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https://e360.yale.edu/features/ev-turning-point-momentum-builds-for-u.s.-electric-vehicle-transition
Reducing tillage—which often relies on herbicides—has long been out of reach on organic farms. Now, a group of veteran growers are undertaking a soil
health experiment with implications for California and beyond.
It’s being billed as the “new organic.” But it could be much, much bigger.
https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/food/regenerative-agriculture
https://foodtank.com/news/2021/03/coastal-roots-farm-educates-community-through-new-mini-film/
https://www.abbynews.com/news/four-abbotsford-companies-receive-1-6-million-in-agritech-grants/
The earth’s soil holds more than 3 times the amount of carbon in our
atmosphere and 4 times the amount stored in all living plants and
animals.
“Cleaner and lower-cost wind and solar, coupled with battery storage, will drive fossil fuels out of the market.”
What a 40-year experiment can tell us about organic food. Takeaways from Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial. https://peeled.substack.com/p/what-a-40-year-experiment-can-tell Transform school meals to nourish kids and
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
What a 40-year experiment can tell us about organic food.https://peeled.substack.com/p/what-a-40-year-experiment-can-tell
https://news.sky.com/story/human-penises-are-shrinking-because-of-pollution-warns-scientist-12255106
http://english.iap.cas.cn/home/News/202103/t20210302_263980.html
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/54819
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/31/americas-tap-water-samples-forever-chemicals
https://www.rcdpackaging.com/post/how-to-fix-the-recycling-system-an-open-letter
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148045/torrential-rains-drench-hawaii
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00168.html
Butterfly numbers plummeting in US west as climate crisis takes toll
Writer Kathleen Dean Moore turns her ear to nature’s sounds and what we’re losing as species disappear.
https://therevelator.org/earths-music-moore/
https://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-events/2021/0224_sullivan-atmospheric-aging-bba.html
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/54819
https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2021/03/cnre-birds-and-coffee.email.html
https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/canary-in-the-mine
https://earth911.com/earth-watch/welcome-to-the-new-earth911/
“They know what they’re doing; it’s not their first time,” a shopper said. “They’re very fat so I think they’ve got a whole system there.”
Plummeting sperm counts, shrinking penises: toxic chemicals threaten humanity (Erin Brockovich)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/18/toxic-chemicals-health-humanity-erin-brokovich
‘Climate facts are back’: EPA brings science back to website after tRump purge.
Move reverses former president’s order to drop all references to the climate emergency on government websites.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/20/epa-climate-facts-joe-biden-trump-purge
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is Possible. These State-Level Plans Show How.
https://truthout.org/articles/phasing-out-fossil-fuels-is-possible-these-state-level-plans-show-how/
I Accidentally Joined A Playgroup Full Of QAnon Moms. Here’s What Happened.
“It wasn’t until the onset of COVID-19 that it became apparent most of my new friends were either Trump supporters and/or entangled in QAnon conspiracy theories.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/qanon-trump-supporters-homeschool-texas_n_60512898c5b605256ebefb0f
WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?
Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate greed.
They can learn a lot from El Salvador.
https://otherwords.org/water-is-life-can-we-protect-it/
Give Nature a Right to Self-Defense
(By Jim Hightower)
https://www.creators.com/read/jim-hightower/03/21/give-nature-a-right-to-self-defense
Brazil’s ‘Upside-Down’ Forest Is Facing Devastating Destruction
The Cerrado is the most biologically rich savanna in the world
and a huge carbon sink, but it’s being razed to produce soy and beef.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brazil-cerrado-upside-down-forest-destruction_n_603502f6c5b6cc8bbf3e8c55
POV: The great seed robbery (video)
Most seed laws that are trying to be imposed in the world are based on a convention called UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants). Most people or organisations don’t know about UPOV, and its contents and implications for our seeds are very hard to understand.
To help you understand UPOV, we have a short animated video for you. It explains in a simple way how UPOV tries to appropriate and privatise seeds that have been developed over thousands of years by communities around the world, and why we should resist it and demand that it be dismantled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O7cmwIKuEQ
Leaders for Climate Accountability
is a national network of public officials who support holding corporate polluters accountable for their outsized role in creating and perpetuating the climate crisis.
https://l4ca.org/
TEXAS: A STUDY IN PRIVATE GAIN AT PUBLIC EXPENSE
My family spent the Texas freeze cold and dirty and parched
while utilities bilked us and politicians fled to resorts.
It’s unavoidable: we must ban fossil fuels to save our planet. Here’s how we do it
Twice before, humanity has mitigated severe global environmental threats.
In both cases we did this not with ‘cap and trade’ systems, taxes, or offsets, but with bans.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/09/its-unavoidable-we-must-ban-fossil-fuels-to-save-our-planet-heres-how-we-do-it
“So please don’t patronize me by telling me that the oil and gas industry doesn’t have any special tax provisions.”
https://truthout.org/articles/rep-katie-porter-refutes-claim-that-oil-industry-doesnt-get-special-tax-breaks/
“A Big Deal”: Bill McKibben on Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment
& the Future of Climate Justice.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/10/rutgers_university_fossil_fuel_divestment
Wildfires Will Keep Getting Worse — Even in “Best Case” Climate Scenarios
https://truthout.org/articles/wildfires-will-keep-getting-worse-even-in-best-case-climate-scenarios/
Changes in fire weather climatology under 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abe675
Understanding the Arctic Polar Vortex
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/understanding-arctic-polar-vortex
Legume trees support tropical forest growth by releasing nutrients from ancient soils.
Researchers have found that nitrogen-fixing legume trees can support themselves and surrounding trees not only with increased access to nitrogen but with other key nutrients through enhanced mineral weathering.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sustainable-food/news/legume-trees-support-tropical-forest-growth-releasing-nutrients-ancient-soils
Is this the end of forests as we’ve known them?
Trees lost to drought and wildfires are not returning.
Climate change is taking a toll on the world’s forests –
and radically changing the environment before our eyes.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/10/is-this-the-end-of-forests-as-weve-known-them
Agroecology vs. climate chaos: Farmers leading the battle in Asia
https://grain.org/en/article/6632-agroecology-vs-climate-chaos-farmers-leading-the-battle-in-asia
Ecosocialism and the Climate Crisis.
https://systemchangenotclimatechange.org/article/ecosocialism-and-climate-crisis
https://earth911.com/earth-watch/welcome-to-the-new-earth911/
https://news.ncsu.edu/2021/03/plants-solar-cell-greenhouses/
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1834613107#image-5
$1.8m DOE grant will help develop sustainable plastics
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uoml-ulr031221.php
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/02/global-wind-atlas-propels-sustainable-energy
https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9300500/wanted-unresolved-packaging-problems/
https://e360.yale.edu/features/ev-turning-point-momentum-builds-for-u.s.-electric-vehicle-transition
Reducing tillage—which often relies on herbicides—has long been out of reach on organic farms. Now, a group of veteran growers are undertaking a soil
health experiment with implications for California and beyond.
It’s being billed as the “new organic.” But it could be much, much bigger.
https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/food/regenerative-agriculture
https://foodtank.com/news/2021/03/coastal-roots-farm-educates-community-through-new-mini-film/
https://www.abbynews.com/news/four-abbotsford-companies-receive-1-6-million-in-agritech-grants/
The earth’s soil holds more than 3 times the amount of carbon in our
atmosphere and 4 times the amount stored in all living plants and
animals.
“Cleaner and lower-cost wind and solar, coupled with battery storage, will drive fossil fuels out of the market.”
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