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The Environmental Protection Agency offers school districts a $30,000 credit to buy a propane bus, or a free electric bus and charging station in exchange for destroying a diesel bus. A school district in Georgia has used the program to become one of few in the U.S. with a 100 percent clean energy bus fleet….
REWILDING A NATION is a documentary film available for viewing on WATERBEAR, a “free platform that brings inspiration and action together through award-winning, certified films and documentaries that you can stream at any time, and on any device for free.” “Robi Watkinson and Emma Hodson travel across Britain and the Netherlands documenting and exploring the rewilding…
We see new examples everyday of the ultra-rich using their money to control politics and society. We can create grassroots change by organizing and mobilizing coalitions across different groups. It’s time to get busy in defense of our democracy. How to Cut the Billionaires Behind This Coup Down to Size https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/how-to-defeat-the-billionaire-coup Related Reading Related…
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The trend to far-right governments is occurring around the world, but the trend is not irreversible. Here are some ideas on how to reverse it. “Not a Done Deal”: The Far-Right Trend and How to Reverse It https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/not-a-done-deal-the-far-right-trend-and-how-to-reverse-it For resources to resist the far-right trend in the US, check out our growing RESISTANCE HUB Related…
“Biocultural diversity speaks to healing the conceptual divide between nature and culture — reminding us that Indigenous and local languages and ways of being, knowing, and living emerge from place. So it is not a coincidence that language loss and cultural diversity loss are occurring alongside biodiversity loss — they are deeply entangled, and being…
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Kenya is dedicated to planting 15 billion trees by 2032, enough to restore 30 percent of its land to a tree cover, and it’s tapping into the goodwill and participation of its citizens to get it done. Jazamiti: Kenya’s Digital Leap Towards 15 Billion New Trees https://en.reset.org/jazamiti-kenyas-digital-leap-towards-15-billion-new-trees/ Related Reading
Americans kill thousands of coyotes every year in an attempt to get rid of them, but studies show that killing coyotes only results in more coyotes. There are more effective, and less cruel, methods to control the varmints. Hunt more coyote, get more coyote https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/hunt-more-coyote-get-more-coyote Related Reading
A senior fellow at New America, a liberal think tank in the United States, argues for a three-party political system, and several experts in the field respond – pro and con. The Case for More Parties https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-case-for-more-parties Related Reading
“Americans stepped up to do something about dying bees. But what if all those backyard colonies are making the problem worse? In Buzzkill’s premiere episode, we take an in-depth look at whether raising domesticated bees, especially in cities, is harming the wild species we need to preserve biodiversity.” MORE INFO: https://thefern.org/podcast/buzzkill-episode-1-save-which-bees/ Related Reading
Tiny plastic beads that are added to some cleansers and beauty products add to the plastic waste that is engulfing our world. However, researchers at MIT have developed a class of biodegradable materials that could replace those beads, break down the beads into harmless sugars and amino acids, and take a giant step toward cleaning…
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