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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
How carbon farming could halt climate change Soil holds more carbon than the atmosphere and all vegetation combined. But who’s going to convince more farmers to
A Soil Scientist with a Plan for a More Resilient Food System http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/8074/building-a-more-resilient-food-system-requires-a-paradigm-s Earth is becoming ‘Planet Plastic’ http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40654915 and Production, use, and fate of
Harvesting the Sun – Jairo Restrepo at Ragmans Farm (video 7 min.) The first video in English of Jairo Restrepo, a world expert in Biofertilisers and
Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030 The Disruption of Transportation and the Collapse of the Internal-Combustion Vehicle and Oil Industries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/585c3439be65942f022bbf9.pdf India’s ‘Fruit of the Gods’ Could Make Solar
Humans Produce So Much Junk, We Are Creating a New Geological Layer The technofossils we leave behind will create a mark on the planet. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/03/humans_are_creating_a_new_geological_layer_of_technofossils.html
More on organics management, cities, & circular economy prospects Urban Biocycles was produced in collaboration with the World Economic Forum as part of Project MainStream.
What’s Warming the World? NASA’s Model Researchers who study the Earth’s climate create models to test their assumptions about the causes and trajectory of global
An Economy of Meaning, or Bust Current economic systems are dismal because they waste our precious time. We can pause to reevaluate, and redesign. By
Solar power at 1¢/kWh by 2025 Thierry Lepercq, head of research, technology and innovation at the French energy company Engie SA, said in an interview
What makes plastic trash seem so tasty to seabirds? http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1109/What-makes-plastic-trash-seem-so-tasty-to-seabirds Plastic island: How our trash is destroying paradise http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2016/12/world/midway-plastic-island/ Life in Syntropy (Agroforestry; 15 minute
Broken Promises of Genetically Modified Crops By KARL RUSSELL and DANNY HAKIM OCT. 29, 2016 About 20 years ago, the United States and Canada began
How restorative agriculture could lead to commercial advantage http://www.producebusinessuk.com/opinion/fresh-opinions/2016/09/22/how-restorative-agriculture-could-lead-to-commercial-advantage Fair World Project Releases Statement on US, China Formal Sign-On to Paris Climate Agreement Leading Consumer
Pope Francis says destroying the environment is a sin Pontiff says humans are turning planet into ‘wasteland full of debris, desolation and filth’ in call
Our Consumption Of Earth’s Natural Resources Has More Than Tripled In 40 Years Limestone and steel for our homes, wheat and vegetables for our dinner,
Walk Through Green Space Could Help Put Brain In State Of Meditation, Study Finds Entering a more ‘zen’ mindset could be as easy as taking
Nike says ‘just do it’ to the circular economy Sportswear giant Nike aims to build on progress made in its latest sustainability report by integrating
Largest US food producers ask Congress to shield lobbying activities United Egg Producers, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and National Pork Producers Council are proposing a
Nature magazine: The Circular Economy A ‘circular economy’ would turn goods that are at the end of their service life into resources for others, closing
Carbon Farming: Fighting Climate Change with Regenerative Agriculture Lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide to a level that will avoid catastrophic climate change requires massive shifts across
The mercury doesn’t lie: We’ve hit a troubling climate change milestone (McKibben) DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/FILE 2015 A view of the Kronebreen Glacier in northern Norway.
Key Issue Ignored by Presidential Candidates: Food ‘Presidential candidates should seize the opportunity to improve the nation’s food and farm system for the benefit of
Whole Foods Partnering with Urban Farming Project to Improve Food Security in Chicago Neighborhood In 2013, Whole Foods Market announced that it would be opening
Carbon Farming Gets A Nod At Paris Climate Conference This week, world leaders are hashing out a binding agreement in Paris at the 2015 U.N.
A Soil Pilgrimage http://www.asianage.com/columnists/soil-pilgrimage-994 GMO backlash threatens beet farmers as foodmakers swap sugars http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N12C0Z520151029?rpc=401& World’s “appetite” for renewables is growing, but faster transition is needed,
Pope Francis would love the obscure theories of this dead Romanian economist http://qz.com/510096/pope-francis-would-love-the-theories-of-this-dead-romanian-economist/ THE NEED FOR A NEW ECONOMIC SYSTEM: PART 9 http://www.countercurrents.org/avery220815.htm Brazil
A Soil Pilgrimage http://www.asianage.com/columnists/soil-pilgrimage-994 GMO backlash threatens beet farmers as foodmakers swap sugars http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N12C0Z520151029?rpc=401& World’s “appetite” for renewables is growing, but faster transition is needed,
Published on Thursday, September 24, 2015 http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/09/24/rallying-pope-climate-justice-campaigners-hail-shovel-ready-solution byCommon Dreams “What is this magic solution?” activist asks demonstrators on National Mall. “You’re standing on it. It’s
The Soil Story (4 minute video) http://thesoilstory.com The Soil Story, created by Kiss the Ground, is a five-minute film that shares the importance of healthy
Making the transition to a circular economy will not be a walk in the park http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150731/opinion/shift-to-circular-economy.578683 After what might be perceived as a rather wobbly
Circular economy more than just an opportunity Now that EU parliament has given its support to a report on the circular economy, it’s up to
What’s in the News… [break] USDA Develops New GMO-Free Certification And Label For Foods http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/14/usda-gmo-label_n_7284544.html What Happened After One Family Went Organic For Just Two
What’s in the News… Soil & Carbon: Soil Solutions to Climate Problems http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/reports/3846/soil-and-carbon-soil-solutions-to-climate-problems# An excess of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth’s atmosphere is warming
A new theory why bees are dying off The summary of the article linked to below is this. It’s not one thing. It’s a great
(Reuters) – Almost one in 10 of Europe’s wild bee species is at risk of extinction because of threats from the spread of farms and
The bold headline of a recent Los Angeles Times editorial by the hydrologist Jay Famiglietti starkly warned: “California has about one year of water left.
How Ecodesign can Drive a circular economy in Europe http://www.eeb.org/index.cfm?LinkServID=EB5DE6FD-5056-B741-DBB2EBDF0E6E0AC5
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
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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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