Originally from Far North Queensland, Ichsani Wheeler is a young scientist as well as a mad keen gardener, lover of worms, fungi, and all lowly compostable things. With a succinct soft spot for home made aquaponics systems and soil that smells good enough to eat she has a long standing passion for agriculture, the environment and pragmatic approaches to the challenges of sustainability. After graduating from a Bachelor of Land and Water Science she worked as an environmental consultant to the design and development industries. Her project experience primarily focused on designing natural storm water treatment systems, waterway rehabilitation and urban design. Returning to take-up a PhD in 2009 examining soil carbon sequestration on farms she is committed to highlighting the importance of healthy, functioning soil as vital to a healthy, functioning society. TEDxDubbo focused attention on what we call FACETS --Food, Agriculture, Climate, Energy, Topsoil and Sustainability. These FACETS are actually potent ideas shared by everyday people with an interest in these disciplines. In many of these topics there is an awareness campaign; the aim of bringing our community together united against catastrophic failures in our food-chain, environment and health. It is worth mentioning that we are also indebted to our natural systems for our economic wealth. Failures in Food, Agriculture, Climate, Energy, Topsoil and Sustainability are not just a local issue -- they are a global concern ...
Follow: @SlateViral, Facebook.com/SlateVideo Watch: YouTube.com/Slatester, SlateV.com Our population growth and impact on ecosystems is driving our home planet to a tipping point, and a grave future that may not include us. That's the message argued by 22 environmental experts in a new paper published in Nature this week. If not dealt with immediately, the scientists say a "state shift" on Earth will be inevitable, leading to sweeping biosphere changes that will include mass extinctions. The report—released ahead of the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro later this month—says by 2025, 50 percent of Earth's land will have been altered by man, destroying essential natural environments needed to sustain life. And that moment just 13 years from now could be the beginning of the end of life as we know it. Pointing to soaring global emissions, the collapse of North Atlantic cod fisheries and pine beetle devastation of western forests, the report says if we don't act now, we could see devastation in a matter of a few human generations. If the predictions are true, climate change deniers might live long enough to eat their words after all ... assuming there's enough to go around.
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