Seeds of Freedom charts the story of seed from its roots at the heart of traditional, diversity-rich farming systems across the world into a powerful commodity used to monopolise the global food system.
Archive | Biodiversity
Plastic Bag
Utterly weird and beautiful short film about the life of a philosophical plastic bag with the voice of the legendary Werner Herzog. Plus bonus film of Werner eating his shoe.
Tony Samara’s Forest Meditation
“I challenge you to step away from the sofa, where it is comfortable to watch TV, and to participate. It is a wonderful thing when we realize that we have this power, which is not of the ego, but is wisdom.”
Hosepipe to the Brain
The nature of environmental change on a shrinking planet is such that all human actions are interconnected and interdependent; hosepipes in England link to parched lands in Africa.
Garth Lenz: The True Cost of Oil
Be brave. Watch this incredible and devastating presentation. The intelligent presenter breaks down as he describes humanity’s deranged lunging at death, converting a last great wilderness into a toxic hell hole.
She’s Alive… Beautiful… Finite… Hurting… Worth Dying for
Gaia Love
Josh Keyes Art
Eco-surrealism from Portland Oregon.
Surfing with the Dolphins (Video)
Minds in the Water documents the journey of traveling professional surfer Dave Rastovich, from an ocean minded admirer to an ocean activist and features awesome footage of surfers wave-riding with dolphins.
ATTENTION HUMANS! Planetary boundaries ahead!
Johan Rockstrom introduces us to the physical reality of life on this planet. Our home is finite and the current human growth paradigm is ending. We now have an exciting decade; an opportunity to change direction and change behavior. His research has found nine “planetary boundaries” that can guide us in protecting our planet’s many […]
Love Trees Toolkit
Let’s stop degrading trees in cities by hanging signs on them that read: ‘low hanging’. Instead use this toolkit to make it read. Love Trees… much better!
The Solution to Pollution
Air pollution is a problem for other places, for example, Beijing, where all those dirty factories churn out the products we buy… or is it?
Gardening as politics: Digging the Founding Gardeners
America’s Founding Fathers knew the importance of gardening and the environment. Today’s efforts — urban farming, composting, even drought-tolerant yards — echo their ideals.
Scary Sea Creature
Rise above plastics
How Deep is your Love (part 2) update from Kenya
Thousands of miles away, people in Kenya face a different reality on the 14th of February. It’s not one of e-cards and chocolates but an effect of globalization – a side effect of so called ‘free-market’ capitalism that many are not aware of.
We joined the Shark Side!
Initially the idea of making a stand in China Town went down like a proposal for a pay toilet in a diarrhoea ward.
Open Letter to the Costa Rican Ambassador on Shark Finning
I am writing to express my concern at the practice of shark-finning in Costa Rica.