by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Jun 8, 2018 | Collaboration, Community, Entrepreneurship, Fossil Fuels, Health and Recreation, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Nature, Resilience, Waste, Water
With summer upon us, you may be looking for vacation ideas. Not to rain on your parade, but your vacation is probably not going to be great for the environment. Most mass-market tourism, the way we often practice it nowadays with no-holds-barred travel, accommodation,...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Apr 5, 2018 | Biochar, BioEconomy, Climate Change, Entrepreneurship, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Resilience, Soil, Waste, Water
Biochar is something you make out of dead organic stuff (e.g., wood waste), by bringing it back to life with a new purpose. Biochar has been around for a long time. It’s been found in ancient forests, responsible for maintaining the health and productive...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 28, 2018 | Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Decarbonization, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Nature, Resilience, Soil, Water
Building on the soil theme, there’s a fabulously detailed new study on “natural climate solutions” (NCS); it tells us how to use conservation, restoration, and land management actions across forests, wetlands, grasslands, and farmland. The actions...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 1, 2018 | Circular Economy, Clean Energy, Clothing, Consumables and Resource Use, Energy Efficiency, Externalities, Food, Waste, Water
The world needs a meaningful measure developed for products (and services) that provide information about life cycle environmental/social impact. How much energy is used, how much waste is produced, water used, if they stay under a certain carbon footprint (or zero...
