Grist

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Despite Pollan’s many pages of ‘shroom-inspired revelations in his 2018 book on psychedelic drugs , scientists at Leiden University in the Netherlands say the relationship between fungi and humans is not particularly harmonious. But we also need to preserve the soil fungi that we already have.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

Colorado State University researchers have been given the green light on a research project that they say could rewrite the book on how spent water from agricultural fields or wastewater facilities are treated and reused, and how valuable commodities could be extracted from those waters. The CSU team has received a $1.9

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Low Impact

JULY 14, 2021

There is a book in this tale that needs to be told, as inspiration for others to gain skills and work on positive attitudes. The soil in those days was dead from decades of industrial scale ‘factory without a roof’ agricultural thinking, producing food for an unthinking populace. It was fun but hard graft at the same time.

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Grist

MARCH 11, 2024

Epochs are typically stretches of several million years designated by clues left in the soil, rocks, and fossils. George Perkins Marsh , an early American conservationist, declared that humans were reshaping Earth — for the worse — in his influential 1864 book Man and Nature.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A new book deals with the psychological, cultural and practical changes many believe will be necessary to avoid climate catastrophe – or, if it’s too late to avoid it, to advance strategies of adaptation. In that sense it is intended to fill a gap in the market for books on climate change. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A new book deals with the psychological, cultural and practical changes many believe will be necessary to avoid climate catastrophe – or, if it’s too late to avoid it, to advance strategies of adaptation. In that sense it is intended to fill a gap in the market for books on climate change. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This new book, ‘A Small Farm Future’ published by Chelsea Green, outlines what a post-covid, post-capitalist society might look like, built around a repopulated countryside of small farmers. However, in this review, I won’t go into the details of farming covered in the book. But does it have to be that way?

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

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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Green Living Guy

JULY 14, 2021

Rachel Carson wrote the infamous book, Silent Spring, exposing the adverse ecological impacts of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT). The eco-conscious movement swept through the agricultural industry decades before rooftop solar panels, and electric vehicles hit the market. The popular insecticide decreased the sustainability of U.S.

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Sustainability Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

You can also use educational games, books, and movies to explain the concepts of sustainability in age appropriate ways. Older kids can learn about soil erosion by turning a few bottles into an experiment that demonstrates the impact of vegetation and how it impacts groundwater. Pssst… It takes 450 years to decompose! )

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 28, 2020

The post Greenlots announces acquisition by Shell, one of the world’s leading energy providers appeared first on Green Living, Green Living Books, Green Lighting, Green Guru. For they announced it signed an agreement to become a Continue Reading.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 10, 2022

If I had to chalk it up to concrete moments of inspiration, I would say there are three books that really shaped my path toward working in climate change. Reading this book was kind of like the moment in The Matrix when Neo is given the choice of the red and blue pill. What inspired you to work fighting climate change?

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 17, 2022

WHAT’S THE BEST BOOK YOU’VE READ OR THE BEST PODCAST YOU’VE LISTENED TO THIS YEAR? My favourite book is Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography ‘ Born to Run’ It’s an inspiring story about overcoming adversity and an unwavering passion for one’s craft.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 14, 2021

A recently published book by Still Burning , a network campaigning against coal imports to Europe and neocolonialism, explores the links between our addiction to coal and the deteriorating ecological and social conditions of communities living near mines supplying European power stations and steelworks.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Would the food consumption trends driven by the pandemic wind up as a paragraph in the history books — like the " victory gardens " of World War II — or could it lead to lasting change? Crises often present an opportunity to reimagine current systems, so I wondered: Would that happen here, with food?

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Grist

MAY 10, 2021

Brood X, a group of 17-year “magicicadas” (yes, that’s short for “ magic cicadas ”) have started to emerge from the soil all over the Eastern U.S. That’s more than enough to send them scurrying out of the soil ahead of time. America’s favorite teenagers are back. Joseph University in Cincinnati.

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Low Impact

JUNE 16, 2021

Chris joined the board of the ELC as Dave of Lowimpact left, and since then Chris has produced a book called A Small Farm Future , which we review here. Not only can large, industrial farms not feed the world in the future, they will destroy the very soils and ecology of the only planet that we have to provide food at all. 47: 277-82.

