Eco-Innovation Articles From Around the World
Alley Cropping and Silvopasture
Source: treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com Published: May 11, 2017 Written by Doug Crouch Alley Cropping While known widely in the agroforestry realm, this technique of inserting lines of trees within croplands is being explored more and more as farm scale...
Regenerative Organic Agriculture Can Reverse Climate Change
Source: permaculturemag.org Published: July 10, 2016 By changing agriculture to one that regenerates soil organic carbon, we can not only reverse climate change, but we can also improve farm yields, increase water-holding capacity and drought resilience, and reduce...
Regenerative Farming — One Solution That Solves Many Problems
Source: regenerationinternational.org Published: March 22, 2016 By Regeneration International We face a number of very pressing problems in the world today. Water scarcity is getting worse as aquifers are drained faster than they can be refilled. Soil erosion and...
Patagonia and Chris Malloy Made a Film About Agriculture That You Really Need to Watch
Source: theinertia.com Published: August 1, 2016 Alexander Haro Like it or not, our climate is rapidly changing. Although climate change is a natural occurrence, the cause for alarm isn’t the fact that it’s changing, it’s the speed at which it’s doing so. Humans have...
Guardians of the Planet: 16 Women Environmentalists You Should Know
Source: amightygirl.com Published: May 10, 2017 NOTE: This article was updated on June 5, 2020, to add more environmentalists (from 12 to 16) In recognition of World Environment Day today, we're celebrating sixteen incredible women who are working to protect the...
Could This Be the Most Efficient Solar Panel Ever?
Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: March 15, 2017 Taking advantage of temperatures upwards of 1,000 Celsius, these hot solar cells could produce twice as much energy as the industry standard The prototype (MIT) By Emily Matchar Solar panels have been around for a...
Natural Refrigerants: 5 Benefits of Packaged Refrigeration Systems
Source: stellarfoodforthought.net Published: September 15, 2016 by: Luke Facemyer There has been a push to take advantage of the benefits of ammonia while reducing the risks—and it has resulted in an innovative solution: low-charge packaged refrigeration systems that...
10 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Source: nrdc.org Published: January 5, 2016 Sarah Engler While soaking up the relaxing cadence of crashing waves on the beach, no one wants to think about how the ocean has basically become garbage soup. But here’s the buzz-killing reality: There are millions of tons...
5 Companies Leading the Charge in Using Ocean Plastic in Their Products
Source: ecowatch.com Published: June 4, 2016 By Sierra Club Scientists estimate that more than 5 million pieces of plastic are floating in the world’s oceans. From flip-flops to microbeads, this pollution poses a serious risk for marine animals, which often mistake...
The Benefits of Recycling Paper
Source: americas-stirfry.com Published: May 5, 2016 By admine ricasst Listed here are some of the environmental and money saving benefits of recycling paper… Saves Trees – The obvious reason to recycle paper is for saving trees which provide vital oxygen for the...
Sowing Seeds, Connecting to Nature
Source: treehugger.com Published: May 3, 2017 © Laura Stoecker for The Nature Conservancy Learn about the advances and setbacks around protecting our oceans, waterways, forests, and wildlife. From golden sand dunes rising along the Lake Michigan shoreline to vibrant...
In ‘Drawdown,’ Paul Hawken Ditches the Rhetoric to Offer 100 Practical Climate Solutions
Source: mnn.com Published: May 4, 2017 Paul Hawken's (right) latest book has a number of ways to remedy climate change. (Photo: Ken Edelstein) By Lloyd Alter Paul Hawken has a message for all you climate warriors. Stop calling yourselves warriors! The eco-business...
How Paper Shredding is Saving the Environment
Source: mobilerecordshredders.com Published: May 4, 2017 It’s more than just a piece of paper you are shredding. It’s also something that help better the environment if disposed of correctly. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, when you throw paper...
Electronic Recycling Roundup Helps Students and The Environment
Source: reddeeradvocate.com Published: October 12, 2016 Time to round up all those old or unwanted electronics. Red Deer Public Schools has teamed up with Alberta Recycling and Recycle Logic to raise money for students in need while helping the environment at the same...
