Instead of asking what we can extract from the land, ask what the land can sustain. He wants to count all the consequences of intensive dairying: environmental, social, cultural and economic. https://northandsouth.co.nz/2021/08/25/dairy-cows-nz-methane-emissions/ https://northandsouth.co.nz/2021/08/25/dairy-cows-nz-methane-emissions/
My presentation to the TEU Academic Freedom, Critic and Conscience Conference 31/Aug 2021
It’s a hard road taking on the critic and conscience role as an academic As a scientist I am often accused of the heinous crime of being an advocate. As a “scientist” I’m supposed to be ‘value-free’. Like a robot or an automaton. I must stick only to the “science” So as a scientist I... Continue Reading →
Mike Joy on the freshwater crisis, transcript of an interview with Keri Mills 11 March 2019
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The scale of change for landuse transition. my presentation to the 2021 EDS conference
· The NZ freshwater crisis indicators reveal the massive impact on freshwater and atmosphere of current intensive farming systems · The $ cost (externalities) of intensive dairy farming exceed the income, and allowing these externalities are left to be absorbed by the rest of society and future generations they are effectively a subsidy · This... Continue Reading →
Environmental scientist Mike Joy: We must find ways of using and wasting less
Environmental scientist Mike Joy: We must find ways of using and wasting less https://share.transistor.fm/s/c8e9c733
Freshwater for life 