Weekly Mulch: When Will Our Water Be Clean?

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog.

Let’s not miss the opportunity for these environmental tragedies to serve as a call of action to both our country, and the global community, towards a focus on a safer, healthier, and stronger planet.

While we have been the greatest influence on the state of our planet, we are also the only ones that have the power to do something about it.

This is the first in a two-part series about Nourishing the Planet co-director Danielle Nierenberg’s visit with COMACO in Zambia. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

The environment and climate change can be a complicated web to understand, but becoming informed on the issues that face our planet today, each of us can become a passionate advocate for a better world.

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

Richard Haigh runs Enaleni Farm outside Durban, South Africa, raising endangered Zulu sheep, Nguni cattle (a breed indigenous to South Africa that is very resistant to pests), and a variety of fruits and vegetables.

Cross posted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

Richard Haigh doesn’t look like your typical African pastoralist. Unlike many Africans who grew up tending cattle, sheep, goats, and other livestock, Richard started his farm in 2007 at the age of 40. He quit his 9–5 job at a nongovernmental organization and bought 23 acres of land outside Durban, South Africa.

Today, farmers and breeders alike have a greater respect for Mozambique’s indigenous seed varieties. Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet.

Climate change is just one way in which human activity is affecting life on the planet. The enormous growth in our population has had some serious side effects other than on climate.