u.Lab: Leading from the Emerging Future U.Lab is a free MOOC (massive online open course)from MIT, led by Otto Scharmer. The course starts 13 September 2019 and runs for 14 weeks. I enjoyed this course so much I’ve done it 3 times. We can make a cohort here in Whangarei and other parts of Northland. … Continue reading u.Lab 2019
I was excited to learned that pasture could sequester as much carbon as forest, and I have been on farms where it is happening. My first career was in horticulture, but the prospect of building soil carbon in pasture seemed simpler, as growing food, especially vegetables, often involves carbon destroying practices, such as rotary hoeing. … Continue reading Regenerative horticulture
Inspired by young people rising up around the world to protest inaction about the climate crisis, three trustees of the Climate Change Tai Tokerau Northland Trust spoke at the Pompallier College Assembly. Carol Peters QSM, Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn and Peter Bruce-Iri briefly spoke about the crisis. Here is a link to Denise Piper's coverage of the … Continue reading CCTNT at the Pompallier Assembly
Can New Zealand soils store more carbon? The farmers I talk with believe they can, and they have seen their topsoil grow and evidence that more carbon is stored deeper in the soil. But the government's policy position doubts this and consequently they are putting all of their eggs in the forestry basket. The message … Continue reading Open letter to government about soil carbon
Imagine this. We have dodged the climate crisis bullet. We have arrived at 2050 and there is sufficient evidence that carbon drawdown is happening and we have stalled global warming. Looking back, we only could have achieved it with a series of transformations. Tai Tokerau was heavily dependent on commodity exports. We found that a … Continue reading Tai Tokerau 2050
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