Category Archives: Miguel Altieri

Rushing the +2 degree Celsius boundary

Posted on 21 July 2016 by ecoquant

I made a comment on Google+ pertaining to a report of a recent NOAA finding. Enjoy. But remember that COP21 boundary is equivalent to 450 ppm CO2.

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David Suzuki on Agroecology

Posted on 27 May 2016 by ecoquant

See Feeding humanity in a warming world. Dr Suzuki links University of California, Berkeley, Professor Miguel Altieri’s “Principles and strategies for designing sustainable farming systems“.

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