#climatechange & inequality solutions

"Green" growth is, for example, low-carbon #AgroEcological farming replacing high-carbon mono-industrial farming practices. "Growth" of an ecologically sustainable sector that replaces the ecologically damaging sector.

Make that agroecology business a #cooperative & we will have mitigated #ClimateChange & inequality

One foreseen problem, "we" (the more the better), have to do it, make it a reality, not only write about the solutions.

#ClimateAction

Which areas do bees love? Gutiérrez-Briceño et al. showed how #landscape composition and #agroecological practices affect #wild bee communities in small farms in Madrid. Diversity was higher in areas of sparse vegetation, bare soil & forests. More: @gfoe
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.05.003

@moonSoil

I think what they're getting at here is the concept of operating within systems bigger than any one individual enterprise. In my experience, a small #agroecological farm (particularly in the global south) is part of the community first and foremost, and is managed in ways that buck the burden of individuality. They simply don't thrive with individualistic values and attitudes. There's a level of cooperation and solidarity rarely seen in US-style #homesteads.

#ClimateCrisis -induced fires and increasingly frequent and extreme weather are devastating for both #nature #biodiversity and #FoodProduction #FoodSecurity.

We are losing major areas of nature and food production to fires, drought and extreme temperatures.

Excessive, unseasonal fluctuations in weather patterns (too much variation in heat, cold and rain) make an farming increasingly risky way to make a living.

Local #agroecological solutions and supportive #policy are desperately needed.

@GreenFire

What if "humanity", or more people, could actually be given the opportunity by society to grow more of their own food on their own land using #Agroecological methods that also sustained and restored nature?

@jackofalltrades

Read the information I have linked to (& the weblinks) https://qoto.org/@Empiricism_Reloaded/110511036586999020

One Planet's Development is based on people living a low ecological impact lifestyle.

For example, people grow a percentage of their own food using #AgroEcological methods (methods that don't use fossil fuels and improve the local ecosystem). Also constructing buildings using locally sourced materials ((low carbon construction).

"How do you know that?"

How do I know that a lifestyle that emits less greenhouse gas emissions and restores nature is how to mitigate climate change?

One Planet Development (or, how can people mitigate climate, the majority, if people don't change their lifestyles for the better? For the healthier!)

There are evidently ways to live an ecologically sustainable lifestyle. Lifestyles that have, beyond a reasonable doubt, relatively, a much lower ecological footprint - when compared to business and lifestyles as usual.

This is how we live sustainably! https://climatejustice.social/@empiricism/110418273424332975

There is (absolutely) nothing preventing (other than ignorance, bias & corruption) political parties from developing One Planet policies that encourage people, that help rather than hinder people, to access land if the people intend to manage their land sustainably (& show the proof, the planning application, of how they will live sustainably [ish] - dependent on the culture in general. e.g., providing access to EV public transport, etc).

Evidently, the people that want to use the land to construct low-impact houses for themselves & or families, that use virtually carbon-zero construction methods, are the "net zero" carbon emissions future. Not the people that want to buy land to construct a car park or houses or farm the land using fossil-fueled machinery.

Evidently, the people that *want* to grow #food on their land using #AgroEcological farming methods, are the sustainable future. Not the people, the business-as-usual farming unions, that lobby governments so as to keep their sheep farming government handouts (monetary subsidies for unsustainable businesses).

Evidently, the people that want to grow food in ways that also restore and sustain #nature, whilst using no fossil fuels, are the future. Not the supermarkets or wood-logging corporations that fund & cause deforestation in many countries.

Evidently, the people that want to use a minimal amount of resources and power, and generate that power locally via non-local air-polluting technologies, such as water, solar, wind, and thermal renewable sources of energy, are the future. Not the fossil fuel companies and their agenda to promote plastic products.

Evidently, the people that want to travel using a minimal amount of resources and power by, for example, riding bicycles & electric public transport, are the future. Not the people that want (emphasis on want) to drive their own diesel cars or own private Jets.

