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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. Corporate Strategy. Food & Agriculture. Biodiversity.

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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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Sustainability Marketing: How To Reach Three Kinds of Customers Of Green Products and Services

Green Business Bureau

Ethics/Caring. Ethics/Caring. With our fully compostable packaging, you’re adding soil nutrients, not paying to clog your landfill.”. Book your no-cost initial consultation at [link] (either call or use the scheduling link). Download excerpts from the book or order your very own copy (autographs available) at [link].

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These bags are made with Fairtrade Certified organic cotton

AGreenLiving

Terra Thread has taken that idea to heart with a line of bags that are sustainably and ethically produced. In fact, the mission of the company “is to create the best Fairtrade certified organic cotton bags by always being sustainable , ethical, traceable and transparent.” The reality is that it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers, Part 3

Low Impact

But small vessels have no leeway on the quota at all, whereas the large boats you can get right to the end of the calendar year before you can settle your books in terms of quota. I’m actually working with the Soil Association to help build a differentiation between low-impact, small-scale fishing and the bigger boats.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

Today, Carson’s work is widely considered the most important environmental book of the 20th century. It’s an easy way to capitalize on the ethical consumer. Greenwashing is more than a question of ethics. To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame.