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Alarming Acceleration
of Arctic Warming Detected
Case Focus: Arctic Melt
videos: C.Christo & M.Wilkinson
Updated with new links, 2/18

E.O.Wilson: "The world is full of amateurs: gifted amateurs, devoted amateurs... Anybody can pick up information in interesting places, find new species or rediscover what was thought to be a vanished species, or some new biological fact about a species already known, and can provide that right into The Encyclopedia of Life."
NYTimes' David Pogue interview with E.O.Wilson: transcript

Dramatic new videos of methane release and a meltwater 'moulin' in Case Focus: "Arctic Melt"

Thomas Berry, theologian and environmentalist, author of The Dream of the Earth and The Great Work, died in early June at the age of 94.
From the Times obit: "Dr. Berry's books and lectures inspired a devoted lineage of academicians and environmentalists to explore the interface of religion, human nature and ecology..."
(read the NYT profile)

Jungle Reforestation The latest film from the "Report From the Forest" series, on the jungle reforestation work of Julio Arce, Professor Ethnobotany, University of Iquitos, Peru; with a focus on medicinals and other human-ally species. Watch the video here.
Case Focus: The Shipibo People

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Ecoversity is a non-profit educational center which explores and demonstrates concepts of sustainable living, ecological design, and responsibility for the wise stewardship of the Earth.
Established in 1999 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ecoversity offers a unique curriculum designed to regenerate the Earth and revitalize the human spirit.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

The Green Patriarch: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
The name "Green Patriarch' is hardly sufficient to describe this amazing man, who, while still in the grip of the tidal forces of human history unleashed by the collapse of the Roman Empire, is one of the few who really grasps the significance of the current moment for the future of humanity and Creation. His quiet and persevering influence has been great, up there with Al Gore, maybe more so. This is a powerful film on a true spiritual leader working behind the scenes to change the way humanity relates to Earth and Nature. (watch The Green Patriarch)

COP15 - Copenhagen Climate Conference Final Updates
Copenhagen- What happened? Well, The G77 developing countries staged a walkout accusing rich countries of blocking legally binding emissions reductions. US-led wealthy countries wanted close "monitoring and verification" of both progress toward emissions targets and the use of funds transferred from the rich countries to the developing nations to help them cope with climate change and to leapfrog to green energy production. There were other issues, and in the end, a face-saving US proposed initiative called the 'Copenhagen Accord' formed the centre-piece of a "deal" which was not binding in any way, and which many countries objected to.
The co-signatories to the accord agreed to "take note" of the need to keep global warming to 2 degrees centigrade or less. Some scientists consider this already a dangerous level which would see a sea-level rise of six meters (SMH: Two degrees to disaster).

This report continues on the Copenhagen Conference Updates page
BBC: Copenhagen deal: Key points
COP15 Copenhagen Accord (PDF)
Official United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Website: UNFCC

"The problem runs deeper than the issue of finding new ways to regulate the market or imposing legally binding global green house gas emission reduction targets. The real crisis lies in the set of assumptions about human nature that governs the behavior of world leaders--assumptions that were spawned during the Enlightenment more than 200 years ago at the dawn of the modern market economy and the emergence of the nation state era." - Jeremy Rifkin, in a most interesting article summarising his new book, The Empathic Civilization: Rethinking Human Nature in the Biosphere Era

Michelle Obama and Michael Pollan
on Food, Diet, and Health
Michelle Obama spoke about the importance of local fresh produce and healthy diet on the occasion of the harvest of the White House food garden which she initiated with the children of Bancroft Elementary School this last spring. Michael Pollan talks about Michelle's speech in the context of food quality as a health issue "She gave an amazing speech..." and the difficulties Obama is facing in reforming the food system. (view videos)

Vandana Shiva speaking in Santa Fe
Vandana Shiva talks about the true costs of the Green Revolution in terms of loss of bio-diversity and loss of nutritional value of the newly introduced high response varieties. Then she addresses the truly disastrous introduction of genetically modified cotton and corn and the resulting suicides among Indian farmers. (view videos)

Podcast: Fragility, Gaia, and the Evolution of Humanity
"Xavier Le Pichon is one of the world's leading geophysicists, and his pioneering research on plate tectonics revolutionized our understanding of how the earth works. He has also spent decades living in community with people and families facing disability and has emerged with a rare perspective on the meaning of humanity - a perspective equally informed by his scientific and personal encounters with fragility as a fundament of vital, evolving systems..." (podcast)

from "Bee Meditation" A new film from Kanseki, of the bees at Ecoversity.

Beekeeping 2010
You may find a schedule of 2010 Beekeeping courses here, including a description of each course. See more new bee films, including Talon Van Howten and the 2009 beekeeping courses, at Beekeeping TV

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Haiti Earthquake:
updates and how you can help

Recent Updates:
About 'RescueEcoversity'
Books of Note
Case Focus: Climate Chaos
Links and Resources
EcoVersity TV- new playlists

Ecoversity blogs:
    Biomagic   Vortex
    Heraclitus Report

Alert! Wash those 'prewashed' bagged greens- a recent survey found 39% were contaminated! (see report)

Pres. Obama Address to COP15
Watch President Obama's address to the COP15 climate conference, and other highlights and reports from Copenhagen here
Update: Watch Obama's presser answering criticism of the Conference results.

Recent Press:

Santa Fe Free Press 1/22/09
"A Hands on Campus" (pdf)

Santa Fe New Mexican 11/28/08
"A New Energy Frontier"

KSFR: Diego Mulligan Interviews
- Mar 24 2009: Diego interviews Andrew Fikiforuk, author of Tar Sands, and Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zone, with Ecoversity's RP Harbour accompanying. (download mp3)
-Interview with Ecoversity's RP Harbour and Willem Malten, 12/30/08 (mp3)
-Interview with Alphonz Viszolay 12/16/08 (mp3)

Soil, the Terrestrial Biosphere
A 5-part Ecoversity interview with Michael Melendrez on the nature of soil and techniques for soil remediation and stewardship.
Read more at the Vortex blog
Watch the interview videos

PBS Frontline: HEAT
Frontline's powerful program on human-caused global warming can be seen online here.

2010 Sustainable Opportunities Summit & Expo: March 2-4 2010
Colorado Convention Ctr, Denver
"one of the most comprehensive, progressive conferences in the industry" with over 60 speakers and 100 exhibitors.
Early bird rate until February 5
More at SOSummit.org