Tag: climate change
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Why Foodies Must Also be Environmentalists
Read more: Why Foodies Must Also be EnvironmentalistsFoodies and environmentalists don’t always get along. Environmentalists make compromises daily for sustainability. Foodies are known for being single-minded and ruthless in their search for the perfect meal. But I argue: If you love food, you must appreciate and respect the environment in which it was grown. And that means you have to make green…
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Meet the Tiny Desert Slime that Holds our Topsoil Together. For Now.
Read more: Meet the Tiny Desert Slime that Holds our Topsoil Together. For Now.If your eyes were microscopes and you had really good sunblock, you could lie down in the Arizona Desert and watch tiny microbes build colonies of millions around you. These greeblies, called cyanobacteria, colonize the very top layer of soil and need little more than sunshine to survive. In their wake, they leave a trail…
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What your children can teach you about the environment
Read more: What your children can teach you about the environmentIt is natural for you to want the best for your children, and there are few things more important than teaching them about the environment. But what if a child’s view on ecology is exactly what we need?
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