Reforestation by Willie Smith

Share an inspirational TED speech on reforestation.

The following is a 20 min speech on Reforstation by Willie Smith,
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest.html

By piecing together a complex ecological puzzle, biologist Willie Smits has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainforest in Borneo, saving local orangutans and vast areas of forest -- and creating a thrilling blueprint for restoring fragile ecosystems.

Enjoy

NASA Director, Dr James Hansen, calls for less coal and meat

Dr James Hansen, NASA Director on Less Coal, Less Meat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lbtat_9wbQ

NASA Director, Dr James Hansen. [Also Known as 'Father of Climate Change" as he is the first scientist to warn the world about Climate change.] recommends less coal and less meat to curb climate change. He stress that, to reduce green house gas emissions, we have to look at our agricultural practice too.
The best individual action to reduce greenhouse gas emission
is to switch to a plant based diet.

Scientists on urgency of Global Warming

Scientist from US National Snow and Ice Center
and UN IPCC chief speaks on the urgency of Global Warming.
They warned that we have 2-5 years to adopt changes to prevent irreversible Climate change.

Methane Time Bomb

As the Arctic sea warms up, the Methane hydrates beneath the ocean is melting , releasing millions of tons of Methane [a green house gas 23 times GWP that of CO2] into the atmosphere.

Recently, a Sep report from UK states that a Russian research ship has discovered that methane is bubbling up from thousands of square mile in the Siberian continental shelf.

The methane time bomb:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/exclusive-the-methane-time-bomb-938932.html

This is a phenomenal that the scentist are greatly worried about, because there is huge amounts of Methane hydrates beneath the Arctic oceans. [A Newspaper report shows that there is about 400 gigatons of Methane locked in the Arctic tandra.
Reference : http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1215-24.htm]

If a portion of those were to melt, it would trigger "Run away global warming". :/ :/ :X

The meltdown would lead to more global warming, causing less ice, warmer sea and in turn more meltdown. It is a positive feedback loop that acts upon itself. :(

The situation is urgent now, we have to do all we can to reduce green house gas emissions
now. Including switching to a vegetarian diet which will take away 20% green house gas emission by the livestock industries, reduce deforestation, and reduce environmental destruction.

Let's all make some lifestyle changes, for the planet, for ourselves and for our future generation.

With best wishes,
Low ck

Share an informative web with interviews with Climate Scientist

Hi friends : ) : ) ,

Just discovered a website that has many interviews with leading NASA climate scientist/
IPCC scientist / University lecturers and environmentalist on the various aspects of
Global Warming and how it is affecting the planet.

http://www.suprememastertv.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=sos_video&sca=sosv_1
You can watch the interviews on line and even download it to your computer : ) : )

I'll recommend the following interviews :

1. Earth's tipping points: Interview with NASA's Director Jame's Hansen
2. The vital role of sea ice : Interview with Ted Scambos [a long-time scientist at the Poles]
3. From CO2 to Climate Change : Interview with Dr David Archer
4. The science and solution to Global Warming.
5. Prof Barry Brook on Livestock Agriculture and Climate Change
You can download them and watch when you have free time : )

They are greatly informative and genuine :)

Pls share with all who are concern about the environment.

Times News Article on Meat and Global Warming

The following link is an excellent article from TIMES Magazine on the link between the Meat industry and Global Warming.

Meat: Making Global Warming Worst:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1839995,00.html

It has all the facts correct in layman terms.

I am glad that a widely-read and trusted magazine such as TIME Magazine is reporting on this subject. :) It's time for the world to be better informed on this matter : )

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Extracts from the article :

“The worrisome news is that as the world economy grows, so does global meat consumption. The average person in the industrialized world eats more than 176 lb. of meat annually, compared with around 66 lb. consumed by the average resident of the developing world. As developing nations get richer, one of the first things citizens spend their extra income on is a more meat-rich diet. Whereas pork would once have been a rare luxury in China, today even the relatively poor in the country's cities can afford a little meat at almost every meal — so much so that pork imports to China rose more than 900% through the first four months of the year.

Producing all that meat will do more than just warm the world; it will also raise pressure on land resources. The FAO estimates that about 20% of the planet's pastureland has been degraded by grazing animals, and increased demand for meat means increased demand for animal feed — much of the world's grain production is fed to animals rather than to humans. (The global spike in grain prices over the past year is in large part due to the impact on grain supplies of the growing demand for meat.) The expanded production of meat has been facilitated by industrial feedlots, which bleed antibiotics and other noxious chemicals. And of course, the human health impact of too much meat can be seen in everything from bloated waistlines in America to rising rates of cardiovascular disease in developing nations, where heart attacks were once as rare as a T-bone steak. “

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Hopefully, the readers would consider to take less meat to reduce grain price, reduce pressure on land resource and for a better health.

For a start, consider taking 1 to 2 vege meals a day. Look out for vege stalls when eating out : ) : )

Let's work together for a more sustainable world,

Low ck

Are we Short of Water and Food?

