By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL In recent years, California has suffered from water shortages. This year’s severe drought—and previous ones—have led to the loss of...
Archive for category: sustainable agriculture
How Consumerism Impacts Modern Farming Methods
By Alexis Schaffer These days farms are like any other corporation – maximizing profits is priority number one. But at what cost? Here we look...
The Grapes of Wrath: Global Warming and Wine
By MIRIAM ACZEL The global wine industry is not a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions—accounting for roughly 0.1% of global carbon emissions—but it is particularly vulnerable to...
Urban Hanging Gardens: A Win-Win For Puerto Rico
By MIRIAM ACZEL Young Leaders Share Their Ideas for a Better World I’d like to follow up on my previous report from the Youth Time Global...
Sunshine in a Glass: Sustainable Vineyard Tour
By ELVIN YUZUGULLU It was a beautiful day to nourish one’s intellect, passion, and palette. On September 22, 2018, the Leaders in Energy community did just...
Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits
There’s a “forgotten solution” for achieving major economic, development and climate gains—transforming the way the world feeds itself and manages its land.
At this week’s UN General Assembly, members of the Food and Land Use Coalition will meet with heads of state and CEOs to raise the profile of this issue and encourage greater action. They have new research to support their case. The food and land use chapter of the New Climate Economy’s Global Opportunities Report sets out how decisive action on food and land use is at the heart of the inclusive growth story of the 21st century. The report finds that more sustainable food and land use business models could be worth up to $2.3 trillion, and that they’re critical to delivering a more climate-secure and resilient world.
12 Countries Sign Historic Agreement Guaranteeing Environmental Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean
Air pollution can threaten the health and well-being of entire communities. Perhaps no one knows this better than villagers from Quinteros and Puchuncaví, Chile.
The two towns have been dealing with air pollution from nearby industrial parks since the 1970s. High levels of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter have damaged crops and sickened children, elderly people and animals. While the government has prepared a decontamination plan, there have already been at least two more air pollution episodes just this year that affected local schools and communities.
Building Gardens and Communities with Alfrea
By JANINE FINNELL, Founder and Clean Energy Ambassador, Leaders in Energy I recently had the pleasure of giving an introduction and welcome on the website...
“Sustainable Scoop” Interview: Janine Finnell of Leaders in Energy
By JANINE FINNELL, MIRIAM GENNARI, and TRAVIS HIGH This article is based on an interview with Janine Finnell, Clean Energy Ambassador and Founder, Leaders in Energy, by Miriam...
Ideas Ran Wild at Potential Energy DC and Leaders in Energy Petting Zoo
By KERRY WORTHINGTON Ideas ran wild at the co-sponsored Potential Energy DC and Leaders in Energy Petting Zoo on Wednesday, May 27, where 70 attendees saw “energy...
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