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Earth Day goes big & virtual again

Greenability Magazine

This Earth Day will be bigger than ever, offering the public the opportunity to join events around the world as it will be mostly virtual again in response to COVID-19. Earth Day will be celebrated with live, interactive events in Kansas City and worldwide. On the first Earth Day in 1970, U.S.

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Why Nature’s Path went ‘regenerative organic’

AGreenLiving

Why Nature’s Path went ‘regenerative organic’ Heather Clancy Thu, 05/21/2020 – 00:46 The term “regenerative agriculture” has become two of the biggest buzzwords in nature-based climate solutions. But how many farms and food companies can say they follow both regenerative and organic practices?

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The winners and losers of 2021’s greenest states report

AGreenLiving

The personal finance site Wallet Hub has released its greenest states report for 2021, just in time for Earth Day. The most heavily weighted metrics were air quality, soil quality, water quality and energy-efficiency score. Soil quality is hugely different, with Wisconsin (16th place and 65.62 Thanks, wildfires and L.A.

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The farm-to-food-bank movement rescues pandemic-related food waste

AGreenLiving

Farmers are burying onions, destroying tomatoes and grinding up heads of lettuce to return to the soil. But farmers and organizations are working to save this food and bring it to those in need. From individuals to large organizations, people are devising ways to redistribute food to those who need it.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. Vartan Badalian’s mother has a favorite story to prove that being born on Earth Day imbued him with an innate concern for the environment. For Ghislain Irakoze, it was a startup helping boost electronics waste reuse and recycling in Rwanda.

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The farm-to-food-bank movement rescues pandemic-related food waste

AGreenLiving

Farmers are burying onions, destroying tomatoes and grinding up heads of lettuce to return to the soil. But farmers and organizations are working to save this food and bring it to those in need. From individuals to large organizations, people are devising ways to redistribute food to those who need it.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

Most scientists increasingly lament the overcrowding found throughout Western forests and call for ecological thinning — the selective cutting of smaller trees and undergrowth — typically followed by intentional fires to reduce the fuel load and recycle nutrients. The idea behind Earth Day originated in California in 1969.