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Look to Milwaukee, WI, for socially responsible & sustainably produced BEER!
The recent 6th Annual Good Food Awards- which took place right here in San Francisco- recognized the partnership of Milwaukee's Lakefront Brewery as well as Milwaukee's Growing Power, to create locally-sourced, sustainably-produced beer- a product that consumers can...
Growing Power- promoting healthy affordable food to diverse communites
Growing power is a non-profit organization that does amazing work; they provide hands on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance for people from diverse backgrounds who want equal access to affordable, healthy food. Growing power has...
Refusing to Waste- teach a Zero Waste Lifestyle!
Jacquelyn Ottman is a name you should know. A native New Yorker, she advises big companies such as Nike, Kraft, and Toyota on how to market "environmentally sound products to customers". But she also holds local workshops for New Yorkers to glean information about how...
Farmers Can Receive Grants to Move to Organic Farming
Two Midwestern states in the U.S. are offering farmers three years of support to move to organic crop production. Farmers would ditch GMOs along with their toxic pesticides and herbicides. The aim is to boost acreage of organically-grown crops in the U.S. once the...
Engineers Devise a Way to Harvest Wind Energy from Trees
Harvesting electrical power from vibrations or other mechanical stress is pretty easy. Turns out all it really takes is a bit of crystal or ceramic material and a couple of wires and, there you go, piezoelectricity. As stress is applied to the material, charge...
Pátio de compostagem transforma resíduos orgânicos de feiras livres em adubo.
Video about how composting can be transformative! (In Spanish)
Geometric Ploughing Designs That Are Saving Topsoil
"A South Australian farmer has transformed his land into a gigantic geometric patchwork in a bid to fight soil erosion. Brian Fischer created the patterns at Ashmore White Suffolk Stud, north of Adelaide, following recent bushfires. In the absence of any vegetation,...
The Green Carbon Pathway
The Green Carbon Pathway A simple, universal method to sequester carbon & reverse climate change www.terra-char.com/greencarbon.html how plant photosynthesis pumps Carbon into soil a short animated powerpoint slide show’ Plants catch Carbon from air to convert to...
8.75 Million Metric Tons of Plastic Waste Entered the Ocean in 2010
It's hard to believe that an estimated 8.75 million metric tons (MT) of mismanaged plastic waste entered the ocean within the span of only one year; 2010. In a new study (click for link), published early Feb 2015, scientists calculated that 275 million metric tons...
Compostable Containers; reducing the volume of plastic in our waste streams
With the levels of plastic in our waste streams rising every year, it is essential to explore ways to reduce and redirect the amount of plastic waste we are funneling into landfills."Thirty-one million tons of plastic arrive at municipal solid waste facilities in the...
Composting Video- in Mandarin
Looking for an informational video in Mandarin about (backyard) composting? Look no further! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoWyNueAuG0
NASA has Climate Education Games, for kids!
NASA has put together a website full of amazingly fun "learn about climate change" oriented games, where kids can play OFFSET: A Global Carbon Cycle Game, PowerUp: Light up a whole city with renewable energy, or Missions to Planet Earth: Beat the computer at...
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