Years of Living Dangerously

Source: nationalgeographic.com Published: August 10, 2016 This Emmy-winning series follows celebrity correspondents around the world, to witness first-hand the effects of climate change on our planet and to learn how we can save it for future generations. New Season...

This Startup Turns CO2 Into A Sustainable Replacement for Palm Oil

Source: fastcoexist.com Published: August 3, 2016 [Photo: Thomas Lefebvre via Unsplash] Today’s palm oil plantations are a huge climate polluter. A new company wants to create a product that eats CO2 instead. By Adele Peters In the 1950s, researchers at food companies...

One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts

Source: globalcompostproject.org Published: August 9, 2016 Excellent Carbon Farming short film from Project Drawdown board member Peter Byck Newest short film in the Carbon Nation: Soil Carbon Cowboys series. Will Harris, owner of White Oak Pastures, tells us his...

El Cerrito: Living Roofs Top Middle School Buildings

Source: eastbaytimes.com Published: July 5, 2016 CREDIT: LIVEROOF– The roofs on the Korematsu Middle School gymnasium and multipurposebuildings include layers of drought-tolerant sedum plants above awaterproof lining that channels rainwater runoff into storm...

A Tale of Thousands of Dumps

Source: saveonenergy.com Published: August 9, 2016 The average American tosses 4.4 pounds of trash every single day. It may not seem all that astonishing on the surface, but with 323.7 million people living in the United States, that is roughly 728,000 tons of daily...

What Teaching Kids About Energy Efficiency Can Teach Us

Source: greenbiz.com Published: August 4, 2016 Shutterstock By Lee Ann Head As crazy as it may seem to readers living in some parts of the country, kids start going back to school in a couple of weeks in much of the South. If you’re a parent, the words “back to...

This Farm in A Box Can Help Feed Your Community

source: dai.ly Published: August 5, 2016 NOTE: Source link no longer redirects to archived content. ‘Farm From A Box’ is a storage unit containing everything you need to grow and sustain a 2-acre farm, making it easy to provide for your community, teach children about...

San Francisco Preschool Makes Sunshine Smores

Source: matteroftrust.org Published: August 4, 2016 It’s never too early to learn about solar energy, especially when tasty treats are involved. The Kids Club preschoolers in San Francisco had a fun time making their solar ovens. Ovens made, now for the nachos The...

Can a Flower Help Cities Reduce Air Pollution?

Source: mnn.com Published: August 3, 2016 A new type of honeysuckle could keep air cleaner in cities where pollution-reduction goals will take some time to meet. (Photo: haris M/Shutterstock Starre Vartan Urban air pollution is a huge public health issue — it kills...