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This country isn't just carbon neutral — it's carbon negative | Tshering Tobgay

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World Famous Permaculture Property Tour | David Holmgren and Su Dennett's Melliodora

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NZ Geographic article

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Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices-and, especially, modern industrial agriculture-have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world's soils. That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it would continue warming the planet. In The Soil Will Save Us, journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued, passionate case for "our great green hope"-a way in which we can not only heal the land but also turn atmospheric carbon into beneficial soil carbon-and potentially reverse global warming. As the granddaughter of farmers and the daughter of avid gardeners, Ohlson has long had an appreciation for the soil. A chance conversation with a local chef led her to the crossroads of science, farming, food, and environmentalism and the discovery of the only significant way to remove carbon dioxide from the air-an ecological approach that tends not only to plants and animals but also to the vast population of underground microorganisms that fix carbon in the soil. Ohlson introduces the visionaries-scientists, farmers, ranchers, and landscapers-who are figuring out in the lab and on the ground how to build healthy soil, which solves myriad problems: drought, erosion, air and water pollution, and food quality, as well as climate change. Her discoveries and vivid storytelling will revolutionize the way we think about our food, our landscapes, our plants, and our relationship to Earth.

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Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices-and, especially, modern industrial agriculture-have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world's soils. That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it would continue warming the planet.

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Global Optimism

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WE CAN SURVIVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS
AND THRIVE IN THE NEW WORLD WE CREATE

This book shows us how

Haal diep adem en besluit dat we dit met elkaar kunnen doen

We bevinden ons in de beginfase van het meest cruciale decennium in de geschiedenis. Wetenschappelijke onderzoeken voorspellen dat ofwel ons laatste uur, ofwel ons mooiste moment is aangebroken. Wij bepalen de toekomst is een inspirerend manifest van de medeoprichters van Global Optimism, Christiana Figueres en Tom Rivett-Carnac. Het vertelt ons wat ons te wachten staat, hoe we ermee om kunnen gaan en wat we ertegen kunnen doen.

Dit praktische, optimistische en hoopgevende boek is voor elke generatie en toont ons de fantastische wereld die we met z'n allen tot stand kunnen brengen. Wij bepalen de toekomst laat zien hoe we allemaal een bijdrage kunnen leveren tijdens het belangrijkste decennium waarvoor we ooit hebben gestaan, en voorbij de klimaatcrisis een voorspoedige toekomst tegemoet kunnen gaan.

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WE CAN SURVIVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND THRIVE IN THE NEW WORLD WE CREATE This book shows us how Haal diep adem en besluit dat we dit met elkaar kunnen doen We bevinden ons in de beginfase van het meest cruciale decennium in de geschiedenis.

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A graceful, illuminating work of Native American natural history.

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert).

Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings-asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass-offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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A graceful, illuminating work of Native American natural history. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.

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Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, Damon blends traditional documentary with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board of how these solutions could regenerate the world for future generations.

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Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.

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Project Drawdown's mission is to help the world stop climate change-as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.

We do this by advancing effective, science-based climate solutions and strategies; fostering bold, new climate leadership; and promoting new climate narratives and new voices.

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Project Drawdown's mission is to help the world stop climate change-as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible. We do this by advancing effective, science-based climate solutions and strategies; fostering bold, new climate leadership; and promoting new climate narratives and new voices.

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Unbroken Ground | A New Old Way to Grow Food

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Australian Film

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'From the Ground Up – Regenerative Agriculture'

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Please [contact us](https://www.ted.com/contact) and let us know what happened.

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“A forest is much more than what you see,” says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery -- trees talk, often and over vast distances. Learn more about the harmonious yet complicated social lives of trees and prepare to see the natural world with new eyes.

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Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it

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How do you define “nature?” If we define it as that which is untouched by humans, then we won’t have any left, says environmental writer Emma Marris. She urges us to consider a new definition of nature -- one that includes not only pristine wilderness but also the untended patches of plants growing in urban spaces -- and encourages us to bring our children out to touch and tinker with it, so that one day they might love and protect it.

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Victoria Park Free Natural Bee School Puawai o te Kakano Ngaro Huruhuru Citizen Science Films for the Future Rāhina Hauora Griffiths Gardens Local Berm Heroes Biking Bees Bees In Parks Pollinator Paths South Auckland Bee Project Regenerative Parks Schools as Sanctuaries The Construct Project Interactive Map Inner city self tour

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Autumn harvest: native berries and the rongoā journey

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When we think of berries we think of the delicious summer varieties - raspberries, strawberries, blackberries and more. But Aotearoa has an abundance of native autumn berries, if you know where to look.

