Eco-Innovation Articles From Around the World
New Developments in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): An Interview with Norman Uphoff
Source: foodtank.com Published: March 22, 2017 Norman Uphoff is a Professor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University and the Director of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs. Uphoff’s work focuses on rural development and agricultural...
Eco Kids: How to Inspire Your Kids to Go Green (Without Bumming Them Out)
Source: greenfuture.io Published: January 19, 2017 How do you teach your kids about the importance of the environment when many leaders of the free world have bitten their thumb at climate change? Well, you could take a hatchet to the television and move your family...
How to Feed the World Without Destroying the Planet
Source: ecowatch.com Published: March 31, 2017 By Cyrus Sutton Island Earth is the story of a young indigenous scientist's journey through both sides of the GMO battle in Hawaii. Groomed to work for Monsanto, Cliff Kapono had a lot to consider over the past few years....
Every Single Piece of Plastic Ever Made Still Exists. Here’s the Story
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: March 21, 2017 Diego Gonzaga, Contributor If da Vinci had drunk water from a plastic bottle when painting the Mona Lisa, that bottle would not have fully decomposed yet. From the moment we wake up in the morning and brush our...
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The Carbon Trust
Source: carbontrust.com Published: March 17, 2017 NOTE: Source page has been updated since original 2017 posting. Text below reflects the 2017 page. The Carbon Trust is an independent, expert partner of leading organisations around the world, helping them contribute...
Europe’s Renewable Energy Revolution
Source: theguardian.com Published: March 16, 2017 A lightning storm hits the Northumberland coast near Blyth, soon to be linked to Norway by the world’s longest undersea power cable. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA A tunnel under construction beneath a Norwegian...
17 Champions of Food: Knocking Out Hunger and Raising Health
Source: ecowatch.com Published: March 17, 2017 Food Tank From authors to chefs, business owners to activists, this list is a collection of change makers in every industry working to fix inequalities and problems in the food system all over the world. Their examples...
Composting
Source: blog.education.nationalgeographic.com Published: March 16, 2017 Image provided by City Compost Olivia Ries Hi! Olivia here from One More Generation! Remember how back in December I wrote about gardening and composting on my holiday list? Well, do I have some...
Project Drawdown – The 100 Things We Need to Do to Reverse Global Warming
Source: fastcompany.com Published: March 13, 2017 Illustration: Oliver Munday Paul Hawken’s new book Drawdown claims to have made a definitive list of the most effective global strategies for lowering our emissions. Don’t despair: they’re all totally achievable. BY...
Kenya Commits to Restore 5.1 Million Hectares of Land Based on New National Opportunity Maps
Source: wri.org Published: September 8, 2016 Commitment represents 9 percent of the country’s total land, shows opportunity to restore rangelands and increase quality of life for country’s poorest NAIROBI, KENYA (September 8, 2016)– The African continent has the...
Could This Be the Most Efficient Solar Panel Ever?
Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: March 15, 2017 The prototype (MIT) By Emily Matchar Solar panels have been around for a while now, but the materials they’re made from make them incapable of converting more than about a quarter of the sun’s energy into usable...
The Solution Under Our Feet: How Regenerative Organic Agriculture Can Save the Planet
Source: ecowatch.com Published: January 5, 2015 John Roulac [Editor's note: This article is part one of a two-part series. Read part two.] Many of us are now choosing to eat holistically grown foods. We want: • more nutrition from our food. • to avoid toxic pesticides...
Cows, Regenerative Farming in North Carolina
Source: yaleclimateconnections.org Published: April 27, 2016 By Bud Ward North Carolina farmer Suzanne Nelson has this thing about farming as a regenerative rather than an extractive business. She also has a thing for cows. Nelson says people should do what they love...
How Animals Impact Regenerative Agriculture Efforts
Source: articles.mercola.com Published: July 10, 2016 NOTE: Article requires a Mercola account to view By Dr. Mercola I recently visited Will Harris’ farm White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia. Harris is a pioneer of grass-fed products and what he calls “a kinder,...
WORKSHOP – Succulent Terrariums – 2014 – 2017
Are you fascinated by succulents, but haven't had the best luck keeping them alive? Or are you an avid gardener just looking for a new project? Either way, this workshop is for you! In this creative workshop, you'll get your hands dirty while learning all about how to...
Resources for Regenerative Land Use
Source: communitysolution.org Published: March 10, 2017 Regenerative Land Use is a sub-sector practice of organic farming designed to build soil health or to regenerate unhealthy soils, while democratizing access to local, healthy food and revitalizing communities....
Organic Industry to Paris: Regenerative Agriculture Is Solution to Climate Change
Source: newhope.com Published: December 5, 2015 Steven Hoffman As delegations from throughout the world gather this week and next at the COP21 Global Climate Summit in Paris to discuss how to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and increase availability of renewable...
Large-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Power Is Finally Here
Source: treehugger.com Published: March 10, 2017 © Scottish Government Offshore wind energy has been growing like crazy in the last few decades—so much so that there’s even talk of serious talk of multi-gigawatt offshore wind farms in the US in the not too distant...
Here Are the Three Main Challenges Facing U.S. Agriculture Over the Next 50 Years
Source: alternet.org Published: March 9, 2017 Written by Alexis Baden-Mayer There are three interrelated challenges facing agriculture over the next 50 years. The first is soil loss. In the United States, soil is swept and washed away 10 times faster than it is...
Dozens of Nations Back Regenerative Farming Initiative That Can Help Solve Global Warming
Source: alternet.org Published: December 12, 2015 Written by Katherine Paul, Ronnie Cummins France, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the U.K., Germany and Mexico are among more than two dozen countries that have signed on to an agreement that one day may be recognized...
Carbon Farming: Fighting Climate Change with Regenerative Agriculture
Source: gracelinks.org Published: March 10, 2017 By Catherine Elliott Lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide to a level that will avoid catastrophic climate change requires massive shifts across all industries. While industrial agriculture is responsible for high levels...
4 Levels of Regenerative Agriculture
Source: permaculture.co.uk Published: September 16, 2016 Maddy Harland What is regenerative agriculture and how can it become a global force that can transform not only farming but our economies and even climate change? Find out more about this scholarly free white...
3 Ways Regenerative Agriculture Helps Save the Planet
Source: thrivemarket.com Published: August 31, 2016 When industrial agriculture took over in India around the 1940s, many traditions related to farming and wildcrafting tulsi, also known as holy basil, were lost. But regenerative agriculture ushers in a return to...
Turning Household Waste into Hot Water, New Tech Is a Micro Power Plant for Homes
Source: treehugger.com Published: March 8, 2017 © Brunel University By Megan Treacy Researchers at Brunel University in London have come up with a technology that would turn regular household waste into fuel for heating water. Called the Home Energy Recovery Unit...
Peatlands Rescue Plan Battles Climate Change
Source: scotsman.com Published: December 19, 2015 NOTE: Requires a Scotsman registration to read. The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Picture Allan Milligan SCOTLAND’S first national park has received nearly £250,000 of new funding for vital work that will...
Biodynamic Farming Is on The Rise – But How Effective Is This Alternative Agricultural Practice?
Source: theguardian.com Published: March 5, 2017 Apricot Lane Farms is a 213-acre biodynamic and organic farm in Moorpark, California. The farm nurtures 100 different types of vegetables, 75 varieties of stone fruit, Scottish highland cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep,...
Perennial Energy Crops Could Provide Environmental Benefits
Source: news.wisc.edu Published: November 26, 2013 Agricultural buffers, like the one placed adjacent to Black Earth Creek on a farm in western Dane County, could filter runoff, sequester greenhouse gases, and provide habitat for beneficial insects while also...
Peatland Restoration
Source: eastafricasisal.com Published: March 6, 2017 What are peatlands? Peatlands, or mires, are areas of wetland that are covered by peat forming vegetation. Over thousands of years, the decomposed vegetation slowly accumulates in layers to form peat, capable of...
New Report Highlights Multiple Benefits of Peatland Restoration Around the World
Source: iucn.org Published: April 28, 2014 Photo: RSPB Europe is rich in peatlands and these important ecosystems can bring environmental, social and economic benefits for communities and wildlife alike. A new report published today highlights innovative projects from...
