Antarctic Ice Missing, Arctic Peatlands Expanding, Nuts to Feed the World and more
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of climate change on Arctic peatlands, sustainable food production through nut trees, and features an interview with activist Amy Bowers Cordalis about her family's advocacy for the Klamath River.
Also, recent findings that peatlands are expanding northward as the Arctic warms might sound like good news, since peat has powerful carbon storage capabilities. But it takes millennia for peat to sequester large amounts of carbon, while we are burning fossil fuels far more quickly than the Earth can absorb. And much of the world’s staple crops of corn, wheat, rice and soy are grown in huge monocultures that disrupt ecosystems and require massive amounts of fertilizer, pesticides, fossil fuels and water. The author of ‘Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food’ offers a more sustainable vision of food production. She shares how nut trees can offer alternative sources of starch, protein and healthy fats that integrate well into local ecosystems and can help feed a growing population. -- Don’t miss the next virtual Living on Earth Book Club event on Tuesday, July 14 at 5 pm PDT / 8 pm EDT! We’ll talk with Yurok activist and attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis about how multiple generations of her family have advocated for the protection of Northern California’s Klamath River, a crucial habitat for salmon and the lifeblood of the Yurok tribe. Her book is The Water Remembers: My…
People in this episode
Host: Living on Earth
Guest: Amy Bowers Cordalis
Topics covered
- climate change
- food production
- sustainable agriculture
- peatlands
- nut trees
- environmental advocacy
Keywords
- climate change
- peatlands
- sustainable food
- nut trees
- Klamath River
- environmental advocacy
- carbon storage
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food, The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family’s Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life
Places: Northern California, Klamath River, Arctic, Antarctic
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