Reflecting on 25 years of creative advocacy and effective action on climate, and how our past victories prepare us for serious work ahead
Restoring nature can help restore local economiesby Patrick Mazza on
Good-paying jobs that produce multiple products in rural communities where good jobs have been scarce – This is the restoration economy. In Oregon the restoration economy created 6,483 jobs, generated $977.5 million in economic activity from 2001–2010, a new report from Ecotrust says.
Do frightened grasshoppers increase carbon storage in grasslands?by Patrick Mazza on
Do frightened grasshoppers increase carbon storage in grasslands? It appears the answer is yes, according to Yale Forestry School research. But the reason for this phenomenon might not be what you think.
British farmland missing huge natural benefits potentialby Patrick Mazza on
Farm support programs that target only food production miss huge opportunities to generate natural benefits, a new British study documents.
The growing buzz around the biocarbon benefits of farmlandby Patrick Mazza on
The message is spreading that changing the way agriculture is done can draw heat-trapping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere into farm soils to improve the viability of agriculture overall.
Capturing carbon, saving money, enhancing regional communitiesby Eileen V. Quigley on
On August 1, the City of Portland graciously hosted the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative (NBI) along with our partners at Ecotrust and the Willamette Partnership to announce the release of NBI’s new report, Natural Infrastructure: A Climate-Smart Solution.
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