Cardboard Recycling: Environmental Impact
Source: northstarrecycling.com Published: June 10, 2016 We’re often asked to describe the benefits of recycling. Therefore, this week we’re highlighting some environmental impacts companies might achieve from implementing cardboard recycling programs. Reduced...
Zero Waste Buying Co-Op
Source: eurekarecycling.org Published: May 3, 2017 Every spring and fall, Eureka Recycling coordinates a buying cooperative that allows individuals, businesses, and organizations in the Twin Cities area to purchase recycled paper and compostable products at a reduced...
Woojai Lee Transforms Recycled Paper Into Brick-Like Furniture
Source: designboom.com Published: May 3, 2017 woojai lee is a korean-new zealander artist who explores paper recycling in more sustainable ways. indeed, this material is one of the most produced and discarded in the world. although it can be recycled, the process is...
Turkey’s Waste Management Program Helps Save 25 Million Trees Each Year
Source: dailysabah.com Published: November 21, 2016 by Anadolu Agency The recycling of paper has been contributing to the economy and preventing the cutting down of almost 25 million trees annually. According to information gathered from Turkey’s Ministry of...
Recovering and Recycling Paper Has Saved Energy
Source: eia.gov Published: October 14, 2016 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on American Forest and Paper Association Principal contributor: Paul Otis The recovery, or recycling, of paper and paperboard has increased from 34% of supply in 1990 to...
Everything You Need to Know About Paper Recycling
Source: earth911.com Published: July 1, 2016 Kathryn Sukalich In 2011, 66.8 percent of paper consumed in the United States was recycled. Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, and if you measure by weight, more paper is...
20 Food Leaders Under 40 Who Are Shaping the Future of Our Food System
Source: foodtank.com Published: May 3, 2017 At Food Tank, we are constantly amazed by the variety of ideas, initiatives, businesses, and research put forth by talented individuals making waves in the food and agriculture sectors. They come from varying backgrounds,...
Five Ways Agroforestry Can Grow Forest Products and Benefit Your Land, Your Pockets & Wildlife
Source: blogs.usda.gov Published: February 21, 2017 Posted by Jocelyn Benjamin, USDA-NRCS and Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center, on February 21, 2017 Much of the beauty in American agricultural landscapes is complemented by the trees in those...
Paper Waste Converted into Eco-Friendly Aerogel
Source: newatlas.com Published: February 5, 2016 There's aerogel in that thar paper Shutterstock By Ben Coxworth Known as “frozen smoke” because of their milky translucent appearance, aerogels are among the world’s lightest solid materials. Consisting of 99.8 percent...
How New Generation Rotary Evaporators Work
Source: ecodyst.com Published: July 16, 2016 STANFORD UNI Rotary evaporators (“rotavaps”) have for decades been staples in labs and industries performing chemistry, including labs in the chemical, environmental, materials, life science, and forensics industries. Key...
Food That Does Not Waste Water
Source: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au Published: May 2, 2017 By Gary Tippet, University of Melbourne Water is life, the world’s most precious resource. Yet across rural Australia, irrigation systems covering an estimated 2.5 million hectares of land are in desperate need of...
A Delicious Indian Berry Contains A Crucial Ingredient for Creating Cheap Solar Cells
Source: qz.com Published: May 1, 2017 More than just a fruit. Rajesh Dangi/Wikimedia By Manu Balachandran A species of berries indigenous to south Asia may have what it takes to make solar panels far less expensive than they are now. It may even provide a lasting...
The World’s Largest Artificial Sun Could Fry Any Living Thing in An Instant
Source: odditycentral.com Published: April 6, 2017 By Spooky Scientists in Germany recently turned on the “world’s largest artificial sun” a device made up of 149 Xenon short-arc lamps that can create about 10,000 times the amount of solar radiation we get on Earth....
Solar-Powered Trashpresso Converts Plastic and Fabric Waste into Floor Tiles
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 27, 2017 © Miniwiz By Derek Markham A 40-foot shipping container platform holds a complete mobile waste recycling plant capable of upcycling plastic and fabric waste into architectural tiles. Dealing with recyclable materials in...
