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NZ Presentation: "Intro to Regenerative Agriculture"

A short public presentation introducing Regenerative Agriculture at the event "A Change of Heart" hosted by Sustainable Coastlines & Greenpeace NZ in Auckland, New Zealand.

NZ Public Presentation: "Climate, Food & Future"

Seminar entitled: "Climate, Food & Future: Regenerative Agriculture and the Challenge of Change" presented by Shane Ward at Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand.

Radio / Podcast interview on : "The Regenerative Hour"

A recent radio interview with Action Ecology Founder : Shane Ward - for the Australian radio show / podcast "The Regenerative Hour".

Documentary film appearance : "Living the Change"

A recent interview with Action Ecology Founder : Shane Ward - for the feature documentary film "Living The Change : Inspiring stories for a sustainable future".

Food systems and climate solutions with Michael Pollen

A really good interview with world famous author and professor Michael Pollan on how we talk about climate change, agriculture and food - but also how to simplify the solutions.

Nature inspired design for the future of our cities

In designing our shift from the industrial age to the ecological age, architect Michael Pawlyn draws on some of the best ideas biology and bio-mimicry reveal to us in order to radically transform the way we live and the biological approach to cities.

Tags: Science,Design

Top mistakes people make using N fixing plants

Do you really need nitrogen fixing plants?
Are they even doing their job?
Here are a few important things to consider before you start planting 'nitrogen fixing' plants and trees all over your landscape.

Tips for managing land ecologically

Two years after planting our edible garden regeneration and sustainable design project, our return gave us an opportunity to take stock and evaluate what had gone wrong and what had gone right. A good reminder that the principles behind managing land in a productive and ecologically healthy state are the same no matter the scale.

Tags: Ecology,Science,Permaculture

The Diet Myth : Microbial ecology in all of us

A fascinating, funny - and (un)surprisingly relevant to soils? - talk by Professor Tim Spector earlier this year at the "Food: The Forgotten Medicine" conference hosted by the College of Medicine exploring the important link between diet and health, where he explains the importance of microbe diversity in the gut.

Tags: Science,Biology,Health

Dr Elaine Ingham at Oxford Real Farming Conference

Dr Elaine Ingham - Soil Ecologist / Microbiologist & CEO of Soil Food Web inc gives a great talk and raising a few eyebrows at the Oxford Real Farming conference about life in the soil, check it out.

Restoring ecosystems : Rewilding our tame world

Author and journalist George Monbiot delivers an inspiring talk on "rewilding" the natural world and restoring not only depleted 'tame' ecosystems, but also wonder - both things we are missing in our modern urbanised world.

Tags: Science,Ecology

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