The hidden power of nature in cities When urban planners consider and work to maximize all effects on greenhouse gas emissions, the potential of these

To Avoid a Dystopian Climate Future, We Must First Envision the World We Want When we envision a sustainable future, we can show people that

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

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

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

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

Composting organic waste helps combat climate change  California goals to separate kitchen garbage will reduce methane gas in landfills (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County

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

Discussing systems changes and the circular economy with Dr Anna Birney (5:39 minutes video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU-1Jnlg5V4   What Has the Pandemic Taught Us About Vaccines? Should

This Farm Bill Really Matters. We Explain Why. As communities struggle with food insecurity and farmers face a range of climate-fueled disasters, lawmakers have a chance

Perennial Crops Boost Biodiversity Both On and Off Farms. Researchers Explain How. Above and belowground, perennial crops including wheat, grasses, trees, and more provide habitat and

Top conservation issues to watch out for in 2023 15 emerging issues that anyone who cares about biodiversity ought to keep an eye on  https://ensia.com/articles/conservation-biodiversity-2023/

  New Report Reveals Pesticide Industry’s Disinformation and Science Denial Playbook Monsanto’s Tactics to Defend Toxic Weedkiller Glyphosate Exposed https://foe.org/news/merchants-of-poison/   2022 Sustainability ReportTetra Pak

The Healthy & Sustainable Living 2022: A Global Consumer Insights Project was launched in 2019 to help companies better understand, engage, and mobilize consumers in

John D Liu  Ecological Restoration (10 min, video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hEEFXABFwrY How could positive “tipping points” accelerate climate action? As catastrophic climate change tipping points loom, could

Keep it green and lean. Chevron Ad Adam McKay (video 1 min, 40 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2XTGteritE   The Campaign to Criminalize Ecocide https://theglobalobservatory.org/2022/03/the-benefits-challenges-and-limitations-of-criminalizing-ecocide/ and www.stopecocide.earth/leading-states Beyond

Why Soylent Green Got 2022 So Wrong https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/soylent-green-2022.html The Dance of Sympathy on a Planet Gone Mad Working for peace and justice is not only the moral

Know How / Regenerative agriculture Regenerative farming, or conservation farming, was once considered a system for mavericks, but is becoming more mainstream now that farm

  – – “Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful.” —   E.F.

Following Record Growth in 2021, Renewables on Track for New High in 2022 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/following-record-growth-in-2021-renewables-on-track-for-new-high-in-2022   The Insanity of Expanding Nuclear Energy https://boogiegreen.com/2022/05/12/the-insanity-of-expanding-nuclear-energy/   Greenpeace’s Russel Norman

Our food system isn’t ready for the climate crisis  The world’s farms produce only a handful of varieties of bananas, avocados, coffee and other foods

‘Radical’ Renewable Transition the Key to Fighting Energy, Climate Crises “Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure will only lock in uneconomic practices, perpetuate existing risks,

  Is Earth Smart?We came up with a way to measure the intelligence of entire planets. Things aren’t looking great for ours.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/biosphere-planetary-intelligence-evolution/622867/ Can a planet

Just What Is a ‘Resilient’ Forest, Anyway? https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/just-what-resilient-forest-anyway California redwood forest returned to Indigenous guardianship, conservation https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/california-redwood-forest-returned-to-indigenous-guardianship-conservation/ Trees are important for cleaner air in cities

On December 5th,we celebrated World Soil Day, and this year we have one more reason to do so: the EU soil strategy. A document by

GM News Dec ‘21 a more optimistic future Mission Economy by Mariana Mazzucato: ‘One of the most influential economists in the world’ – Wired. Even

Agrovoltaics = Agriculture + Solar Photovoltaics = Win For Everyone https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/11/2057534/-Agrovoltaics-Agriculture-Solar-Photovoltaics-Win-For-Everyone Stella Vita: The newest solar-powered vehicle.Our Self-sustaining House On Wheels.https://solarteameindhoven.nl/ Cooking with the sun:

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

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

The Most Colossal Planning Failure in Human History We have built up civilization to a scale that can temporarily be supported by finite and polluting

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

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

What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?A society based on natural ecology might seem like a far-off utopia— yet communities everywhere are already creating it.Includes: 6

Questions “Too Puny” for Our Dire Circumstances The unanswered question is whether we have the political will to do what is required to prevent Earth’s