sick”. (Sara) Announcing our newest comic, ‘”Living with Covid” While Clinically Vulnerable: A...
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