Monthly Archives: June 2015

Deconstructing Indian cotton: weather, yields, and suicides
- By seed.freedom
- On June 21, 2015
[…] Annual suicide rates in rainfed areas are inversely related to farm size and yield, and directly related to increases in Bt cotton adoption.
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- By seed.freedom
- On June 21, 2015
A Floating Knowledge Archive for the Survival of People & Planet RSS Feed Widget RSS Feed Widget RSS […]
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Worldwide displacement hits all-time high as war and persecution increase
- By seed.freedom
- On June 21, 2015
UNHCR, 18 June 2015 —
Globally, one in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.
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“Laudato Si” – A 21st century Manifesto for Earth Democracy
- By Vandana Shiva
- On June 20, 2015
By Dr Vandana Shiva — ‘Laudato Si’ is first of all a call for a change in consciousness and a world view from the the dominant paradigm […]
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The Crisis: Regeneration or Degeneration?
- By seed.freedom
- On June 19, 2015
“It’s time to move beyond ‘too little, too late’ mitigation and sustainability strategies,” writes Ronnie Cummins […]
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Celebrating Soil! Celebrating Life!
- By seed.freedom
- On June 26, 2015
– Related Article Celebrating Soil! Celebrating Life! Conference, 26-27 June in Amsterdam IFOAM, 18 June 2015 Press Release HIGHLIGHTS Photo […]
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Soil, papered over
- By Vandana Shiva
- On June 19, 2015
The rhetoric for taking over food systems and seed supply is always based on ‘improved seed’. But industrial seeds are only ‘improved’ in the context of higher dependence on chemicals […]
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Encyclical Letter “Laudato Si’” of The Holy Father Francis on Care for Our Common Home
- By seed.freedom
- On June 18, 2015
[…] The same mindset which stands in the way of making radical decisions to reverse the trend […]
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Pope Francis: A new ecological Paradigm is necessary
- By seed.freedom
- On June 18, 2015
[…] We need a new ecological approach to save the planet and its inhabitants from the effects of an economic system dominated by finance […]
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West African Country Dumps Monsanto’s GM Cotton, Seeks Compensation
- By seed.freedom
- On June 16, 2015
[…] Burkina Faso in West Africa is ditching Monsanto’s genetically modified cotton.[…]
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