Biochar Can Improve Soil Health While Capturing Carbon
Biochar is often overlooked as a means of sequestering carbon, but it is effective and inexpensive compared to many techno-fixes.
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Regenerative Agriculture Finds Its Mojo, With Or Without Agrivoltaics
Private investors, public funding, and agrivoltaics are all converging on regenerative agriculture like a thousand points of light.
Did You Know That Soil Health Affects Human Health?
As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Package passed in 2022, Congress directed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to investigate the links between human health and soil health, looking into how soil management practices that support healthy soils influence the nutritional content of foods and affect … [continued]
Solar Power To Gild The Wastewater Treatment Lily
If all goes according to plan, one wastewater treatment plant in California will demonstrate a solar power and energy efficiency model for others to follow.
Don’t Waste Your Food — Try Indoor Composting
Composting in your kitchen has become so much simpler (and with less fragrance). About the size of a toaster, an indoor composter sits on your counter and whirls and spins your food waste into tiny kernels of soil.
Let’s Get Down & Dirty — Soil Needs Cleantech
Climate change is influencing soil negatively, and cleantech can provide the tools for innovative soil management.
Why “Infrastructure” Includes The Ground Beneath Our Feet
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Karen Perry Stillerman, Senior Analyst, Food & Environment Long a joke in federal policy circles, Infrastructure Week is actually upon us. Since President Biden revealed his infrastructure plan (aka the American Jobs Plan) earlier this spring, we’ve heard a lot of opinions about what is, and isn’t, infrastructure. Now I’ll add … [continued]
The Soil Carbon Sink Doesn’t Grow With Atmospheric CO2, Study Finds
Soil’s capacity to store carbon may be less than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature. The amount of carbon stored in soil is approximately triple that stored in living plants, but as rising CO2 levels increase plant growth, the scientists found, soil carbon storage decreases. “We expected faster … [continued]
Composting For Climate Change: More Important Than You Might Think
We focus often on high-tech solutions to climate change, however, some of the easiest and cheapest ways to fix climate change are right under our feet.
Target Has Installed 500 Solar Power Systems
In 2015, Target, one of the top U.S. corporate solar power installers for 5 straight years, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), committed to achieving 500 solar power installations by 2020. December of 2019, Target announced that it reached its goal (a little bit ahead of schedule).
