The Vegetarian Myth, Lierre Keith
YouTube Video What we eat is destroying both our bodies and the planet, according to author Lierre Keith, a recovering twenty-year vegan. While she passionately…
Month: August 2024
Deep Nutrition: Eating the Way We Used to Eat, Catherine Shanahan MD
YouTube Video “Nature knows Best,” says Cate Shanahan, M.D. “Just eat the way people used to eat….” For their book Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes…
How to Green the World’s Deserts and Reverse Climate Change, Allan Savory
YouTube Video “Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,” begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it’s…
Making of the Fittest: Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture
YouTube Video As maturing mammals stop drinking milk, they lose the ability to digest milk. There is only one animal where, in some individuals, the…
Evolution of the Human Diet, Leslie Aiello
YouTube Video Anthropologist Leslie Aiello followed the evolution of human nutrition from our earliest ancestors to the modern day, drawing attention to the diversity in…
Biomarkers Commonly Included in Human Allostatic Load Indices
Handout An easy reference document that breaks down the various biomarkers that are used to assess allostatic load categorised as follows: This resource is related…
Homeostasis and Feedback
YouTube Video Homeostasis and feedback are themes for physiology – but why? This video will explain what homeostasis is, what happens when homeostasis is lost…
Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System, Donella Meadows
Article Folks who do systems analysis have a great belief in “leverage points.” These are places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a…
Essence of Permaculture, David Holmgren
Article The word permaculture was coined by Bill Mollison and myself in the mid-1970’s to describe an integrated, evolving system of perennial or self-perpetuating plant…
Dynamic Systems Theories, Esther Thelen and Linda B. Smith
Article Dynamic systems is a recent theoretical approach to the study of development. In its contemporary formulation, the theory grows directly from advances in understanding…