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Why the private sector needs to invest in conservation agriculture right now

GreenBiz

soy, wheat, and corn farmers use cover crops, and only 25 percent have adopted crop rotation and conservation tillage practices, even though the country is losing more than 10 billion tons of soil each year as well as more than $50 billion in social and environmental benefits. Biodiversity. Corporate Strategy. Food & Agriculture.

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What Jeremy Leggett did next: The British solar pioneer turning his hand to 'ethically profitable' rewilding

Business Green

In between all that, and various other advisory roles besides, the 68-year-old also managed to write five books on climate and energy. The new regime will shift towards an economic rewards system that actually encourages carbon sequestration in woodlands and soils, as well as biodiversity uplift." So that's my aspiration."

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate impacts 2. Sustainability and business 3.

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Why the private sector needs to invest in conservation agriculture right now

AGreenLiving

soy, wheat, and corn farmers use cover crops, and only 25 percent have adopted crop rotation and conservation tillage practices, even though the country is losing more than 10 billion tons of soil each year as well as more than $50 billion in social and environmental benefits.

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Ethiopia’s Record-Breaking Day of Tree Planting

Unsustainable

This article is reposted from The Earthbound Report, a blog which deftly addresses equity amongst all the world’s peoples, protection of all non-human life, and ethical responses to the challenges that face our planet.) Biodiversity declines, crops fail. Tensions rise.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. This is a summary of the book ‘Kweekvlees, Fake Vlees & Pizza’s uit de Printer’ from Sebastiaan van de Water. Loss of biodiversity.

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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. Does your company have an open-book management process that allows employees to access all financial and operational data?