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 Green So Hard? Because Our System Isn’t
If environmental solutions aren’t systemic, living green will always mean
going against the grain — and usually failing.
https://otherwords.org/why-is-going-green-so-hard-because-our-system-isnt/
Extinction Rebellion: Role of business in society is being defined by climate change
A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
(video 7 1/2 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9uTH0iprVQ&t=74s
Organising for energy democracy in the face of austerity Soulardarity, Highland Park, Michigan
https://www.tni.org/en/article/organising-for-energy-democracy-in-the-face-of-austerity
Glyphosate Spin Check: Tracking Claims About the Most Widely Used Herbicide
https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-spin-check-2636099916.html
“The Story of Soil Is the Story of All of Us”
Annie Leonard and Tom Newmark on how they came to see soil
as a solution to one of our biggest environmental problems—and as a tool
to build more resilient communities.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/soil-story-community-earth-annie-leonard-tom-newmark-20190422
Study: As Climate Crisis Has Worsened, So Has Global Economic Inequality
In a new study out by Stanford researchers reviewing half a century of data,
researchers found that as rich countries get richer,
they also have more temperate climates and face less of the brunt of climate impacts
https://therealnews.com/stories/study-as-climate-crisis-has-worsened-so-has-global-economic-inequality
Climate extremes explain 18%-43% of global crop yield variations
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-climate-extremes-global-crop.html
What colored blobs in the brain can tell us about environmental decision making
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The fast-growing field of neuroeconomics is shedding new light on
how we make choices related to protecting the environment.
https://ensia.com/articles/brain-environment-decision-making-neuroeconomics/
The natural world can help save us from climate catastrophe …
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/03/natural-world-climate-catastrophe-rewilding
Natural Climate Solutions
https://www.naturalclimate.solutions
America’s renewable energy set to surpass coal for the first month ever
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/business/renewable-energy-coal-solar/index.html
Tompkins Foundation donates a million acres for two new national parks in Chile
Human Drugs Are Polluting the Water—And Animals Are Swimming in It
Salmon on psychotropics, platypuses on prozac, and other strange tales from the wild
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/pharmaceutical-pollution/586006/
Researchers Discover Microplastics in the Air of the Pyrenees Mountains
https://psmag.com/news/researchers-discover-microplastics-in-the-air-of-the-pyrenees-mountains
AND
Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0335-5
Plastic production is the problem, and not plastic waste
Sea creatures store carbon in the ocean – could protecting them help slow climate change?
Megacorporations Want More Ocean Farms. That’s a Huge Mistake.
https://truthout.org/articles/megacorporations-want-more-ocean-farms-thats-a-huge-mistake/
WWF commends Tanzania over ban on use of plastic bags
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/17/c_137985260.htm
Reckless farming is destroying the planet. This could save it
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/17/perspectives/reckless-farming-carbon-emissions/index.html
Will soil save us? Carbon sequestration through agriculture
“A handful of living soil resembles a sponge, full of air, water, organic matter and minerals.”
https://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/news/will-soil-save-us-carbon-sequestration-through-agriculture/
FlowKana purchasing Hopland property housing
Solar Living Institute and Emerald Pharms
https://www.mendovoice.com/2019/04/flowkana-purchasing-hopland-property-housing-solar-living-center-and-emerald-pharms/
Andrea Asch: Healthy soils, healthy farms
https://vtdigger.org/2019/04/17/andrea-asch-healthy-soils-healthy-farms/
Ways to Save the World
If we really want to make a difference this Earth Day,
we have to confront the problem of climate change at its source.
https://progressive.org/dispatches/ways-to-save-the-world-aronoff-190418/
The Gift of Soil: How Composting Builds Community
The perfect soil mixture can do more than grow food.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/dirt/gift-of-soil-compost-garden-community-20190422
Half of all land must be kept in a natural state to protect Earth
New science says land conservation must double by 2030 to prevent dangerous warming and unravelling of ecosystems.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/science-study-outlines-30-percent-conservation-2030/
Understanding how crop diseases and climate change interact is vital
Logging Is the Lead Driver of Carbon Emissions from US Forests
If we want to effectively mitigate climate change, it’s time for bold action to protect forestlands
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/logging-carbon-emissions-us-forests
Thousands of Amazon employees ask the company
to adopt a climate change plan
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18304800/amazon-employees-open-letter-climate-change-plan
Conceived in a dream, new solar canoe will serve Amazon tribes
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/conceived-in-a-dream-new-solar-canoe-will-serve-amazon-tribes/
The Madness Driving Climate Catastrophe
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-madness-driving-climate-catastrophe/
French court finds Monsanto guilty of poisoning farmer
Ruling says chemicals giant knew of weedkiller’s dangers but label lacked warning
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/11/french-court-finds-monsanto-guilty-of-poisoning-farmer
‘We’re not a dump’ – poor Alabama towns struggle
under the stench of toxic landfills
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/15/were-not-a-dump-poor-alabama-towns-struggle-under-the-stench-of-toxic-landfills
Why Every City Needs a Climate Storyteller
The Climate Narrative Project, started
by author Jeff Biggers, is training a new generation of storytellers to
help us meet the challenges of climate change.
