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Hope for Children

Hope for Children Through Climate Justice

https://oikoumene.org/resources/publications/hope-for-children-through-climate-justice

 

What if your relationship with food could transform the world? 

From the biology of consciousness to the intricacies of global food systems, discover how this interconnected understanding empowers us to be truly “FutureKind” – individuals capable of making decisions that nourish life, from the cellular to the cosmic.

https://www.foodintegritycollective.org/podcast

 

‘Farming fun again’: Bob Quinn’s vision for the future of agriculture

https://www.msuexponent.com/news/state/bob-quinn-organic-farming-regenerative-agriculture-food-as-medicine-sustainable-agriculture/article_5b85bff0-c711-5cf9-bfcf-c58861df5940.html

 

Ann Arbor’s sustainable energy utility aims to build the electric power grid of the future − alongside the old one

https://theconversation.com/ann-arbors-sustainable-energy-utility-aims-to-build-the-electric-power-grid-of-the-future-alongside-the-old-one-247189

 

California Weakly Defines Regenerative, Misses Chance for Meaningful Progress

https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2025/02/california-weakly-defines-regenerative-missing-opportunity-for-meaningful-progress-and-regenerative-organic-solutions/

From grape to glass: Oregon winery’s eco-friendly approach uses sheep

Ambar Estate becomes Willamette Valley’s first regenerative organic certified vineyard, utilizing Shetland sheep for sustainable cultivation and soil health.

https://www.kgw.com/article/tech/science/environment/willamette-valleys-first-regenerative-organic-vineyard-ancient-farming/283-93e6151c-8f58-4a1d-bd59-70b208b09e29

Agroecology in Andhra Pradesh, India: Unveiling Hidden Costs and Benefits through True Cost Accounting 

https://futureoffood.org/insights/agroecology-in-andhra-pradesh-india/

He Spoke for the Trees (and Also the Soil)

A champion of agroforestry, J. Russell Smith argued for the restoration of forests as key to sustainable agriculture in his seminal work Tree Crops.

https://daily.jstor.org/he-spoke-for-the-trees-and-also-the-soil/

 

This study looks at how pesticide exposures affect children with pediatric cancer in Nebraska.

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GH001236

 

Butterfly populations are plummeting across the United States

Even common species have become much less abundant in just 20 years, a large analysis reveals

https://www.science.org/content/article/butterfly-populations-are-plummeting-across-united-states

 

“To be independent and resilient in the face of shocks, and also to break free from the “imperial mode of living”, the high-consumption, extractive lifestyle only made possible by complex, extractive supply chains and the exploitation of others, and instead embracing a model of regenerative economics that addresses that the latest State of the Climate Report claims is the root cause of climate change, ecological overshoot.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/20/the-eu-middle-child-of-global-politics-needs-to-grow-up/

 

OECD: Fighting climate change will boost global GDP—failing to act will devastate economies

Tackling the climate crisis will boost economic growth, while inaction could lead to ‘permanent recession’.

https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/03/27/oecd-fighting-climate-change-will-boost-global-gdp-failing-to-act-will-devastate-economies/

 

Amid funding concerns, Anne Arundel’s (MD) watershed set for for environmental restoration 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/03/08/amid-funding-concerns-anne-arundels-watershed-set-for-for-environmental-restoration/

 

The 5 Product Categories Best Suited for Reusable Packaging 

New study from Closed Loop Partners and the US Plastics Pact identifies the top 5 consumer product categories poised for near-term reuse success in US retail.

https://sustainablebrands.com/read/5-products-primed-reusable-packaging-systems

 

Chinese firm to lead Nairobi River ecological restoration project in Kenya 

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/11/chinese-firm-to-lead-nairobi-river-ecological-restoration-project-in-kenya

 

The UK’s gamble on solar geoengineering is like using aspirin for cancer

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/12/solar-geoengineering-uk

 

A tale of two cities: What drove 2024’s Valencia and Porto Alegre floods?

