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ARK = ACTS OF RESTORATIVE KINDNESS

Weaving a patchwork of safe havens for Nature globally, in our gardens, schools, public spaces and beyond.

https://wearetheark.org/?brid=rM37gouDOdA6-RWZG-2Uug

Biochar supercharges composting while cutting greenhouse gas emissions

https://www.earth.com/news/biochar-supercharges-composting-while-cutting-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

Let It Rot, Let It Renew: Composting Must Anchor America’s Waste Strategy

The United States loses an estimated 1.7 to 2.3 billion tons of soil every year to runoff and erosion. Agricultural land, especially corn, soybean, and wheat fields, suffers the highest losses. This is not just an environmental crisis; it is an economic one

https://www.waste360.com/composting/let-it-rot-let-it-renew-composting-must-anchor-america-s-waste-strategy

Eco-Friendly Resolutions in 2026: Composting in Alabama

https://thebamabuzz.com/eco-friendly-resolutions-in-2026-composting-in-alabama/

World Soil Day: How Healthy Soil Sustains Food, Health & Planet

https://www.metropolisindia.com/blog/preventive-healthcare/world-soil-day

Totnes (UK) school turns food waste into compost with green award win

It’s been praised for its recycling, composting and sustainability education in a county-wide green recognition scheme

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/totnes-school-turns-food-waste-10680606

Food compost program aims to reduce waste

(Brookings, South Dakota)

https://sdsucollegian.com/32382/news/food-compost-program-aims-to-reduce-waste/

How one Seattle organization is turning food waste into plant food 

A program in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood is reducing garbage while helping residents grow their own gardens.

https://grist.org/sponsored/how-one-seattle-organization-is-turning-food-waste-into-plant-food/

Mulbarton Compost revolutionises agricultural compost in South Australia

https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/mulbarton-compost-revolutionises-agricultural-compost-in-south-australia/

From tour host to organic champion: Duncan honored at Organic Grower Summit

Respected leader in organic space honored for innovation, advancing soil health.

https://www.farmprogress.com/organic-grower-summit/from-tour-host-to-organic-champion-duncan-honored-at-ogs

Gippsland Organics Expansion To Boost Jobs And Agriculture

The upgrade at the Gippsland facility will allow them process an additional 70,000 tonnes of organic material per year, bringing total capacity to 250,000 tonnes per annum.

https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/gippsland-organics-expansion-boost-jobs-and-agriculture

Miami-Dade backs pilots to grow organics diversion and composting

https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2025/12/08/miami-dade-backs-pilots-to-grow-organics-diversion-and-composting/

 

Ukraine’s farms once fed billions, but now its soil is starving

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-ukraine-farms-fed-billions-soil.html

With Hunger on the Rise, Urban Gleaners Seek to Strengthen Local Food Security

Amid escalating food costs and cuts to food assistance, collecting surplus food offers an age-old solution. 

https://civileats.com/2025/11/18/with-hunger-on-the-rise-urban-gleaners-seek-to-strengthen-local-food-security/

The Youth-Led Container Garden Movement Tackling Child Hunger in Uganda 

The Kanyanya Youth Urban Oasis initiative provides nutrient-dense food to schools in need by bringing the farm to them.

https://triplepundit.com/2025/school-hunger-uganda-kanyanya-youth-urban-oasis/

Permanent Composting Site Opens In Vienna (VA) After Successful Pilot

After pilot program success at the Vienna Farmers Market, a permanent site is open to take food scraps and other compostable materials.

https://patch.com/virginia/vienna/permanent-composting-site-opens-vienna-after-successful-pilot

Pinecrest (FL) Students Transform Pumpkins into Compost at Inaugural Event

https://communitynewspapers.com/pinecrest-tribune/pinecrest-students-transform-pumpkins-into-compost-at-inaugural-event/

 

Baruch visits Earth Matter NY on Governors Island

https://theticker.org/17494/science/baruch-visits-earth-matter-ny-on-governors-island/

Inside Wegmans’ push to cut trash and help families

From compost to food shelves, Wegmans’ zero waste effort keeps 88% of waste out of landfills.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/videos/grocery/stores/supermarkets/2025/11/20/wegmans-food-waste-plan-powers-farms-feeds-homes/87383053007/

Baseline Food Loss and Waste Report Launched

Today, the Ministry has published a report establishing Aotearoa New Zealand’s first baseline measure of food loss and waste.

https://environment.govt.nz/news/baseline-food-loss-and-waste/

Unlocking circular agriculture could save India billions in fertiliser imports – Dr. Darteh

 The country could save billions of cedis in fertiliser imports and strengthen its agricultural resilience if it fully embraces circular agriculture and scales up organic waste recovery, Dr. Bertha Darteh, Sub-Division Lead for Water, Sanitation Environment at the Ghana Institution

https://cedirates.com/news/unlocking-circular-agriculture-could-save-billions-in-fertiliser-imports–dr-darteh/

 

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GEME Breaks New Ground in World’s First Bio Waste Composter Machine

 https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/news/marketers-media/geme-breaks-new-ground-world-s-141031169.html#ixzz8fQMtYr81

 

How major food manufacturers are cutting food waste 

Food manufacturers are prioritising food-waste reduction at all stages of production, and in doing so, are reducing costs too. 

https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2024/07/03/How-Mondelez-and-Kraft-Heinz-are-cutting-food-waste 

Ways for food retailers to reduce waste

Independent retailers can lead the charge on slashing single-use plastics and reducing the amount of food waste being sent to landfill – here’s how

https://www.specialityfoodmagazine.com/news/ways-for-food-retailers-to-reduce-waste

 

Nature Fresh Farms using AI technology to help develop more sustainable farming

https://www.am800cklw.com/news/nature-fresh-farms-using-ai-technology-to-help-develop-more-sustainable-farming.html

