June 2024

9th Annual Videos Issue

Above video excerpts from: Running Up for Air, Patagonia Films; Ariel Investments at 40; Can Vertical Meadows Bring Green Back to Our Cities? Nature on PBS; Unveiling Bee-Inspired Pollination Innovations for Higher Crop Yield, Biomimicry Institute; Undammed: Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis and the fight to free the Klamath, Patagonia Films; GM CEO Mary Barra talks the future of EVs, leadership, crisis management and culture with Yahoo Finance.

Welcome to our 9th Annual All-Videos Issue. Before we explore this special collection of films – there is big news at GreenMoney: We are turning “250” next month, so keep an eye out for our commemorative 250th issue in July!

For June, the GreenMoney team has curated a collection of compelling stories and discussions – recent films that feature a range of visionaries from corporate executives to everyday people who’ve acted on the urge to question the status quo and then committed their lives to making something better.

Our All-Videos issue is one of my favorites each year. I hope you find these stories as engaging and inspiring as we do. Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome.

If you missed the “Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture issue last month – you can still read the timely columns on weather’s impact on Regenerative Ag investing, Fair Trade supply chains and monetizing local food systems. Seth Goldman’s article, From Honest to Just: How Coca-Cola’s Fumble with Honest Tea Turned into an Unexpected Gift was one of our most read articles ever

Finally, take some time to enjoy what matters most to you this summer, as the busy fall season will be here soon enough. You can stay up to date on forthcoming global conferences on GreenMoney’s Events Calendar

I look forward to seeing many of you at the US SIF Conference in Chicago later this month!

Cliff Feigenbaum, founder/publisher

 

AI for Nature, Climate and Beyond: How New Tech Is Transforming Sustainability

GreenBiz 24 – How much can technology do to regenerate nature and biodiversity? Will AI transform how we confront climate change? What solutions are available now, what’s coming and what is just hype? Experts from across sectors help separate propaganda from problem-solving.
Speakers: Molly Wood, Founder, Molly Wood Media; Elizabeth Hunter, COO & Co-founder, Treeswift; Millie Chapman, Postdoctoral Fellow & Core Team, National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis & Climate Change AI; Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft 18:05, April, 2024

Pachamama Alliance Earth Day 2024 with Lynne and Bill Twist, Janine Benyus and indigenous partners from the Rainforest

The Pachamama Alliance equips people around the world with inspiration and training to regenerate the planet’s ecosystems, bring justice to their communities and restore our relationships with the Earth, each other, and ourselves. In 1995, Bill and Lynne Twist traveled deep into the Amazon at the invitation of Achuar leaders to partner with them to preserve their land and culture but to also change the dream of the modern world. Learn about their 25 years of accomplishments in forest protection and economies, ecotourism, human rights and more. 19:22, April 2024


Unveiling Bee-Inspired Pollination Innovations for Higher Crop Yield

Biomimicry Institute / Ray of Hope Prize finalist – Reliance on honeybees for commercial pollination presents major challenges for growers, especially as local pollinator populations decline. To address this, the pioneering startup BloomX has developed devices like the Robee and Crossbee to mimic the different pollination strategies, like bumble bees’ buzz pollination and honey bees’ electrostatic pollination. By embracing such technology, we can reduce dependence on commercial honeybees, mitigate disease spread and ensure abundant food production for the future. 1:55, March 2024

Café Y Aves

2024 DC Environmental Film Fest winner

Smithsonian’s National Zoo – Coffee farms in Colombia exist in some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. However, agriculture is putting pressure on that biodiversity that is causing catastrophic declines in migratory bird species. Farmers are working alongside Smithsonian scientists to come up with solutions that will be better for birds AND coffee. 14:24, September, 2023


Undammed: Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis and the fight to free the Klamath

Patagonia Films – After witnessing a massive fish kill on her ancestral home waters, Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis dedicated her life to reversing the generations-long destruction wrought by the Klamath River dams. Undammed follows her journey, from testifying before Congress to passing down fishing traditions within her young family. Now that the Klamath dams are finally coming down, she remains confident that the future of her tribe is bright. “It’s not a test,” Bowers Cordalis says of the largest dam-removal project in US history. “It will work.” 17:19, March 2024 Director/Producer: Shane Anderson Directors of Photography: Maya Craig, Seth Hahn Original Score: William Ryan Fritch Editors: Will Miller, Shane Anderson Sound: Daniel Smith


Can Vertical Meadows Bring Green Back to Our Cities? | Wild Hope

Nature on PBS | Wild Hope – As urban expansion quickly replaces natural habitats, façade engineer Alistair Law has discovered a new way to restore native ecosystems for pollinators and create natural spaces for us all within cities – by turning the walls of buildings into meadows. Alistair has developed his “Vertical Meadows” as a way to combat biodiversity loss in the heart of cities like London. To do it, he’s targeting the vertical surfaces of buildings and installing seasonal living walls of plants that are native to the region, grown directly on-site. Alistair is joined by Scarlett Weston of BugLife at a vertical meadow in full bloom in downtown London. 7:10, October 2023



 
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