In FY 2016 NIFA’s CFP intends to solicit applications and fund three types of grants. The types are entitled (1) Community Food Projects (CFP), (2) Planning Projects (PP) and (3) Training and Technical Assistance (T & TA) Projects. The primary goals of the...
The Alameda Kitchen will transform fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be wasted into nutritious, affordable food products and meals for low-income populations. Food Shift works collaboratively with communities, businesses and governments to develop sustainable...
Generating three centimeters of top soil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue all of the world’s top soil could be gone within 60 years, a senior UN official said on Friday. About a third of the world’s soil has already been...
Using solar powered attic ventilation fans to aerate your compost piles can save you loads of back breaking labor! Here is a diagram of how to set it up:
We are in the early stage of building Ecoland and here are some of our brainstorming resources. Feel free to post more ideas. Ecoland may turn out to be the Hippiest place on Earth – a fun place where the public can go to learn and experience what life would...
Kevin Drew, Senior Residential & Special Projects Zero Waste coordinator, San Francisco Department of Environment tell us more about San Francisco’s Zero Waste success story and its startling new climate benefits. More...
Whendee Silver is a Steering Committee Member of The Marin Carbon Project. Whendee is Professor of Ecosystem Ecology in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Whendee’s role on the Steering...
Sustainable Apparel Materials An overview of what we know and what could be done about the impact of four major apparel materials: Cotton, Polyester, Leather, & Rubber1 Randolph Kirchain, Elsa Olivetti, T Reed Miller and Suzanne Greene Materials Systems Laboratory...
