Terraforming

• In the Tudor period, it was fashionable for wealthy households to employ and enjoy black musicians, particularly within the royal courts.
• During subsequent centuries spanning the Tudor, Stuart, Georgian and Victorian periods, there were many prolific black musicians in Britain.
• With Windrush, however, came new forms of music, which were emerging from the music scene across the Atlantic.
• This article is part of our Windrush 75 series, which marks the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush arriving in Britain.

Rise of the sound system

• Thanks to soundmen (those who own or manage a sound system) such as Count Suckle, Duke Vin, Lloyd Coxsone and the recently deceased Jah Shaka, sounds became an important cultural possession for black people.
• Since the mid-1970s, the name Jah Shaka has become synonymous with Rastafarian roots music, dubwise and Marcus Garvey’s black consciousness … Shaka sound system was a vital part of London black life.
• Despite the rising tide of racism during this time, the music played on sound systems began to gather patronage from both black and white youth subcultures.
• Grime’s sonic origins flow through the musical practice of the black diaspora, namely hip-hop, reggae (particularly dancehall) jungle and UK garage, whilst Jamaican and UK sound system culture and practice also had a significant influence.

• Terraformation, a global reforestation company, has launched the Seed to Carbon Forest Accelerator, the worlds first biodiversity-focused, carbon-funded forest accelerator program.
• The new forest accelerator will help meet this need by providing forestry teams with the tools to launch restoration projects and succeed at scale.
• The carbon buyers and companies who provide early financing to accelerator cohorts lock in access to the premium-quality carbon credits the projects generate.
• The company hosts a forest carbon accelerator, supporting early-stage forestry teams to launch, build, and scale biodiverse reforestation projects.

• The Alliance will initially focus on inadequate seed supply as a barrier to reforestation at scale.
• New research published today by Terraformation sheds light on the significant scale of upgrades required in the worlds existing seed banking infrastructure to meet global restoration goals.
• Against this backdrop, Terraformation has published The Global Seed Bank Index, the first global review of seed banking infrastructure.
• The Alliance will first focus on seed supply, connecting forestry groups with the funding, technology and training to establish local seed supplies and enable biodiverse reforestation at scale.

• At Climate Week NYC, Climate leaders across businesses, government entities, NGOs, and academia will convene at The Nest Summit Campus, a dynamic five day gathering with solutions-focused content and community activations focused on driving climate action
  NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nest Summit Campus, the Official Event Partner of Climate Week NYC, today announced the speakers and agenda for the 2022 event.
• The agenda will explore five key thematic programs:
  More than 70 leading speakers are expected.
• Looking ahead to the event, Britton Jones, Founder & CEO of The Nest Summit Campus, says, "The Nest Summit Campus seeks to build a long-term movement for solutions-driven innovations and collaboration.
• The Nest Summit Campus, the official event partner of Climate Week NYC, is a climate action platform mobilizing climate-committed doers and thinkers from leading companies, NGOs, government, academia, and the community at large.