Savory Institute CEO Daniela Ibarra-Howell and Director of Research and Knowledge Management Andrea Malmberg attended the “Second Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development” conference April 23-25 in New York. Our team participated in side events tied to food security and sustainable agriculture among Continue Reading
"How Copying Nature Can Stop Desertification In Its Tracks"
Originally posted on the Responding to Climate Change Web site at www.rtcc.org on April 24, 2012. The challenge of desertification is becoming more real and brutal by the day, with the associated serious issues of global climate change, poverty, famine, drought and violence. Millions of people are suffering around the world. Traditional methods that have been employed Continue Reading
"Current Livestock Production Models Are Unsustainable"
Most livestock are predominately raised on grass the first half of their lives and put into feedlots when they are just under a year old. Feedlots are as far from a natural model as you can get with multiple layers of unsustainability. Subsidized fuel supports the production and surplus of subsidized genetically modified corn and Continue Reading
"RIO +20: Focusing on Ecologically, Socially and Economically Sustainable Food Systems"
Daniela Ibarra-Howell, CEO of The Savory Institute, traveled to New York City earlier this month to participate in RIO +20: High Level Roundtable on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture which was formed to address the urgent need for a change in agriculture and food systems. The focus of the roundtable was “Ecologically, Socially Continue Reading
"Allan Savory to Speak at Spring of Sustainability 2012"
The Shift Network launched the Spring of Sustainability 2012: Solutions for a Thriving New World series in March 2012, offering free virtual and live workshops and interviews with world-class sustainability pioneers such as Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, Hazel Henderson and many others. Our own Allan Savory will be interviewed on May 17, 2012. You can Continue Reading