"Food’s Future: Nature or Technology" a 1h28m presentation to Bowen Island Library on Nov. 3, 2024, exploring the tensions
between Nature and Technology, part of a series on Food Matters, hosted by the Library and the Bowen Island Food Resilience
Society. Includes audience questions and comments.
YouTube video (1h 28min.)
"Regenerative Bowen Island: Helping to Build a Resilient Food System" A 59 minute presentation
to the Bowen Island Rotary Club on Oct. 24, 2022, based on his 2021 book,
'Pathway to Regenration: An Astrophysicist's Journey into Food, Health, Climate, and Complexity'.
The talk highlights some of Nature's biological systems underlying regenerative agriculture
and shows efforts by the Bowen Island Food Resilience Society to implement these ideas on
our island.
YouTube video (59 min.)
"The Magic of Soil" A 39 minute Youtube video presentation on
the hidden universe of soils. How a recent revolution in our understanding of soil biology
and nature's complexity points to a solution to global warming
and food security issues. An abbreviated version of two talks given at
the UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy on Feb. 6 and Mar. 22, 2017.
YouTube video (39 min.)
"How to Solve Global Warming in 39 Minutes"
If we change our current agricultural practices in response to a recent
revolution in our understanding of soil biology and nature's complexity,
we can avoid the looming collapse of agriculture on our planet and in
the process go a long way to solving global warming.
YouTube video (39 min.)
"How to Solve Global Warming & Food Security in 17 Minutes"
If we change our current agricultural practices in response to a recent
revolution in our understanding of soil biology and nature's complexity,
we can avoid the looming collapse of agriculture on our planet and in
the process go a long way to solving global warming. Understanding this
revolution is crucial to our survival. An abbreviated version of above video.
YouTube video (17 min.)
"Supplementary Soil Science Reading" to support the above videos.
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