COYOTE NETWORK NEWS – Renewable Ingenuity

FEBRUARY 1, 2018 Caroline welcomes Lisa Gautier, as we animate the Rising Renaissance of Reverent Ingenuity, we concentrate on what we do want: the upcoming People’s Climate Summit in San Francisco*, Matter of trust’s hair and fur project for cleaning up diesel oils...

ECO-CENTER – Matter of Trust Exhibits 2013 -2016

  WE HAVE MOVED! This page shows past exhibits at our old site in San Francisco’s Mission District.  We leased this site for 3 years and then moved our charity out of this space and into 2 new ones. For our new sites and exhibits please check out our...

New fuel cell technology runs on solid carbon

Research scientist Dong Ding is developing direct carbon fuel cells at INL’s Energy Innovation Laboratory. Credit: Idaho National Laboratory     Advancements in a fuel cell technology powered by solid carbon could make electricity generation from...

How to get started with composting

Learn the basics to composting — it’s easier than you think! Composting helps shrink our landfills, and the results are great for your garden and the planet. The trick is to know your “greens” from your “browns” and how to layer them properly to help the pile...

What Is Sustainable Agriculture?

There’s a transformation taking place on farms across the United States. For decades, we’ve produced the bulk of our food through industrial agriculture—a system dominated by large farms growing the same crops year after year, using enormous amounts of chemical...

Food Composting

Nearly half of the solid waste produced globally is organic or biodegradable. Much of it ends up in landfills; there, it decomposes in the absence of oxygen and produces the greenhouse gas methane, which is up to 34 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a...

The Benefits of Industrial Composting

Though primarily identified as a distributor of heavy construction equipment, McClung-Logan dedicates a good portion of our inventory to Environmental Machinery for the process of industrial composting — the treatment of large volumes of organic waste and transforming...

Compost Tea: Why It’s Great for Your Plants And How To Make It

Every organic gardener knows their next crop is only as good as the ground it grows in. Keeping the soil healthy is of utmost importance for setting up a biologically sound system that can produce top quality produce for you to enjoy. For this reason, avid gardeners...

How to farm in the ocean without pillaging it

Bren Smith at TEDxBermuda (Photo: TEDxBermuda) Bren Smith’s farms lie beneath the surface of the oceans — underwater havens for baby oysters, clams, scallops and kelp. Smith maintains plots of water off the coast of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and at TEDxBermuda, he...