by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Jun 21, 2019 | Biochar, Blockchain, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Finance and Investment, Collaboration, Community, Education, Energy Efficiency, Entrepreneurship, Fossil Fuels, Get Local, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Nature, Resilience, Science and Technology, Southern Illinois, Waste
PresentationsFifteen presenters helped to set the stage for community resilience in southern Illinois. NetworkingOne senior executive from St. Louis said: This is the best networking I’ve ever had. Panel DiscussionsPanel discussions...
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 | 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 | Apr 4, 2017 | Forest Bathing, Health and Recreation, Nature, Start
It’s a fact that the Clean Air Act saved 160,000 lives in 2010 alone. Top medical associations have sounded the alarm on the dangers of pollution and climate change. And just yesterday we have an article about research led by Harvard about the increase in people...
