AGFO talk 25 april 2019.
Många har inte ens hört talas om regenerativt jordbruk, men vad är det då som gör att stora mataktörer som Danone och General Mills väljer att satsa på det? Kan det regenerativa jordbruket vara framtidens hållbara jordbruk?
Ekosystemens roll för en uthållig produktion på lokal nivåSIANI
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Hanna Wetterstrand beskrev hur vi överskrider eller redan har överskridit planetens gränser på 9 viktiga områden där jordbruket är en bidragande faktor . 60% av jordens städer som kommer finnas 2050 har ännu inte utvecklats och den snabba urbanisering förväntas sprida ut sig på den bästa jordbruksmarken – en jordbruksmark som behövs för att föda den växande stadsbefolkningen. Hanna avslutade med att lyfta fram ekosystemtjänsternas betydelse och vilket värde dessa har genom att illustrera effekterna den pågående bi-döden (som förorsakats av bekämpningsmedel). Mer än 2/3 av den mat vi konsumerar idag är beroende av pollinering och med den omfattande bi-döden måste man nu i flera länder pollinera manuellt.
(In Swedish) this slide pack explains how the ITK voluntary currency works - how it needs no clearing and how it can be used to drive projects where there are no resources available to get started.
1) The document describes land degradation issues in several regions and initiatives to address them.
2) In Northwest Zimbabwe, overgrazing has led to soil erosion, inability to hold water, and increased drought and flooding. The African Centre for Holistic Management mimics grazing patterns to reverse degradation.
3) In Eastern Cape, South Africa, lowered water tables caused soil loss and food insecurity. The Living Lands initiative restored land through tree planting, river restoration, and sustainable practices.
The document describes a simple model of the global carbon cycle using an analogy of a bathtub. It notes that 8 units of carbon are added to the atmosphere per year and this inflow is increasing, while 3 units drain into the land and oceans but this outflow is starting to clog. As a result, the level of carbon in the atmosphere rises by 5 units per year and is already higher than any time in the last 650,000 years. There is debate around whether carbon levels must be reduced immediately by 10% or if a 10% increase can be tolerated for another 16 years, but the conclusion is the same - the inflow of carbon must be reduced by around 80% to prevent catastrophic overflow.
The document summarizes Hong Kong's environmental levy scheme on plastic shopping bags which began on July 7, 2009. The scheme aims to encourage citizens to bring reusable bags by charging 50 cents for each plastic bag provided by prescribed retailers over 200 square meters or with 5 or more outlets. In the first two years, plastic bag usage decreased 27% while non-woven bag usage increased 96%, showing the scheme was effective at reducing plastic waste. However, issues around enforcement, evasion of fees, hygiene concerns and changing personal behaviors remain challenges. Recommendations to address these include recycling programs, stronger laws, incentives and more education.
Explaining resilience and how to measure it in your communityStephen Hinton
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After explaining the concept of the resilient municipality the deck walk through the steps to profiling the municipality on a common good matrix using capital and values as a framework
This document discusses the need to shift from a "culture of fear" to a "culture of safety and sufficiency" in order to address issues like climate change and economic instability. It proposes focusing on local economies through the "Five P's" - Place, People, Products, Projects, and Payment systems. This approach aims to change the underlying narratives that fuel negative cultures based on scarcity, competition, and powerlessness. Local initiatives bringing people together around food, skills sharing, and celebration can help combine aspects of a "danger culture" focused on risk with a "peace culture" focused on community and positivity.
Market based incentives to drive circularityStephen Hinton
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This document provides an overview of market-based instruments for advancing the circular economy. It describes how the economy can be viewed as a set of bathtubs with money flowing between citizens, enterprises, government and municipalities. Various types of market incentives are discussed, including subsidies, taxes, fees and trading schemes. The document emphasizes that instruments work best when implemented holistically to address market failures and incentivize circular products and services while ensuring a just transition. Upstream levies on extraction and imports are recommended, and research is needed on indicators to measure the effects of these market-based approaches to circularity.
The economy as bathtub: a simple explanationStephen Hinton
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The document presents an analogy that conceptualizes the economy as a system of circulating money between citizens, enterprises, governments, local authorities, and banks. It describes how money is added to the system through bank loans for things like houses and cars. However, it notes that much debt has accumulated as people have borrowed more than they can repay. It then discusses potential ways to tackle unemployment, such as citizens spending more or implementing incentives for more hiring, but acknowledges there are many objections to consider regarding actual implementation.
