Consulter les mises à jour de nos comptes Twitter et Facebook en direct de Paris tout au long de la conférence. Du 29 novembre au 12 décembre, à Paris, la France accueille la conférence des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique “COP 21”. La présidente...
Always wanted to compost but need a little direction? Garden for the Environment, located on Lawton street in San Francisco, offers just that; a free, hands on class that teaches methods for backyard and worm composting for home and community gardens. “Come...
Click here for sign maker access Need to design your own custom compost/ recycle/ landfill posters? The SF environment website has a place to help you make different recycling systems easier by allowing you to customize each poster based on your availability of...
Worms Love Dirt If you’re embracing the zero waste urban lifestyle, we bet you know where the closest local & sustainable coffee shop is to your urban home. But zero waste doesn’t only apply to compostable coffee cups; you should also know where your...
Just because you find yourself in a city without room for a cute backyard garden, doesn’t mean you can’t be a compost participant! Check out this blog post from Grist, where you can find tips on how to compost through use of tumblers, worm bins, and where...
Free Compost Pail here 😛 After moving to San Francisco from Berkeley, the first thing I did the next morning was grab the French press to brew some much needed coffee to tackle the perilous day of unpacking I had ahead of me. Unfortunately, when I went to compost my...
Want to know more about Carbon and greenhouse gases, but only have 1 minute and 30 seconds? You are in luck! Check out this super quick, entertaining, and informational video that gives a good overview of Carbon and the green house effect. Video link...
Composting toilets. Now here’s an idea that may have once caused even the most Berekely of us to turn up our noses. Yet some companies, such as Clivus Multrum, have accepted that daunting challenge of breaking down human waste, and have introduced products,...
Using compost as opposed to manufactured, nitrogen based fertilizer helps plants absorb more carbon out of the atmosphere and back into the soil through the use of photosynthesis. If enough people use compost, we can start reversing that global warming problem we...
Check out this submission video about Iranian Jungles: “The jungles in the North of Iran are known as Hyrcanian forest which dates back to the third periodical geological history called Cenozoic. The old trees on Hyrcanian jungles are considered living fossils...