Dr. Gavin Kenny
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Hawkes Bay
New Zealand
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Further film progress and Jim Hansen’s visit
Over recent months I’ve played a relatively small role in helping organise part of Jim Hansen’s current trip to New Zealand. For those who don’t know him Jim Hansen is one of the world’s leading climate change scientists. Convinced by … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, Grassroots perspectives, Thailand
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Third film clip uploaded
For the past month or so I’ve been absorbed in writing or contributing to various work proposals. Hopefully I will have some success with at least some of these. Meanwhile I have continued working on my film when time has … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, Grassroots perspectives, Local resilience, Mekong river, Thailand
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Second film clip uploaded
I received some very supportive comments and positive feedback on my first clip, uploaded three weeks ago. I subsequently decided to work sequentially through my footage. This posed an immediate challenge as the next batch of film required me to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, Grassroots perspectives, Local resilience, Resilience, Thailand
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Film project update
Four years ago I began a film project to document grassroots perspectives on climate change. The journey that unfolded is documented on the Journal page of this website. Some sporadic work has been done towards developing the documentary film that … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, Grassroots perspectives, Resilience, Thailand
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Further reflections from Thailand: Learning to live with uncertainty
In my last post I talked about transformational change and referred to my Agri-Nature Foundation friends as a living example of this. It sounds radical and some may think painful. It’s only radical if you don’t feel some attunement to … Continue reading
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Back from Thailand: reflections on the need for transformational change
I’m back from Thailand and currently dealing with a chest infection. Travelling takes it toll, both on my health and on that of the planet. I live with these inconsistencies. From my arrival late on 19 October through to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, Grassroots perspectives, Local resilience, Reflections, Resilience, Thailand
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Back to Thailand
Earlier this year I had a phone call out of the blue from a friend in Thailand, Khun Wipa. I hadn’t spoken to her since 2007 when we were travelling and filming grassroots perspectives on climate change. She was phoning … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation projects, Thailand
Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, Grassroots perspectives, Resilience, Thailand
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Coastal challenges
I noticed a small article in one of the local newspapers last week, promoting an event to celebrate the Cape Coast in Hawke’s Bay (including the coastal communities of Haumoana and Te Awanga). The event is a fund-raising auction, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, New Zealand, Reflections
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Local resilience: Current happenings in the garden
For some time I’ve been intending to write about happenings in our home garden. Climate change has never been an abstract issue for me. I have a long-standing interest in self-sufficiency, local adaptation and resilience. This goes back to my … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, Local resilience, New Zealand
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Film project
A short clip from the villages of Chame and Manang in the Annapurna region of Nepal. Included is a brief interview with a local conservation officer. Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Climate change, Grassroots perspectives, Nepal
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