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The Ethiopian entrepreneur Sara Menker founded Gro Intelligence

January 7, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the NYT, an interview with Ms. Menker: The Ethiopian entrepreneur Sara Menker founded Gro Intelligence, which uses artificial intelligence to forecast global agricultural trends and battle food insecurity. When toilet paper shortages happened during Covid and everybody was running to stock up, I was like, “I don’t know why you’re stocking up. I have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: Africa, agriculture, entrepreneur, Ethiopian, famine, food, food systems, Gro Intelligence, inflation, markets, poverty, Sara Menker, toilet paper

Jane Goodall: humanity is finished if it fails to adapt after Covid-19

June 3, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the Guardian today, June 3, 2020, is an essay on the remarks from Jane Goodall about farming practices and food habits. “If we do not do things differently, we are finished,” she said. “We can’t go on very much longer like this.” She called for people to be lifted out of poverty, pointing to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Future of Work, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Compassion in World Farming, Coronavirus, COVID-19, exotic pets, factory farming, farming, food, Jane Goodall, Janusz Wojciechowski, poverty, Stella Kyriakides, tourism, traditional medicine

24 ways to lead an anti-capitalist life – Guardian News

December 12, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

24 ways to lead an anti-capitalist life

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Finanace, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Allotments, CIC, CICs, credit unions, Don’t drive, Don’t use banks, Ethical and green living, Fairphone, food, Freecycle, Go to the pub, Make your own, non-digital, Quit social media, rubbish, smallholding, Stop buying, visit the library

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