The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Sustainable agriculture includes a variety of practices, such as using more environmentally friendly fertilizers and pesticides, conserving water, and reducing soil erosion. It integrates three key concepts: environmental health, financial viability, and social and economic justice. Sustainable agriculture is not a new concept.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

Researcher Mark Higgins testing soil with a probe. As part of their research, the team collected soil cores down to three feet at the orchard sites: “We found high levels of arsenic persisting, more than one would expect for 50 to 60-plus years after these pesticides were applied.

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 17, 2022

Planet’s Education and Research Program provides researchers, academics, and scientists with the ability to see change on the Earth in real-time. Another challenge of our research is the integrated use of optical constellation satellite and SAR data for monitoring soil-vegetation productivity of agricultural land area.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The second instalment of the government-commissioned National Food Strategy has warned the UK must significantly reduce its consumption of meat if it wants to curb the impacts the food system is having on human and planetary health. The conclusions were also applauded by Helen Browning, chief executive of the Soil Association.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Selling the reef credits funds investments in more efficient fertilizer practices such as matching the application to the needs of specific crops and removing compact soil to decrease excess runoff, according to GreenCollar. But the high degree of rainfall in the area produces intense agricultural runoff into the ocean near the reef.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 15, 2021

Because they are specialists with formal education and proven experience, you can expect that the rates of their services are higher compared to that of tree loppers. Tree loppers, named after the tool, offer similar services as arborists, except they aren’t certified professionals and have no formal education about tree care.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

Three new stops have been added this year: Five Mile Farms uses regenerative farming practices that are more environmentally friendly for the soil and the climate. Visitors will learn about regenerative soil practices on this cattle and poultry farm. Find more information at Miami County Farm Tour.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 13, 2022

To assist, Planet is delivering analysis-ready Basemaps with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series data to help ZEP-RE measure vegetation health for an area of more than 600,000 km2 of Eastern Africa. How does that work? You may not be able to see every drop from space, but cumulatively, that captured water added up.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2014, he opened The Sioux Chef as a caterer and food educator to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area. As director of the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Center for Neighborhoods she works to engage, equip and empower neighborhood leaders to work towards a community culture of health. Improving urban soils with low-cost materials.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Such initiatives, which include a new pilot growing program from General Mills in Kansas and two financing programs from Danone, will be necessary to help farmers weather the lengthy, three-year time period it takes to transition their operations to new cover crops and tilling practices that promote healthier soil. What's the right recipe?

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Twenty-three speakers will cover a wide variety of topics, including selecting plants for pollinators, gardening for winter beauty and wildlife, principles for improving soil health, seeding and maintaining prairie plantings, native trees and plants, ecological restoration, replacements for invasive plants and green infrastructure.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2022

Another leg of support for the pilot is the free agronomic education from the Practical Farmers of Iowa as the farmers push into the unknown territory of oats. That often results in better soil health, meaning farmers can use less fertilizer. Oats are phenomenal for groundwater health," Larson said.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

MyClimate offers an extensive and diverse portfolio of carbon offset schemes, many of which focus on community education, working to improve the livelihoods of local communities while simultaneously tackling our climate crisis. The stoves have improved combustion, reducing household air pollution and the adverse health effects of this.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2022

Rather than relying on unreliable traditional growing cycles, soil health or weather conditions to grow crops, urban centres should turn to a range of tech-based solutions such as vertical farms and precision greenhouses to bolster their food supplies, while supporting and expanding community gardens and urban food forests.".

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

Land Use: MARC’s Tom Jacobs and Scott Schulte with Vireo Landscape Architects highlight green infrastructure for better soil health and stormwater retention. Watch it here. Watch it here.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Despite lower carbon dioxide emissions, the combustion of biomass can release other pollutants, including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds, which may affect local air quality and raise health concerns.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

"Too many Americans live without any affordable means of cleanly disposing of the waste from their toilets, and must live with the resulting filth," writes Catherine Coleman Flowers, an environmental health advocate, in her book "Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret," published by The New Press in November.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Trees, soils and oceans naturally store some carbon dioxide, but human activities produce about five times more than nature can handle. One-third didn't know if these products might pose a health risk, and others thought they would. It also will have to remove huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

” This goal will become reality “when everyone enjoys the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards and equal access to the decision-making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work.” times higher than the overall population.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2022

