Several different innovations have been made in agricultural. Most of land-use conversion is devoted to agriculture. The agricultural sector provides an important part in reducing carbon dioxide emissions. However, the sector is face with challenges in food security, mitigating emissions, and adaptation to climate change. The current technologies only accomplish 21-40% of the mitigation target … Continue reading So what’s new?

At the UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany, negotiation goals are being discussed at the table to address climate change. In a few rooms away, artists and musicians are sharing their talents with the public as a way to spark the dialogue of art against climate change. British artist Silas Birtwistle presented his Biomimic Tree … Continue reading Connecting with Music

Opening video: Letter to non-indigenous COP  Imagine a man, armed with a megaphone, leading a rally of farmers in support of their land rights against industrial takeover. Instead of the response bullshit, bullshit sung by the dam builders against the Native’s voice, imagine being forced to eat fresh chili peppers for a week. It’s called … Continue reading Guardians of the Land

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” – Chris Maser Opening video: Land Musical Composition  Currently, the pledges under the Paris Agreement are not enough to meet the target of limiting global temperature rise to 2 … Continue reading What’s happening to the forests?

Opening Video: Agriculture  Deforestation according to the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) is the conversion of forests to agricultural land. FAO reports that deforestation occurs at a rate of 13 million hectares per year from 1990-2005. As a result of deforestation, carbon that was stored in the tress is released quickly if they are burned. According … Continue reading How does changing the land affect you?

What is climate change? Join Dr. Eri Saikawa as she answers this question. Dr. Saikawa begins the lecture with addressing the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels taken from the Mauna Loa Observatory. Charles David Keeling discoveredthe increasing levels of carbon dioxide in 1958. In different parts of the world, the carbon dioxide emissions can … Continue reading The Elephant in the Room

On October 16, I attended a lecture by Marshall Sheperd from the University of Georgia. You could say that Dr. Shepherd knows a thing or two about the weather outside. Well, maybe he knows a lot. He was the president of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in 2013 after all! Dr. Shepherd began his lecture … Continue reading Zombies, Sports, and Cola: What Do They Mean For Communicating Weather and Climate?

Look at that image above. Do you see all that green space? Would you be surprised if I told you it was the property of a Civil War general John B. Gordon? You see, this site holds a reflection of the past, it holds a history that can be told and passed down for generations. … Continue reading Symbol of Hope

How many times have you heard of that phrase “resuse, reduce, recycle.” Hands up if it traces back to elementary school! On the eve of Halloween, I decided to attend a lecture about Atlanta’s increasing steps towards improving the recycling campaign in the city. Atlanta really is the cutting edge of improve recycling efforts. Two … Continue reading Say it with me! Reuse, reduce, recycle!

Welcome to Versailles, a community in east New Orleans that has known government discrimination for far too long and can been seen carved into their faces and their lives. Versailles is a community composed of refugees of the Vietnam War. The elders never really did consider themselves Vietnamese Americans, rather just Vietnamese. The youth who … Continue reading How a community found and claimed their voice after Hurricane Katrina