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Role of technology to fight off COVID-19 pandemic to inevitability of climate crisis, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from leading authors
https://nerdist.com/article/people-buy-40-pounds-of-electronics-per-year-report/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/remade-institute-announces-35-million-160000858.html
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/interest-surge-in-local-food-grown-using-regenerative-methods/
http://sdg.iisd.org/news/wef-brief-explores-opportunities-for-circular-plastics-economy/
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/08/22/jamie-henn-stop-adding
Amazon ‘women warriors’ show gender equality, forest conservation go hand in hand Keeping forests standing is one of the most effective and important ways to
UK Environmental Agency Post-Covid Recovery Plan This Action Plan sets out how we will build on our past achievements to accelerate to a fair,
A greener economy: how we make sustainability central to business https://theconversation.com/a-greener-economy-how-we-make-sustainability-central-to-business-139086 The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape: Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share Message for
Only One Earth Nature is sending mankind a message, specifically that mankind is on the verge of a breakdown. It is time to wake up.
From Emergency to Emergence. The pandemic has also exposed extreme vulnerabilities in the global market economy, including its long and highly specialized linear supply chains,
Ecological Reflections on the Corona virus From the forests, to our farms, to our gut microbiome https://navdanyainternational.org/one-planet-one-health-connected-through-biodiversity/ Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air
Al Gore promotes carbon markets, regenerative agriculture at D.C. conference https://thefern.org/ag_insider/al-gore-promotes-carbon-markets-regenerative-agriculture-at-d-c-conference/ How to support your children in turning climate angst into climate action https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/how-support-your-children-turning-climate-angst-climate-action/
Banking on Climate? https://www.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Banking_on_Climate_Change_2019_vFINAL1.pdf Hundreds of workers defy Amazon rules to protest company’s climate failures Employees ‘needed to stand up for what’s right’ despite policy
Statistic of the decade: The massive deforestation of the Amazon https://theconversation.com/statistic-of-the-decade-the-massive-deforestation-of-the-amazon-128307 Greta Thunberg named Time magazine’s person of the year Teen activist lauded by magazine
If you read only one book this year, it should be Roger Hallam’s “Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop
How the U.S. power grid is evolving to handle solar and wind As renewable energy sources move mainstream, electricity generation and distribution systems are getting
‘Genius’ Grant Goes To Marine Scientist Who Embraces Flash Mobs And Comic Books https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/09/25/763456317/genius-grant-goes-to-marine-scientist-who-embraces-flash-mobs-and-comic-books Is Compost the Secret to Making Ag Climate Friendly? A new
Greta Thunberg’s Transatlantic Sailing Trip Is Seriously Carbon-Neutral https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/22/greta-thunbergs-transatlantic-sailing-trip-is-seriously-carbon-neutral/ Walter Jehne – The Soil Carbon Sponge, Climate Solutions and Healthy Water Cycles (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=123y7jDdbfY
The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller has just launched a new website: https://www.buckminsterfuller.net. The Green New Deal Must Include Regenerative Agriculture and an
A new generation of leaders understands that individual actions won’t fix our environmental problems By defining environmental citizenship as responsible consumption, sustainability advocates downplay
Climate change and biodiversity should be top headline news (David Suzuki) http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2019/05/climate-change-and-biodiversity-should-be-top-headline-news We’re Not the Class of 2019. We’re the Class of 0000. Deliver a
A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/4/eaaw2869 AND New paper proposes a science-based ‘Global Deal for Nature’ https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/new-paper-proposes-a-science-based-global-deal-for-nature/ Why Is Going
The ideas behind regenerative farming are simple and ancient People taking the training are often surprised to find out that sustainable ecological farming—and healthy soil—actually
US Youth Climate Strikes https://www.youthclimatestrikeus.org/ Becoming Greta: ‘Invisible Girl’ to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/climate/greta-thunburg.html THIS IS A CRISIS FACING UP
Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation just announced a bold new plan to curb climate change The One Earth Climate Model says we can curb temperature rises without
We don’t have enough organic farms. Why not? Organic food sales in the U.S. doubled over the last decade, but organic farming hasn’t kept pace.
