Remove Agriculture Remove Organic Remove Workshop
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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

Envirotec Magazine

Doing so offers countries that signed the Global Methane Pledge (158 countries, COP26 – European Union and the United States), and those who signed UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action (160+ countries, COP28) the opportunity to strengthen their climate commitments.

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UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment

Envirotec Magazine

In a paper published in Food and Energy Security journal, a multi-disciplinary group of academic scientists along with prominent UK agriculture campaigner, Lord Curry of Kirkharle, suggest that investing in the quality of earth to enhance its ability to ‘lock in’ carbon should be a central pillar in the national and global push towards Net Zero.

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VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag

GreenBiz

One of our biggest opportunities is regenerative agriculture,” Renne-Malone said. We're really looking at regenerative agriculture as a way to scale opportunities across all our brands, and then possibly partnerships with other industries as we move forward.”. We've looked quite a bit at regenerative agriculture. The North Face.

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Orlando's journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience

GreenBiz

I'm also a social entrepreneur, community organizer and now director of sustainability and resilience for the city of Orlando. One organization that is near and dear to my heart is Ideas For Us , a U.N.-accredited This global framework continues to be centered as a Rosetta Stone to advance humanity in a more sustainable direction.

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Learn how to build your own composter

Greenability Magazine

Explore a new way of composting and help build a Johnson-Su compost bioreactor at these free Hands-On Compost Workshops. Marty Kraft will lead workshops two workshops this weekend from 10 a.m. Photo: Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems. – 2 p.m., Kansas City, MO.

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Introducing the First Round of Explore 2021 Keynote Speakers

Planet Pulse

Explore 2021 is all about building connections across sectors and geographies to find solutions to pressing global challenges, and this year you will hear straight from the leaders and organizations reimagining how we drive economic growth, improve human livelihoods, and steward the environment. Register for free and learn more at explore21.planet.com.

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Explore 2021: Discover the Power of Global Connection

Planet Pulse

At last year’s Explore 2020 , we welcomed more than 3,000 attendees and were joined by a stellar roster of speakers ( Al Gore , Dr. Jane Goodall , Michael Bloomberg ) to learn how organizations are taking Planet data from Discovery to Impact. .