Meet the Visionary Who Restored 5,500 Acres of Wrecked Texas Land to Paradise
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 27, 2017 Video screen capture Nat Geo By Melissa Breyer Fifty years ago, the wildly inspiring David Bamberger bought the worst land he could find with the aim of bringing it back to thriving life. Although David Bamberger was...
Artificial Photosynthesis Achieved in Device That Also Cleans the Air
Source: mnn.com Published: April 27, 2017 Device works in a similar way to how plants convert carbon dioxide and sunlight into food (Photo: Bernard Wilchusky/UCF) By Bryan Nelson University of Central Florida chemistry professor Fernando Uribe-Romo has finally...
Are Artificial Trees the Future of Renewable Energy?
Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: February 20, 2016 Iowa State University scientists modeled their artificial leaves after cottonwood leaves. (Flickr user Jon Hurd) By Maya Wei-Haas While a new device’s flapping leaves can generate a lot of energy, extracting it...
Water Use Efficiency in Action
Source: pyxeraglobal.org Published: April 26, 2017 By Jens Soth, Luc Beerens, Arjumand Nizami, and Gisela Keller Multi-stakeholder Perspectives on the Water and Productivity Project in Pakistan Bracing for the scorching July heat in Pakistan, thirty-five-year-old...
US Start-Up Turns Costly Byproduct Into ‘Green’ Growing Aid
Source: aginnovators.org.au Published: July 11, 2016 Sault Paper Mill at sunset - two US PhD students have developed an eco-friendly agricultural use for lignin, the pulpy byproduct of biofuel and paper processing. Billy Wilson, Flickr CC By Merran White Biofuel...
Health-Conscious Concrete
Source: cam.ac.uk Published: March 23, 2015 Healing material released when concrete microcapsules burst open Credit: Tanvir Qureshi Skin is renewable and self-repairing – our first line of defence against the wear and tear of everyday life. If damaged, a myriad of...
Waterlily Turbine Powers Your Outdoor Adventures with Wind and Water
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 26, 2017 Video screen capture YouTube By Megan Treacy There is no shortage of great off-grid renewable power sources for your outdoor adventures from rugged solar chargers to the famous BioLite stove that charges your gadgets as...
Manchester Researcher Helping to Tackle the World’s Water Challenges
Source: manchester.ac.uk Published: September 22, 2016 A researcher from The University of Manchester has developed a free tool to help scientists and policymakers to manage agricultural water use and improve crop water productivity in regions where supply is scarce....
How to Pull Water Out of Thin Air, Even in the Driest Parts of the Globe
Source: technologyreview.com Published: April 13, 2017 By James Temple Scientists have developed a device that can suck water out of desert skies, powered by sunlight alone. They hope that a version of the technology could eventually supply clean drinking water in...
Who Tried To Save The World In 2015? The Coolest Developments In Greentech This Year
Source: news.algaeworld.org Published: December 31, 2015 [Global] Biofuels, bioplastics, Moss-based drugs and algae for food. All of these are pioneering areas of GreenTech progress this year. So what are the major developments in this forward-thinking field? 1. 100%...
Re-Inventing “the Windmill”
Source: thearchimedes.com Published: April 25, 2017 The Dutch have a reputation for obtaining energy by means of a windmill. This energy was used for all kinds of purposes, such as milling of raw material, water pumping, etc .. Today, the windmill is a means to...
BOOK – Drawdown.org Partnership – 2016 – 2018
Can global warming be reversed? Yes, says Paul Hawken’s Project Drawdown, a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring and advocating how we can reach drawdown - the point at which the concentration of greenhouse gas emissions starts to fall - within the next...
Riese & Muller’s New Electric Cargo Bike Offers Covered Hauling for Kids, Groceries, And More
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 20, 2017 © Riese & Muller By Derek Markham Updated October 11, 2018 Transporting one person with minimal gear on a bike is simple, and just about any bicycle can handle it, but if you want to carry kids, a load of groceries,...
Making Batteries from Waste Glass Bottles
Source: eurekalert.org Published: April 19, 2017 IMAGE: Waste glass bottles are turned into nanosilicon anodes using a low cost chemical process. Credit: UC Riverside UCR researchers are turning glass bottles into high performance lithium-ion batteries for electric...
