Visualizing sustainable solutions to global and local problems so society makes informed choices quicker.
the Guardian
Adam Vaughan
World leaders are failing in their pledge to cut the rate at which wildlife lose their homes, according to the the first ever progress report on targets to slow biodiversity loss by the end of the decade.
Chelsea Harvey
The human handprint on the natural world has become evident in all too many ways in recent decades.
Ed King
UN biodiversity chief tells Climate Home protecting and restoring ecosystems is the best way to protect the world from dangerous levels of global warming.
http://blogs.worldwatch.org - Wanqing Zhou
To celebrate the recent World Food Day (October 16), learn how food production can be transformed from a greenhouse gas emitter to a carbon sink by improving soil biology.
http://www.csmonitor.com - Rowena Lindsay
Earth's ecosystems are becoming more fragile, a study suggests, as biodiversity loss threatens their ability to preform functions vital to their survival and ours. About 58 percent of land on earth has dropped below the biodiversity safe limit, due largely to human land use practices, says a new
Dylan Walsh
A new method for monitoring the decline in bee populations may prove a useful tool in much-needed conservation efforts. It requires only a few hundred pan traps: bright shallow bowls partly filled with soapy water or propylene glycol.
Center for Sustainable Energy
This is the .PDF version of Len Hering's PowerPoint Slides
Healy Vigderson
Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center
Healy Vigderson is the Executive Director of Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center. Healy comes to us from the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County, serving most recently as Assistant Director, where she oversaw education and outreach programs designed to support families with chronic health conditions. She also managed creative fundraising events and led an advocacy team on legislative issues at the State Capitol. Healy has a background in Ecology and worked in North Central Chile on Desertification projects near the Atacama Desert.
Karen Melvin
County of San Diego - Agriculture, Weights and Measures
Karen Melvin is a Deputy Agricultural Commission/Sealer with the San Diego County Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures. She has a Bachelor of Science in Plant Science from the University of California, Riverside. Karen manages the Plant Health and Pest Prevention division which is tasked with protecting and promoting our natural and agricultural resources while bolstering economic growth.
Mark Tran, The Guardian
UN special rapporteur on the right to food champions agroecology as sustainable alternative to existing framework