Regenerative Agriculture: The Transition.

11 Sep, 2009 08:30 am In the face of peak oil and in order to curb carbon emissions, methods of farming that depend less on oil and natural gas, respectively to run machinery...

Agroforestry & Sustainable Agriculture: Vast Potential to Lower Emissions, Store Carbon

6 Aug, 2009 05:34 pm Researchers working on a joint World Agroforestry Centre-United Nations Environment Programme project suggest that integrating agroforestry in farming...

Thinking Positive - Carbon Capture.

9 Feb, 2009 07:59 pm In principle carbon capture using regenerative agriculture, ocean seeding/phytoplankton growth, biochar and algae production, coupled with societal relocalisation...

Bio-Char: An Eco-solution

12 May, 2008 12:05 pm A segment on CNN discusses bio-char (biomass-derived black carbon).

Climate Change See Modern Echo in 1930's Dust Bowl

9 May, 2008 11:59 am Farming pushed natural drought into disaster -- and could do so again...

The Pintadas Project

27 Feb, 2008 11:13 am The film is about an SouthSouthNorth Adaptation project implemented in the semi-arid region of Brazil. The focus of the project is to improve agriculture...

Permaculture: = Permanent Oil-Dearth Culture

1 Feb, 2008 05:17 pm Permaculture is both a strategy and a philosophy which may help us to re-adapt our societies in order to survive as a collective of small communities...

Wave of Support for Approval for Switchgrass

10 Jan, 2008 01:37 pm Simon Robinson writes on his blog about the reaction regarding switchgrass as a biofuels source.

Large-Scale Use of Harvest Residues for Biofuel Production: a Bad Idea

20 Dec, 2007 01:31 pm Plans for large scale use of harvest residues to produce biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel will be detrimental to soil quality...

The Link Between Agricultural Erosion and Global Warming

19 Nov, 2007 10:37 am Carbon emissions are of great concern worldwide because they trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and are a major cause of global climate change...

Biofuel Production Threatens Water Supplies in China and India

11 Oct, 2007 05:03 pm A study released this week by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) reports that the biofuel production in China and India exacerbates the...

"Biofuel Expansion Will Play A Role In Pushing Up And Keeping Up Prices"

6 Jul, 2007 06:13 pm Almuth Ernsting is a member of Biofuelwatch. She comments on the latest UN farming assessment report and Brazilian president Lula's participation in an...

"We Are Already Using A High Proportion of Biomass Production in The Ecosystem"

5 Jul, 2007 11:28 am Karlheinz Erb is a specialist on sustainable development and biomass flows. His research indicates that humans are already using a very high amount of...

Biofuels: A Danger for Latin America

15 Jun, 2007 03:45 pm Renewable fuels, in particular Biofuels, energy sources derived from agricultural crops have suddenly won the support from the United States...