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Start your garden now with “winter sowing”

Greenability Magazine

The basic concept is to plant seeds in potting soil placed in a plastic container, add water, cover, label the container and place in a full-sun, protected area outside. The plastic does not need to be totally clear, but it does need to let light penetrate. The soil should be really wet because that’s how this system works.

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Waste & Recycling Innovations • 4/21/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Tom leads Brightmark’s plastic feedstock supply efforts in North America. His life mission has been to improve our environmental footprint and is passionate about enabling innovative technologies through project finance; first in energy and now plastic waste. Director of National Feedstock Origination, Brightmark. Theodosia Fehsenfeld.

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Embracing Sustainable Living: A Guide to Establishing Eco-Friendly Practices in Canada

The Environmental Blog

Start by reducing single-use plastics and opting for reusable alternatives such as water bottles, shopping bags, and containers. Composting is another excellent way to divert organic waste from landfills and create nutrient-rich soil for your garden.

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AeroFarms is trying to cultivate the future of vertical farming

Business Green

AeroFarms uses aeroponics, a soilless way of growing produce that uses mist to cut down on water usage by 95 per cent; it plants seeds in cloth made from recycled plastic bottles. There's the soil degradation side. We've gone from a lens of hyper local to a more looser definition of local.". So it's doing wonderful things there.".

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25 Simple, Easy Ways to Go Green

The Environmental Blog

Recycle paper, plastic, and glass. Imagine—if just one person switches to a reusable bottle, they could save about 156 plastic bottles from trashing the environment each year. It enriches the soil, reduces landfill waste, and cuts down on methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Avoid single-use plastics. That’s a lot, isn’t it?

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Event - New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources

Green Market Oracle

The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops. Waste to energy technology includes aging, which may take biomass and make liquor, exploitation squander plastic or natural material.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

Energy Procurement Fundamentals (Workshop): This session is designed to help you to develop foundational understanding of U.S. This deep-dive workshop will explore circular packaging best practices alongside trends and innovations, offering attendees a comprehensive look into their circular packing opportunities.