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Water-to-Air Ratio – GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

An Air-to-Water ratio in such a range is important for the resilience of plants, for nutrient exchange capacity, pH buffering capability, and beneficial (aerobe) microbes. Although we are able to Gen-manipulate plants for better yield, more pest resistant, and for more stress resistance, but the nature’s laws won’t change.

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The UK Infrastructure Bank offers a once-in-a-generation chance to value natural capital in practice

Business Green

In the recent high profile report by esteemed economist Professor Partha Dasgupta that was commissioned by the government - The Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity - the key finding was clear: we must properly reflect the value of nature in our measures of economic success in order to counter the global decline in biodiversity.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication. Leisure activities: Biking, Board Games, Traveling, Hiking, Brewing(coffee and beers), and Books (science and philosophy). Alexandra (Aly) Criscuolo.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

She’s an advocate of " Absolute Sustainability, " a Quantis philosophy that challenges businesses to take planetary boundaries into account not just for carbon emissions but also for biodiversity, land use, freshwater consumption, the phosphorus cycle and the nitrogen cycle. . Lauren Phipps. Priya Mulgaonkar, 27. LinkedIn | Twitter .