France Unveils New Agroforestry Plans
Source: frenchfoodintheus.org Published: January 19, 2016 As part of the 2nd National Day of Agroforestry, France unveiled new plans for developing ecologically sustainable forestry practices throughout the country. The plan aims to reduce the environmental impact of...
What is Agroforestry?
Source: naturesorganichaven.com Published: March 2, 2017 NOTE: Source Link website has invalid certificate. According to the Association for Temperate Agrofiorestry, “Agroforestry is a land management system that optimizes the benefits from the biological interactions...
Using Agroforestry to Save the Planet
Source: foodtank.com Published: May 1, 2016 Sarah Small Agroforestry—the use of trees in farming—benefits both farmers and the environment. According to a recent report by Biodiversity International, the Center for International Forestry Research, the World...
The Future of Food: How Dry Farming Could Save The World
Source: inhabitat.com Published: November 19, 2016 A dry vineyard in its early stages. Written by Greg Beach You’ve heard the line: water, it’s everywhere, not a drop to drink. Only 3 percent of the world’s water is fresh, 75 percent of which is stored in...
Irish Grower Group Hails Benefits of Agroforestry
Source: hortweek.com Published: January 22, 2016 NOTE: You need a Horticulture Week account to read the full article. Agroforestry, combining field growing with trees for timber or fruit, can meet environmental goals while maintaining or even enhancing productivity,...
Immense Benefits from Agroforestry in Rural Cameroon
Source: allafrica.com Published: January 18, 2016 By Ngala Killian Chimtom Yaounde — COMMERCIAL agriculture has received a major boost and the impact of climate change minimised in Cameroon thanks to the adoption of agro-forestry techniques by thousands of farmers....
How Drones Are Helping Design the Solar Power Plants of the Future
Source: theguardian.com Published: February 26, 2017 Kingsley Chen, the drone fleet coordinator at SunPower, demonstrates the use of a drone to survey land for designing a solar power plant. Photograph: Robert Durrell/The Guardian Katie Fehrenbacher A cottage industry...
Extending the Forest Estate
Source: pft.tas.gov.au Published: March 2, 2017 Agroforestry Program Trees grown on farmland provide a range of benefits and values to landowners and the community. Well planned tree plantings can increase farm profits by improving crop and animal growth and...
Trees Can Help UK Farming Cut Emissions
Source: bbc.com Published: January 5, 2016 Increasing agricultural yields coupled with tree planting and wetland restoration could help the UK farming industry to cut its carbon footprint By Mark Kinver Increasing yields produced in UK fields and using the spare...
Sustainable Pasture Management in Kyrgyzstan
Source: pedalingpictures.com Published: December 24, 2015 Click here to watch “Sustainable Pasture Management in Kyrgyzstan”: https://vimeo.com/143698789 During the months of June and July, we packed our backpacks, grabbed our sleeping bags, and headed for the...
Sustainable Agriculture Gains Momentum in the Puyallup Valley
Source: pccfarmlandtrust.org Published: January 28, 2016 Between 1997 and 2007, Pierce County lost nearly 23 percent of its farmland, much of it in the abundant Puyallup Valley. At this time, one quarter of the county’s farmland was slated for development. With the...
Soil Microbe Transplants Could Help Restore Damaged Ecosystems
Source: popsci.com Published: July 11, 2016 Researchers at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and Wageningen University found not only that a small amount of donor, healthy soil helped to restore ecosystems, but also that the land restored to the specific type of...
Restoration Ecology
Source: defiance.edu Published: March 1, 2017 Restoration ecology is the art and science of restoring and repairing damaged or destroyed ecosystems. With the worldwide destruction of rain forests, wetlands, old growth forests, prairies, streams, lakes, rivers, and...
Landowners Encouraged to Convert Old Farmland to Wetlands
Source: wwno.org Published: January 20, 2016 A swamp in Breton Basin. Weenta Girmay By Tegan Wendland State officials want landowners to convert old farmland to wetlands. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications for its Agricultural...
How ‘More Food Per Field’ Could Help Save Our Wild Spaces
Source: phys.org Published: January 28, 2016 Credit: SC Department of Agriculture by University of Cambridge Agricultural expansion is a leading cause of wild species loss and greenhouse gas emissions. However, as farming practices and technologies continue to be...
