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) Planted Table launched in early 2018, spearheaded by two sisters who wanted to make a heart-healthy, organic plant-based diet more accessible to everyone. The meal delivery service offers meals packaged in glass containers. Instead of… -
Broccoli Is Dying. Corn Is Toxic. Long Live Microbiomes! (Scientific American)
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) Let’s move past the green and gene revolutions to a microbiome renaissance
By Louise Elizabeth Maher-Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on August 20, 2019
Editor’s Note (9/3/2019): This post has been substantially… Scientific American - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/broccoli-is-dying-corn-is-tox…
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Maven Women
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) We seek to honor people and our planet in every single choice we make. As stated on our website at https://mavenwomen.com/pages/our-supply-chain:
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Spindle Mattress
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Urban Farm Grows Good Food and Good Mental Health
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) Written by Jes Walton, the Food Campaigns Director at Green America. This article was first published on FoodTank.
Imagine you’re new to a community. But it is plagued by poverty, conflict, and oppression. Parts of your neighborhood are covered in… -
Sharon and Bob Wood
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) Can Pollinator-Friendly Solar Energy Work for Bees and Farms?
By: Lela Nargi, FoodPrint
In 2016, the Scenic Rivers Energy Cooperative approached Sharon and Bob Wood about placing solar panels on nine of their 300 acres in Mount Hope, WI. The… -
Teacher Inspires Climate Victory Gardening
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Written by Peter Watts, a recently retired science educator who integrated gardening, land-use, and other environmental lessons into his classes for three decades at Riverside Middle School. Today, he consults on establishing pollinator habitats,… -
Reducing Waste by Reusing Materials in the Garden
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) Written by Priscilla Woolworth, the author of the online Eco-Living Almanac and the book LOLA: Lots of Love Always, a book for young women who are adopting a sustainable lifestyle and making healthier choices. Here, she discusses the process of… -
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“Cool It” Campaign: Groups Take Aim at Walmart’s Massive Refrigerant Leakage Problem
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Victories
Amazon Adds Two New Clean Energy Projects
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August 1, 2019
Amazon is funding a 23.2MW wind farm in Cork, Ireland, and a 45MW solar farm in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA.
The two sites, with an expected annual generation of 68,000 megawatt hours (MWh) and 100,000 MWh respectively,… -
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A Planet-Friendly Meal Plan
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) Reduce your diet’s impact on the planet by adopting an eco-friendly meal plan. Here's a day-by-day guide! -
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