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Ngāti Toa video: Te Awarua o Porirua Harbour.

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Ngāti Toa video: Te Awarua o Porirua Harbour.

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Filmed 2017

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Solutions - most recent ideas and research

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Solutions - most recent ideas and research

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Science Learning Hub

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In this activity, students learn about rongoā Māori (medicines that are produced from native plants in New Zealand) through a silent card game.

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

explain what rongoā Māori is

name some native plants in New Zealand that are used for rongoā Māori

name some medical problems that native plants can be used for

name some medical uses for some of the native plants.

Download the Word file (see link below) for:

introduction/background notes

what you need

what to do.

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In this activity, students learn about rongoā Māori (medicines that are produced from native plants in New Zealand) through a silent card game.

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REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE:  Soil as Carbon Sink       Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants = Healthy People       More Biodiversity

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REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE:  Soil as Carbon Sink       Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants = Healthy People       More Biodiversity

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Ngāti Toa Kaumatua Interviews - Te Awarua o Porirua

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Ngāti Toa Kaumatua Interviews - Te Awarua o Porirua

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Kaumatua Interviews_Te Awarua o Porirua 2013

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Seed collecting

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"Wild Fruits of Wellington". This is my personal blog to share some basic knowledge about what grows here, when it flowers and fruits, and how to grow it if you so desire. My previous day job involved collecting seed and propagating over 100 species of local native plants each year for the Wellington City Council's Berhampore Nursery. On this blog I will be sharing what I've collected each month with photos and my personal notes on propagation and germination times, and you can get some general information from the other two main pages, ; collection, processing, pre-sowing treatments etc., and covering some of the most common troublesome ailments for young seedlings as well as non-chemical options for control.

This site is designed as a 'starters guide'. As the seasons progress you can tag along a few species at a time. Seeing as some plants are easier to spot when they're flowering I'll post photos of those, and some of the less well known Wellington plants, but we'll revisit them at collection time in a bit more detail. I might also add a few photos of things I'm not intending to propagate just because they're lovely and I can't resist !
This is by no means a comprehensive coverage of this topic and is based on my own observations and records. As with many topics relating to the natural environment, the circumstances that influence flowering, fruiting and germination can be quite variable. Seeds vary in quality between plants, sites and seasons and of course, the growing media, environment and care they are given so bear this in mind and use this as a guideline only. It is, nonetheless a starting point !!

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"Wild Fruits of Wellington" . This is my personal blog to share some basic knowledge about what grows here, when it flowers and fruits, and how to grow it if you so desire. My previous day job involved collecting seed and propagating over 100 species of local native plants each year for the Wellington City Council's Berhampore Nursery.

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Our first feature-length documentary won a 2021 Emmy in the category of Best Writing: Documentary! Our first movie, The Story of Stuff, started it all, launching an honest conversation about our consumption-crazed culture. Since then, we've produced dozens more animated shorts and documentaries that chart a path to a more just and sustainable future.

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A collection of resources and inspiration for young people and teachers in NZ

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A collection of resources and inspiration for young people and teachers in NZ

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REDUCING WASTE  - Composting, Buying Less, Love Local

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REDUCING WASTE  - Composting, Buying Less, Love Local

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TANGATA WHENUA: Mātauranga        Valuing Indigenous Knowledge and Leadership            Mana Motuhake

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TANGATA WHENUA: Mātauranga        Valuing Indigenous Knowledge and Leadership            Mana Motuhake

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TED talk: Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali

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TED talk: Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali

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Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali

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Plastic bags are essentially indestructible, yet they’re used and thrown away with reckless abandon. Most end up in the ocean, where they pollute the water and harm marine life; the rest are burned in garbage piles, where they release harmful dioxins into the atmosphere. Melati and Isabel Wijsen are on a mission to stop plastic bags from suffocating their beautiful island home of Bali. Their efforts -- including petitions, beach cleanups, even a hunger strike -- paid off when they convinced their governor to commit to a plastic bag-free Bali by 2018. “Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you’re too young or you won’t understand,” Isabel says to other aspiring activists. “We’re not telling you it’s going to be easy. We’re telling you it’s going to be worth it.”