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/a-tale-of-two-cities-what-drove-2024s-valencia-and-porto-alegre-floods/

 

Dangerous Climate ‘Wiplash’ Is Impacting Cities Globally, Report Finds

https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-whiplash-cities-drought-flooding.html

 

From deluges to drought: Climate change speeds up water cycle, triggers more extreme weather

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-extremes-drought-flood-rain-hydrological-cycle-b1f3e71ec6bac03f7c72a16be2739b01

 

Plastic Triggered a New Geological Epoch—and the Evidence May Be in Bird Nests 

Researchers reconstructed the history of an unusual 30-year-old bird nest based on the expiration dates printed on plastic waste in the structure.

https://gizmodo.com/plastic-triggered-a-new-geological-epoch-and-the-evidence-may-be-in-bird-nests-2000572398

Coca-Cola’s plastic waste polluting oceans projected to reach 1.3 billion pounds per year by 2030: Oceana report 

Coca-Cola’s World With Waste projects that the company’s plastic use will be more than 9.1 billion pounds annually by 2030 if its practices do not change.

https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/03/28/coca-colas-plastic-waste-polluting-oceans-projected-to-reach-1-3-billion-pounds-per-year-by-2030-oceana-report/

 

We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky.

Here’s why you should never, ever drink the rain.

https://www.vox.com/climate/401600/pfas-microplastics-pollution-rain

 

Half of Global Carbon Emissions Come From Just 36 Fossil Fuel Companies

https://www.ecowatch.com/global-carbon-emissions-companies-responsible.html

‘All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation

The Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/how-china-led-way-water-soil-conservation

 

City to Farm grows innovative ‘scraps to soil’ solution

https://www.localmatters.co.nz/environment/city-to-farm-grows-innovative-scraps-to-soil-solution/

 

China’s high-speed rail linked to boosted EV adoption

Fears of getting stranded in EVs seem to dissipate when high-speed rail is near.

https://www.popsci.com/technology/china-high-speed-rail-electric-vehicles/

 

Groundbreaking study finds huge amount of litter at deepest point in Mediterranean Sea

Plastic accounts for nearly 90 per cent of debris in Calypso Deep 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/litter-mediterranean-sea-deepest-point-b2713484.html

 

Wild and Age of Union announce conservation partnership

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/rewild-and-age-of-union-announce-conservation-partnership/

 

Climate Change Threatens Earth’s Major Crops, Study Finds

https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-crops-food-security.html
 

Richest farmers in England may lose sustainability funding in Defra review
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/richest-farmers-in-england-may-lose-sustainability-funding-in-defra-review

 

Platform to discuss ways of making farming sustainable

https://peopledaily.digital/business/platform-to-discuss-ways-of-making-farming-sustainable

 

Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism

https://aeon.co/ideas/monopoly-was-invented-to-demonstrate-the-evils-of-capitalism

The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues

Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life.

https://grist.org/language/paul-hawken-book-climate-movement-carbon/

 

The Cult Of The American Lawn

Manicured grass yards are ecological dead zones. So why are they being forced on people by their neighbors and homeowner associations?

https://www.noemamag.com/the-cult-of-the-american-lawn/

 

Recent panic over black plastic started with a math error

BDE-209 is still bad for you.

https://www.popsci.com/health/black-plastic-study/

 

Why ‘Soil Blocking’ Is a Better Way to Grow Your Seeds

Forget plastic seed trays: Soil blocking is a revered, time-tested method that produces the healthiest seedlings.

https://lifehacker.com/home/why-soil-blocking-better-way-grow-seeds

 

Washington Sea Star Die-Off: Microplastics & Pesticides Point to Culprit (video, 3 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYrUAYOJq5c

 

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Climate Change Threatens Earth’s Major Crops, Study Finds

https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-crops-food-security.html
Richest farmers in England may lose sustainability funding in Defra review
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/richest-farmers-in-england-may-lose-sustainability-funding-in-defra-review

