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Alarming Acceleration
of Arctic Warming Detected
Case Focus: Arctic Melt
videos: C.Christo & M.Wilkinson
Updated with new links, 2/18

E.O.Wilson: "The world is full of amateurs: gifted amateurs, devoted amateurs... Anybody can pick up information in interesting places, find new species or rediscover what was thought to be a vanished species, or some new biological fact about a species already known, and can provide that right into The Encyclopedia of Life."
NYTimes' David Pogue interview with E.O.Wilson: transcript

Dramatic new videos of methane release and a meltwater 'moulin' in Case Focus: "Arctic Melt"

Thomas Berry, theologian and environmentalist, author of The Dream of the Earth and The Great Work, died in early June at the age of 94.
From the Times obit: "Dr. Berry's books and lectures inspired a devoted lineage of academicians and environmentalists to explore the interface of religion, human nature and ecology..."
(read the NYT profile)

Ecoversity is a non-profit educational center which explores and demonstrates concepts of sustainable living, ecological design, and responsibility for the wise stewardship of the Earth.
Established in 1999 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ecoversity offers a unique curriculum designed to regenerate the Earth and revitalize the human spirit.

Indian Summer in New Mexico (see more Indian Summer pics at the Biomagic blog)

Copenhagen
It's been frequently said of late that the next couple of months leading up to the crucial Copenhagen Climate Conference in December could determine the fate of human civilization. Certainly this is the best chance so far to see some real action to stem the ineluctable growth of carbon emissions, with the increased public awareness following a couple years of dire findings regarding the speed of anthropogenic climate change. It might be important to remember in dealing with Climate Warming- or maybe more accurately, Climate Weirding, that emission of long-buried carbon back into the atmosphere is only one of humankind's many pollutions of nature. The fish in our rivers are full of mercury from coal plants. Huge gelatinous mucilages are growing in the Mediterranean, while in the Pacific a continent-sized gyre of shredded garbage rotates slowly like some oceanic death-star. Thomas Friedman has lately been making the argument that both the economic collapse and the ecological collapse stem from the same business model: "underpriced risk, privatized gains, socialized losses". Catch up on the situation going into Copenhagen, and more subjects, on our "News and Resources" page.

Saturday October 24 is the "International Day of Climate Action", with demonstrations and activities in all the world's major cities. Go to www.350.org for all the info. Curiously, the latest Pew Research survey (10/22/09) shows Americans' climate change awareness moving in the other direction- see the survey results here

Michelle Obama and Michael Pollan
on Food, Diet, and Health
Michelle Obama spoke about the importance of local fresh produce and healthy diet on the occasion of the harvest of the White House food garden which she initiated with the children of Bancroft Elementary School this last spring. Michael Pollan talks about Michelle's speech in the context of food quality as a health issue "She gave an amazing speech..." and the difficulties Obama is facing in reforming the food system. (view videos)

Vandana Shiva speaking in Santa Fe
Vandana Shiva talks about the true costs of the Green Revolution in terms of loss of bio-diversity and loss of nutritional value of the newly introduced high response varieties. Then she addresses the truly disastrous introduction of genetically modified cotton and corn and the resulting suicides among Indian farmers. (view videos)

Podcast: Fragility, Gaia, and the Evolution of Humanity
"Xavier Le Pichon is one of the world's leading geophysicists, and his pioneering research on plate tectonics revolutionized our understanding of how the earth works. He has also spent decades living in community with people and families facing disability and has emerged with a rare perspective on the meaning of humanity - a perspective equally informed by his scientific and personal encounters with fragility as a fundament of vital, evolving systems..." (podcast)

from "Bee Meditation" A new film from Kanseki, of the bees at Ecoversity.

Beekeeping 2009
You may find a schedule of 2009 Beekeeping courses here, including a description of each course. See more new bee films, including Talon Van Howten leading the 2009 beekeeping courses at Beekeeping TV

President Obama has named Nobel Laureate Dr. Steven Chu, head of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, to be Secretary of Energy. Dr. Chu is a strong proponent of boosting scientific education and the development of alternative energy technologies to urgently combat anthropogenic climate change. Dr. Chu: "What the world does in the coming decade will have enormous consequences that will last for centuries. It's imperative that we begin without further delay."
More on Dr. Chu and videos of his recent public talks at Ecoversity TV

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Home - the Movie
"Listen to me, please. You're like me, a homo sapiens, a 'wise human'. Life, a miracle in the universe, appeared around 4 billion years ago, and we humans only about 200,000 years ago; yet we have succeeded in disrupting the balance that is so essential to life. Listen carefully to this extraordinary story, and decide what you want to do with it." Home - The Movie.

Recent Press:

Santa Fe New Mexican 11/28/08
"A New Energy Frontier"

KSFR: Diego Mulligan Interviews
- Mar 24 2009: Diego interviews Andrew Fikiforuk, author of Tar Sands, and Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zone, with Ecoversity's RP Harbour accompanying. (download mp3)
-Interview with Ecoversity's RP Harbour and Willem Malten, 12/30/08 (mp3)
-Interview with Alphonz Viszolay 12/16/08 (mp3)

Soil, the Terrestrial Biosphere
A 5-part Ecoversity interview with Michael Melendrez on the nature of soil and techniques for soil remediation and stewardship.
Read more at the Vortex blog
Watch the interview videos

PBS Frontline: HEAT
Frontline's powerful program on human-caused global warming can be seen online here.