Podcasts by Hope in a changing climate - for iPod/iPhone
What is ecological restoration? How will it change lives in the developing world? Leading Open University academics Joe Smith and Vince Gauci introduce this three part film ‘Hope in a Changing Climate’ which focuses on restoration projects in China, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Local villagers work together to rebuild the ecosystem which in turn has restored their environment. By changing their farming practices and re-vegetating these barren lands farmers are significantly improving their way of life. Additional video tracks include interviews with Rwandan president H.E. Paul Kagame and the Wang Family, a success story from China
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Transcript -- Hope in a changing climate from 2009-12-08T02:49:09
A short introduction to this album.
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Transcript -- Academic introduction to the 'Hope in a changing climate' film from 2009-12-08T02:48:09
Leading academics Joe Smith and Vince Gauci discuss some of the key issues highlighted in the film.
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China's Loess Plateau from 2009-12-08T02:47:10
Loess is a thin soil. When it is dry it is whisked up into great sand storms, which blight Beijing and other cities. As part of the restoration project farmers were paid to keep their cattle off th...
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Transcript -- China's Loess Plateau from 2009-12-08T02:47:09
Loess is a thin soil. When it is dry it is whisked up into great sand storms, which blight Beijing and other cities. As part of the restoration project farmers were paid to keep their cattle off th...
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Ethiopia's re-vegetation from 2009-12-08T02:46:10
The land of Tigrai a village in Ethiopia has been degraded by centuries of subsistence farming. Eroded gulley's of dry mud show the force of floods that poured down the hillside when the rain came....
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Transcript -- Ethiopia's re-vegetation from 2009-12-08T02:46:09
The land of Tigrai a village in Ethiopia has been degraded by centuries of subsistence farming. Eroded gulley's of dry mud show the force of floods that poured down the hillside when the rain came....
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Rwanda's environmental restoration from 2009-12-08T02:45:10
Rwanda is the watershed for the White Nile and Congo river, but until now the rain water ran straight off the hillsides, eroding soil and famine became a possibility. Because the government interve...
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Transcript -- Rwanda's environmental restoration from 2009-12-08T02:45:09
Rwanda is the watershed for the White Nile and Congo river, but until now the rain water ran straight off the hillsides, eroding soil and famine became a possibility. Because the government interve...
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Rwanda's water source from 2009-12-08T02:44:10
Alex Mulisa from the Poverty Environment Initiative talks about the significance of Rwanda to the survival of the river Nile and how acting locally has given Rwandans hope.
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Transcript -- Rwanda's water source from 2009-12-08T02:44:09
Alex Mulisa from the Poverty Environment Initiative talks about the significance of Rwanda to the survival of the river Nile and how acting locally has given Rwandans hope.
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Loess Plateau's success: The Wang Family from 2009-12-08T02:43:10
Three generations of the Wang family have harvested peanuts, which grown among their carrots. Their income has risen four fold. They grow nine different fruits, vegetables and cereals. It's no long...
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Transcript -- Loess Plateau's success: The Wang Family from 2009-12-08T02:43:09
Three generations of the Wang family have harvested peanuts, which grown among their carrots. Their income has risen four fold. They grow nine different fruits, vegetables and cereals. It's no long...
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An interview with the Rwandan President H.E. Paul Kagame from 2009-12-08T02:42:10
President Kagame's looks at the way forward, 'there is no excuse for anybody to continue to cause damage to our planet'. Presidents Kagame's message is that people are the solution and that people ...
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Transcript -- An interview with the Rwandan President H.E. Paul Kagame from 2009-12-08T02:42:09
President Kagame's looks at the way forward, 'there is no excuse for anybody to continue to cause damage to our planet'. Presidents Kagame's message is that people are the solution and that people ...
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Ethiopia: Trees for life from 2009-12-08T02:41:10
Professor Legesse Negash reveals how restoring Ethiopia's mountains is of regional, national and international importance.
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Transcript -- Ethiopia: Trees for life from 2009-12-08T02:41:09
Professor Legesse Negash reveals how restoring Ethiopia's mountains is of regional, national and international importance.
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Ethiopia: all in the soil from 2009-12-08T02:40:10
Professor Legesse Negash shows John Liu how in five years he has managed to turn an old tarmaced highway into rich fertile land with organic soil and natural vegetation.
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Transcript -- Ethiopia: all in the soil from 2009-12-08T02:40:09
Transcript -- Professor Legesse Negash shows John Liu how in five years he has managed to turn an old tarmaced highway into rich fertile land with organic soil and natural vegetation.
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Transcript -- Ethiopia: all in the soil from 2009-12-08T02:40:09
Transcript -- Professor Legesse Negash shows John Liu how in five years he has managed to turn an old tarmaced highway into rich fertile land with organic soil and natural vegetation.
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Transcript -- Ethiopia: all in the soil from 2009-12-08T02:40:09
Professor Legesse Negash shows John Liu how in five years he has managed to turn an old tarmaced highway into rich fertile land with organic soil and natural vegetation.
Listen