Canadian Firm Builds Giant ‘Scrubber’ To Pull CO2 From the Air
Source: canadianmanufacturing.com Published: August 12, 2015 A rendering of Carbon Engineering’s system. The process allows the company to pull carbon from the air. It can then be used to synthesize fuel or be stored. PHOTO: Carbon Engineering By David Kennedy, Online...
A Crucial Climate Mystery Is Just Under Our Feet
Source: grist.org Published: April 11, 2017 By Nathanael Johnson What Jonathan Sanderman really wanted was some old dirt. He called everyone he could think of who might know where he could get some. He emailed colleagues and read through old studies looking for clues,...
The Peace Lily Filters Out Five Dangerous Toxins from The Air
Source: epicgardening.com Published: March 20, 2017 Last updated November 30, 2019 The Peace Lily, also known as the White Sail Plant or Spathiphyllum, is one of the most popular plants to grow indoors. If people only knew that it filters out five dangerous toxins...
Scientists Seek Carbon Capture Holy Grail in Rugged Mountains of Oman
Source: canadianmanufacturing.com Published: April 14, 2017 The geologists are looking at a unique rock formation in the al-Hajjar Mountains, one of the few areas on Earth where the mantle is exposed. PHOTO: Andries3/Flickr By Sam McNeil, The Associated Press...
Freeing Costa Rica from Fossil Fuels
Source: climatecouncil.org.au Published: April 4, 2017 Image from Unsplash CC Written by Emily Jones. Dr. Monica Araya is a Costa Rican author and adviser on clean development in Latin America. Her TED talk, filmed in June 2016, deals with one of the most critically...
Why Small-Scale Farming Is Our Best Hope for Restoring Rural America (And Combatting Climate Change)
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 18, 2017 Sarah van Gelder, Contributor Boarded-up business districts. Abandoned warehouses. Barns and homes covered by tarps slowly collapsing into the earth. It was startling how often this scene repeated as I drove through...
Scientists Explore Environmental Advantages of Horticultural Bioplastics
Source: ecodaily.org Published: November 26, 2016 New bioplastic materials may enable gardeners to tend their plants more sustainably and could even help plants “self-fertilize” and grow healthier roots, according to research conducted by Iowa State University...
Gaia’s Peace Garden Blooms as Model Urban Oasis
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 15, 2017 Blair Frank Jeff Biggers, Contributor Tucked away at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Iowa City, just south of Interstate 80 and growing suburbs, the daffodils, violets and hyacinth in bloom, among the peach,...
8 Best Walkable Cities Around the World
Source: blog.mapmyrun.com Published: August 18, 2016 by Mackenzie Lobby If fitness is your goal, the factors determining the walkability of a city changes. Take safety, scenery or the general fitness habits of people who live in the area. Having off-road...
‘People-First’ For Greener, Liveable Cities
Source: eea.europa.eu Published: June 29, 2016 Our cities are under pressure like never before from increasing populations, traffic gridlock and climate change. How can we make them easier to get around, more liveable and sustainable? One urban design firm is helping...
A New Model to Scale Up Forest Restoration from Sites to Landscapes
Source: trevorcaughlin.com Published: October 12, 2016 Restoring forest to hundreds of millions of hectares of degraded land has become a centerpiece of international plans to sequester carbon and conserve biodiversity. To achieve these ambitious restoration goals, we...
Women Are Changing the Household Energy Sector
Source: unfoundation.exposure.co Published: March 8, 2017 By UN Foundation During a recent workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves had the chance to talk with women who are dedicating their lives to increasing access to cleaner, more...
What is the Impact of Animal Production on The Environment?
Source: animalsmart.org Published: April 17, 2017 Current text: One of the biggest topics of animal agriculture shown through the media focuses on the impacts animal production has on the environment. Each and every human has made an impact on the environment and the...
Video of Vertical City Premieres in New York
Source: treehugger.com Published: March 7, 2016 © Vertical City Half a century ago the architect Paolo Soleri promoted the idea of an Arcology, “a highly integrated and compact three-dimensional urban form that is the opposite of urban sprawl with its inherently...
