Biodiversity, International Day, Sustainability
Year of first observance. % Of our global soils are degraded. Theme is “Soils and pulses, a symbiosis for life”. Soil is an essential resource and a vital part of the natural environment from which most of the global food is produced. At the same time, soil provides...Climate Change, Food & Cuisine, International Day, Short < 10m, Sustainability
Fertile soil forms the foundation of our modern societies. Although we should be doing everything we can to sustain it, when we look around us, we see a very different story. Both political initiatives and local actions are necessary to secure the access to food and...
Food & Cuisine, International Day, Short < 10m, Sustainability
‘You Are What You Eat’ by Formidable Vegetable Sound System. Written by Charlie Mgee. Animated by Igor Coric. A BigFish production. Song available from music.formidablevegetable.com.au. A short music video produced for the 2015 International Year of Soils....Biodiversity, Climate Change, International Day, Short < 10m, Sustainability, Water
The film is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, German, French, Portugese, Turkish, Arabic, Italian and English subtitled. This animated film tells the reality of soil resources around the world, covering the issues of degradation, urbanization, land grabbing and...
International Day, Sustainability, Video
The trailer for the new documentary film, Growing Cities, about urban farming in America. Host a screening at:growingcitiesmovie.com/screenings Home DVD now available from First-Run Features: goo.gl/gAR9FK Or to download from the iTunes store:...
Climate Change, Fairtrade, Sustainability, Video
One example of how a cooperative in Peru is working to minimise the impacts of climate change on their livelihood. The coffee farmers of Sonomoro Cooperative in Northern Peru have seen dramatic weather changes in their region. Unpredictable rainfall, increases in...
Human Rights, Post 2015 Agenda, Short < 10m, Society, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Teaching Resource, TED
What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an...
