Tag Archives: biodiversity

There is a lot of speculation in the agriculture world on how to use more eco-friendly strategies to battle pests. If most of the advocates of traditional methods keep telling you that theirs are the only effective ways, well think again. In California insectivorous cavity-nesting birds have been encouraged to occupy vineyards and agriculture fields with next boxes that have been placed in the areas, and the results after a few months are now showing how the birds are ...

Only yesterday on my facebook wall I found that the #OccupyWallStreet page had shared this image. After all of the stories, how weird would it be, to discover that, the world’s worst enemy, might look like this? At first you might think it is just humour, yet I believe there is something more to it. Something more than meets the eye. If traditionally the human race has always seen themselves as the guardians of planet earth, we haven’t ever stopped considering ...

Today we will give you some insight on an issue that we don’t think too much when shopping for food: biodiversity! If we stop thinking about it, the variety of food products on our table is slightly scarse. I know what you are thinking! Of course we have an unseen before abundance of tropical fruit and out of season food and vegetables that we couldn’t even think of 20 years before. But that doesn’t mean we have the right gradient of ...

This recipe will give you some insight on an issue that we don’t think too much when shopping for food: biodiversity! So in our recipe of today, we won’t be using just pasta, but spelt pasta which is basically a different kind of wheat. Here is the recipe: Spelt pasta with savoy cabbage. Ingredients for 4 people: - 300g of penne pasta - 1 small savoy cabbage - 4 carrots - 1 garlic wedge - 1 zucchini - 1 scallion - 1 table spoon of cumin seeds - 1/2 white ...

Saving the lungs of the planet will be the focus of the Summits of Heads State and Government of the Amazon, Congo and Borneo-Mekong Forest Basins, which is taking place till the 3rd of June and will cover the three major rainforest regions in Africa, Latin America and Asia. It includes representatives of 35 countries in an effort to help to develop long term solutions for sustainable management of the forests mentioned. The Amazon Basin in South America, ...

Are we aware of the importance of water and the importance of biodiversity? Of all the water on this blue planet of ours, only 3% of it is freshwater. And this precious, life-giving resource has seen a decline of 35% in the species that live within its realm since 1970. We must use water more wisely. Are we aware that millions of people do not have access to potable water? Are we aware that millions of people die each year from ...