The people that evidently want to sustain the long-term future for themselves & or their families, and their friends, if they're informed, understand that our business-as-usual societies are overconsuming the planet to death. The people that don't understand or in some cases don't care, may not feel concerned about, for example, species extinction rates that are being caused by over-consumerism (e.g., mining & meat).

One Planet Development depends on shrinking ( #degrowth ) the ecologically harmful polluting industries. And focusing on, & increasing (sustainable "growth") the ecologically sustainable methods (businesses & lifestyles).

To repeat the message. There are evidence-based, practical, relatively easy-to-understand ways to live an ecologically sustainable lifestyle (no doubt). https://climatejustice.social/@empiricism/110418273424332975

But, business as usual and business as usual politicians stand in our way. If we don't stop them, they will continue to ruin our chances of a sustainable future (no doubt).

For example, in the UK, the #Conservative, #Labour & #Libdems, all advocate #growth. In most countries, business establishments and political establishments all promote growth that will cause more ecological degradation and more greenhouse gas emissions. They promote more of the same neo-liberal consumerism that is causing the climate to change.

For example, to quote the #Guardian newspaper "Exclusive: If elected next year, [ Labour ] party would allow officials to buy up land at fraction of potential cost as part of ‘pro-building’ agenda.

That's a pro-growth business-as-usual agenda that will cause more greenhouse gases to be emitted, more land degradation, and therefore more climate change (and the Guardian isn't critical about this?)

To reiterate. There are evidence-based ecologically sustainable lifestyles (no doubt). https://climatejustice.social/@empiricism/110418273424332975

But, access to land (land prices) and non-fit-for-perpose planning policies are the barriers to sustainable success. And yet, the business-as-usual politicians are promoting "officials to buy up land at fraction of potential cost as part of ‘pro-building’ agenda".

Is it getting clearer why they are and will fail to mitigate climate change? (if they're not mitigated)

They're in the business-as-usual "box". So, if you are a genuine climate activist, please let these business-as-usual politicians, "think tanks", industry "leaders", "entrepreneurs", etc, know that we know they're the problem.

We are the solution to their problems https://climatejustice.social/@empiricism/110418273424332975

#ecological #sustainability #ClimateJustice #OnePlanetDevelopment #land #business #politics

#Agroecology | A paper by the #Viability project claims that many African farmers already use #agroecological practices. This deliberately contentious observation runs counter to the common idea that agroecology is not viable for African farmers.
👉 https://bit.ly/3njmxwl

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The world's largest #agroecological #transition is under way in #AndhraPradesh, #India. To support the authorities, a collaborative foresight initiative led by a #CIRAD economist is working to assess future scenarios & support the decisions to be made now.
http://bit.ly/40jBCfv

The world's largest #agroecological #transition is under way in #AndhraPradesh, #India. To support the authorities, a collaborative foresight initiative led by a #CIRAD economist is working to assess future scenarios & support the decisions to be made now.
http://bit.ly/40jBCfv

Looking forward to this new book by Dorn Cox and Courtney White:

The Great Regeneration:
Ecological Agriculture, Open-Source Technology, and a Radical Vision of Hope

...explores the critical function that #OpenSource tech can have in promoting healthy #agroecological systems, through data-sharing and networking....

brought together, there is potential to revolutionize how we manage food production... decentralizing and deindustrializing [long dominant] structures..."

https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-great-regeneration/

> That means taking on the challenge we have as humankind today to bring a halt to the #EnvironmentalCrisis. And for that, we propose a transition from an extractive industries-based investment policy to sustainable energy and to having a system of economic production that puts life at the center. That is why I have been proposing a program of #agroecological productive projects and with the idea of #FoodSovereignty being the top issue.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/6/21/first_black_vice_president_francia_marquez
#FranciaMárquez #Colombia

> ..we propose a transition from an #extractive industries-based investment policy to sustainable energy and to having a system of economic production that puts life at the center. That is why I have been proposing a program of #agroecological productive projects and with the idea of food sovereignty being the top issue. There’s more than 21 million people in #Colombia who don’t eat enough, who go to bed hungry every night.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/25/colombia_vp_candidate_announcement_francia_marquez
#FranciaMárquezMina #FranciaMina #agroecology