In Focus: The City To Soil Composting Process

“With compost, we are not trying to solve a problem; we are trying to develop an opportunity.” (Gerry Gillespie, Organics Recovery Specialist) https://www.organicstream.org/2014/03/31/in-focus-the-city-to-soil-composting-process/

LEAF Student Survey

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LEAF Parent Survey

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Waste Not, Want Not

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

Ecuador's Rights of Nature

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...

Highlighted Video Submissions

Highlighting 34 of the 657 video entries. Accepting video submissions until:  September 30, 2015 For more information visit: Film Contest Page It’s okay to boast when you compost! by Ruby Robertson Global Compost Project by Jerrod Cordell The Importance of...
California Ranchers Enticed Into Carbon Farming

California Ranchers Enticed Into Carbon Farming

…get tradable greenhouse gas emission reduction credits, bringing them another revenue stream for sustainable land management practices that also improves the soil and its ability to hold water. Ranchers can sell them on California’s Greenhouse Gas...

Carbon Cycle

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...