Grazing Along
Source: pecva.org Published: June 6, 2016 A newborn lamb with his mother and sibling. Lambing season is the only time Mike Sands doesn’t graze his sheep and cattle together. Otherwise, grazing the animals together is beneficial to their health and the farm’s soil....
Good Grazing Makes for Healthy Pastures, People, and Planet
Source: chelseagreen.com Published: March 1, 2017 In her new book, The Art of Science and Grazing, nationally known grazing consultant Sarah Flack identifies the key principles and practices necessary for farmers to design, and manage, successful grazing systems. This...
Farmers and Ranchers Making a Difference
Source: 162.242.222.244 Published: March 1, 2017 Farmers and ranchers across the country are working to fight climate change and clean our air, protect drinking water, provide habitat for wildlife and keep our agricultural lands sustainable for the future. Safe...
Amazing Grazing
Source: cefs.ncsu.edu Published: March 1, 2017 Amazing Grazing is a pasture-based livestock educational initiative that began at CEFS’ Field Research and Outreach Facility at Cherry Farm in Goldsboro and has developed into a statewide program. SimAngus cattle at CEFS...
Agroforestry and Its Benefits
Source: en.reset.org Published: March 1, 2017 CIFOR Agroforestry is the management and integration of trees, crops and/or livestock on the same plot of land and can be an integral component of productive agriculture. It may include existing native forests and forests...
A Park That Makes Room for Wildlife, Farms, and Cities
Source: earthisland.org Published: August 3, 2016 Canada’s Rouge National Urban Park embraces a diversity of landscapes Kinjal Dagli-Shah A valley with 10,000 years of human history is evolving into Canada’s first national urban park, with urban being the operative...
Can Conservation Agriculture Combat Climate Change in Tropical Regions?
Source: rothamsted.ac.uk Published: November 4, 2016 Conservation agriculture (often termed CA) is often claimed to lock up (“sequester”) carbon in soil and thus contribute to the “mitigation” of climate change. Scientists at Rothamsted Research, which is...
A Boon for Soil, and for the Environment
Source: nytimes.com Published: May 17, 2016 At a farm in Peru, charcoal from bamboo burned in special ovens is used to fertilize the soil. Carbon farming is seen as a way of replenishing depleted farmland and helping reduce damage to the environment. Credit/Enrique...
22 Organizations Working to Restore Soils in 2016
Source: foodtank.com Published: March 1, 2016 Stephanie Van Dyke According to the recent United Nations report, Status of the World’s Soil Resources, the world can ameliorate soil degradation if more sustainable practices are promptly implemented. The U.N. Food and...
Dell Packaging Made from Recycled Ocean Plastics, an IT Industry First
Source: environmentalleader.com Published: February 22, 2017 Dell is the latest company to turn ocean plastics into new products and packaging as businesses increasingly address the problem of plastic waste — and see potential in creating circular supply chains and...
Watch This Truck Roll Out Solar Panels Like A Carpet
Source: businessinsider.com Published: November 6, 2015 A company patented technology that can roll solar panels out like a carpet — and it’s amazing. Called Roll-Array, the technology can be towed by any 4X4 car, like a Range Rover or Land Rover. It was...
Engineer Creates A Device Capable of Producing Drinking Water in the Desert
Source: minds.com Published: February 23, 2017 Spanish inventor, Enrique Veiga, has created a machine that condenses water from the atmosphere into drinkable, filtered water. The machine runs on the same amount of electricity a domestic washing machine would use and...
The Drinkable Book
Source: waterislife.com Published: February 15, 2017 A book You don’t want to put down! In partnership with Dr. Theresa Dankovich from Carnegie Mellon, WATERisLIFE introduced The Drinkable Book™, the first-ever manual that provides safe water, sanitation and hygiene...
What Happens When A School District Reduces Meat and Dairy Consumption?
Source: treehugger.com Published: February 22, 2017 CC BY 2.0 US Dept of Agriculture By Katherine Martinko The Oakland Unified School District has concluded a two-year experiment and discovered savings, both environmental and financial. The closest thing we’ve got to...
