by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 14, 2020 | Education, Entrepreneurship, Events, Food, Get Local, Land Use and Agriculture, Soil, Sources of Funding, St. Louis Metro East
Presenters and Panelists Much appreciation and thanks goes out to our esteemed presenters and panelists! Presenter L. Hunter Lovins Natural Capitalist Solutions, President, Founder, Author Watch the video on YouTube. Hunter talks about regenerative agriculture, gives...
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 5, 2019 | Biochar, Blockchain, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Collaboration, Community, Education, Entrepreneurship, Get Local, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Resilience, Science and Technology, Soil, Southern Illinois
The Innovation Section, with keynote and panelists, will wrap up the day’s events at The Climate Economy in Southern Illinois – Creating Resilient Business, Jobs and Communities. The cultivation of southern Illinois’ rich natural resources and waste...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 3, 2019 | Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, Community, Decarbonization, Get Local, Resilience, Soil, Southern Illinois
Biochar is an example of flipping our traditional way of thinking on its head. There are so many crazy things that humans do in mindless ways that result in damages to the environment. All we have to do is think differently. We have a choice before us now,...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 16, 2018 | Blockchain, Climate Change, Climate Finance and Investment, Decarbonization, Economics and Finance, Entrepreneurship, Science and Technology
Well there’s a mouthful! It might sound like a foreign language to you, but probably in less than a decade it will be the source in billions of dollars of economic activity. We gave a brief introduction to “blockchain for energy” in a previous post;...
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...