Transit’s Role in Environmental Sustainability
Source: transit.dot.gov Published: May 9, 2016 Public transportation plays an important role in confronting environmental challenges. Public transportation can: Improve air quality Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Facilitate compact development, conserving land and...
Small-Scale Biomass Gasification Plant Progressing in California
Source: biomassmagazine.com Published: May 26, 2016 By Anna Simet A 2-MW biomass gasification plant in North Fork, California, will break ground later this year, according to Phoenix Energy CEO Gregory Stengl. The project is the result of a public-private partnership...
Organic Farming Could, Maybe, Feed the World, Say Scientists
Source: modernfarmer.com Published: February 5, 2016 Shutterstock Dan Nosowitz Previous studies have looked specifically at the cost or yield of organic farming, sometimes in specific countries, or at the cost of transitioning to an all-organic system. But this new...
MIT Researchers Turn Waste Gas into Liquid Fuel
Source: theguardian.com Published: March 7, 2016 Using waste gases from power stations to create low-carbon liquid fuels would be a major advance in the battle against global warming. Photograph: Jon Woo/REUTERS Successful trial at a pilot plant in China using...
Livestock Production
Source: climatechangeconnection.org Published: April 17, 2017 Because some degree of climate change is now inevitable, sustainable agricultural practices are critical to climate change adaptation. A focus needs to be on the implementation of farming practices that...
How Does Public Transportation Help the Environment?
Source: science.howstuffworks.com Published: April 17, 2017 By Jonathan Atteberry In January 2004, the citizens of Milan, Italy, were preparing for a strike that would shut down all public transportation. Since an estimated 28 percent of greater Milan’s 3 million...
Environmental Benefits of Public Transportation
Source: southuniversity.edu Published: January 7, 2011 Public transportation provides many mobility, safety, and economic benefits to people and businesses. Beyond those key benefits, it also offers significant environmental advantages that contribute to a better...
Designing Cities to Combat Climate Change
Source: phys.org Published: May 24, 2016 The downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) skyline from a levee along the Trinity River. Facing southeast. Credit: drumguy8800/Wikipedia By Brian Wallheimer, Purdue University Urban planners can take steps to reduce the heat cities may...
Clean Cookstove Research
Source: epa.gov Published: April 17, 2017 Cookstoves tested for air pollutant emissions and energy efficiency Problem According to the World Health Organization, cookstove smoke is a major contributor to indoor air pollution in developing countries causing...
Advancing Insects as Animal Feed
Source: foodsecurity.ac.uk Published: April 18, 2016 Keiran Whitaker Insect farms could recover the true value of wasted organic nutrients, improve local food security and assist in environmental protection, says Keiran Olivares Whitaker of Entocycle. Agriculture is...
Is This New Material a Game Changer for Thermoelectricity?
Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: April 10, 2017 The material—the black blocks between the two plates, pictured here—could be used with cooking pots to charge phones or jewelry to power health sensors. (Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of...
Community Carbon Trees
Source: communitycarbontrees.org Published: April 6, 2017 Association Community Carbon Trees are community-based nonprofit reforestation projects. We sprout over 100 diverse tropical rainforest trees in two rainforest nurseries. Saplings are carefully transported and...
Wetlands Restoration Helps You!
Source: thankyouocean.org Published: April 6, 2017 by Chris Kay Click here to watch “Wetlands Restoration Helps You!”: https://youtu.be/hq4oqaCAcfM Coastal wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate, despite their importance to ocean and coastal health, humans and...
Restore Wetlands
Source: savesfbay.org Published: April 6, 2017 Wetlands are the transition area between open water and dry land, constantly appearing and disappearing with the ebb and flow of tides. As the heart and lungs of the Bay, wetlands support over 500 species of fish and...
5 Surprising Products Made from Hemp
Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 6, 2017 by Maria Novozhilova Hemp is a sustainable supermaterial with a wide range of applications that go far beyond hacky sacks and beaded bracelets. An experimental project called Fabric-Action explores exciting new uses for...
