A 'Circular Economy': Why the Next Packaging Will Be Grown, Not Manufactured
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Great article, essential blog to follow by Lauren Campbell. FIts my two top bills: Education AND sustainability Delete the scoop?
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Take action to help your community and protect our planet by pledging an Act of Green today! Help us reach 2 billion pledges and make every day Earth Day.
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Monday is #EarthDay. Click through to find manageable actions you can commit to everyday. #EarthDay "activites" are no longer options. They are the daily crucial components to keeping our planet alive. The Earth Day Network is an critical organization taking a leadersship in chunking down the tasks. Let's make it happen now. Delete the scoop?
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's investments in Monsanto and Cargill have come under heavy criticism. Is it time for the foundation to come clean on its visions for agriculture in developing countries? Via Maria Nunzia
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Could this be a breakthrough? An article questioning the Gates Foundation support of Monsanto in a Gates Foundation sponsored blog? Rhetorical and circular perhaps: this is nevertheless a huge door cracking open. 
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April 17, 6:54 AM
Bc Bill Gates wants to depopulate the world. Neo-fascism. Delete the scoop?
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April 3, 2013 Food and Water Watch Today, the consumer advocacy nonprofit Food & Water Watch released its report, Monsanto: A Corporate Profile.,,, Excerpt: "People need to know about Monsanto's history as a heavy industrial chemical manufacturer; a reality at odds with the environmentally friendly, feed-the-world image that the company spends millions trying to convey."
April 2, 2013 MONSANTO, BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL CARTEL BUYS OBAMA, THE US SENATE AND THE GLOBAL FARM http://sco.lt/8edR3Z
2 April, 2013 VIDEO REPORT Al Jazeera
February 4, 2013 GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS IN AMERICA | Documentary - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vd_X1-moZkc#!
++++ WATCH VIDEO REPORT @BBC
April 7, 2013 - Nation of Change
+++WATCH: TED VIDEO FORMER WALL STREET FOOD INDUSTRY ANALYST TURNED 'REAL FOOD' MOM EVANGELIST - ROBYN O'BRIEN http://sco.lt/5zL0fR
MOMS ACROSS AMERICA SLAM GMOs WORLDWIDE : Exclusive Video Blog http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/04/07/moms-across-america-slam-gmos-worldwide-exclusive-video-blog/#.UWHo-Rk0ORQ
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini BACKS US ORGANIZATIONS IN GMO LABELING FIGHT http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/04/04/seralini-backs-us-organizations-in-gmo-labeling-fight/#.UWFaJZO
BIO-DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY? THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://sco.lt/7696kT
April 3, 2013 Common Dreams
MAY 12, 2011 -GMO Awareness MONSANTO'S DIRTY DOZEN - NOT JUST GMOs AND CHEMICALS When you take a moment to reflect on the history of product development at Monsanto, what do you find? Here are twelve products that Monsanto has brought to market. See if you can spot the pattern.... http://gmo-awareness.com/2011/05/12/monsanto-dirty-dozen/
MONSANTO ENTERS PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, ACQUIRES KEY 'GENE SILENCING' TECHNOLOGY http://sco.lt/8Qwjw1
April 3, 2013 Food and Water Watch
WATCH: MONSANTO FOOD WARS: GMO SEEDS AND ANIMALS http://sco.lt/7VzazJ
WATCH: "GENETIC ROULETTE - THE GAMBLE OF OUR LIVES" - YouTube 1:24:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrWRzxMUfDE
VIDEO: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) - THE LEADER OF THE BIOTECH CARTEL http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ
CineversityTV's curator insight,
April 4, 4:21 AM
agent Orange in the war of Vietnam, Monsanto is evil & malicious. Delete the scoop?
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By Lizzie Wade Back in 1998, Scott Reef was a ghost town. Rising ocean temperatures caused by El Niño had triggered a catastrophic bleaching event that decimated the enormous reef system off the coast of Western Australia.
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Pretty Simple: elminate the people who catch the fish that keep the coral healthy. Delete the scoop?
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If you’re exhausted by climate change shouting matches or so flummoxed by confronting scientific ignorance that you suffer in silence, this chart might be for you.
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When you're talking climate change, a little humor helps - or a great infographic. Delete the scoop?
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(Reuters) - DuPont Co will pay Monsanto Co at least $1.75 billion in a new licensing deal and both companies have agreed to dissolve their bitter legal battles over rights to technology for genetically... Via Maria Nunzia
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not a good news day for the #GMO fight Delete the scoop?
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SOS: Obama signs Monsanto Protection Act - It's time to Label GMOs! - We will not be stopped! Delete the scoop?
