Source: earthisland.org Published: August 3, 2016 Canada’s Rouge National Urban Park embraces a diversity of landscapes Kinjal Dagli-Shah A valley with 10,000 years of human history is evolving into Canada’s first national urban park, with urban being the operative...
Source: rothamsted.ac.uk Published: November 4, 2016 Conservation agriculture (often termed CA) is often claimed to lock up (“sequester”) carbon in soil and thus contribute to the “mitigation” of climate change. Scientists at Rothamsted Research, which is...
Source: nytimes.com Published: May 17, 2016 At a farm in Peru, charcoal from bamboo burned in special ovens is used to fertilize the soil. Carbon farming is seen as a way of replenishing depleted farmland and helping reduce damage to the environment. Credit/Enrique...
Source: foodtank.com Published: March 1, 2016 Stephanie Van Dyke According to the recent United Nations report, Status of the World’s Soil Resources, the world can ameliorate soil degradation if more sustainable practices are promptly implemented. The U.N. Food and...
Source: environmentalleader.com Published: February 22, 2017 Dell is the latest company to turn ocean plastics into new products and packaging as businesses increasingly address the problem of plastic waste — and see potential in creating circular supply chains and...
Source: businessinsider.com Published: November 6, 2015 A company patented technology that can roll solar panels out like a carpet — and it’s amazing. Called Roll-Array, the technology can be towed by any 4X4 car, like a Range Rover or Land Rover. It was...
Source: minds.com Published: February 23, 2017 Spanish inventor, Enrique Veiga, has created a machine that condenses water from the atmosphere into drinkable, filtered water. The machine runs on the same amount of electricity a domestic washing machine would use and...
Source: waterislife.com Published: February 15, 2017 A book You don’t want to put down! In partnership with Dr. Theresa Dankovich from Carnegie Mellon, WATERisLIFE introduced The Drinkable Book™, the first-ever manual that provides safe water, sanitation and hygiene...
Source: treehugger.com Published: February 22, 2017 CC BY 2.0 US Dept of Agriculture By Katherine Martinko The Oakland Unified School District has concluded a two-year experiment and discovered savings, both environmental and financial. The closest thing we’ve got to...
Source: agprofessional.com Published: January 3, 2017 Jenya Shandina takes to podium to share One Acre Fund stories, goals and successes. Photo by Sarah Goellner Kathryn Cawdrey wrote this as a guest editor for AgWeb.com. Conservation agriculture is critical for...
