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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. Since then, Pepperwood has provided a model of how combining science with local Indigenous research , knowledge, and practices can restore forest health and resiliency while mitigating the growing frequency and severity of fires. But by how much?

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Review of ‘A Small Farm Future’ by Chris Smaje

Low Impact

And as Chris is so eloquently saying, it has to be built around small-scale farms contributing to local resilience, health and community. He founded Lowimpact.org in 2001, spent 3 years on the board of the Ecological Land Co-op and was a founder of NonCorporate.org. and the Open Credit Network.

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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

There is also a recognition that present-day delay in action would put the responsibility on the future generations, who will face greater vulnerability and exposure due to reduction in the climate-resilient pathways that we still have a chance to avail (IPCC “climate change report”, 33). 3. Application of Ethics.

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Crown Estate inks leases for 8GW wave of offshore wind projects

Business Green

Since its first leasing round in 2001, The Crown Estate - a collection of UK-based lands and holdings belonging to the Monarch and which manages the sea bed on behalf of the government - has invested £50m in the scheme and awarded offshore wind rights totalling 41GW.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

University of California, Berkeley Score 81.47 | Berkeley, California After the coronavirus radically shifted students’ second semesters, UC Berkeley put together more than 40 virtual Earth Month events and unveiled a Resilient Sustainability Community Fellowship. The project is pursuing SITES Silver and LEED Gold certification.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. And with this strong social conduct, AND1 thrived. However, this success delivered its own challenges.