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https://packagingeurope.com/new-initiative-launched-to-promote-place-of-mono-pet-flexibles/
Brussels-based soft drink association foresees boost in PET recyclability.
https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/unesda-pet-plastic-beverage-bottle-recycling-europe/
If you’re going to use more recycled content, you’re going to use alternative materials for packaging, you have to be ready to make the capital investment needed in your infrastructure in your factories.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/nestle-and-microsoft-financing-circular-innovations
https://www.miragenews.com/new-funding-to-create-innovative-products-and-517254/
Bitcoin mining – the process in which a bitcoin is awarded to a computer that solves a complex series of algorithm – is a deeply energy intensive process
What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?A society based on natural ecology might seem like a far-off utopia— yet communities everywhere are already creating it.Includes: 6
Questions “Too Puny” for Our Dire Circumstances The unanswered question is whether we have the political will to do what is required to prevent Earth’s
The Quapaw Nation’s Casino Farms Its Own Food A stone’s throw from the blackjack tables, bison are grazing, beehives are buzzing, crops are growing—and nature
For sustainable business, ‘planetary boundaries’ define the new rules https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/for-sustainable-business-planetary-boundaries-define-the-new-rules/ What could a good green recovery plan actually look like? What do governments across the
Humility, caring and wisdom make a better future possible (David Suzuki) For many, the pandemic has renewed our innate appreciation for and connection to nature.
Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution The climate crisis is here, but regenerative agriculture can help fight it. Our newest white paper explores regenerative
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
What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?https://progressivegrocer.com/giant-cos-rodale-institute-team-regenerative-organic-agriculture
Recompose, located outside of Seattle, has turned its first customers into soil after years of development.
https://www.spie.org/news/getting-ahead-of-climate-change
https://news.uoguelph.ca/2021/02/pesticide-threatens-future-for-key-pollinator-u-of-g-study/
Composed of farm, environmental, and food retail groups, FACA was an early advocate of using voluntary and incentive-based programs to mitigate climate change.
https://vtdigger.org/2021/02/23/michael-shank-usda-far-more-open-now-to-sustainability-practices/
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_845118_en.html
Regenerative grazing can store more carbon in soils in the form of roots and other plant tissues. But how much can it really help the fight against climate change?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/climate/regenerative-grazing-cattle-climate.html
https://tomdispatch.com/biden-climate-change-and-china/
The real scapegoat here is the Green New Deal, proposed legislation—not actual law — that begins re-envisioning who we are as a nation and what our relationship is to the future.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/26/windmills-new-scapegoat
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AL0AA
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts say the full extent of the damage won’t be realized for weeks.
https://today.tamu.edu/2021/02/19/arctic-conditions-deliver-frigid-blow-to-texas-agriculture/
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/22/naomi_klein_texas_green_new_deal#transcript
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2KO0FZ
https://thehumaneleague.org/cage-free-eggspose
https://explore.panda.org/newdeal
Published ahead of a crucial United Nations biodiversity summit scheduled for May 2021, The World’s Forgotten Fishes details the “dazzling diversity” of freshwater fishes; their importance to food security, jobs, and ecosystems;
threats posed by current human behavior; and how scientists suggest tackling the extinction crisis.
https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/world_s_forgotten_fishes__report_final__1.pdf
Regenerative agriculture practices can sequester carbon in soil,
but for companies with complex supply chains, the logistics
of moving to such practices can be complicated.
https://ensia.com/features/regenerative-agriculture-carbon-sequester-soil-emissions-farm-food-dairy/
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063724069
https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-drilling-the-arctic-refuge-will-release-a-double-dose-of-carbon
Smithfield is pushing a massive greenwashing campaign to dupe consumers into thinking its products are environmentally friendly. It is actually one of the U.S.’ biggest polluters, and is now partnering with the gas industry instead of cleaning up its act.
https://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/10511/the-water-cycle/
We need to begin changing our fundamental ethic, from “I’m getting mine. Screw you,” to “We’re all in this together.” Because we are.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/20/texas-freeze-illustrates-failed-economic-system
As the saying goes, though, a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its shoes on.
Microbiologist, climate scientist and founder of Healthy Soils Australia Walter Jehne discusses climate and soil health.
https://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/supporting-the-soil-carbon-sponge/
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https://packagingeurope.com/new-initiative-launched-to-promote-place-of-mono-pet-flexibles/
Brussels-based soft drink association foresees boost in PET recyclability.
https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/unesda-pet-plastic-beverage-bottle-recycling-europe/
If you’re going to use more recycled content, you’re going to use alternative materials for packaging, you have to be ready to make the capital investment needed in your infrastructure in your factories.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/nestle-and-microsoft-financing-circular-innovations
https://www.miragenews.com/new-funding-to-create-innovative-products-and-517254/
Bitcoin mining – the process in which a bitcoin is awarded to a computer that solves a complex series of algorithm – is a deeply energy intensive process
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