The Positive Impact of Conservation Agriculture
Source: agprofessional.com Published: January 3, 2017 Jenya Shandina takes to podium to share One Acre Fund stories, goals and successes. Photo by Sarah Goellner Kathryn Cawdrey wrote this as a guest editor for AgWeb.com. Conservation agriculture is critical for...
Stanford Engineers Designed a Low-Cost Battery for Storing Renewable Energy
Source: collective-evolution.com Published: February 20, 2017 By Alexa Erickson Stanford University researchers have created a new battery that could change the way we look at renewable energy storage forever. The team used urea, an affordable, natural, and...
Scaling Up Conservation Agriculture in Zambia
Source: ec.europa.eu Published: February 22, 2017 “When we harvest maize, we leave the stalks in the field. Parts of these stalks are eaten by the livestock. The fibrous part which is not eaten by the animals adds nutrients to the soil but, at the same time, when it...
FAO Introduces Conservation Agriculture to Mitigate Climate Impacts
Source: thejakartapost.com Published: October 17, 2016 Soe, South Central Timor | Mon, October 17, 2016 Agriculture breakthrough – Teachers from state vocational school SMK Negeri 1 Soe show their students how to clear land using a conservation agriculture system...
Dutch Tidal Power Developer Launches 20-Year Project at European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney
Source: scottishenergynews.com Published: February 22, 2017 Tocardo Tidal Power has launched a planned 20-year commercial demonstration project at the European Marine Energy Centre with the arrival of its InToTidal system at Kirkwall in Orkney. With the installation...
Building a Sustainable Future: A History of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa
Source: cimmyt.org Published: June 23, 2016 Drought is increasingly common in Malawi, leaving an estimated 3 million people in need of urgent humanitarian food assistance this year alone. However, more than 400 farmers and their families in Balaka, southern Malawi,...
What We Can Learn from Trees
Source: nationalgeographic.com Published: February 21, 2017 By Cathy Newman Photographs by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/magazine/rights-exempt/2017/03/Trees/trees-outside-desert-tree.adapt.676.1.jpg Bristlecone Pines | Inyo...
NOAA Helps Save Nearly 100 Wetland Acres for Michigan Restoration
Source: oceanservice.noaa.gov Published: February 21, 2017 Muskegon County made the wetlands purchase with the aid of NOAA funding. Let the Restoration Begin! Wetlands restoration within the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern will focus on problems such as sediment...
Mitigating Climate Change Through Coastal Ecosystem Management
Source: thebluecarboninitiative.org Published: February 21, 2017 The International Blue Carbon Initiative is a coordinated, global program focused on mitigating climate change through the conservation and restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems. Coastal...
Coastal Wetlands Save Millions in Storm Damage
Source: fondriest.com Published: October 31, 2016 Coastal wetlands can dramatically reduce property damages from catastrophic storms and hurricanes. (Credit: Tom Blagden / University of California, Santa Cruz) By Daniel Kelly Scientists at the University of...
Are ‘Blue Carbon’ Projects a Win for the Climate and the People?
Source: e360.yale.edu Published: November 3, 2016 Saly Sarr wades among recently planted mangrove trees searching for fish. Winifred Bird/Yale e360 By Winifred Bird Standing calf-deep in the warm, brackish water of Senegal’s Saloum Delta, Saly Sarr points to a mass of...
50,000 Oysters Being Installed in Jamaica Bay to Help Improve Water Quality and Protect Wetlands
Source: nyc.gov Published: September 6, 2016 50,000 OYSTERS BEING INSTALLED IN JAMAICA BAY TO HELP IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND PROTECT WETLANDS Oyster beds will be composed of broken porcelain, harvested from recycled toilets as part of City’s Water Conservation Program...
Solar Powered Sailing Yacht Helios Concept for Young Designer of the Year 2015
Source: tuvie.com Published: February 17, 2015 Solar Powered Sailing Yacht Helios has been developed for Young Designer of the Year 2015 contest organized by Boat International Media. The performance fly-bridge ketch Helios is an innovative and sustainable 55-metres...
Why Are Wetlands Important?
