Planet Pulse
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Aptly named, Justdiggit supports local farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania and Kenya to use accessible tools, like shovels, to dig bunds—semi-circular shaped pits that help the soil capture rainwater. With 300,000 hectares under regreening, Justdiggit and their partners have already brought back over 10 million trees in sub-Saharan Africa.
Planet Pulse
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Although Africa as a whole has contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions, no continent has been more affected by climate change-induced natural disasters like flooding and droughts. By: Njeri Maina and Megan Zaroda. ZEP-RE is using satellite data insights to expand its insurance program to support over 250,000 pastoralists.
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Elemental Excelerator
OCTOBER 17, 2023
into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. The why: Soil carbon sequestration could remove 3.5 gigatons of CO2 annually by 2030.
The City Fix
APRIL 27, 2023
Many people point to forest restoration as a way to curb climate change, where replanted forests sequester carbon in trees and soils. But emerging evidence shows that restoration can provide non-carbon climate benefits, too — in particular, reducing heat and regulating rainfall. Here’s what.
Grist
AUGUST 3, 2021
Over time, they suck the soil dry of metals like nickel, zinc, cobalt, and even gold. At the midpoint of that range, a farmer would net a cool $3,800 per acre of nickel at today’s prices – which, van der Ent added, is “on par with some of the best-performing agricultural crops on fertile soils, while operating costs are similar.”.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 19, 2021
Dryad is now working on ten proof-of-concept deployments with forest owners in the US, Europe, Australia, Indonesia and Africa. In June 2021, Dryad was named as a cool vendor in Gartner’s Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification report. Mass production of the sensors and gateways will begin shortly in Germany.
Business Green
JULY 27, 2022
In all regions, we are seeing escalating climate variability: cool springs, blazing heat domes, early frosts, unseasonable rain, and more. Our growers using regenerative practices repeatedly share that their soils have a much higher water holding capacity, mitigating damage caused by heavy rainfall.
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