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Low Impact

MARCH 3, 2021

Organic matter is ultimately allowed to go back to the soil where it belongs, improving soil structure and nutrition. Swot up with the Compost toilets: a practical DIY guide book by Dave Darby. Get crafty with The Loveliest Loo colouring book, a unique way to learn about compost loos courtesy of Mandy Burton.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 14, 2021

A recently published book by Still Burning , a network campaigning against coal imports to Europe and neocolonialism, explores the links between our addiction to coal and the deteriorating ecological and social conditions of communities living near mines supplying European power stations and steelworks.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But the result, critics say, has been a proliferation of intensive farming practices that damage soils, nature, and the climate by ironing out as much unpredictability as possible from the natural world through pesticides, hulking machinery, and crop homogeneity. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Thank you so much to National Geographic for sending me the book called: Oceans. The Threats to our Sea and What Can Be Done to turn the Tide. oceans #protectouroceans This unique tie-in to the major motion picture Oceans—coming this April from Disney & National Geographic—explores the health of our. The post Oceans.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We can all make a change by making minor adjustments to our behavior, such as eating less meat, booking fewer connecting flights, and line-drying our clothing. Create a composting area since wasted food may enrich the soil with nutrients and lower your carbon footprint. Starving Stomachs.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 3, 2021

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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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 6, 2022

With our fully compostable packaging, you’re adding soil nutrients, not paying to clog your landfill.”. This article is condensed and adapted from his award-winning 10th book, Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World, which lays out a blueprint for creating, repurposing, and MARKETING those profitable change-making products and services. .

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 11, 2020

” Related: Donkey-drawn mobile libraries bring books to people in Zimbabwe While in operation, the kindergarten will teach children permaculture principles from the basics of soil and plant care to water harvesting techniques. The two buildings can also function as training and meeting spaces for the community.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 25, 2020

Severe droughts have caused soil fertility to decline and therefore, yields hampered. More here: How climate change has altered cocoa farming in Ivory Coast.

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Low Impact

MAY 30, 2021

This is part 1 of a conversation with John Thackara – senior fellow of the Royal College of Art, visiting professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, founder and director of the Doors of Perception sustainable design conferences, and author of many books, including How to Thrive in the Next Economy. Hello John. Good Morning. Fair question.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2022

She is the author of three books and has a Doctorate of Consciousness Studies. His focus is to help others do the right thing by recycling and keeping hazardous items from being buried into the earth’s soil. Prior to working in renewables, she worked in personal development training and coaching. Jonathan Castaing.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

And what’s worse, perverse government subsidies and regulations make it cheaper to do the less sustainable thing — burn more fossil fuels or degrade soil to maximize yields today at the expense of tomorrow. Join the Net Positive movement (and find links for where to buy the book all over the world). Solution: Price the unpriced.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The Environmental Land Management scheme (ELM) is the government's flagship post-Brexit farming subsidy initiative, which aims to pay farmers for providing a range of environmental services such as boosting flood protection, tree planting, and improving air, water, and soil quality.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In addition to enriching the soil , flax requires less energy and water to manufacture into material than cotton. Eco-friendly cookbooks Chelsea Green publishing not only provides a variety of unique cookbooks, but it is a leading publisher of books on all topics related to sustainable living.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 6, 2020

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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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lithos - the Greek word for stone - uses proprietary software to custom-deploy the basalt based on variables such as soil chemistry and crop nutrition. Usually, they're more excited about this because we replace the limestone they're using to de-acidify their soil and restore nutrients with something that can do a better job.

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Grist

MAY 12, 2020

The ability to take things for granted stems in part from ignorance, Tong writes in her recent book The Reality Bubble. In the same way, people are still largely ignoring “nature’s essential services” — clean water, breathable air, fertile soil, and much else. The labor is ‘essential,’ but the people aren’t,” Tong said.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 26, 2019

Related: Recycling can get kids free books in southern Italy The team embarked on their invention by creating an eco-friendly design using 100% recycled materials, which can be recycled at the end of the pots’ life span. To open the pots, just pull on the Bobbiny recycled cotton cord and the pot is ready for use.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

“No other tree species in our eastern landscape exerts such a widespread and profound influence on the environment and other organisms, including ourselves,” researchers who work in the Harvard Forest, Orwig among them, wrote in a book published in 2014 titled Hemlock: A Forest Giant on the Edge.

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Besides some increase in agricultural and forestry production, most natural systems that support us — like rich soil carbon and pollinator health (i.e., The prime examples of the latter are “ regenerative agriculture ” and “ holistic grazing ” which use farming and cattle to improve soil quality and sequester carbon from the atmosphere.

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