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Event - Congress on Soil, Plant and Water Sciences

Green Market Oracle

The 3rd Annual Congress on Soil, Plant and Water Sciences will take place on November 11-12, 2019 at Madrid, Spain. The theme is “Invention of new significant tool for sustainable growth in soil, plant and natural resources on earth.”

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One of the biggest climate threats is the most familiar: Rain

Grist

More than 70 percent of the planet’s surface is water, and as the world warms, more water evaporates from oceans, lakes, and soils. After Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken, New Jersey, rebuilt with future storms in mind — replacing concrete with spongy surfaces and installing a 200,000-gallon stormwater tank under one of the city’s big parks.

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Flood City Fights Climate Change with Infrastructure and Social Media

Unsustainable

Development, slated for completion in 2019, is ongoing and is expected to move into additional phases. September 2019 marked the first addition of a “bioswale” to the city’s roads. inches of runoff water, according to the project specs from the Florida Stormwater Associations 2018 Winter Conference.

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From golf to gardens: Houston’s new botanical garden opens

AGreenLiving

Houston’s Clark Condon designed the garden’s planting and soil, with installation by Landscape Art. First, the garden team analyzed how long-term golfing had impacted the soil. In 2019, gardeners worked on the drainage system and specially blended soils for the garden’s different areas.

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Best of GBB in 2021: Green Businesses Leading the Sustainable Business Movement

Green Business Bureau

Previous winners in 2019 included CyberArk , School Specialty , Big Rig Wraps , Duro Cleaners and Web Hosting Canada. The large volume of gloves used in the industrial market means that often gloves are thrown into the garbage after they are soiled or worn out.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean.

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Meet the Innovators in Elemental Excelerator’s 9th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

Regenerative agricultural practices are attracting more and more attention for their ability to reduce GHG emissions and sequester carbon in healthier soils. Soil becomes degraded and exhausts its ability to sequester carbon when cattle munch the same area over and over. Ingredient platform for climate-friendly foods.