Use Google’s New Mapping Tool to See How Much Solar Panels Would Benefit Your Home
Source: fastcompany.com Published: August 24, 2015 With Project Sunroof, Google hopes to make it easier for more households to make the switch to renewables. Solar power is cheaper than buying from the grid in cities like Boston, San Francisco, and San Jose–even...
Treating Wastewater Wastes Energy, But It Doesn’t Have To
Source: greenbiz.com Published: April 3, 2017 As of 2013, water treatment plants accounted for almost 1 percent of all the electricity used in the United States. Shutterstock By Erica Gies Wastewater treatment plants are energy hogs. A 2013 study by the Electric Power...
The TreeSisters Million Trees Campaign
Source: treesisters.org Published: April 5, 2017 Restoring Our Forests – One Woman At a Time Women as a Force of Nature, On Behalf of Nature BECOME A TREESISTER We are calling for women to become treesisters by contributing monthly to tropical reforestation. We are...
Secondary Tropical Forests Sequester Large Amounts of Carbon
Source: wur.nl Published: February 3, 2016 Regrowing secondary tropical forests rapidly sequester carbon. An international team of forest researchers led by researchers from Wageningen University measured an eleven times higher carbon uptake compared with old-growth...
How the Airpod Will Change Transportation and Carry A Father’s Legacy
Source: greenfuture.io Published: March 10, 2017 Rebecca Paredes The Airpod is a zero-pollution, air-powered car that wants to change transportation. At 4 a.m., bleary-eyed and barely awake, I spoke with Cyril Nègre on the other side of the world. He was Skyping with...
Giant “Lily Pads” Will Capture Stormwater at Brooklyn’s Largest Public-Housing Complex
Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 29, 2017 Post-Hurricane Sandy, Red Hook Houses, Brooklyn’s largest public housing complex, is getting a new, more resilient makeover. Written by Jasmin Malik Chua When Hurricane Sandy made landfall in October 2012, the Brooklyn...
Desalination Breakthrough Turns Seawater into Drinking Water
Source: ecowatch.com Published: April 5, 2017 Chris McDermott Turning seawater into drinking water just became more feasible. Scientists at the University of Manchester in the UK have developed graphene oxide membranes with holes small enough to filter out salt. The...
Paul Hawken Presents the World’s First Comprehensive Plan to Reverse Global Warming
Source: youtube.com Published: April 4, 2017 Can we stop global warming in the next 30 years? This is the burning question of the 21st century and renowned environmentalist Paul Hawken used our March What’s Now: San Francisco gathering to give his answer: Yes we can....
6,000-Year-Old Baobab Tree in Senegal
Source: the-fringe.com Published: April 3, 2017 Carbon dating has found living baobab trees that are over 6,000 years old, which is older than the Great Pyramid and Sphinx. Want some more perspective? When some of the baobabs in Senegal were just reaching...
The World’s First Mall for Recycled Goods
Source: makewealthhistory.org Published: March 22, 2017 By Jeremy Williams Last week I wrote about the Edinburgh Remakery, and how they are trying to foster a culture of repair. It’s one of the most shared posts I’ve ever written, and there’s clearly a real interest...
Intercropping with Tea Best Improves Water Use Efficiency of Rubber Trees
Source: english.cas.cn Published: July 14, 2016 Rubber monoculture (above). Rubber + cocoa, rubber + tea, rubber + coffee agroforestry systems (from L to R, below) (Images by WU Junen) YUAN Linlin Rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) have great economic and social value...
Can Tropical Forests Recover After Major Disturbance?
Source: oikosjournal.org Published: August 23, 2016 Géraldine Derroire Can tropical dry forests recover their species richness and composition after major disturbance? Secondary forests recovering after previous deforestation account for a substantial proportion of...
Agarwood, the Wonder Crop
Source: deccanherald.com Published: July 26, 2010 Agarwood, a high value commercial crop native to India, enjoys a good demand in both national and international markets. Planters in Malnad have taken to agar cultivation in a big way, writes Chethana Dinesh M L Murthy...
A ‘Green Revolution’ That May Save Filipino Coconut Farmers
Source: rappler.com Published: January 26, 2016 Pia Ranada GUINAYANGAN, Philippines – Rizal and Renida Marjes' backyard reminded me of a wild version of the vegetable and fruit stalls in my neighborhood grocery. Like those well-lit stalls, produce was presented in...
