When we envision a sustainable future, we can show people that there is something worth fighting for, not just against.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2023/11/09/college-garden-native-healing
Corrina Gould, co-founder of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, explains the concept behind rematriation and how it extends beyond the movement to return land to tribes.
https://19thnews.org/2023/11/indigenous-land-trust-women-ancestry-rematriation/
Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants that have evolved to catch insects for survival. Learn how these fascinating plants work and how they use their unique traps to capture their prey.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-do-venus-flytraps-work-and-what-do-they-really-eat
“The world is failing to get a grip on the climate crisis,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-climate-report
Exclusive: Projects that risk 1.5C heating target operated by companies receiving financing from European, Chinese and US banks
https://taproot.earth/taproot-noire/
‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality
The European Parliament and EU member states reached an agreement on Thursday on a key biodiversity bill aimed at rewilding EU land and water habitats.
https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20231110-eu-agrees-on-crucial-biodiversity-bill
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/forests-hold-massive-carbon-storage-potential-if-we-cut-emissions/
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The historical failure to sufficiently tackle the climate and ecological crisis could create consequences that challenge the ability of societies to tackle the root causes of this crisis.
https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/1-5c-dead-or-alive
Students say that by investing in fossil fuels their schools are violating commitments to the public interest
We support a fast and fair phaseout of fossil fuels around the world
https://www.ucsusa.org/ucs-fossil-fuel-phaseout
Hydrogen energy is being promoted as a ‘clean’ alternative to fossil fuels, in global efforts to reduce emissions and tackle climate change. Despite the colourful array on offer- from grey to pink to green hydrogen – in reality all types of hydrogen are expensive, inefficient and far. In this position paper, Friends of the Earth International debunk the hydrogen rainbow and the myths around hydrogen’s role in the just energy transition.
https://www.foei.org/publication/hydrogen-energy-position/
Vien Truong, a leader in the environmental justice and climate-protection movements, sees environmental and climate policy “as a bridge to address other issues,” including economic inequality.
https://progressive.org/magazine/a-just-clean-energy-transition-for-all-berger-20231023/
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States.
https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/Climate_Change_Household_Finances.pdf
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy.
The Diné helped dig the raw materials to build the US’s nuclear arsenal, but were never told of the danger
New data compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) depicts a growing danger to public health and the environment from a vast, uncontrolled, and spreading web of unregulated disposal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) waste.
https://peer.org/report-forever-chemical-disposal/
Some auto dealers are concerned that consumers aren’t being given the full truth about the issues with the current crop of EVs.
https://nader.org/2023/11/13/worries-from-a-major-auto-dealer-about-all-electric-cars/
The state has a chance to oust unpopular investor-owned utilities — and set a precedent for the rest of the country.
https://grist.org/politics/maine-public-power-utility-referendum/
https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/nyc-food-policy-center-october-2023-food-flash/
https://www.wwno.org/npr-news/2023-11-06/why-not-all-cities-are-welcoming-community-composters
“I will stand up in court and fight this; and if Shell refuses to stop drilling, I refuse to stop fighting for climate justice,” one activist named in the suit said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/greenpeace-shell-lawsuit
A new analysis finds lower-income countries pay 8 times more for plastic’s social and environmental impacts.
‘The animals can literally take a photo of their own skin from the inside’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fish-sees-skin-after-death-b2399226.html
http://www.theonlinerocket.com/news/2023/11/09/the-role-of-composting-in-organic-waste-management/
(Audio, 5 minutes)
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/compost-in-agriculture-a-good-news-story/
https://www.miragenews.com/edible-gardens-in-schools-1123758/
https://www.ack.net/stories/consider-compost-natures-own-fertilizer,34027
https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/farmers-urged-to-adopt-organic-agriculture-to-maximize-yield/
Mixing meat and a leftover tracker: Startup companies at Grow-NY focus on food waste reduction with new approaches
Mixing meat and a leftover tracker: Startup companies at Grow-NY focus on food waste reduction with new approaches
Mixing meat and a leftover tracker: Startup companies at Grow-NY focus on food waste reduction with new approaches
Cheers! NRDC and our partners toasted a good cause on Capitol Hill: growing organic!
https://www.nrdc.org/bio/allison-johnson/farm-glass-supports-organic-farming
We debunk some key concepts that the world’s largest food and farming companies will be using to sway debates at the climate summit.
https://www.desmog.com/2023/09/21/a-guide-to-six-greenwashing-terms-big-ag-is-bringing-to-cop28/
https://www.closedlooppartners.com/composting-consortium/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-34174-z
They are factors of the crisis: pollution, urbanization and introduction of foreign species in Xochimilco
Or How to Carbonize Planet Earth
https://tomdispatch.com/a-slow-motion-gaza/