Instead of seeing how we live as being a burden on the Earth, and the dire prospects of having to give up comfort, AVBP explores how tell the story of how to reverse the trend with a positive, feasible view of a sustainable future in a city?
The Story of the Humanitarian Water and Food AwardStephen Hinton
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Shows what we are all about - finding innovative, sustainable initiatives that are changing food insecurity to laying the foundation of peace and prosperity.
The Humanitarian Water and Food Award's view: if the business of your business is not resulting in food on the table and roof over the head then that business has no business doiing business
Sustainable Economic Growth with pollution feesStephen Hinton
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This presentation presents an overview of the Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation's Flexible Fee Mechanism for creating a transition to the sustainable society while retaining economic stability.
The document introduces several members of the Selection Committee for the 2012 Humanitarian Water and Food Award. It provides brief biographies for each member, including their name, a quote, background and qualifications. The members are experts in fields like environmental security, peace and conflict resolution, engineering, water and sanitation, human rights, food security, and disaster relief.
Arno Rosemarin: Flexible fees workshops workshop sept 15 2011Stephen Hinton
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Can a flexible fee mechanism be applied to stave off shortages of phosphorous and secure food production in the next two decades? Input from Dr Rosemarin, with extensive experience in this area.
Självgående version av presentationen vid Cramo Instant's seminarier om Framtidsskolan och deras flyttbara lokaler för skolor, daghem, äldre vård mm. Argumentet är att satsning på Business as Usual är hasardspel givit energi-, klimat -och ekonomi situationen.
Flexible fees from a strategic sustainability perspectiveStephen Hinton
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This document discusses strategic sustainable development and flexible fees from The Natural Step framework. It proposes that flexible fees, when combined with robust sustainability principles, can help accelerate the transition to sustainability by providing both incentives and funding. However, further exploration is needed regarding assumptions, objectives beyond resource flows, and policy landscape improvements. The Natural Step framework takes a systems perspective and provides a unifying structure to guide strategic planning and indicator development from local to global scales.
(In Swedish) presented at the Nordic Council of Minister's workshop on sustainable consumption and production, it gives a bakground to the idea of charging progressively more for substances and activities that pollute.
The document discusses Nordic cooperation on sustainable consumption and production. It outlines focus areas for an SCP working group such as resource efficiency, environmentally driven markets, and cleaner technologies and innovations. Specific priorities are mentioned like policy instruments for eco-design, public procurement, and using procurement to promote cleantech and energy efficiency in construction.
Describes how governments can put flexible emission fees into place to rapidly transistion from the polluting society without harming the overall economy.
Presented first at the FUTURE PERFECT festival in Sweden, this slide deck give insight into the history and current status of the village being established in Sweden called Änggärdet (Eng Yairdet),
Eco village culture to and industrial economy city culture r1Stephen Hinton
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The document compares life in an industrial economy city to an eco-village. In an industrial economy city, people live in large buildings built by others far away using materials shipped in. Food comes from large, processed corporations. Interactions are limited and decisions are made by distant elites. In an eco-village, people build their own homes and community together from local materials. Food is produced and consumed locally and seasonally. Everyone knows each other and makes decisions collectively. Work follows natural rhythms rather than constant activity.
Market based incentives to drive circularityStephen Hinton
Ìý
This document provides an overview of market-based instruments for advancing the circular economy. It describes how the economy can be viewed as a set of bathtubs with money flowing between citizens, enterprises, government and municipalities. Various types of market incentives are discussed, including subsidies, taxes, fees and trading schemes. The document emphasizes that instruments work best when implemented holistically to address market failures and incentivize circular products and services while ensuring a just transition. Upstream levies on extraction and imports are recommended, and research is needed on indicators to measure the effects of these market-based approaches to circularity.
The economy as bathtub: a simple explanationStephen Hinton
Ìý
The document presents an analogy that conceptualizes the economy as a system of circulating money between citizens, enterprises, governments, local authorities, and banks. It describes how money is added to the system through bank loans for things like houses and cars. However, it notes that much debt has accumulated as people have borrowed more than they can repay. It then discusses potential ways to tackle unemployment, such as citizens spending more or implementing incentives for more hiring, but acknowledges there are many objections to consider regarding actual implementation.
