AGreenLiving

MARCH 30, 2020

One Tree partnered with Kula Project to train local farmers in agronomy, technical skills and sustainable practices. Once the coffee Arabica seedlings mature, they should provide a sustainable income for up to three decades. This program fits in with a country-led effort to restore 100 million hectares of land in Africa by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Sustainable farming campaigners such as the U.K. Sustainable farming campaigners such as the U.K. Animal agriculture isn’t a serious driver of climate change’ Meat industry leaders are increasingly marketing meat as sustainable, arguing that meat production in countries such as the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The coffin, called Living Cocoon, was developed by a Netherlands-based startup known as Loop to serve as a more sustainable option for burials. “For example, mycelium was used in Chernobyl, is utilised in Rotterdam to clean up soil and some farmers also apply it to make the land healthy again.”

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

If you’re concerned about sustainable practices in the floral industry, the internet provides a few tools. For California-grown flowers, you can look at Bloomcheck , which measures wildlife protection, air and soil quality and impact on workers and community. Rainforest Alliance monitors South America , with more than 1.3

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. That's the future our children have to contemplate.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

According to a growing body of scientific research, incorporating trees into farmland benefits everything from soil health to crop production to the climate. For the past few years, private sector interest in "sustainable" and "climate-friendly" efforts has skyrocketed. Flows to sustainable funds in the U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

These impacts are "hindering efforts to meet basic human needs and they threaten sustainable development across the globe", leaving all life on Earth vulnerable, the report states. Everywhere is being impacted, but parts of Africa, Asia, Central and South America, the Arctic regions, and small island states are at particular risk.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 10, 2020

According to a growing body of scientific research, incorporating trees into farmland benefits everything from soil health to crop production to the climate. ” For the past few years, private sector interest in “sustainable” and “climate-friendly” efforts has skyrocketed. This was no esoteric inquiry.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Thanks to dire warnings from scientists and economists alike, there is growing understanding that nature loss, climate change, and other sustainability priorities, such as social inequalities, need to be tackled together to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), she tells BusinessGreen.

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