Source: epa.gov Published: February 17, 2017 Wetlands are important features in the landscape that provide numerous beneficial services for people and for fish and wildlife. Some of these services, or functions, include protecting and improving water quality,...
When is Composting Better Than Recycling?
Source: earth911.com Published: June 9, 2016 Madeleine Somerville It’s a testament to our increased awareness of waste management and environmental issues that we now often have several options at hand when it comes to getting rid of things that have outlived their...
Project Oscar
Project Oscar Source: boston.gov Published: February 17, 2017 Project Oscar is Boston’s 24-hour community compost pilot program. Named after the Sesame Street character, Project Oscar compost bins give communities a place to drop-off residential food scraps for...
Federal Street School Composting Starts with A Bang
Source: recorder.com Published: November 18, 2016 Recorder Staff/Tom Relihan Amy Donovan of the Franklin County Solid Waste District shows Federal Street School fourth-grades Jayden Tyler and Shelby O'Leary a bin that will be used to collect food waste from lunch for...
Composting is Grounds for Change on Alaska Flights
Source: blog.alaskaair.com Published: May 5, 2016 By Marianne Lindsey, Staff Writer Marianne Lindsey Alaska Airlines serves up 37,000 cups of coffee a day on its more than 900 daily flights, brewed using more than 250,000 pounds of Starbucks coffee each year. Ensuring...
Coastal Wetlands Offer Millions of Dollars Worth of Hurricane Protection
Source: upi,com Published: October 26, 2016 "The results are relevant for many other areas such as San Francisco Bay, where we have lost 85 percent of historic wetlands and face grave risks from future flooding," said researcher Michael Beck. Wetlands offer...
Coastal Wetlands of the Great Lakes – Bringing People Together to Protect These Unmatched Natural Resources
Source: lccnetwork.org Published: March 30, 2016 Sprinkled throughout the Great Lakes region, coastal wetlands provide much needed places for fish and wildlife to live. If you enjoy fishing or eating fish from the Great Lakes, or clean drinking water, you are...
World’s Largest Solar Panel Facade Powers Danish School
Source: ecowatch.com Published: February 16, 2017 By Lorraine Chow Copenhagen International School's new building in the Nordhavn district features the largest solar facade in the world. The 12,000 solar glass panels can generate 300 megawatt hours of electricity per...
The Smog of the Sea
Source: thesmogofthesea.com Published: February 16, 2017 The Smog of the Sea chronicles a 1-week journey through the remote waters of the Sargasso Sea. Marine scientist Marcus Eriksen invited onboard an unusual crew to help him study the sea: renowned surfers Keith...
Is This A Solution to The Food Waste Problem in The U.S.?
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: February 13, 2017 By Warren Cardinal The ECOS/Bio-ART technology is the answer to all of the problems associated with organic garbage that the United States is facing. Food waste is a serious problem in the United States,...
Hair Can Be Used to Clean Up Oil Spills
Source: thehindu.com Published: February 16, 2017 Oil coats the nooks and crannies along a strand of hair rendering it useful for clean-ups, says Lisa Craig Gautier Lisa Craig Gautier talks about the use of human hair in oil spill management. MatterOfTrust.org, an...
The Living Machine Laboratory
Source: abava.com Published: February 21, 2017 Eric Arneson At Antonia Bava Landscape Architects we have had the privilege of designing and overseeing ongoing maintenance for the landscaping within the Living Machine at the LEED Platinum SFPUC Administrative Office...
In the Sierras, New Approaches to Protecting Forests Under Stress
Source: e360.yale.edu Published: February 13, 2017 Giant sequoias in Sequoia National Park. Tuxyso/Wikimedia By Janet Marinelli In California’s Sierras and around the world, extreme drought and rising temperatures are killing trees and threatening the viability of...
Our Waste Could Help Reverse Climate Change
Source: sfexaminer.com Published: August 31, 2016 If California funds new composting facilities, more cities could divert waste, more farmers and ranchers would have access to compost and more rangeland could be covered. (Courtesy photo) By Robyn Purchia A few years...
Helping Farmers Expand Composting in the County
Source: mocofoodcouncil.org Published: December 9, 2015 by Montgomery County Food Council Did you know that food scraps account for approximately 23% of the County’s overall waste stream? And did you know that there are new state standards that allow farmers to use...