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Her name is Green, she is alone in a world that doesn't belong to her. She is a female orang-utan, victim of deforestation and resource exploitation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J57ZRSjpzQA
PALM OIL ECOCIDE - THE DEFORESTATION HOLOCAUST: Fast-Tracking Our Own Extinction http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1510545458/fast-tracking-our-own-extinction-the-deforestation-holocaust-
TEN NEWS "PALM OIL ECOCIDE" TV AUSTRALIA VIDEO: http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1561454232/palm-oil-ecocide-ten-news-australia-video
THE YEAR IN RAINFORESTS - Mongabay - December 31, 2012 http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1231-year-in-rainforests-2012.html
NEW STUDY SLAMS INDONESIA'S FOREST PROTECTION - ONLY 4% OF FOREST WILL BE INTACT http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4470&Itemid=214
WILDLIFE IN THE TROPICS PLUMMETS BY OVER 60 PERCENT http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0515-hance-living-planet-report-tropics.html
HALF OF TROPICAL FORESTS PARKS LOSING BIODIVERSITY http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0725-hance-tropical-parks-biodiversity.html
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Alexia Abnett Trombas's curator insight,
April 14, 4:12 AM
To make way for money, the forrests that are home to Orangutans, are dissappearing..tragedy and death for our wildlife. 
VanAllen's curator insight,
April 30, 10:26 AM
I never forget my initial watching of the extremely moving and informative documentary GREEN but I am also always extremely grateful to be reminded of it when somebody else posts it. I wish everybody in the world could watch it and be equally moved to try to take action before it is too late. Delete the scoop?
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People are made to live totally dependent on technology and professional consumption, ignorant of how to grow their own food and recycle energy sources (Global news: Cabiokid: Sanctuary of sustainability - Rappler Delete the scoop?
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Sustainable America's goal is to bring together like-minded groups to foster awareness through open dialog and educational outreach, and act as a catalyst for the development and funding of innovative, entreprenurial solutions to the impending...
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Good, clean goals at Sustainable America. They've got my ear, and lots of straightforward infographics. Delete the scoop?
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By Lisa Baertlein March 20 (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market Inc, Trader Joe's and other food retailers representing more than 2,000 U.S. Delete the scoop?
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March 13, 2013 -Deutsche Welle: Environment & Development » The rush around the world to plant crops used to produce biofuel has not only sparked a global food vs. fuel debate, but it’s also putting biodiversity at risk.... http://www.dw.de/biofuels-boom-threatens-to-disrupt-global-biodiversity/a-16665847
MORE ON BIOFUELS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=BIOFUELS
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Why do we continue to believe that finding more fuel sources is a more imprtant alternative than using less? Kuzu to elephant grass? The focus needs to be on simplifying, not on interfering with the planet's resources. What do you think? Delete the scoop?
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There’s nothing wrong with “art for art’s sake,” the notion that works of art don’t require a justification or need to serve a higher purpose. But it’s also kind of cool when they do transcend that philosophy and send a specific message. That’s certainly the case with artist Michael Jantzen’s design for his Eco-Seed Sowing Machines. The solar-powered structures would contain a large number of flower seeds that would be automatically released in small amounts whenever evidence of environmental degradation was observed around the machines. Jantzen calls the project “a symbolic public art response to environmental degradation,” and he’d like to see the machines located in places around the world where environmental damage is the worst. 
Susan Davis Cushing's curator insight,
April 24, 9:38 PM
Imagine a piece of art that would blossom where environmental destruction is the worst, drawing more attention to the area as signals cause it to activate into a work of flowering beauty. Would it get your attention? Would it be a call for action? When funded, this artist's designs will change some landscapes significanlty. Delete the scoop?
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Eco-footprinting.... starts from a series of simple premises: * People remain integral components of the ecosystems that sustain them; * Most human impacts on ecosystems are associated with energy and material extraction and consumption (all economic activity has material consequences); * Many energy and material flows are readily measurable and can be converted to corresponding productive or assimilative ecosystems areas; * There is a finite area of productive land and water ecosystems on Earth. Delete the scoop?
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Editor’s Note: Gary Cohen is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. Delete the scoop?
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April 2, 2013 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Efforts to restore marine ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon have received a boost with the launch of a new website that provides the latest blue carbon science and policy. The International Blue Carbon Initiative is a coordinated, global program focused on mitigating climate change through the conservation and restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems. Coastal ecosystems are some of the most productive on Earth. They provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as coastal protection from storms and nursery grounds for fish. We also know that they provide another integral service – sequestering and storing “blue” carbon from the atmosphere and oceans and hence are an essential piece of the solution to global climate change.... http://thebluecarboninitiative.org/
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April 8, 3:34 AM
UK link:: http://afloat.ie/marine-environment/marine-wildlife/item/21312-british-government-taken-to-task-over-marine-conservation-zones#.UWGmfF2yXhQ.twitter
it will cost 'EveryOne, if nothing is done, not your money!