FOURTH NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States The National Climate Assessment (NCA) assesses the science of climate change
Turn your food scraps into soil BECOME A SOIL MAKER, OR FIND ONE NEAR YOU. MakeSoil.org A Record Number of Scientists Are Running for Congress,
California Climate Strategy An Integrated Plan for Addressing Climate Change http://www.climatechange.ca.gov New study finds incredibly high carbon pollution costs – especially for the US
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change The first suggestion to Rafe Pomerance that humankind was destroying the conditions necessary for its own
A California City That’s Taking Beauty Seriously Vallejo is working on conserving open space and beautifying the city as part of a national campaign to
Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health Today Americans live in a world that thrives on being busy, productive
Moving from sustainable to regenerative farming For those still catching up with sustainable farming, a new trend is on the horizon. The idea of regenerative
Closing the Loop, the world’s first feature-length documentary film on the circular economy. “Unless we go to Circular it’s game over for the planet; it’s game over
This Georgia rancher might be our best hope for a sustainable future Ride shotgun on this game-changing farm in “One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts,” streaming
World’s first plastic-free aisle opens in Netherlands supermarket Campaigners hail progress as Amsterdam store offers dedicated aisle of more than 700 products, with plans for
Will People Eat Relish Made from ‘Waste’ Ingredients? Drexel Study Finds They May Even Prefer It A new Drexel University study found strong potential for
‘It’s shocking, it’s horrendous’: Ellen MacArthur’s fight against plastic She broke the solo record for sailing round the world, but now she is dedicating her
Costa Rica Runs Entirely on Renewable Energy for 300 Days Costa Rica has charted another clean energy accolade. So far this year, the Central American country has
The Woman Aiming to Get 50 Million Americans Into the Worker-Owner Economy And she has a plan to do it. http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-woman-aiming-to-get-50-million-americans-into-the-worker-owner-economy-20171026 Global atmospheric CO2 levels
Join Fritjof Capra and explore the new systemic conception of life at the forefront of science and its application in economics, management, politics, design, medicine,
Amazon ‘women warriors’ show gender equality, forest conservation go hand in handKeeping forests standing is one of the most effective and important ways to keep the world below dangerous levels of warming.
https://www.earth.com/news/regenerative-ranching-is-a-low-cost-natural-climate-solution/
The Dutch require greenhouses to be climate neutral from 2020. Here’s how they’re doing that.
California apartment buildings are getting virtual power plants.
This free calculator estimates the electricity cost and carbon footprint for nearly every home in the US
https://medium.com/circulatenews/the-power-of-water-a23d57853686
Keeping forests standing is one of the most effective and important ways to keep the world below dangerous levels of warming.
https://www.earth.com/news/regenerative-ranching-is-a-low-cost-natural-climate-solution/
The Dutch require greenhouses to be climate neutral from 2020. Here’s how they’re doing that.
California apartment buildings are getting virtual power plants.
This free calculator estimates the electricity cost and carbon footprint for nearly every home in the US
https://medium.com/circulatenews/the-power-of-water-a23d57853686
https://attheu.utah.edu/uncategorized/thermoeconomics/
https://www.miragenews.com/how-organic-farming-practices-lead-to-a-circular-economy/
By Tom Philpott
Our food supply comes from an environmentally unsustainable system that is going to unravel
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/26/us-farming-agriculture-food-supply-danger
A new study shows the nutrition and environmental benefits of more than 600 perennial species—from artichokes to chaya—which address climate mitigation, biodiversity, and nutrition.
In this peer-reviewed study, we compared pesticide levels in the bodies of four American families for six days on a non-organic diet and six days on a completely organic diet.
We found that an organic diet rapidly and dramatically reduced exposure to pesticides in just one week.
https://foe.org/organic-for-all/
A new study shows that US families consume cancer-linked glyphosate in their food. The good news: going organic rapidly reduces levels On average, levels across all pesticides dropped by 60.5 percent.
A new artificial neural network model, created by Argonne scientists, handles both static and dynamic features of a power system with a relatively high degree of accuracy.
Industrial runoff and lax standards have tainted water across the US. Senators and doctors are calling me, asking what to do
A new study published by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and partner institutions has proven that repeated and abrupt climate changes during the last ice age occurred simultaneously in South America, Southeast Asia, Europe and Greenland. Abrupt climate change can be as problematic as gradual change and we should deal with the risks associated with abrupt scenarios, suggests a UCPH researcher.
The group aims to “address cascading collapses in biodiversity due to overfishing, human-caused climate change, deep sea mining, and other marine emergencies.”
New Guinea is the world’s largest tropical island and its biodiversity has fascinated naturalists for centuries1
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2549-5.epdf
In the Berkshire Mountains, Jen and Pete Salinetti’s regenerative farm practices and commitment to community have them well-positioned for this moment.
https://civileats.com/2020/08/12/farming-is-an-act-of-social-justice-at-woven-roots-farm/
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/reusable-packaging-provides-untapped-payoffs-business
https://inhabitat.com/earth-overshoot-day-comes-3-weeks-later-this-year/
Rising consumption by the affluent has a far greater environmental impact than the birth rate in poorer nations
Roots play a vital role in crop plants. They take up water and nutrients for the plant and keep it help firmly in the ground. But not all roots are the same.
https://www.agronomy.org/news/science-news/getting-root-problem
“The devastation wrought by Hurricane Laura is staggering. Climate denial is not a victimless crime, and it’s time for the fossil fuel industry to be held accountable.”
https://www.coveringclimatenow.org/climate-beat/will-climate-break-through
https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2020/07/30/covid-earth-economy-climate-change/
NormalNOW.com
Electric cars are normal now.
What Indigenous Wisdom Can Teach Us About Economics
https://www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/what-indigenous-wisdom-can-teach-us-about-economics/
Agroforestry is the intentional combination of woody perennials like trees and shrubs with crops and also livestock to create a resilient “food ecosystem” that benefits farmers, biodiversity and the climate.
https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/assets/biochar.html
As dominant nation in the global fishing industry, yet ranked worst for fishing offenses, China could have a huge positive impact through the new rules — if it enforces them, experts say.
