Bees, Trees and Seas
Defend or Die - Part 2

Special guest Dr. Reese Halter, relentless defender of bees, trees, and seas, and a lifelong advocate for the interdependent web of life, joins Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez in Part 2 of a two-part series on ‘Bees, Trees and Seas - Defend or Die.’

This video was recorded on April 13th, 2022, and published on June 4th, 2022.

Some of the topics discussed:

• How the wood pellet industry is unsustainable and how it is devastating the forests of British Columbia.
• The surprising similarity of Honey Bees to humans, an incredible and socially complex species.
• The amazing healing power of Propolis, a resinous mixture that honey bees produce by mixing saliva and beeswax.
• The tragic loss of 5,000 bee species due to climate change and the amount of nerve toxins being put into the environment.
• How 41% of the insects are missing.
• The importance of birds and their central role to life on our planet.
• How we are driving ourselves mad from all the neurotoxins we’re putting into the environment and on our foods.
• How fracking for natural gas can poison ground water.
• The abuses suffered by the indigenous communities of Western Canada at the hands of the police (RCMP) in support of the gas industry.
• The devastation to our seas from the subsidized fishing industry and their practice of bottom trawling.
• and much more. . .

Links:

• Dr. Reese Halter

• Propolis

• Propovir speeds healing

• Paul Stamets - Mycologist - Scientist

• Prochlorococcus

• At least 8 killed as major floods swamp Australia

• The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’

• Twelve-step program

Special Guest:

• Dr. Reese Halter - A relentless defender of bees, trees and seas, is a lifelong advocate for the interdependent web of life, on land and under the sea, which the human race utterly depends upon for its survival. He is a prolific writer, poet and passionate lover of The Great Mystery, Mother Earth. Curious, joyful and kind — a vegan in love with nature!

Regular Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

• Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

• Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:

• Charles Gregoire – Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum

• Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.

Attributions:

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: crowander.com

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• Image and Video Attributions