 

Lineage unveils a Global Food Chain Innovation Challenge to combat food waste

https://www.foodanddrinktechnology.com/news/53727/lineage-unveils-a-global-food-chain-innovation-challenge-to-combat-food-waste/

 

City of Sonoma awards 10-year waste disposal contract to longtime local partners

Waste disposal provider Sonoma Garbage Collectors will increase rates by 20% and update practices to comply with state regulations

https://www.sonomanews.com/article/news/sonoma-local-garbage-collectors-contract

A robot is helping turn food waste into compost in Detroit 

https://www.bridgedetroit.com/a-robot-is-helping-turn-food-waste-into-compost-in-detroit/

Using crop waste to develop biobased plastics 

https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/using-crop-waste-to-develop-biobased-plastics/

Coming full circle
Momentum for composting is growing – will the buck(et) stop in Durango?

https://www.durangotelegraph.com/news/top-stories/coming-full-circle/

Phoenix’s food waste reduction program supporting local restaurants enters 2nd phase

https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07-08/phoenixs-food-waste-reduction-program-enters-its-second-phase

Food Scraps Recycling Drop-off at the West Community Market Begins on July 20, 2024

https://www.cityofmadison.com/news/2024-07-08/food-scraps-recycling-drop-off-at-the-west-community-market-begins-on-july-20-2024

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Green Mission News – October, 2021

Welcome to the Pyrocene.Our society’s appetite for one kind of burning—fossil fuel combustion—has thrust us into a new Fire Age that is reshaping the Earth.https://inthesetimes.com/article/wildfire-history-steve-pyne-fossil-fuels-climate-fire-age-pyrocene

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Green Mission News – July, 2021

Climate, biodiversity & farmers benefit from rubber agroforestry: report https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/climate-and-biodiversity-benefit-from-rubber-agroforestry-report/ Extreme events: ecosystems offer cost effective protection https://www.cmcc.it/article/extreme-events-protect-with-ecosystems-is-cost-effective New research lifts the clouds on land

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Green Mission News – May, 2021

Class ConsciousnessCan’t Combine View: We must understand relationship between economy and ecology https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-evoke/view-we-must-understand-relationship-between-economy-and-ecology/articleshow/81876857.cms Changing our ways? Behaviour change and the climate crisisThe report of the Cambridge

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2021

What a 40-year experiment can tell us about organic food. Takeaways from Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial. https://peeled.substack.com/p/what-a-40-year-experiment-can-tell Transform school meals to nourish kids and

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Green Mission News – December, 2020

For sustainable business, ‘planetary boundaries’ define the new rules https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/for-sustainable-business-planetary-boundaries-define-the-new-rules/ What could a good green recovery plan actually look like? What do governments across the

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Green Mission News – July 2020

A greener economy: how we make sustainability central to business  https://theconversation.com/a-greener-economy-how-we-make-sustainability-central-to-business-139086   The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape:  Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share Message for

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Green Mission News – May 2020

From Emergency to Emergence.   The pandemic has also exposed extreme vulnerabilities in the global market economy, including its long and highly specialized linear supply chains,

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2020

Ecological Reflections on the Corona virus From the forests, to our farms, to our gut microbiome https://navdanyainternational.org/one-planet-one-health-connected-through-biodiversity/ Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air

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Green Mission News – March 2020

Al Gore promotes carbon markets, regenerative agriculture at D.C. conference https://thefern.org/ag_insider/al-gore-promotes-carbon-markets-regenerative-agriculture-at-d-c-conference/ How to support your children in turning climate angst into climate action https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/how-support-your-children-turning-climate-angst-climate-action/  

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Green Mission News – February, 2020

Banking on Climate? https://www.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Banking_on_Climate_Change_2019_vFINAL1.pdf Hundreds of workers defy Amazon rules to protest company’s climate failures Employees ‘needed to stand up for what’s right’ despite policy

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Green Mission News – January 2020

Statistic of the decade: The massive deforestation of the Amazon https://theconversation.com/statistic-of-the-decade-the-massive-deforestation-of-the-amazon-128307 Greta Thunberg named Time magazine’s person of the year Teen activist lauded by magazine

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Green Mission News – October 2019

‘Genius’ Grant Goes To Marine Scientist Who Embraces Flash Mobs And Comic Books https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/09/25/763456317/genius-grant-goes-to-marine-scientist-who-embraces-flash-mobs-and-comic-books Is Compost the Secret to Making Ag Climate Friendly? A new

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Green Mission News – September 2019

Greta Thunberg’s Transatlantic Sailing Trip Is Seriously Carbon-Neutral https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/22/greta-thunbergs-transatlantic-sailing-trip-is-seriously-carbon-neutral/   Walter Jehne – The Soil Carbon Sponge, Climate Solutions and Healthy Water Cycles (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=123y7jDdbfY

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Green Mission News – July 2019

  A new generation of leaders understands that individual actions won’t fix our environmental problems By defining environmental citizenship as responsible consumption, sustainability advocates downplay

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Green Mission News – June 2019

Climate change and biodiversity should be top headline news (David Suzuki) http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2019/05/climate-change-and-biodiversity-should-be-top-headline-news We’re Not the Class of 2019. We’re the Class of 0000. Deliver a

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Green Mission News – May 2019

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

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Green Mission News – March 2019

US Youth Climate Strikes https://www.youthclimatestrikeus.org/ Becoming Greta: ‘Invisible Girl’ to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/climate/greta-thunburg.html THIS IS A CRISIS FACING UP

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Green Mission News – October 2018

California Climate Strategy An Integrated Plan for Addressing Climate Change http://www.climatechange.ca.gov   New study finds incredibly high carbon pollution costs – especially for the US

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