Instead of seeing how we live as being a burden on the Earth, and the dire prospects of having to give up comfort, AVBP explores how tell the story of how to reverse the trend with a positive, feasible view of a sustainable future in a city?
The Story of the Humanitarian Water and Food AwardStephen Hinton
Ìý
Shows what we are all about - finding innovative, sustainable initiatives that are changing food insecurity to laying the foundation of peace and prosperity.
The Humanitarian Water and Food Award's view: if the business of your business is not resulting in food on the table and roof over the head then that business has no business doiing business
Sustainable Economic Growth with pollution feesStephen Hinton
Ìý
This presentation presents an overview of the Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation's Flexible Fee Mechanism for creating a transition to the sustainable society while retaining economic stability.
The document introduces several members of the Selection Committee for the 2012 Humanitarian Water and Food Award. It provides brief biographies for each member, including their name, a quote, background and qualifications. The members are experts in fields like environmental security, peace and conflict resolution, engineering, water and sanitation, human rights, food security, and disaster relief.
Arno Rosemarin: Flexible fees workshops workshop sept 15 2011Stephen Hinton
Ìý
Can a flexible fee mechanism be applied to stave off shortages of phosphorous and secure food production in the next two decades? Input from Dr Rosemarin, with extensive experience in this area.
Självgående version av presentationen vid Cramo Instant's seminarier om Framtidsskolan och deras flyttbara lokaler för skolor, daghem, äldre vård mm. Argumentet är att satsning på Business as Usual är hasardspel givit energi-, klimat -och ekonomi situationen.
Flexible fees from a strategic sustainability perspectiveStephen Hinton
Ìý
This document discusses strategic sustainable development and flexible fees from The Natural Step framework. It proposes that flexible fees, when combined with robust sustainability principles, can help accelerate the transition to sustainability by providing both incentives and funding. However, further exploration is needed regarding assumptions, objectives beyond resource flows, and policy landscape improvements. The Natural Step framework takes a systems perspective and provides a unifying structure to guide strategic planning and indicator development from local to global scales.
(In Swedish) presented at the Nordic Council of Minister's workshop on sustainable consumption and production, it gives a bakground to the idea of charging progressively more for substances and activities that pollute.
The document discusses Nordic cooperation on sustainable consumption and production. It outlines focus areas for an SCP working group such as resource efficiency, environmentally driven markets, and cleaner technologies and innovations. Specific priorities are mentioned like policy instruments for eco-design, public procurement, and using procurement to promote cleantech and energy efficiency in construction.
Describes how governments can put flexible emission fees into place to rapidly transistion from the polluting society without harming the overall economy.
Presented first at the FUTURE PERFECT festival in Sweden, this slide deck give insight into the history and current status of the village being established in Sweden called Änggärdet (Eng Yairdet),
Eco village culture to and industrial economy city culture r1Stephen Hinton
Ìý
The document compares life in an industrial economy city to an eco-village. In an industrial economy city, people live in large buildings built by others far away using materials shipped in. Food comes from large, processed corporations. Interactions are limited and decisions are made by distant elites. In an eco-village, people build their own homes and community together from local materials. Food is produced and consumed locally and seasonally. Everyone knows each other and makes decisions collectively. Work follows natural rhythms rather than constant activity.
1. Hur påverkar Svensk matförsörjningen klimatet?
Fossilt bränsle står för kanske 27%
av det totala. Resten kommer från
marken (47%) och djurhållning
(26%)
Energiåtgång Bostad Bilen Biffen
Diagrammet visar att mest energi
av de tre bas områden läggs på
maten och mest sparpotential
ligger där
Siffror: Folke Günter holon.se
43% av
energin i
matförsörjning
kommer från
fossilt bränsle
Om jordbruket svarar för 6% är
det sannolikt att
matförsörjningen jord till bord
ligger under 10% av det totala
klimatpåverkan
Endast 33%
används till
primärproduktion
Hur minskar vi matens
klimatpåverkan bäst?
• Ät maten från där du bor - direkt
från bonden - 6%
• Laga själv - 3%
• Undvik produkter från idisslare 17%
MEN. Det är inte resilient. 56% av energin som
används jord till bord kommer från el, hälften
av vilken kommer från icke förnybara källor
Kalkylen tar inte in
energianvändningen från jord
till jord. Hela avfall och toalett
hantering har utelämnats.
Ställgödsel behövs för
jordbruket så djuren kan inte
undvikas. EKOENHET Design
visar den mest resilienta
lösningen.
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