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How Soil Health Affects Climate Change

by Marion

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Healthy soils play an important role in regulating climate. Soil health changes depending on how it is managed. If soils are poorly managed or harmed by unsustainable agricultural practices, carbon contained in soil is released into the atmosphere in the form of CO2, contributing to climate change. Restoring degraded soil and maintaining healthy soil decreases CO2 release into the atmosphere, increases carbon storage,…

Climate, Consciousness, and Community

Posted on March 16, 2019

by Sari

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Kosmos Associates, a non-profit organization, in association with Transition Town Media and Pendle Hill Quaker Center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, announce a regional Climate Summit to be held the weekend of Easter, Passover and Earth Day – April 20-23, 2019 in Media, Pennsylvania. The Kosmos Climate, Consciousness, and Community Summit is a participatory investigation into how we can steward a resilient future on a…

How Reforestation Can Help Stop Climate Change

Posted on March 13, 2019

by Marion

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Forests play an important role in regulating our climate because they absorb CO2 from the air and store it in trunks, branches, roots and leaves. Deforestation–especially the destruction of rainforests for creating palm oil plantations—contributes significantly to climate change by releasing CO2 into the atmosphere. Scientists estimate that forest loss and other changes to land use cause 23% of CO2 emissions. According to…

Why Climate Change is Causing A Public Health Emergency

Posted on March 6, 2019

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In addition to floods, droughts, wildfires, monster storms, and a host of other problems, climate change is responsible for a looming public health emergency. New England Journal of Medicine, World Health Organization, United Nations, National Institutes of Environmental Health, and American Public Health Association are all sounding the alarm. Scientific evidence from the US Global Change Research Program’s fourth National Climate Assessment shows…

How Palm Oil Contributes to Climate Change

Posted on February 28, 2019

by Marion

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How does palm oil contribute to climate change? Good question. Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world. Unfortunately, rainforests and peatlands are being destroyed to clear land for growing palm trees. Rainforest and peatland ecosystems store billions of tons of carbon and methane gases. Their destruction by land clearing and burning releases vast amounts of greenhouse gases, resulting in significant…

How Soil Health Affects Climate Change

Climate, Consciousness, and Community

How Reforestation Can Help Stop Climate Change

Why Climate Change is Causing A Public Health Emergency

How Palm Oil Contributes to Climate Change

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