More:: There are a couple of major pathways for CO2 to be removed from the atmosphere. One isplant respiration. Plants absorb CO2 during their growth, and use it along with sunlight and water and other nutrients, to grow. The carbon in the CO2 is converted into plant matter, such as blanches, leaves, roots, etc. It is important to note that this absorption of CO2 is only temporary in the big scheme of things, because when the plant dies and decomposes, the plant matter will go back to CO2 during the decomposition process. Therefore, in its natural state, this is in balance... as much CO2 is absorbed as is emitted when averaged over time (not including processes such as deforestation, which is not in balance, and so right now, CO2is net being emitted by plants due to deforestation). There are no other known methods to remove CO2 from the air on the scale that we are emitting it !!! Delete the scoop?
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Weekend Reading: “@russelloavery: Once upon a time... #sustainability stories were told. http://t.co/QVKzOyC0b4 ” #behaviourchange (click one more time, to a great read.
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The Bottom Line For People understanding and hearing what you have to say: Stop Shouting. Tell the story. Delete the scoop?
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Indigenous groups claim they have not consented to oil projects, as politicians visit Beijing to publicise bidding process
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Yet another tawdry story of cyclical debt trapping the planet, it's land, and it's indigenous cultures. I've included an action link for Amazon Watch! H/T to Sass Brown. 
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April 4, 8:30 PM
Can you imagine? Oil rigs in the Amazon? What's next, Mad Max and the Thunderdome? Delete the scoop?
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SOS: Obama signs Monsanto Protection Act - It's time to Label GMOs! - We will not be stopped! Delete the scoop?
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The natural gas mining method known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" is another major source of water usage and a serious source of contamination. There are several ways of disposing of the water used in the process. Via Maria Nunzia 
Duane Tilden's comment,
March 26, 2:29 PM
Drilling deep into our earth through aquifers almost inevitably leads to contamination, and injecting fluids into the ground will inevitably contaminate water supplies. When I was up in Grande Prairie I found that most of the well water was too contaminated with sulfer and methane to be potable. A result of oil and gas drilling, imo.
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The world faces decades of turbulent weather even if it takes drastic action to tackle climate change, the Government's chief scientific adviser said today in a final stark warning as he prepares to step down. Via SustainOurEarth, pdjmoo 
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March 25, 9:39 PM
Imagine Malaysia without water in some places and severe flooding in others. This makes the small dispute between Selangor and the Federal Government over water management meaningless. There are global implications to climate change and Malaysia will not be spared the impact. Delete the scoop?
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Photograph by Michel Roggo "Te Waikoropupu Springs are the largest freshwater springs in New Zealand and the largest cold-water springs in the Southern Hemisphere. According to Roggo, they contain some of the clearest water ever measured. Roggo made this picture a few weeks ago by mounting his camera on a pole. He made no contact with the water, because touching it in any way is prohibited in order to protect water quality and cultural heritage. "To local Maori, Te Waikoropupu Springs are a taonga (treasure) and wahi tapu, a place held in high cultural and spiritual regard," said Roggo. He added, "As a European, it was really amazing to see that people have such respect for water. For us water is to make electricity, or put waste in it, or I don't know what." Delete the scoop?
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Some farming, health and GMO news to usher you into 2013.
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Suah a good article by Mark Bittman. (In case you missed it...) Delete the scoop?
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A new smart material called a MOF (metal organic framework) has the ability to adsorb carbon dioxide and release it when exposed to sunlight thus creating a new breakthrough in a way to recycle CO2 emissions using renewable energy. A new smart material called a MOF (metal organic framework) has the ability to adsorb carbon dioxide and release it when exposed to sunlight thus creating a new breakthrough in a way to recycle CO2 emissions using renewable energy. - See more at: http://blog.cleantechies.com/2013/02/26/capturing-carbon-dioxide-with-a-solar-sponge/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cleantechies+%28CleanTechies+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#sthash.JO5scbcM.dpuf Via Hans De Keulenaer, Ian Lin Delete the scoop?
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Photo via Shutterstock Just about anyone who grew up in the eastern United States will recall the beautiful black and brown Monarch butterflies that migrate en masse from Mexico to breed and feed in the US and Canada, before returning to slumber in a central Mexican forest. But this year their numbers have dropped by 59 percent, according to the latest WWF-led annual census of the insects. In part, this has to do with the loss of milkweed that butterflies require for food and to breed, which has declined in parts of the United States where genetically modified soybean and corn crops are grown. But that’s not the only reason, according to the experts. (more) Delete the scoop?
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Downcycling: May be yet another term, but it's important to the full sustainability circle. Nice, quick read on the what and why of it from GOOD