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Review of ‘A Small Farm Future’ by Chris Smaje

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And nothing is healthier for human bodies or for nature than local, organic food. We’d be eating in-season, local, organic food virtually all the time, apart from some preserves. And as Chris is so eloquently saying, it has to be built around small-scale farms contributing to local resilience, health and community.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

Since 2014, Pepperwood, which is not an Indigenous organization, has worked under the guidance of a Native advisory council , chaired by McKay, who is Wappo, Pomo, and Wintun, to implement such practices. Between 2001 and 2019, the U.S. The implications extend nationwide. ranked third globally in forest cover lost to fires.

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

Green Business Bureau

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. B Analytics aggregates data from B Corps and other impact-focused organizations to provide comparative analysis and best practices.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

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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.

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

Earth Day’s resilience enabled it to move to the world stage in the 1990s, paving the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ Organize a screening of Earth Day related films.

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Earth Day History: Transformation of a Celebration – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

Earth Day’s resilience enabled it to move to the world stage in the 1990s, paving the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ Organize a screening of Earth Day related films.