 

Platform to discuss ways of making farming sustainable

https://peopledaily.digital/business/platform-to-discuss-ways-of-making-farming-sustainable

 

Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism

https://aeon.co/ideas/monopoly-was-invented-to-demonstrate-the-evils-of-capitalism

The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues

Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life.

https://grist.org/language/paul-hawken-book-climate-movement-carbon/

 

The Cult Of The American Lawn

Manicured grass yards are ecological dead zones. So why are they being forced on people by their neighbors and homeowner associations?

https://www.noemamag.com/the-cult-of-the-american-lawn/

 

Recent panic over black plastic started with a math error

BDE-209 is still bad for you.

https://www.popsci.com/health/black-plastic-study/

 

Why ‘Soil Blocking’ Is a Better Way to Grow Your Seeds

Forget plastic seed trays: Soil blocking is a revered, time-tested method that produces the healthiest seedlings.

https://lifehacker.com/home/why-soil-blocking-better-way-grow-seeds

 

Washington Sea Star Die-Off: Microplastics & Pesticides Point to Culprit (video, 3 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYrUAYOJq5c

 

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2025

Hope for Children Through Climate Justice https://oikoumene.org/resources/publications/hope-for-children-through-climate-justice   What if your relationship with food could transform the world?  From the biology of consciousness to the

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Compost Happens – March 2025

Zero-Waste Pioneers Reshape Modern European Dining https://www.epicureasia.com/food/38733/zero-waste-pioneers-reshape-modern-european-dining/ How factory farms produce ‘ghost’ food waste that could feed billions of people In natural farming systems, cows

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Green Mission News – March 2025

Environmental win at Point Reyes a loss for all others https://eedition.sfchronicle.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx   Bringing the Outdoors Back to Childhood  https://bioneers.org/bringing-the-outdoors-back-to-childhoodzmaz2502/   Ellen MacArthur Foundation CEO: “Eliminating

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Compost Happens – January 2025

What is happening to the food waste collected under California’s recycling law? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-is-happening-to-the-food-waste-collected-under-california-s-recycling-law/ar-AA1wynaN   Thinking Inside and Outside the Box: Dual Strategies to Secure Food

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Green Mission News – January 2025

Losing the Birds, Finding the Words: Eve Ensler’s Extraordinary Letter of Apology to Mother Earth (includes 6 minute video) https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/10/28/eve-ensler-apology-mother-earth/   Seven quiet breakthroughs for

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Compost Happens – December 2024

Waste not, want not: Turning food waste into fertile soil for sustainable growth https://phys.org/news/2024-12-food-fertile-soil-sustainable-growth.html What Everyone Should Know About Food Waste Solutions https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariannekrasny/2024/12/03/what-everyone-should-know-about-food-waste-solutions/ From waste

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Compost Happens – November 2024

Community Composters Innovate, Adapt, and Connect at the 8th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum https://ilsr.org/articles/cultivating-community-composting-2024/ These East Denver neighborhoods will get compost service next Congratulations

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Green Mission News – November 2024

Flowers and the Birth of Ecology  Without flowers, there would be no us. https://nautil.us/flowers-and-the-birth-of-ecology-917041/ I have acreage to sell you in Antarctica: Antarctica is ‘greening’

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Compost Happens – October 2024

Lion Farms offers wide variety of organic Florida mushrooms https://communitynewspapers.com/south-dade/lion-farms-offers-wide-variety-of-organic-florida-mushrooms/ How State Organic Waste Ban Policies Can Drive Food Waste Reduction  Organic waste bans are

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Green Mission News – October 2024

Book review: The Nutmeg’s Curse Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo125517349.html and https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-03-21/the-nutmegs-curse-review/ Letter from the Farm | Wild Geese and

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Green Mission News – September 2024