https://therevelator.org/biggers-climate-narratives/
These Farmers Are Sowing Seeds of Diversity in the U.S. Food System (and Have Been for Quite Some Time)
A movement to preserve the cultural heritage and organic practices of African American farmers is growing in the Southeast.
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/these-farmers-are-sowing-seeds-diversity-us-food-system-and-have-been-quite-some-time
Virtual Reality 360-degree video: An “empathy-generating machine” for conservation outreach?
Walruses are jumping off cliffs to their deaths — yes, because of climate change
Children’s Moral Power Can Challenge Corporate Power on Climate Crisis
(Ralph Nader)
Students taking to the streets and taking on legislators will advance the fight
for a safer planet and a more just society
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/04/17/childrens-moral-power-can-challenge-corporate-power-climate-crisis
Greta Thunberg Chastises European Parliament for Prioritizing Brexit Over Climate Change
https://www.ecowatch.com/greta-thunberg-speech-parliament-2634847425.html
When climate goals and trade rules collide
https://www.iatp.org/blog/201904/when-climate-goals-and-trade-rules-collide
‘Decades of denial’: major report finds New Zealand’s environment is in serious trouble
Nation known for its natural beauty is under pressure with extinctions, polluted rivers and blighted lakes
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/18/decades-of-denial-major-report-finds-new-zealands-environment-is-in-serious-trouble
AND
Environment Aotearoa is the first major environmental report in four years, and was compiled using data from Statistics New Zealand and the environment ministry.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5954379-Environment-Aotearoa-2019-Embargoed.html
Irrigation, drought, sea level rise and more are causing salt to build up in soils around the world.
What can we do? As salinization threatens crops and ecosystems, farmers and policy makers seek solutions
https://ensia.com/features/salinization-salt-threatens-soil-crops-ecosystems/
Blue Planet: The Nature Conservancy unveils $1.6 billion bid to save the oceans
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/blue-planet-nature-conservancy-unveils-16-billion-bid-save-oceans
Tiny Monsters in the Sea
Warming ocean waters are an invitation to all sorts of pathogens with the potential to remake ocean life.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/tiny-monsters-in-the-sea/
It Will Take 10 Million Years to Recover From This Man-Made Apocalypse
https://www.ecowatch.com/10-million-years-to-recover-from-the-mass-extinction-2634879861.html
AND
Morphospace expansion paces taxonomic diversification after end Cretaceous mass extinction
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0835-0
More than 20 African countries have joined together in an international mission to plant a massive wall of trees running across the continent – and after a little over a decade of work, it has reaped great success. The tree-planting project, which has been dubbed The Great Green Wall of Africa
Does Your Food Label Guarantee Fair Farmworkers’ Rights? This One Does.
Most labels address how food is grown. The Agricultural Justice Project also focuses on how the people behind the food are treated.
https://civileats.com/2019/04/29/does-your-food-label-guarantee-fair-farmworkers-rights-this-one-does/
Promotion of GMO Impossible Burger at world’s largest natural food trade show denounced as deceptive
Half of all land must be kept in a natural state to protect Earth New science says land conservation must double by 2030 to prevent dangerous warming and unravelling of ecosystems.
Understanding how crop diseases and climate change interact is vital
Logging Is the Lead Driver of Carbon Emissions from US Forests If we want to effectively mitigate climate change, it’s time for bold action to protect forestlands
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/logging-carbon-emissions-us-forests
Conceived in a dream, new solar canoe will serve Amazon tribes
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/conceived-in-a-dream-new-solar-canoe-will-serve-amazon-tribes/
Greta Thunberg Chastises European Parliament for Prioritizing Brexit Over Climate Change
https://www.ecowatch.com/greta-thunberg-speech-parliament-2634847425.html