Patrick Vickers
@P__Vickers
Working towards a regenerative urban food system in London http://regenerous.co.uk
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Regens Unite London - August 25 & 26 I've participated in a lot of events, workshops, hackathons, conferences. Last year I went to an event in Berlin: Regens Unite that really left a lasting impression, the primary outcome was not information, it was relationship. Discovering…
My article now live! Sri Lanka’s untold story of resilience: Sarvodaya’s pathway can work anywhere @JOANLURIE @AnthonyAlphin @gregsc1 @ClimatePsych @cognitivepolicy @ReGenRieki @ContChange @David_S_Wilson @csageland @rahmin @ademoor @robintransition shareable.net/sri-lankas-unt…
What an incredible vision London friends - have a look!
#EastLondonWaterworksPark is a community-led charity aiming to buy the Lea Bridge Waterworks and transform it from a concrete-covered depot on the border of #WalthamForest and #Hackney into a new biodiverse park with #wildswimming ponds. elwp.org.uk
"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization 1/4
12 ways to reduce cars in cities that have *already worked*, ranked by effectiveness, from screening nearly 800 papers. Key takeaways: combine carrots for sustainable mobility + sticks to restrict cars; govt must lead. Our new research led by Paula Kuss. theconversation.com/12-best-ways-t…
Let's reimagine what a city is... We see the city as roads + cars + buildings, but underlying it all is soil that can be healthy again. Streams are buried underground or crammed into narrow degraded channels. These waters could flow again. 1/
And by understanding this process, it can be reversed through intentional regenerative design of landscapes... a growing number of us are doing exactly this today.
Destroy a 1000-yr old rainforest harbouring thousands of species, eliminating carbon storage function, changing rainfall patterns, increasing both drought and flood risk to grow palm oil to go in gummy bears is the centre of all policy. Economists and politicians call it "growth"
Yes! At last... Watch national Doughnuts changing over time. Published today: 150 countries, 1992-2015. Eye-opening & powerful work by @AndrewLFanning & coauthors. Check out the website - an incredible teaching resource... goodlife.leeds.ac.uk
As #COP26 gets underway, we invite you to explore stories & solutions around the #ClimateEmergency based on our research at the IGP Featuring work on plastic pollution, #regenerativeagriculture, #CitizenScience, clean energy & the #circulareconomy seriouslydifferent.org/what/climate-e…
Nitrogen fertilizer is the climate version of double-dipping: producing it is hugely energy-intensive and much of what’s applied volatiles to form a GHG that’s more than 100X the heat-trapping of CO2. 2/2
A quote that resonates: "'Fascism' is what white people call capitalism when they start getting treated like the colonized."
Maddening how many high profile climate voices seem to have no knowledge of SOIL as one of our best bets for bringing carbon home
Someone: "hey, why are wetlands important?" Wetlands:
Welcome to the UK We facilitate international money laundering and tax evasion Our ministers give contracts to their uni mates Our ex-PM lobbies the govt on whatsapps for his own enrichment But you can count on us to clean up corruption in those countries, over there!
Today the UK will take action against individuals involved in serious corruption around the world. Our message is clear: corrupt individuals and their enablers are not welcome in the UK.
All of these headlines within 9 days of each other. Two of them (Amazon+fires) involve tipping points which may release C02 regardless of how quickly we cut emissions
When the @DailyMailUK reports that humanity is tracking the projections of the 1972 Limits to Growth report - and notes that pursuing endless economic growth looks near impossible - then you know something is shifting in the world.... dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar… h/t @PlanB_earth
A Food #UniversalBasicService is commonly misunderstood. Come along to hear this talk about community Food as Commons to better understand the vital role of food in solidarity and community building. July 19 lunchtime eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-as-comm… @glo_pro @P__Vickers
Food provisioning, ecology, and culture were never meant to be disentangled. We must re-entangle
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