Children Feeding Children: A Thousand School Gardens
The Costa Rican Foundation for Relief and Development (FUCAD) along with the Children's Hunger Relief Fund has initiated the Program of Children Feeding Children. 

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New Food Product Hits & Misses | 11 August 2010
Phil Lempert, supermarket guru, rates new foods and assigns each a rating based on: taste, health, ingredients, appearance, sustainability, preparation, packaging and value. By...

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Sustainability and Seafood
Chuck Spencer discussing the elements of seafood sustainability at the Brussels Seafood show.

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Sustainability: Climate Change and its effect on our Food System (p2)
Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen gives in this presentation gives a clear outline of th impact of climate change especially in terms of our food production system including a future with food prices and heavy fluctuations. He also points out that agriculture is a major contributor to green house gases. Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen has written over 300 books, articles, and papers. An agricultural economist by training, Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen is the H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University and one of the most influential economists and policy makers working in this field. Presented by Sydney Ideas and the University of Sydney Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural ResourcesWidespread hunger and malnutrition, rapidly increasing obesity and related chronic diseases and the recent food crisis call into question the ability and/or desire of the world’s governments to prioritise the goal of sustainable food security for all. A change of policies and institutions at national and international levels is urgently needed. As the world population continues to grow, water and natural resources become scarcer, soil erosion accelerates, and consequences of climate change become more obvious, Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen gives a brief description of the major challenges then suggests the set of policy changes which are needed. Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen has written over 300 books, articles, and papers. An agricultural economist by training, Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen is the H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University and one of the most influential economists and policy makers working in this field. Presented by Sydney Ideas and the University of Sydney Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

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Sustainability: David Helvarg June 2010
David Helvarg is an American journalist and environmental activits. He is the founder and president of the marine conservation organization Blue Frontier Campaign , a part of the Seaweed rebellion , which arose from his second book Blue Frontier. His first book, The War against the Greens, puts a case that violent organized resistance is being orchestrated against the environmental movement . In this June 2010 lecture at Portland State University, David Helvarg is introduced by Phillip Johnson, Executive Director, of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition and CoastWatch.

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Redefining our Relationship with Water:Alexandra Cousteau
Alexandra Cousteau reflects on her 3-month, 5-continent investigation of our global water systems, how it impacts our health, agriculture, energy, and inner lives, and discusses her upcoming expedition in the United States to help people understand that water is universal and connects us all. Cousteau is a global advocate on water quality and policy, granddaughter of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and founder of the Washington, DC-based nonprofit Blue Legacy. Part 4 of 11. Harvard Extension School Centennial Environmental panel: Sustaining our Earth's Ecosystems April 14, 210 www.extension.harvard.edu

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New Food Product Hits & Misses | 23 June 2010
Phil Lempert, supermarket guru, rates new foods and assigns each a rating based on: taste, health, ingredients, appearance, sustainability, preparation, packaging and value.

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The Nature of Air
Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It can be a change in the average weather or a change in the distribution of weather events around an average (for example, greater or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change may be limited to a specific region, or may occur across the whole Earth Factors that can shape climate are climate forcing. These include such processes as variations in solar radiation, deviations in the Earth's orbit, mountain building and continental drift. But now we a re facing a new force, anthropogenic climate change, or man made climate change. Our unsustainable industrial processes are having a drastic effect on our climate, as greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere thorough manufacture, transport, agriculture and industrial processes the climate is becoming unstable. Erratic rainfall patters, environmental degradation, droughts and heat waves are all part of the future due to climate change. Over the coming years weather systems will become more and more erratic, leading to bigger storms, longer dry periods and more intense flooding... and that is just the beginning. What can we do to stop this? How can we avert this impending crisis. There a many ways one can personally affect change, firstly inform yourself about the issue. Then change your consumption habits and lifestyle, they do not need to be big ones i.e. start a carpool or take the bus instead of drive. Then become active in your community and teach people around you about the problems we face and how they can also make a small change to their lives. Lots of little changes lead to one big change! From http://www.changetv.co.za/

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