Can We Feed Ourselves without Devouring the Planet?

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Farming is the worst thing humanity has ever done to the planet, says journalist George Monbiot. What’s more: the global food system could be heading toward collapse. Detailing the technological solutions we need to radically reshape food production — from lab-grown, protein-rich foods to crops that don’t require plowing — Monbiot shares a future-focused vision of how humanity could feed itself without destroying the planet.
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The Blind Spots of the Green Energy Transition

From the TED.com YouTube channel: The world needs clean power, but decarbonization calls for a massive increase in the mining and extraction of minerals like lithium, graphite and cobalt. Environmental peacemaking expert Olivia Lazard sheds light on the scramble for these precious mineral resources — and how the countries that control their supply chains (including China and Russia) could find themselves at the center of the new global stage. Learn why Lazard thinks planetary security depends on our ability to de-escalate resource competition and avoid the same mistakes that led to the climate crisis.
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No Other Way

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel:

“What have I learnt from nature?  Absolutely everything… everything”. Nature is the best possible teacher.  But living a sustainable lifestyle and growing your own food, isn’t always easy.  There is a lot to learn, and it requires hard work.  It certainly has it’s challenges.  But the rewards make it all worth it.  And Cathy can see no other way of doing things in her life.  This is the only thing that really makes sense.ebrate lives well lived. And feel lucky to wake each morning to appreciate what the new day has to offer.
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A Life Dedicated to Understanding Bees

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel:

Bees are very connected to all things around them. And there is this incredible harmony. They each have a place and a purpose, and they work for the good of the whole.

No Somewhere Else

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel:

David and Emma moved from England to South Africa, where they have chosen to live a lifestyle which limits their contribution to todays throw-away-society.  They don’t have a fridge, microwave or a TV - by not having these items, David says they are working towards escaping the cycle of excessive consumption.

What animals are thinking and feeling and why it should matter

From the TEDx YouTube channel: Carl Safina takes us inside the lives and minds of animals around the world, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought and emotion, showing why the word “it” is often inappropriate as we discover “who” they really are. And yet, we are wiping out the very animals we should celebrate; we are the flood coming for Noah’s Ark. Carl leaves us with a difficult question: Do we have what it takes to let life on earth survive?
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Urban Bee Keeper

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel: It is counter intuitive to think that honey from hives in our cities is often cleaner than from hives situated around agricultural lands, but this is often the case as urban honey does not contain pesticides. We spent a morning with a passionate urban bee keeping couple, who shared their experiences with us, and inspired us to get involved in urban bee keeping.
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Turtles - One in a Thousand

From the Green Renaissance Youtube channel: The Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve is part of the Ponta do Ouro-Kosi Bay TFCA, Africa’s first marine TFCA and part of the Lubombo TFCA.
Around 77% of the marine turtles monitored in Mozambique nest in the Marine Reserve. It is thus the most important leatherback and loggerhead turtle nesting ground along the Mozambican coast. What makes the Marine Reserve’s turtle monitoring programme all the more exciting, is that it links up with the turtle monitoring programme of iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a World Heritage Site, that is now in its 43rd season. Good news for turtles!
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Vultures Chose Me

From the Green Renaissance Youtube channel:  Kerri Wolter founded and manages the Vulture Conservation program in Magaliesberg, South Africa. She hopes to fly with the endangered Cape Vulture for the first time in an attempt to learn more about their behaviour from the air.

Flying Rhinos

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel: Black rhino are given new home. The seventh black rhino population, established by the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project, was recently released after an epic 1500 kilometre trip across the country. 19 of the critically endangered animals were moved from the Eastern Cape to a new location in Limpopo province.

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