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Waste Not, Want Not

Jul 21, 2015

UC Davis technology is helping transform organic waste into energy. https://www.caes.ucdavis.edu/news/articles/outlook/2015/07/waste-not-want-not

In Ecuador, they have a different perspective. In 2008, Ecuadoreans rewrote their constitution and became the first country to recognize the rights of nature to defend itself against humankind. The constitution recognized nature’s right to “exist, persist, maintain...

Carbon Cycle

Jun 20, 2015

There is a finite amount of carbon on Earth and it cycles. Plants produce leaves and food by pulling CO2 from the air through photosynthesis. Living creatures eat the plants and other animals that have eaten the plants. We all breath out and excrete CO2 back into...

The Global Carbon Budget

Jun 20, 2015

We can make smart decisions when we understand the basics. For example, carbon mixed with water is carbonic acid (carbonation), so it is important for our oceans that the carbon cycle is in balance. We don't want the Pacific to turn into a soft drink! Source:...

Carbon Farming

Jun 20, 2015

Carbon farming techniques work with nature. Nature provides a huge work force to help us thrive, when we work intelligently with our resources. Her air force of bees alone should make humanity pause in wonder. Not to mention all the other bugs, birds and then of...

Green House Gasses (GHG)

Jun 20, 2015

There's a reason we're so interested in carbon. It didn't take long after the industrial revolution for scientists to become concerned about pollution from carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide... We've created a human race against time. Too much pollution in our air...

Composting Is Key to Soil Health and Climate Protection

Jun 20, 2015

Washington, DC — Composting reduces waste and builds healthy soil to support local food production and protect against the impacts of extreme weather, from droughts to heavy rainfall. That’s the message of two new reports from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance...

The Carbon Cycle

Jun 20, 2015

Nature is always in balance, but humans thrive in a particular range of climates. Right now for humanity and many other living creatures on Earth, there is too much carbon in the air and too little in the soil. We can make smart decisions when we understand the...

Excellent article in the SF Chronicle

Jun 20, 2015

Excellent article in the SF Chronicle about the Marin Carbon Project and Global Compost Project co-founders John Wick, Jeff Creque, PhD and Whendee Silver PhD! Kudos!!!! Ok let’s get started and help Compost Save the World!...

Carbon Cycle Enviroliteracy- Learn Some Basic Terms

Jun 20, 2015

This link provides a great place to start learning about environmental basics https://enviroliteracy.org/article.php/478.html

THESE GUYS ARE TAKING COSTCO’S GARBAGE AND USING IT TO HELP GROW YOUR GARDEN

Jun 12, 2015

Ecoscraps, which sells compost and plant food made from discarded food, began when its founders discovered that the infrastructure for food waste recycling didn’t exist. Composting was generally limited to what people did in their homes or small, local operations....