Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

This confirms our long-held view that in order for AD projects to be fully sustainable, both economically and environmentally, the entire process must be considered and optimised. Many studies into the value of AD only look at the value of the energy or biomethane produced by the plant.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 21, 2023

Study found that in some cases up to 77% of fertiliser spread on UK soil went into atmosphere Some nitrogen fertiliser types spread on UK farmland are ending up in the atmosphere, with the worst offenders emitting on average 18% of the applied nitrogen fertilizer as ammonia gas into the air. of the applied nitrogen fertiliser types.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2023

How can we sustainably feed our growing population as the climate changes? As climate change affects weather patterns and soil health, agricultural productivity could decrease substantially. The microbiome of cropland soils could be manipulated to accelerate soil carbon sequestration.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In documents filed at the High Court, the group argue that the EA acted unlawfully by abandoning a previous commitment to legislate on toxic sewage sludge by 2023 – a problem they have acknowledged presents a risk to human health. Worse in fact, as the sludge poisons the soil before seeping into waterways. The rules are at fault.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 21, 2024

Factors including a European shortage of available seeds and tree-stock, changing climate, changing soil conditions and low seedling survival rates are negatively impacting reforestation efforts at historical estates like Blenheim.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The restriction would hopefully prevent further groundwater and soil contamination and health risks for people and the environment. ECHA says it has investigated the environmental and health risks posed by the use of PFASs in firefighting foams at the request of the European Commission. Info session on 5 April.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

online on Putting Hope into Action with featured speakers on seed diversity, resilient living, herbalism and social change, food insecurity, human health and soil health, native plants and pollinators, perennial agriculture and more with farmers, The Land Institute and KC Farm School’s Let’s Grow Wyandotte.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Three quarters (71%) do not think the industry is currently equipped to deal with the challenges of climate and nature loss, at the same time as sustainably producing food. The research also reveals over eight in ten people (86%) want to support farmers who are creating wildlife habitats and restoring soil health.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This diverts the wastewater from Spring Creek and allows the soil to act as a natural filter for any chemical residuals that remain in the wastewater (image credit: Heather Preisendanz, Penn State). Treated wastewater effluent is sprayed at Penn State’s beneficial reuse site, the “Living Filter.” Veith, agricultural engineer, at the U.S.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It supports and sustains animal, and plant life by regulating the flow of water, greenhouse gases, nutrients and energy. It more clearly shows how human activities like farming, mining, forestry and industry can contaminate water, cause soil erosion, and pollute the atmosphere.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Doug Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope, Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens. The post Plan It Native landscape conference goes virtual appeared first on Greenability Magazine. To learn about additional native plant resources, visit Deep Roots KC. Photo: Tom Schroeder.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The ‘living wall’ at the University of Plymouth’s Sustainability Hub. The study, conducted at the University of Plymouth, centred around the Sustainability Hub – a pre-1970s building on the university campus – and compared how effectively two sections of its walls retained heat.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

Today’s decision will put the health of UK rivers at even further risk. Approximately fifteen thousand people wrote to Mark Spencer, the Farming Minister, asking him to provide more support for farmers, healthy wildlife, and unpolluted soils and rivers – instead of another year of banned, toxic chemicals.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Most brownfield sites have physical health hazards, such as uncovered holes and unsafe structures. On brownfield sites being redeveloped the disposal of waste soils often amounts to significant costs, which are often not fully accounted for during the preconstruction phase. ”

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

With an impact that extends for days, weeks and even years after the flames subside, they impede progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals and deepen social inequalities: People’s health is directly affected by inhaling wildfire smoke, causing respiratory and cardiovascular impacts and increased health effects for the most vulnerable.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Organic and peat-free compost is a critical weapon in the fight to return organic matter to heavily farmed soils, create greater growing sustainability locally and for reducing the use of peat in horticulture – with the massive carbon savings that also entails.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The key outcomes are expected to include: improvements in soil health and its carbon sequestration potential; enhanced biodiversity; reduction in synthetic fertiliser use; enhanced water quality; and improved farmer livelihoods. The ambition is for the barley grown to be used to brew beautiful tasting Guinness.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Humans are increasing nitrogen loading at unprecedented rates that now exceed sustainability of the Earth’s vital ecosystems,” said Brian Lapointe, senior author and research professor, FAU Harbor Branch.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released on 7 October by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Forests are crucial for the health and economies of our planet, but they must be better planned, managed and monitored to ensure sustainable benefits for people as well as nature,” he said. Professor Marshall’s principal paper lists 15 essential advances for science to help restore the world’s forested landscapes.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Increase support for nature friendly farming to secure a sustainable future for British farming and nature. The estimated cost to UK farmers of soil degradation alone is £1.2 The estimated cost to UK farmers of soil degradation alone is £1.2 To secure a sustainable future for British food and farming, we need more nature.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