This Tree Could Make Coffee Plantations More Profitable and More Environmentally Sound
Source: modernfarmer.com Published: November 21, 2016 Stephanie Watson at Flickr Dan Nosowitz Coffee is almost exclusively grown in very hot climates – the top producing countries are in South America, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. Coffee needs those warm...
The Unsung Heroes of Climate Change
Source: sciencefocus.com Published: February 3, 2016 By Jheni Osman Rainforests are the poster child for conservation. They’re packed with charismatic wildlife and are essential for the health of the planet. Why wouldn’t you want to try to save them? But they are not...
30 Indigenous Crops for Food Security
Source: ecology.com Published: April 12, 2016 According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), just twelve crops provide 75 percent of the world’s food. Three of these crops, rice, maize, and wheat contribute to nearly 60 percent of the protein and...
5 Surprisingly Easy Edible Gardening Projects for Spring
Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 30, 2017 by Jill Fehrenbacher Spring has officially sprung and it’s a great time to renew your connection to this beautiful planet we call home. One great way to deepen your connection with the earth is to get outdoors, digging...
Restore the Mississippi River Delta
Source: mississippiriverdelta.org Published: March 29, 2017 Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan, the state’s blueprint for coastal restoration and protection, includes a variety of projects to rebuild and sustain land across Louisiana’s coast to protect wildlife, people...
6 Groundbreaking Examples of Tech Innovations Inspired by Biomimicry
Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 29, 2017 by Marni Fogelson Da Vinci was definitely on to something when he observed birds and copied their forms to create his own wings for flight. Although biomimicry wasn’t ultimately successful in helping Da Vinci achieve...
Reducing Methane Emissions From Rice Farming
Source: climatecolab.org Published: June 15, 2016 by ClimateRe Pitch Reducing Methane Emission While Enhancing Rice Farmers’ Resilience to Climate Change Click here to watch “Reducing methane emissions from rice farming”: https://youtu.be/gkQj4V8VsAY The rice farmers...
How We Zero Waste
Source: youtube.com Published: February 16, 2017 Learn how ingredients does zero waste See YouTube video below. 20170328-How-We-Zero-Waste Download
Forest Restoration & Reforestation
Source: globalforestatlas.yale.edu Published: March 28, 2017 In places where forests have been lost or degraded, restoration or reforestation projects may be undertaken in order to guarantee or accelerate the recovery of forests. Objectives of forest restoration can...
A Future Farming Industry Grows in Brooklyn
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: March 25, 2017 By Alexander C. Kaufman and Joseph Erbentraut The startup Square Roots is training the next generation of urban farmers in a Bed-Stuy parking lot. BROOKLYN, New York ― Tobias Peggs is already cultivating leafy...
‘Moore’s Law’ For Carbon Would Defeat Global Warming
Source: theguardian.com Published: March 23, 2017 ‘In the last decade, the share of renewables in the energy sector has doubled every 5.5 years. If doubling continues at this pace fossil fuels will exit the energy sector well before 2050.’ Photograph: Alexander...
Trash Collectors
Source: sierraclub.org Published: March 15, 2017 Seth Orme, founder of the Pack It Out Crew, on North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail | Photo by Mike Belleme By Aaron Carnes A few years ago, Seth Orme was working his dream job as an outdoor guide in Minnesota. The...
A System of Rice Intensification and Its International Community of Practice
Source: resilience.org Published: September 23, 2016 Photo credit: CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8433090 By Erika Styger, originally published by Patterns of Commoning When the rainy season came early to the highlands of Madagascar in 1983, the...
SRI International Network and Resources Center
Source: sri.ciifad.cornell.edu Published: March 22, 2017 SRI-Rice ONLINE and its associated social networking sites are maintained by the SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice) at Cornell University. SRI-Rice ONLINE contains the most comprehensive...
Seeding the Way with Systems of Rice Intensification in Cambodia
Source: fao.org Published: March 22, 2017 (Text comes from a pdf article) Mrs Tea Sarim is one of the participating farmers in a European Union funded multi-country (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Thailand) project called “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for...