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Urban agriculture isn’t as climate-friendly as it seems, but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms

Urban agriculture isn’t as climate-friendly as it seems, but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms

Not All Urban Farming is Climate-Friendly. Here's How to Do It Right.

Benjamin Goldstein
Jason Hawes
Joshua Newell
Benjamin Goldstein, +2
wellnesswellness
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Create your own Pine Sol at home (3 easy recipes)

Create your own Pine Sol at home (3 easy recipes)

Turn pine needles into a cleaning powerhouse.

Chanukah Christie
Chanukah Christie
wellnesswellness
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Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably

Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably

Microplastic laundry solutions

Judith Weis
Judith Weis
AfricaAfrica
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Senegal’s small scale gold miners still use poisonous mercury: how to reduce the harm

Senegal’s small scale gold miners still use poisonous mercury: how to reduce the harm

Senegalese villagers lead the way in clean gold mining

Jacqueline Gerson
Jacqueline Gerson
exploreexplore
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In the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks

In the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks

The beautiful lie: when nature wasn't for everyone

Thomas S. Bremer
Thomas S. Bremer
healthhealth
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How cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger became the scents of winter holidays, far from their tropical origins

How cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger became the scents of winter holidays, far from their tropical origins

More than just flavor: the power of winter spices

Serina DeSalvio
Serina DeSalvio
sustainability sustainability
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3 ways AI can help farmers tackle the challenges of modern agriculture

3 ways AI can help farmers tackle the challenges of modern agriculture

In agriculture, farmers are increasingly using AI-powered tools to tackle challenges that threaten human health

Joe Hollis
Joe Hollis
sustainability sustainability
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What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the environment

What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the environment

Coltan mining in DRC: Unveiling environmental and human impacts

Oluwole Ojewale
Oluwole Ojewale
sustainability sustainability
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Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term – using energy that would otherwise go to waste

Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term – using energy that would otherwise go to waste

Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms – 74 turbines in all that could power 470,000 homes.

David Goldberg
David Goldberg
environment environment
Driverless cars won’t be good for the environment if they lead to more auto use

Driverless cars won’t be good for the environment if they lead to more auto use

For years, self-driving car technology has remained tantalizingly just beyond the horizon. Bold predictions notwithstanding, fully automated vehicles still haven’t appeared in showrooms. But the technology appears poised for a leap forward in 2022.

Giovanni Circella
Scott Hardman
Giovanni Circella, +1
environment environment
An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice

An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice

Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor.

Christina Ergas
Christina Ergas
Black ownershipBlack ownership
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Conservationists see rare nature sanctuaries. Black farmers see a legacy bought out from under them

Conservationists see rare nature sanctuaries. Black farmers see a legacy bought out from under them

Years of protest have done little to dissuade those pushing for more land to be dedicated for conservation.

Tony Briscoe
Tony Briscoe