In my annual review of big themes in sustainability and business — in other words, how companies manage environmental and social issues and opportunities — I’ve always included a changing climate as a big story. With that broad context, let’s look at 8 fascinating developments in sustainability from 2019. People are taking notice.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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. Managing, Reversing, Neutralizing and Contributing to Climate Change.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

CHIST-ERA project, called Transient Electronics for Sustainable ICT in DigitaL Agriculture, is led by researchers from the University of Glasgow and supported by colleagues in Canada, Finland, Poland and Switzerland. Supercapacitors provide a sustainable, non-toxic alternative for conventional batteries. McGill University in Canada.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

This, in turn, will reveal more about the diversity of bugs and seeds above ground, and the richness of life in the soil. Three separate remote sensing digital technologies will detect, identify, and quantify varieties of invertebrates and birds in correlation to flowering plants that they rely on.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

. “Waste water treatment plants discharge large volumes of water that decrease the quality of limited fresh water resources,” says Dominique Narain-Ford, PhD candidate at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, and lead author of the study. This can pose serious health risks.”

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

Sustainability challenges in agriculture Outdoor agriculture (pasture and cropland) occupies around half of the planet’s habitable land, and so-called modern agricultural practices have enabled the production of increased food volumes at relatively low prices. Water can be recycled, and pesticides are almost completely unnecessary.

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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. The post Hear local experts discuss climate issues appeared first on Greenability Magazine. Watch it here. Watch it here.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

Established in 2015, the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals address global challenges related to poverty, inequality, climate change and justice. Number six of the 17 goals is to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.”. Engineering sustainability. Social value.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

IPM is a science-based field of study and systems approach to protecting crops, livestock, landscapes and infrastructure from pest damage with the least environmental, health and economic risks. Growing food sustainably is about more than buying special labeled products or applying only naturally derived substances.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

An example of a pit latrine, where human waste is deposited in the soil where nature is able to safely sanitise it (image credit: Dr Simon Willcock, Bangor University). This includes pit latrine waste that gradually filters through the soil — a natural process that cleans it before it reaches groundwater.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Andrew Griffiths, Head of Value Chain Sustainability, Nestlé?UK&I. AD and biogas are also recognised to contribute towards nine of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Carlyle Khan, Deputy General Manager, City of Toronto. Pawel Kisielewski, CEO, CCm Technologies. Dr Keith Simons, Principal Scientist, SHV Energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

largely due to more soils and sorting residues being landfilled. These were followed by construction and soils waste (increase of 8,000 tonnes, 9.0%). The increase was largely due to more soils (increased 297,000 tonnes, 35.7%) and sorting residues (increased 221,000 tonnes, 32.1%) being landfilled from 2020.?These

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2019

Peatlands are carbon sinks, no different to rainforests like the Amazon – and yet peat decimation is happening on British soil. If we are serious about our planet’s health and childrens’ futures we need a root and branch removal of such a ruinous practice, especially when there is an alternative readily on hand to replace it.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth. A commercial business with sustainability and tech for good at its core, Dryad was set up in 2020 with a mission to digitize the forest and help protect and regrow the world’s largest carbon sinks.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 9, 2020

All plants are grown organically, demonstrating what is possible to grow in the Kansas City soil and climate. The post Tour the Beanstalk Children’s Garden appeared first on Greenability Magazine. The garden staff will be wearing face masks and guests are encouraged, but not required, to wear them. Noon on Saturdays.

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