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On Thursday, March 12, join GARNA for its Third Thursdays Lecture Series, and learn how Elements Mountain Compost is recycling organic waste and creating high quality soil products in Chaffee County. EMC will provide tips and tricks to start a home composting program including bin design, ingredients, maintenance and more.

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Carbon capturing and carbon sequestering, meaning the uptake and storage of CO2 molecules in a solid object, like a buildinga tree which it can’t escape from, is one of the many tools for entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and businessmen, who want to do their part to combat the climate crisis.

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Our environmental impact doesn’t go away when we die, but there’s a way to make that impact a positive one.

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A Eletrobras recebeu certificação da Climate Bonds Initiative, uma organização internacional sem fins lucrativos que avalia projetos sustentáveis. A empresa informou que agora está apta a emitir títulos verdes, os chamados green bonds, para financiar projetos de geração de energia solar e eólica. O processo de certificação foi apoiado pelo Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento.

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Recycling doesn‘t always give your plastic bottle new life.

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Science and nature, as well as common sense, prove that “single-use” organics management via landfilling is a misuse of national resources.

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Our California road trip, launched last week with a discussion of climate change fundamentals, continues this week with a conversation about methane. Let’s start with Drawdown’s cited benefit of compost — methane avoidance — and why that earned compost its 60 ranking on the list of solutions.

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In the first talk released from the Fully Charged USA show, Chelsea Sexton led a panel discussion on the topic of ‘Can batteries really be ethical, recyclable & sustainable?’

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The new research outlines nine consumer best practices for extending battery life to decrease costs and reduce environmental burdens associated with the production of new batteries.

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Legislation that has been introduced at the federal level seeks to address deficiencies in U.S. recycling infrastructure, with one targeting grants for recycling education and the other taking a more comprehensive approach with a heavy focus on regulating single-use plastics.

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