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What does an 80% diversion rate REALLY mean? Taking a closer look at San Francisco's landfill discards.
You may have heard that San Francisco diverts 80% of its discards from landfills. Jeremy Irons calls this statistic, and the city it applies to, a “source of hope” in his documentary, Trashed, which is about the ravages of global waste. Journalists around the world...
California Ranchers Enticed Into Carbon Farming
...get tradable greenhouse gas emission reduction credits, bringing them another revenue stream for sustainable land management practices that also improves the soil and its ability to hold water. Ranchers can sell them on California's Greenhouse Gas Reduction...
California is providing incentives for ranchers
Recently we wrote that carbon emissions can be significantly reduced through the widespread application of compost, and now California is providing incentives for ranchers to do it. They can get tradable greenhouse gas emission reduction credits, bringing them another...
Compost Cows And Carbon Markets
Compost, Cows and Carbon Markets The impact on ranching’s ecological footprint could be significant if supporters of the Marin Carbon Project can find a way to integrate the process into new business models. ARTICLE May 8, 2014 John Wick and the Marin Carbon Project...
The Grass Really is Greener
On a windswept ranch above the tiny West Marin town of Nicasio, a man in a worn Carhartt jacket holds up a blade of grass with a triumphant smile. This is rancher and philanthropist John Wick, and he’s explaining how he hopes to help save the world using an unexpected...
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