His focus is to help others do the right thing by recycling and keeping hazardous items from being buried into the earth’s soil. Eco-friendly processing will help everyone’s health. Jonathan Castaing has been in the environmental field for over a decade. Keeping mother earth clean is his passion.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Climate-friendly policy archetypes (see upper right panel of Figure 2) included investments in connectivity infrastructure (S), general R&D spending (X), education (L), clean energy infrastructure (T), and clean energy R&D spending (Y). Habitat restoration and regenerative agriculture, especially in carbon-rich habitats. Sampedro, J.,

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Every effort must be expended on reducing risks and unknowns, whether from changes in weather, crop disease, and livestock health, or fluctuating commodity and market prices, not to mention consumer tastes and regulatory requirements. Overall, soil degradation was calculated in 2010 to cost the UK £1.2bn every year.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

It’s about allowing people to live balanced lives – educated, but including physical work, close to nature. Modern, large-scale agriculture destroys soil and wildlife, and uses vast amounts of fossil fuel energy. However, in this review, I won’t go into the details of farming covered in the book.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 18, 2023

100-$300 million per year) and extended program until 2031 Types of Projects Eligibility Requirements Partner Types: Producer associations, farmer cooperatives, water and conservation districts, institution of higher education, and companies (e.g., Key Takeaways IRA adds $4.95 New or Modified Provision: Modified – the IRA provides $1.7

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The 18 works in the exhibition encompassed visual art, sculpture, film, and sound, taking visitors on a journey through forests, soils, seas, cities, and innovations. Dubbed 'Sanctuary of the Unseen Forest', by Marshmallow Laser Feast and Andres Roberts, the work in question is the very first visitors saw upon entering the exhibition.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

GRI certification is valid for two years and can be renewed by completing Continuing Education Units (CEUs). As an independent, third-party organization, GBI serves as an educational resource and certification provider for green construction projects around the world. Green Globes Professional (GGP).

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Low Impact

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

You should also build up a clear picture of the type, pH, and characteristics of the site’s soil. For a list of companies offering soil testing, or for more information on soil in your area, the Soil Association is a good source of information. Educational or training workshops on site could give an additional income.).

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

This enhanced rock weathering process forms a critical part of Earth's natural carbon cycle that, among other things, helps to make the planet habitable by keeping soils fertile and oceans alkaline. Moreover, there is evidence the approach can deliver wider benefits in terms of soil and ocean health.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

They must examine ways to decrease the use of all materials, improve resilience and minimise the negative environmental, health and social impacts associated with the extraction, use and end of life of these resources. EU policies should not simply be aimed at securing access, but also at minimising critical raw material needs.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

With that in mind, he and his team planted trees to slow land erosion, filter the air and balance nutrients in the soil. In addition, the farmer’s were educated about native plants, especially food crops that required less water to grow in the region.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

From ditching GDP as a measure of economic wealth to enhancing environmental education: BusinessGreen has rounded up all the recommendations of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity. Environmental education must be embraced. where information flows "every which way".

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

The World Health Organisation (WHO) admits that increasing human pressure on the natural environment may drive disease emergence. At the same time, we need to focus on education to tackle the root causes of illegal trading while putting in place anti-corruption investigations and prosecuting criminal networks. Taking action now.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2021

For over 20 years, the San Francisco Department of the Environment (SF Environment) has worked with San Francisco’s Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities to mitigate environmental burdens, increase accessibility of environmental programs and benefits, engage community members, and improve health outcomes.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Give each plant a thorough soaking with cool to lukewarm water, allowing the water to both wash the leaves and provide moisture to the soil. If you do not have drain holes in your planter, strain off excess water from the soil to avoid root rot. Remove any dead leaves from the plant and the soil below it.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Last year's floods, droughts, and storms hurt transport and building infrastructure up and down the country, taking a toll on public health, worker productivity, and the wider economy. There are also a number of slower-moving threats to buildings in the UK, such as the impact drying soils have on building foundations.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Drip line refers to rigid, structural piping while drip tape is thin-walled plastic tubing most commonly used in drip irrigation applications due to its adaptability to various topography and soil conditions. Further, drip irrigation minimizes evaporation from the soil which aids soil health and the important soil microbes that dwell there.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

The plan includes climate adaptation measures across seven sectors - water, agriculture, land, forestry, human settlement, health, transport, and mining - as well as measures to scale up hydropower and solar energy, improve energy efficiency and rollout electric vehicles, the according to the news site. — Patricia Espinosa C.

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