Are we Short of Water and Food?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6LTevuY77o

This short video shows clearly the relationship btw meat industry and world hunger / world water shortage. The world is using most of it water and food resource to feed the animals.
Is it logical to feed 740 million tons of food to the animals [enough food to feed 2 billion people] while leaving 900 million starving people in the world? Nope!
We have to use our resources more wisely. Take care of all the humans first!

Breaking News: What do VIPs say about Global Warming?

This video shows what the world leaders are saying on Global warming and it's urgency. It also recommends a vege solution. Very strong message for these urgent times : )

HRH The Prince of Wales introduces his rainforests project

This is the complete version. : )
The previous one is an extract : ) :)
Save the rainforest, save the planet.

The Prince of Wales speaks about the world's rainforests

Prince of Wales SOS Rainforest message:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7XXzoUtpI

Prince Charles has done a lot of work on protecting the environment. He has been an environmentalist for a long time. :)
This video shows his dedication to protect the rainforest on Earth.
He urges the world to curb or stop deforestation altogether.
The world really need to see the rainforests as what they are, giant global utilities providing essential service to humanity on a vast scale. Amazon Rainforest helps stores the largest body of fresh water on the planet. Trees in Amazon Rainforest release 20 billion tons of water into the atmosphere everyday. Rain from the forest, waters half of Africa.

A climate scientist once said that if we lost the Amazon, we lost the fight against climate change.

And yet destruction of the Amazon rainforest goes on [according to an article I've read, deforestation of the Amazon is at the rate of 7 football fields a minute!!! 2000 trees are cut down a min]

Much of it was to provide land for cattle grazing and to produce crops to feed the cattles. :( :(

So pls have a heart, stop taking beef.
Save the rainforest for the continual survival of all in the planet.

Yes, be veg be green and save our planet!

Hopeful message:
Many governments are encouraging people to eat more vegetable and less meat. :):) If the media can join in to broadcast: Go Veg, Be Green to Save the Planet, it would help tremendously.
Let's hope everyone joins in to save the planet. Together we can make it!!! : )

2 recent reports on Global Warming

Recent reports on Global Warming:

Methane Gas release from Oceans:
A Storehouse of Greenhouse gases is opening up in Siberia:http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,547976,00.html

extracts:The report shows that Russian polar scientists have strong evidence that the first stages of Methane Hydrates melting are underway.In the permafrost bottom of the 200-meter-deep sea, enormous stores of gas hydrates lie dormant in mighty frozen layers of sediment. The carbon content of the ice-and-methane mixture here is estimated at 540 billion tons.

"This submarine hydrate was considered stable until now," says the Russian biogeochemist Natalia Shakhova.The permafrost has grown porous, says Shakhova, and already the shelf sea has become "a source of methane passing into the atmosphere."

The Russian scientists have estimated what might happen when this Siberian permafrost-seal thaws completely and all the stored gas escapes. They believe the methane content of the planet's atmosphere would increase twelvefold. "The result would be catastrophic global warming," say the scientists.

Animal Farming and Global warming:
Report on Global farm animal production and Global Warming: http://www.ehponline.org/members/2008/11034/11034.html

The report is a comprehensive study on how animal farming contributes to Global Warming.

Canadian Geneticist Part 1

Interview with David Suzuki. Human has forgot that we are part of nature. We also depend on clean air, clean water, clean soil for survival.
Human has the faculty to look to the future, look at the opportunities and the pitfalls and act accordingly.
Leading scientist are warning about climate issues and telling us about the catastrophies
that is ahead, but world leaders are not acting fast on it. [Because of economics etc,etc]:(
Log on to www.davidsuzuki.org for some solutions. Solution includes taking more vegetarian meals / taking public transport/ conserve electricity etc.

Canadian Geneticist Part 2

Part 2 of Interview. David talks about the people in the developed nations using too much resources of the planet. [Big house, huge spendings, lots of waste.] Developed nations have to reduce consumption. Humans have thought that consumption will lead to happiness. But actually it's harmonous human relationship that leads to happiness. Endless consumption has lead to huge environmental destruction.
Human have to put a value to everything. A CEO of a tree cutting company says that 'A tree has no economic value if it stays in a forest. It only has economic value if it is being cut down.' But we forget that when the tree is in the forest, it is a tremendous help to the environment. It absorbs CO2 from the air and place O2 into the atmosphere, it's roots hold the soil and prevent erosion, it provides shade and is a home to many animals. But all that has no economic value and so they cut the trees down. :( We really have to relook at our economic sense and put a priceless value on the trees, forests, clean water, coral reefs so that we will conserve these natural resources for the balance of the Ecosystems on Earth. : /

Canadian Geneticist Part 3

Interview with David Suzuki, scientist and environmentalist. Informative. He talks about the reverance for nature. The UN report: Lost of 55 thousand animal spieces per year. The analogy of we are like a car heading towards a brick wall at 100 miles/hr and yet no one is putting the brakes on. [The ones who knows are locked in the back of the car :( ] The interconnection of all life.