climate change Archive

IFOAM – ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATING SOILS! CELEBRATING LIFE!

Newsroom E&F | July 28, 2015

Over 500 soilmates from around the world came together in Amsterdam on 26 June 2015 to the Celebrating Soil! Celebrating Life! Conference. Speakers included environmental activist Vandana Shiva, Ibrahim Abouleish,

Consumers

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2015

Tom Deiters | June 5, 2015

05.06.2015 World Environment Day 2015 – It’s time to take action before it’s too late. We are destroying the environment with chemical-based agriculture to yield and consume

Agriculture

‘LIKE AND FOLLOW’ MODEL OF ORGANIC FARMING ADOPTION

Newsroom E&F | April 1, 2015

the ‘LIKE AND FOLLOW’ MODEL OF ORGANIC FARMING ADOPTION Showcase for low rainfall areas in India Author Arun K Sharma part 3 of 3 IMPROVING FARMERS’

Agriculture

‘LIKE AND FOLLOW’ MODEL OF ORGANIC FARMING ADOPTION

Newsroom E&F | March 11, 2015

Showcase for low rainfall areas in India By Arun Sharma Part 1 of 3. A two hectares Model Organic Farm (MOF) plot was established in 2008,

Biodiversity

Rainforest disappears and population under threat

Newsroom E&F | December 4, 2014

Rampant unsustainable logging of the tropical rainforest in the southwest Pacific Island states of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, is worsening hardship, human insecurity and conflict in

Agriculture

UN: Only Agro-Ecology Can Feed the World

Newsroom E&F | October 2, 2014

Modern industrial agricultural methods can no longer feed the world. Governments must shift subsidies and research funding from agro-industrial monoculture to small farmers using ‘agro-ecological’ methods, according to

Climate

CO2 Reaches Climate Milestone

Newsroom E&F | July 1, 2014

April fell first. It lasted through May. Now June will be the third month in a row with average carbon dioxide (CO2) levels above 400 parts per million.