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Beekeeping relieves land degradation in Kyrgyzstan
UN warns corporate lobbying blocking food reforms
Large agri-business and food producers are stifling efforts to improve global and environmental health.
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Mt. Fuji eco-village connects to a greener world
In the shadow of Japan's famed peak lies a sustainable community cultivating over 250 organic crops.
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Agriculture and food systems unsustainable
A new report assesses the environmental impacts of food systems and indicates dietary changes are needed if we are to slow the damage caused by agriculture.
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The tea forests of Yunnan
Mangjing Village's tea gardens show that traditional cultivation systems can both support local livelihoods and conserve biodiversity.
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A Thousand Suns: the view from Ethiopia’s Gamo Highlands
Externally driven agricultural pressures threaten an ancient and sustainable way of living.
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The secret is in the soil
Organic gardener and social entrepreneur John Moore explains that the secret to healthy life is in healthy organic soil.
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Resilient Bangladesh: Mapping local solutions
This second video of the series shows how the people of Bangladesh are tackling local problems like less predictable rainfall.
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Sands shifting for Africa’s nomadic herders
Huge areas of land used by pastoralists in Africa have been lost to sedentary farming and conservation.
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Greetings from Satoyama
Satoyama systems symbolise a pure integration of environmental, economic, cultural and social links between humans and nature.
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A taste for organic food
In countries like Germany, organic food production is booming, as is the population's awareness about food sustainability.
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Roots that bind
After volunteering with Guatemalan farmers, Adam Darragh believes bottom-up approaches to development and deforestation can succeed.
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Harvest time in satoyama
The idea of satoyama embodies particular views about nature and its integration with lifestyle, cultural values and resource management practices.
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How much oil do Americans eat?
Michael Pollan's recent open letter to Barack Obama outlines why and how America's diet and agriculture need to shift away from a reliance on cheap oil.
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Outcome from the Toyako Summit
It appears that substantively not much was achieved at the G8 Toyako Summit, especially in relation to climate change.
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Welcome to Our World 2.0
Our World 2.0 is a webzine and video brief series from UN University focusing on climate change, oil, food and biodiversity.
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Africa and climate change
For the depth and breadth of climate challenges that Africa faces, the country needs frontier science and entrepreneurship.
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