Green Mission News – March, 2018
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
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http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-02/23/c_139761725.htm
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
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,
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
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/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-02/23/c_139761725.htm
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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