by Deborah Phelan | Aug 13, 2016 | biochar, Climate Change, DRR, Food Security, Global Health, Hunger, mitigation, Take Action
2050kids Cookstove Challenge kicks off this month with Boy Scouts signing up to join a select group of cookstove test drivers from around the world. The scouts from Troop 118 in Sacramento, CA picked up their starter kits and instructions August 9 to begin building...
by Deborah Phelan | Jul 27, 2016 | Climate Change, DRR, Food Security, Ideas, mitigation, Our Blog, Real Life Story, Take Action, Uncategorized, Youth and Climate Change
The task of climate rescue can feel daunting. Where do you start with the new policy, infrastructure and lifestyles urgently needed to switch humanity from wrecking to restabilizing the climate? This big switch should and could be made quickly but it’s...
by Deborah Phelan | Jul 5, 2016 | Climate Change, COP21, Food Security, Hunger, Ideas, Live Your Life, mitigation, Our Blog, Take Action, Youth and Climate Change
What are the heroic actions that can save the planet from climate chaos? Solar panels? Electric cars? COP climate talks? All these heroes have been celebrated for decades – whilst the damage from climate instability continues to worsen mercilessly. We urgently...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Food Security
A USDA research team investigating the ancient soil amendment biochar to address food security is suggesting that, with its potential to store one gigaton of carbon per year by 2050, biochar could be a “game changer” in addressing global warming. In field and lab...
by Deborah Phelan | May 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Food Security
THE PHOSPHORUS TAX As efforts to feed an estimated 2050 global population of 9.7 billion swing into overdrive, the global breadbasket tropics from Africa to the Amazon are the primary target for “agricultural intensification.” Industrializing food security places the...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 26, 2016 | Climate Change, COP21
Despite years of research pointing to the inadequacies of limiting global warming to 2° C, the UNFCCC scored a long awaited PR victory on Earth Day 2016 as leaders from 171 countries convened at the UN to sign the Paris Climate Agreement. As scientists continue to...
