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resilienceSci on Twitter- resilienceSci: RT @BSRnews: To feed the world, don't grow more--use existing resources better. Great @ensia piece on #waste: http://t.co/pDaQ95JtGz by @Gl… May 25, 2013
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- resilienceSci: Fun end to SRC Futures panel with a good discussion on ingredients & potential for a "good" #Anthropocene. May 24, 2013
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- resilienceSci: @MichaelSchoon1 I put the "good" in quotes - but gave some criteria that could be used to define good May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: @MichaelSchoon1: indeed, that is a critical question and is being discussed during the panel May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @MichaelSchoon1: @vgalaz @sthlmresilience @FredrikMoberg @resilienceSci @gustafr good for whom? May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: So Prof Peterson says criteria for a good Anthropocene is that it is: Fair, Prosperous, Sustainable, Resilient and fun May 24, 2013
Tag Archives: Jon Foley
The Anthropocene: spread of an idea
The Anthropocene, the idea that the entire planet has become a social-ecological system, is now being discussed in the mass media. Three recent sightings… 1) The Economist has a feature story A man-made world: Science is recognising humans as a … Continue reading
Posted in Regime Shifts
Tagged anthropocene, Earth System Science, Erle Ellis, Jon Foley, Ruth DeFreis, social-ecological systems
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Jon Foley argues for resilient integration of industrial and organic agriculture
Jon Foley argues for the integration of industrial and organic agriculture to meet the challenge of rising demand for agriculture production in a turbulent world in Room for Debate Blog on Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger? … Currently, there … Continue reading
Farming the World for Food and Feed
Croplands and pastures cover about a 1/3 of the Earth’s ice free surface. Foley et al in their PNAS commentary Our share of the planetary pie illustrate the uses of this agricultural production. Their map shows the percentage of crop … Continue reading
Posted in Ecosystem services, Visualization
Tagged Chad Monfreda, feed, food, Jon Foley, map, Navin Ramankutty
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Is the Arctic Already Lost?
Is the home of polar bears, seals and Inuit communities already doomed? asks Jon Foley in Tipping Points in the Tundra a recent commentary Science. According to him, several recent sources of evidence show that feedback mechanisms seem to be … Continue reading