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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

The company created a limited edition oatmeal to draw attention to the certification, which it started selling on Earth Day. Nature’s Path made the decision to seek the Regenerative Organic Certified designation two years ago, both to enrich its soil for the future and to continue differentiating its brand.

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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. For example, RC Hatton Farms in Florida has had to disk — that is, grind up and recycle into the soil — hundreds of acres of cabbage since the crop has lost its future as KFC slaw. Dairy workers are dumping milk.

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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. For example, RC Hatton Farms in Florida has had to disk — that is, grind up and recycle into the soil — hundreds of acres of cabbage since the crop has lost its future as KFC slaw. Dairy workers are dumping milk.

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A virtuous cycle: How circularity can help organisations connect with customers

Business Green

Partner Insight: First held in 1970, Earth Day has been around for over fifty years. The second was to roll out SIM cards made from 100 per cent recycled plastic. per cent of which we reuse, resell or recycle in the UK. The first was to reduce the size of our plastic SIM card holders by half.

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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.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Seattle University Score: 79.41 | Seattle, Washington After the pandemic altered Earth Day plans, Seattle U unveiled a virtual event complete with Earth Talks. The campus community diverted nearly 70 percent of all waste this past school year (up from 56 percent the previous year), thanks to student-driven recycling audits.

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