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Jan Gehl, eminent Danish architect and urban designer, talks about his visionary international design projects, which focus on the form and use of public spaces to create sustainable cities.Part 1 – Making cities for people – 8 mins See the other parts by following the link below. Source: http://www.architecture.com/WhatsOn/Talks/VideoArchive/InternationalDialogues/Videos.aspx The number of Americans who lived in households that lacked consistent access to adequate food soared last year, to 49 million, the highest since the government began tracking what it calls “food insecurity” 14 years ago, the Department of Agriculture reported Monday. Published: November 16, 2009 Perspective: That’s nearly 70% of the population of Britain HUNGRY. The USA has one of the worlds richest agricultural land, you imagine them as a rich country and you’d think they could feed everyone. Alarm bells? Should the UK be concerned? Honeybees are dying and our food supply is in danger The Jak Bank in Sweden provides a model for Bolton. Part 2. Part 3 Part 4 National Indicators – local authorities are interested in working with school emissions.
The results In the North West river basin district 30% of surface waters meet good ecological status or better BUT.. Ground water 78% is poor status. Only 22% of groundwater bodies are at good overall status with the rest being poor status. Source: http://wfdconsultation.environment-agency.gov.uk/wfdcms/en/northwest/Intro.aspx See top link Anex A – current state of waters. Path to Freedom presents ‘A Homegrown Revolution’ A collaboration of selective media clips which feature their urban homestead and farm which focus on the need of radical action — growing food in the city. This self produced, short music video was shown at Peter Seller’s Cultural Art’s class at UCLA followed by a short presentation by urban farmer, Jules Dervaes founder of Path to Freedom. The class focus was on the art of slow food and among other guests invited were Michael Pollan, Alice Waters and Eric Schlosser. Like Victory Gardens of yesteryear, start your own homegrown revolution, grow your own food in your back or front yard — for more information visit the urban homesteaders at http://www.PathtoFreedom.com
BBC documentary on the precient global farming and food crisis, filmed in the UK. Topics covered are the influence of oil on the food production, peak-oil, food security, carbon emissions, sustainability and permaculture.
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