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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. For example, our deepening understanding of DNA helps us discern how drugs, medication, multi-vitamins or treatment plans work differently in patients — creating a brand-new frontier, personalized medicine. Soil at the center . Poornima Param….

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

Before investing in a given carbon offset program, you need to ensure the scheme is robust and verified to the highest international standards. Yet despite a clear need, the renewable energy sector still faces financial obstacles , which is why continued investment in this sector is necessary.

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Negative Emission Technologies are Our Last Hope

Green Market Oracle

However, other NETs are ready to be deployed at scale, this includes land management practices that store more carbon in agricultural soils and forests. The study supports investments in technologies that filter out CO2 molecules from the air. Other more technological solutions need more research.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

AGreenLiving

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet Poornima Param… Thu, 08/27/2020 – 01:00 Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. Undoubtedly, soil is foundational to human life, yet we know very little about the soil itself.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. These critics argue that thinning is a ploy to increase commercial logging and that severe wildfires are critical for forest health and biodiversity. Jessie Blaeser That slow progress follows unprecedented government investment in wildfire resilience.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

We often take the land for granted, even though - or perhaps because - it is literally the foundation of everything we do, from the materials that make up our homes, workplaces, and transport systems to the source of our food, water, and medicines. Essentially, without biodiversity, we would not exist, let alone develop". Cristiana Pa?ca

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It’s also investing in professional mentorship for minorities and backing communities through $6.5 The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Citi Impact Fund investments include waste-to-fuel company, smart water management and 3D printing companies.