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Държава-членка на света за 2011 г. е на разположение сега! Кликнете тук Апр 25 Подхранващ планетата земеделието , земеделските стопани , Подхранващ на планетата ,- Подхранващ на Планета ТВ , Вода В епизода тази седмица, Подхранващ на Planet обсъжда на по-добро Памук инициатива на една международна асоциация членство направени до памучни търговци на дребно, производители, и с нестопанска цел групи с които се работи в Пакистан, Индия, Бразилия, Западна и Централна Африка (Бенин, Сенегал, Мали, Буркина Фасо) за насърчаване на устойчивото отглеждане на памук, че е по-малко вреден за здравето на селскостопанските производители и околната среда. Видео: http://youtu.be/TnVt_Y6Ysdg За да прочетете повече ... 26 май Подхранващ планетата Африка , земеделието , Буркина Фасо , на икономиката , фермерите , Индия , иновации , иновации на седмицата , подхранващ планетата , органичен , Сенегал С Janeen Мадан Деветдесет процента от памук в света се отглежда от фермерите в развиващите се страни - те продават памук, за да местните предачите и памукопреработвателите, които доставят големи международни купувачи, като Hanes, Виктория Secret, и Nike. Но отглеждането на памук може да има тежки рискове за здравето на тези, които го отглеждат и околната среда. Неефективни техники за напояване правят ...
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State of the World 2011 is available now! Click here Category: Nourishing the Planet Apr 25 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Farmers, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Water In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet discusses the Better Cotton Initiative—an international membership association made up of cotton retailers, producers, and non-profit groups—that is working in Pakistan, India, Brazil, and West and Central Africa (Benin, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso) to promote sustainable cotton cultivation that is less damaging to the health of farmers and the environment. Video: http://youtu.be/TnVt_Y6Ysdg To read more ... Apr 22 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet By Leah Baines Across the globe, the food system is broken. Worldwide, 30 percent of food is wasted, 1 billion people go to bed hungry each night, while another 1 billion suffer from health problems related to obesity and agriculture contributes roughly one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ... Apr 21 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environment, Farmers, Food Security, Livestock, Nourishing the Planet, Urban Farming, Water, Women For the last 40 years, Earth Day has been celebrated around the world to call attention to some of our most pressing environmental and social problems, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and dwindling natural resources. This year, the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet highlights 15 agricultural innovations that are already working on the ground to address some ... Apr 02 Nourishing the Planet Diet, Livestock, Meat, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet in the News Check out this article in Voice of America that features our new research on rising farm animal populations and the increase in factory farms, or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The demand for meat, eggs, and dairy products in developing countries has increased at a staggering rate in recent decades, according to the report. Although industrialized ... Mar 30 Nourishing the Planet Food, Innovation, Nourishing the Planet, Research, Storage, Sustainable, Technology, Waste Nourishing the Planet is collaborating with a team of graduate students at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Design (ID) to research the problem of global food waste. In February, the ID research team hosted a workshop in which participants shared photos and talked about their experiences implementing bottom of the pyramid projects in ... Mar 21 Nourishing the Planet Farmers, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Soil In this week’s episode, we discuss a program helping farmers in Tanzania work together to earn a sustainable living, while healing the land. CARE International’s Equitable Payment for Watershed Management (EPWM) program encourages, and works closely with, smallholder farmers to use intercropping and terraces to help restore—and hold in place—the soil. Video: http://youtu.be/wGyTtJeuxkA To read more about CARE ... Feb 27 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables, Local, Nourishing the Planet, Water, Women By Isaac Hopkins Giant swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) is a native plant of the Philippines that has dozens of varieties thriving on most of the tropical islands in the Pacific. Giant swamp taro is grown and harvested in small patches for its underground tubers, called corms. Swamp taro corms are prepared in several ways, from roasting to ... Feb 24 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet Check out Nourishing the Planet’s latest powerpoint presentation from the recent Global Citizenship Symposium at Georgia College. Project Director Danielle Nierenberg outlines the connection between sustainable agriculture and public health. She discusses agricultural initiatives that are cutting down on food waste, while producing nutritious food, such as hermetically sealed bags, which are helping to improve global ... Feb 03 Nourishing the Planet Africa, Environment, Letter to the Editor, Nigeria, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet in the News Check out our latest op-ed, co-authored with Sue Edwards, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development, which was published in Nigeria’s Punch, the country’s largest and most widely read daily newspaper. The article discusses 12 steps that people in developing countries can take to be more green in 2012. Click here to read the full article. To purchase State ... Feb 02 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Leah Baines. Leah is currently a senior at American University, majoring in International Studies with a focus in Global Environmental Politics and the Middle East/North Africa region. Leah has always been interested in and enjoyed eating ... Feb 01 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Eleanor Fausold. Eleanor is currently a junior at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, where she is studying Public Policy and Environmental Studies. Her interest in food issues began through involvement with her college’s Slow Food chapter, ... Feb 01 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Stephanie Buglione. Stephanie is a senior at American University. As an Environmental Studies major she has acquired knowledge of unsustainable land and water use, chemical pollutants, and climate change. Through her studies, experiences, and travels, she ... Jan 31 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Holly Tassi. Holly graduated from Syracuse University in 2010 where she studied Supply Chain Management and Public Relations. Her senior thesis was the creation of a social business model that established a high value commodity supply ... Jan 31 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Alison Blackmore. Alison Blackmore hails from Wisconsin and is a recent graduate of Miami University of Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Minor in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. She most recently ... Jan 30 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Arielle Golden. Arielle graduated in May 2010 from Wesleyan University in the College of Letters, a program that incorporates history, philosophy, and literature. While at school she was an apprentice and designer in the theater costume ... Jan 30 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Ronica Lu. Ronica has recently completed her studies in Environmental Health Science at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she composed a thesis on the risk assessment and potential health effects of genetically ... Jan 30 Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Farmers, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables, Nourishing the Planet, Nutrition By Kate Rosenberg Okra, also known as lady’s fingers or gumbo, is among the most popular indigenous vegetables grown in Africa and Asia. This uniquely-shaped pod vegetable is believed to have originated in Southeast Asia, with the most common of the okra species, Abelmoschus esculentus, particularly popular in tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, and Brazil, and another ... Jan 29 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Laura Reynolds. Laura Reynolds graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland in 2010, where she studied Modern History and Philosophy. While in college, Laura became interested in agricultural and natural resource systems around the ... Jan 28 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Kevin Robbins. For the last two years Kevin has explored his interest in food and agriculture on adventures ranging from fishmongering at a D.C. area market and helping out as a farm hand on a sustainable ... Jan 28 Nourishing the Planet Nourishing the Planet We have a whole new crop of staff and interns joining the Nourishing the Planet team this spring. Today, meet Marissa Dwyer. Marissa is currently studying at the London School of Economics for an MSc in Urbanisation & Development. She is particularly interested in urban agriculture and sustainable initiatives in cities. She especially enjoys shopping for ...