Local Food Systems: Making Visible the Invisible Through Urban Agroecology

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The world is going through the second wave of urbanization. Although cities still occupy a relatively small area, they are the main consumers of natural resources, energy and water. And in general, they depend for their food, on resources from outside. The economic and bioecological crisis such as the economic one, the social one, pandemics, war or clime change, have faced cities with unexpected problems but also with new perspectives. Likewise, the advance of industrial agriculture nearby urban areas generates other types of impacts. The intensive use of agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers, especially in developing countries but also in developed countries, impacts the socio-environmental health of urbanites. Making visible the invisible and the immeasurable—through tools such as ecological economics–puts under a comprehensive umbrella, a set of ecological, social and economic aspects that urban societies had not perceived until now such as greening of cities, the recovery of ecosystem services and restoration of “brown lands” or the relevance of food self-sufficiency production.

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Apicultura Orgánica

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En la actualidad el incremento de la producción orgánica, se ha producido por la preferencia a
el consumo de productos orgánicos, ya que los consumidores optan preferentemente por llevar
a su mesa productos en los que en su proceso productivo no se empleen productos químicos.
Además de considerar que en el proceso de producción se implementaron prácticas amigables
con la conservación del ambiente.
¿A que llamamos apicultura orgánica?
Cuando la miel es obtenida a partir de un sistema de producción sustentable en el tiempo,
mediante el manejo racional de los recursos naturales, sin la utilización de productos de síntesis
química y estas características pueden ser claramente identificadas por parte de los
consumidores a través de un sistema de certificación, estamos hablando de Miel Orgánica,
Ecológica o Biológica.

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The regenerative farm working to improve soil without fertilizers

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Lettuces are sprouting, the wildflowers are in bloom and a buzzard is circling above the meadow on a sunny spring day at Huxhams Cross Farm near the village of Dartington in Devon. From the top of a hill, Marina O’Connell can survey most of the 15 hectares (37 acres) she has dedicated the past six years to transforming.

When she took over running the farm in 2015, she recalls, the farm contractor called this a “miserable bit of land”. Now the fields and hedgerows buzz with wildlife, and young farm workers chat as they sow carrot seeds and plant out early spinach. Further downhill, chickens peck about near polytunnels full of vegetables and soft fruit.

This idyllic spot has been completely redesigned, and indeed reborn, since it was bought by the charitable community benefit society the Biodynamic Land Trust, with the goal of creating a sustainable and “regenerative” agricultural system.

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Halfway to COP27: Are Governments Delivering on Their Climate Promises?

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Climate change is the biggest challenge of modern times. Our ‘Climate Ambition Report’ covers insights from our experts across the globe, representing 24 regions. It recalls the promises that were made in the lead up to, and during COP26, to assess the progress which has been made across various jurisdictions – and whether ambitions have been turned into concrete action.

Key findings from the report:

  • Climate change impacts our planet in different ways depending on the region. While extreme weather events are becoming more common globally, some regions are battling droughts and forest fires, while others are suffering from storms and flooding. This means policy, regulatory and legislative responses differ between countries.
  • The EU and UK continue to lead the way on climate ambition, but this does not mean that they are taking sufficient steps to keep global warming below 1.5˚c.
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La rebeldía de Julieta Fierro la llevó a ser investigadora de la UNAM

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Cuando era niña, Julieta querí­a ser mamá de doce niños, cirquera e incluso hada. Ninguna de las tres se cumplió. Sin embargo, si realizó una fantasía al estudiar fí­sica en una época cuando las mujeres no asistían a la universidad.

De hecho, se convirtió en una mujer pionera en la carrera de física, sólo tenía tres compañeras más y ella logró terminar. Su rebeldía la llevó a convertirse en investigadora del Instituto de  Astronomía de la UNAM y una reconocida divulgadora de la ciencia.

Su mamá murió cuando ella tení­a 13 años. La encomienda de su padre fue que ella y su hermana mayor se quedaran en casa para cuidar a sus dos hermanitos y ser amas de casa.

En aquella época las mujeres no estudiaban, pero surgieron algunos conceptos sociales subversivos que empoderaron a las minorí­as: el comunismo, que pregonaba el derecho a la educación, el trabajo y la salud digna para todos.

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