5 big ways U.S. communities are working to minimize harm from climate change https://ensia.com/notable/5-big-ways-u-s-communities-are-working-to-minimize-harm-from-climate-change/   In a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities

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Compost Happens – August 2024

US’ Outdated Composting Infrastructure Offers Golden Investment Opportunity  https://sustainablebrands.com/read/finance-investment/outdated-composting-infrastructure-investment-opportunity   Table2Farms: Innovating Composting to Combat Climate Change https://foodtank.com/news/2024/07/innovating-composting-to-combat-climate-change/   Ventura County organic recycler putting waste

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Green Mission News – August 2024

QUOTATIONS FROM ROGER REVELLE Compiled by Deborah Day, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives https://library.ucsd.edu/scilib/biogr/day_quotations-from-roger-revelle.pdf and In 1957, Climate Scientist Warned Congress That Fossil-Fueled Global Warming

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Green Mission News – June 2024

  What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?  Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers. https://grist.org/business/what-will-it-take-to-get-companies-to-embrace-reusable-packaging/   Green

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Compost Happens Now – May 2024

International Compost Awareness Week Slated May 5-11 This year’s theme is COMPOST … Nature’s Climate Champion https://www.morningagclips.com/international-compost-awareness-week-slated-may-5-11/ ‘Just Eat It’ explores food waste and surplus

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Green Mission News – May 2024

Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects,

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Compost Happens – Earth Month 2024

Earth Month UWS Explainer: How to ‘Compost’ Food Scraps and Why It Matters https://www.westsiderag.com/2024/04/11/earth-month-uws-explainer-how-to-compost-food-scraps-and-why-it-matters Navigating the Compostable Packaging Landscape: Insights from BPI Executive Director Rhodes

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2024

‘Nature Has Rights’: Aruba Could Become 2nd Country to Recognize Rights of Nature in Constitution https://www.ecowatch.com/aruba-nature-rights-constitution.html   In Libya, one person’s garbage is another person’s

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Compost Happens – March 2024

Opportunities for scaling compost strategies help farms’ soil health https://www.agdaily.com/features/opportunities-for-scaling-compost-strategies-help-farms-soil-health/   GrowNYC prepares layoffs as city shifts to curbside composting https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/grownyc-cut-54-workers-city-shifts-curbside-composting   Local farmers discuss

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Compost Happens – February, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Composting: Enhancing Soil Health and Boosting Crop Yields https://medriva.com/health/eco-health/unlocking-the-power-of-composting-enhancing-soil-health-and-boosting-crop-yields/   Chance Farm pursues ‘closed loop’ agriculture with composting group https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/agriculture/chance-farms-pursues-closed-loop-agriculture-with-composting-group/article_0011a7a0-c6c7-11ee-9c20-abf130d4d6b4.html  

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Green Mission News – February, 2024

    Five Ways to Develop “Ecoliteracy”.Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow explain how we can teach kids to care deeply about the environment.https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_develop_ecoliteracy

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Green Mission News – November, 2023

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html   The in-depth assessment presented

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Green Mission News – October, 2023

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap https://atmos.earth/a-love-letter-to-my-compost-heap/   The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago’s Most Underserved Neighborhoods For two

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Green Mission News – September, 2023

4 factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters https://theconversation.com/4-factors-driving-2023s-extreme-heat-and-climate-disasters-209975   True regenerative economies help everyone prosper https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/08/09/opinion/true-regenerative-economies-help-everyone-prosper   The Tragedy of Misunderstanding the Commons Twelfth-century

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Green Mission News – August, 2023

One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/one-seed-at-a-time-lebanese-project-promotes-agroecology-for-farmer-autonomy/   On the Cusp of Cleaning Up “Cancer Alley,” the EPA Caved

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Green Mission News – June, 2023

Time to pay the piper: Fossil fuel companies’ reparations for climate damages https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00198-7   Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain

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