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Don’t Look Down

Grist

Lenniger lives in a log cabin in Goldstream Valley, a spruce-lined swale with a rolling view of the Northern Lights near Fairbanks. Sometimes, only a thin layer of soil covers yawning craters where the ice has vanished, what Hasson calls “ghost ice wedges.” student at the nearby University of Alaska Fairbanks, or UAF.

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Hotel Sustainability & Waste Management: Reducing Food, Water and Plastic Waste

Green Business Bureau

Food waste is a global issue, releasing toxic ammonia-filled leachate and planet-warming methane into the environment. Create a food waste log to keep track of where your food waste comes from, how much and at what frequency. Her interests are in racial health disparities, sustainable food systems and the green economy.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

While millions of hectares of the island's rainforests were officially in protected areas, corruption, illegal logging, and slash and burn clearances were rife, prompting warnings that the remaining forests could disappear completely within two decades. Alongside restoration, research is also a major pillar of the RER project.