What We Can Learn From San Francisco: Recycling, Composting and Zero Waste
Source: envisionfrederickcounty.org Published: March 28, 2016 BY JOCELYN MERCADO Mystery-Seedling-Cropped-500w I recently visited San Francisco, California—what an incredible city! With its diverse blend of cultures, beautiful vistas, and incredible food, what’s not...
Reducing the Impact of Wasted Food by Feeding the Soil and Composting
Source: epa.gov Published: February 14, 2017 Composting is the fifth tier of EPA's Food Recovery Hierarchy. Even when all actions have been taken to use your wasted food, certain inedible parts will still remain and can be turned into compost to feed and nourish the...
The World’s First Airport Potato Farm at JFK
Source: inhabitat.com Published: February 11, 2017 by Yuka Yoneda JetBlue launched the T5 Farm in 2015 as an experiment in urban farming that pushes the boundaries of the local food movement. Click here to watch “A Tour of JetBlue's Farm at JFK Airport...
One Man’s Mission to Expand Composting in Chicago
Source: chicagotonight.wttw.com Published: August 18, 2016 Alexandra Silets | If you live in the city, you may think it’s hard to compost. Compost is rich soil created by naturally recycling organic material. But there’s one man who is trying to make it easy. He’s...
How Carbon Farming Can Reverse Climate Change
Source: ecowatch.com Published: May 21, 2016 Union of Concerned Scientists Are there agricultural practices that might offer more potential than the ones commonly discussed in the “carbon farming” conversation? In a companion post, I wrote about what the science tells...
Carbon Farming in Vermont
Source: nofavt.org Published: June 28, 2016 Rachel Fussell Sitting in the 100-year old Farm Barn at Shelburne Farms during a two-day course on Carbon Farming with Eric Toensmeier, I couldn’t help but ponder how simple life’s decisions must have been for the folks who...
Carbon Farming in Santa Barbara
Source: cecsb.org Published: September 8, 2016 Nicole Wald On Thursday, September 8, CEC’s CEO/Executive Director Sigrid Wright spoke at the California Adaptation Forum on a panel about the potential to implement “carbon farming” techniques on a large scale in Santa...
Carbon Farmers Of Australia Pty Ltd (CFA) Have Been Pioneers In The Farm-Based Offsets Industry
Source: carbonfarmersofaustralia.com.au Published: February 9, 2017 The Principals of Carbon Farmers of Australia have been pioneers in the farm-based offsets industry. Experience counts. Carbon Farmers of Australia is one of the only Regionally based Carbon Trading...
Scientists Solve Ocean ‘Carbon Sink’ Puzzle
Source: ecowatch.com Published: February 8, 2017 iStock By Robert McSweeney The oceans are a hugely important "carbon sink," helping absorb CO2 emissions from human activities. Without them, CO2 would accumulate more quickly in the atmosphere, raising temperatures...
Saving the World from Catastrophic Climate Change
Source: organicconsumers.org Published: March 2, 2016 By Courtney White Editor’s note: This article was written for Regeneration International, a project of the Organic Consumers Association, by Courtney White to explain how the latest soil science supports France’s 4...
Reinventing Farming in a World Fighting Climate Change
Source: 21stcentech.com Published: November 19, 2016 Photo credit: Ricardo Romero By lenrosen4 November 19, 2016 – Who would have thought that if a farmer planted more trees on cropland that the end result would be enhancing our fight against climate change. Or that...
Nation’s First Solar-Powered, Glow-in-the-Dark Bike Lane Protects Cyclists at Night
Source: ecowatch.com Published: February 8, 2017 Lorraine Chow Texas A&M students, teachers and staff no longer have to worry about cycling the campus’ busy Bizzell and Ross intersection at night thanks to an innovative glow-in-the-dark bike lane. The university...
India Looks to Battery Storage to Supplement Its Solar Boom
Source: indeseem.org Published: March 14, 2016 Image Source: Green Tech Media Written by: Mike Stone. Posted on: March 14, 2016 For the first time ever, India is putting out the call for energy storage developers. The state-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)...