Progressive city councilwoman Michelle Wu’s Green New Deal envisions fare-free transit, cooperative housing and a local conservation corps.
Plans would pay landowners to keep the ecosystem in a natural state to fight climate change.
For decades, Bill McDonough has been leading the movement toward sustainable architecture. His goal is to create a garbage-free society through what he calls “cradle to cradle” design.
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher/science-rules-with-bill-nye/e/76550199?autoplay=true
LivingPackets is a Berlin-based startup that aims to replace the familiar cardboard box with an alternative that’s smarter, more secure and possibly the building block of a new circular economy.
The primary product created by LivingPackets is called The Box, and it’s just that: a box. But not just any box. This one is reusable, durable, digitally locked and monitored, with a smartphone’s worth of sensors and gadgets that make it trackable and versatile, and an E-Ink screen so its destination or contents can be updated at will.
How governments and the private sector consider the natural environment when constructing policy is being transformed thanks to a new “natural capital” decision-making framework.
Diageo isn’t the only consumer packaged goods (CPG) company to announce paperboard-based “plastic-free” bottles and packaging. Unilever, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola are all on board.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/anita-desikan/150-attacks-on-science-and-counting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/31/coal-ash-epa-trump/
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/tahoes-state-lake-report-2019
Cole added that environmental factors such as increasing indoor air quality or
natural sunlight can have positive impacts on academic learning for young students.
In 2019, 64 countries were paying more in debt payments (multilateral, bilateral and private) than they were spending on health.
https://bluedoormedia.co/2020/08/28/black-wind-turbine-blades-can-reduce-bird-deaths-by-70/
http://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2020/08/13/maldives-records-highest-micro-plastic-pollution/
‘Critical’ questions over disease risks from ocean plastics
Key knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of
how ocean microplastics transport bacteria and viruses – and whether
this affects the health of humans and animals, researchers say.
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/homepage/title_809561_en.html
AND
Seafood Study Finds Plastic in 100% of Samples
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.0c02337
https://www.ecowatch.com/marine-plastic-waste-2646992655.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
https://www.censored.com.ng/amsterdam/
https://www.globalissues.org/news/2020/08/11/26716
https://resource.co/article/ellen-macarthur-foundation-launches-new-circular-design-toolkit
Google’s parent company will target eight areas, including energy efficiency, clean energy, green buildings, clean transportation and circular economy and design
Killer whales along the Norwegian coast have long classified as fish-eaters. New research shows that some of them also eat seals – and accumulate large amounts of harmful pollutants.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Satellites_provide_crucial_data_on_crops_during_COVID-19
Native bees are at risk across the U.S. “Buzz Kill” — winner of the 2020 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest — depicts the beauty and key ecological role played by these bees and shows how industrialized agriculture and its use of honeybee colonies threatens endemic bee species.
https://www.foodbev.com/news/kind-commits-to-sourcing-almonds-from-bee-friendly-farms/
https://oceans.ubc.ca/2020/08/06/tropicalfisheries/
Local Food: Santa Barbara, CA
Researchers examine food supply chain resiliency in the Pacific during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2020/019989/local-food
Stronger Rains in Warmer Climate Could Lessen Heat Damage to Crops, Says Study
Lithium lanthanum titanate particles enable high power densities even in micrometer sizes – publication in Nature Communications
https://www.globalissues.org/news/2020/08/10/26710
British fossil fuel giant and sixth biggest polluter of all time, BP, is making a move away from continued fossil fuel extraction. BP has announced plans to cut extraction of fossil fuels to 40 per cent below 2019 rates by the year 2030. This, as Oil Change International notes, is the first commitment “from a Big Oil and Gas company to recognize that significant reductions in oil and gas production must occur within this decade.”
https://canadians.org/analysis/bp-plans-keep-it-ground-sort
2020 Drawdown Review: THE Climate Solutions for a New Decade
https://drawdown.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/TheDrawdownReview%E2%80%932020%E2%80%93Download.pdf
Why industrial anaerobic digestion is not the answer to food waste
Why companies are fighting for stricter energy laws.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/corporate-america-ally-clean-energy_n_5f3c3896c5b61551404e5738
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/08/22/jamie-henn-stop-adding/
WEF Brief Explores Opportunities for Circular Plastics Economy
http://sdg.iisd.org/news/wef-brief-explores-opportunities-for-circular-plastics-economy/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/remade-institute-announces-35-million-160000858.html
The Average Person Buys 40 Pounds of Electronics Per Year
https://nerdist.com/article/people-buy-40-pounds-of-electronics-per-year-report/
Role of technology to fight off COVID-19 pandemic to inevitability of climate crisis, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from leading authors
Carbon accounting should be a basic requirement for banks
Financial institutions and asset managers are impeding progress on climate action for lack of a simple rule
https://www.ft.com/content/fcaa31d2-84a2-4c9e-8532-cbd7e23d22d0
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