The screening for the 2024 Climate Action Film Contest was at Event Cinemas on 28 July. Thanks to everybody who participated. 9 to 13 year olds First prize: Storm Drains by Whau Valley School Room 6 Second prize: Purua School by Purua Seniors class. Te Reo prize: Purua School by Purua Seniors class. People's choice … Continue reading Climate Action Film Contest 2024
The industrial food system is causing climate chaos and biodiversity loss, but most of us still support it. Just witness the multitudes that frequent corporate fast food outlets, or the millions of dollars spent in supermarkets every day. Profit rather than nutrition drives the food system. Being a conscious consumer As I have gotten older … Continue reading Kai communities
In the image above Otto Scharmer distills the essence of systems change. Here is the video where the image comes from. He starts talking about systems thinking at about 17.40 (the wole video is a good watch). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPOVCSn9pdU A key point is to step into a future that wants to emerge, our institutions have to … Continue reading Systems Change for a cooler climate
As the world grapples with the climate change crisis, it's clear that no single discipline or viewpoint can provide all the answers. A transdisciplinary approach, which brings together different perspectives and expertise, is essential for developing effective solutions. For more on the importance of this method, you can refer to my earlier post, When Crossing … Continue reading Leveraging AI to combat climate change
There is a big hole in climate discourse. Mitigation policy is focussed almost entirely on greenhouse gases (GHGs) ignoring opportunities to cool the panet by increasing vegetation. A paper from the Earth's Future Journal, A Century of Reforestation Reduced AnthropogenicWarming in the Eastern United States identifies that increased levels of reforestation in the Eastern US … Continue reading MOre evidence for local cooling
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