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By Suzanne York (6degreesofpopulation.org) As climate change becomes more of a basic fact of life for many people around the world, one way to adapt is to tap into traditional and ancestral knowledge and practices, especially as it pertains to agriculture. In Ethiopia, one crop with potential is the false banana. Officially called enset, this [...]

June 5th is World Environment Day! Tell us about one thing you would do to make our planet a better place. For inspiration, read below to find out what the UN is focusing on in 2013… In 1972, the UN organized the first World Environment Day with the purpose of encouraging individuals all over the [...]

By Suzanne York (6degreesofpopulation.org) The news of late out of Australia has not been the most encouraging. For starters, the country continues to mine coal at a rapid pace, upping its exports of the dirty fuel. It is the world’s biggest coal exporter. A recent report found that if the expected expansions of Australia’s coal [...]

All around the world, members of the Transition movement are taking up the call to combat climate change and free their communities from oil dependency. Nowhere is this more apparent than on Wiser.org, which hosts dozens of groups created by Transitioners all around the world who use the platform to coordinate their efforts. This spring, [...]

Photo credit: Saad Faruque By Laura Ross-Perry This year, Earth Day celebrated it’s 43rd anniversary on April 22nd. Across the globe, people gathered to pay respect to the planet, discuss the current state of the earth, and talk about ways in which we can improve how we treat it in order to also improve the [...]

This post originally published on GlobalWarmingisReal.com and is a finalist in the Masdar Engage blogging contest, part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2013, the largest sustainability event over held in the Middle East. The water-energy nexus – the fundamental connection between water and energy – may not seem an overly complex concept to initially grasp – and yet its [...]

By Suzanne York Original article posted at Six Degrees of Population. Mention India and many contradictory images are often conjured up – poverty and Rajput castles, rich and exotic foods and begging mothers and children, the Himalayan mountains and Rajasthani deserts. But there is no contradiction on the importance of the Indian monsoon. Indian agriculture [...]

Founder Kenny Ausubel coined the term Bioneers in 1990 to describe an emerging culture. Bioneers are social and scientific innovators from all walks of life and disciplines who have peered deep into the heart of living systems to understand how nature operates, and to mimic “nature’s operating instructions” to serve human ends without harming the [...]