How to Use Fall Leaves to Boost Local Ecosystems As fall leaves blanket our yards, they often feel like a chore waiting to be raked […]
Category: Environment
Pollution, climate change, animal rights
Slowing the Flow: How “Leaky Weirs” Help Revive Dehydrated Landscapes
Fighting Drought with Natural Sequence Farming: A Solution for Canberra’s Water Crisis Australia’s chronic droughts have left vast landscapes dry, but in the region surrounding […]
Trusting Nature: How Germany Is Restoring Its Forests by Simply Stepping Back
Germany’s Bark Beetle Infestation: A New Opportunity for Forest Restoration in Harz National Park In the Harz National Park, Germany’s ongoing battle with bark beetles […]
Cutting Down a Forest to Bring It Back to Life: The Abernethy Restoration
A Forest in Decline Abernethy Forest in Scotland, part of the Cairngorms National Park, is one of the last remnants of the ancient Caledonian pinewoods. […]
Regreening the Sahel: Reviving Trees from Existing Roots
Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration: A Simple Solution Transforming Niger In the 1980s, Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo made a groundbreaking discovery in Niger that would revolutionize land […]
The Half Moon Pond: an Ancient Practice for Regreening the Desert
Restoring Hope and Ecosystems in Niger Through the Great Green Wall Initiative The Sahel region of Africa is one of the most challenging environments on […]
Ocean farming is a solution to overfishing
[image credit: greenwave.org] Native seafood stocks are being depleted to extinction While fishing trawlers roam ever further out to sea to net what little is […]
Local initiative reduces city waste by teaching residents to compost
[image credit: seattletilth.org] As cities grow, their food waste grows as well If everyone composted, then we could transform a city – but unfortunately, it […]
Harmful chemicals in dollar store products reach large percentage of rural U.S. children
[image credit: treehugger.com] Dollar Store products often contain harmful chemicals banned by U.S. law According to a report to be released next week, dollar stores […]
Startup hires unemployed to recycle discarded plastic
[image credit: recyclinginternational.com] The developing world is buried in discarded plastic Visit many developing countries, from Haiti to the Philippines, and you'll notice plastic trash […]