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 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
Ann Arbor’s sustainable energy utility aims to build the electric power grid of the future − alongside the old one
California Weakly Defines Regenerative, Misses Chance for Meaningful Progress
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.
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’.
Amid funding concerns, Anne Arundel’s (MD) 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
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?
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
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.
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.
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