Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest From grass burs to Velcro: Detroit Earth Day event celebrates biomimicry Design museum, science center in Detroit host Biomimicry Design Dare Challenge, where people learn about nature-based innovations Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Omar Abdel-Baqui, Detroit Free Press Published 5:53 p.m. ET April 22, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Michigan Science Center hosts Biomimicry Design Dare Challenge Fullscreen Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Buy Photo Brook-Lyn Weststrock, 3 of Detroit looks at natural elements for inspiration during the Biomimicry Design Dare … [Read more...] about From grass burs to Velcro: Detroit Earth Day event celebrates biomimicry
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This Earth Day, we celebrate major impacts through soil health
[STK][IN] ENV AGR[SU] ENI AVO × Story continues below video -- WITH PHOTO -- TO ENVIRONMENTAL, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:This Earth Day, we celebrate major impacts through soil healthMORRISVILLE, N.C., April 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. farmers andranchers are adopting soil health-promoting practices (e.g., no-till,cover crops, prescribed grazing) to increase soil organic matter(carbon), while also reducing soil and nutrient losses to ourwaterways and greenhouse gas emissions to our atmosphere.However, it is clear that we simply cannot afford to be complacent,thinking that we have all the answers to soil health and environmentalstewardship, because we do not. Doing so would ignore ourresponsibility to both current and future generations for providingplentiful and nutritious food, feed for livestock, fiber for clothingand other uses, as well as resources for fuels, while also deliveringclean water and clean air.So today, I challenge us to imagine a time when we fully understandthe … [Read more...] about This Earth Day, we celebrate major impacts through soil health
Celebrate Earth Day 2018 in SW Connecticut
Lidia Ryan Published 11:15 am, Tuesday, April 17, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-18', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 18', target_type: 'mix' … [Read more...] about Celebrate Earth Day 2018 in SW Connecticut
Celebrate Earth Day 2018 with walks, storytime, music and more
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Celebrate Earth Day 2018 with walks, storytime, music and more Earth Day offers a chance for residents to celebrate the planet and take part in projects to help keep it clean and healthy. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Subscribe Today Log In Subscribed, but don't have a login? Activate your digital access. Lansing State Journal Published 12:03 p.m. ET April 17, 2018 | Updated 11:59 a.m. ET April 18, 2018 CLOSE Reusable products, bulk bins and local recycling centers can help you reduce waste in your home and your community. Holly Nobles/Lansing State Journal CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN … [Read more...] about Celebrate Earth Day 2018 with walks, storytime, music and more
Roth: Happy Earth Day
Jim Roth Earth Day is approaching. It’s celebrated annually on April 22, a Sunday this year. Events are held in places all across the globe to promote environmental protection. It is even recognized as the largest secular observance in the world. There are some great events in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Norman that should be fun and educational. April 22 was designated Earth Day in 1970 when 20 million Americans came together to both combat against and bring awareness to pollution, toxic waste dumping, pesticides and numerous other human activity that was destructive to the environment. In the couple of decades leading up to the first Earth Day, we were fighting the Vietnam War, our country’s industrial economy was growing, American cars were large (think V8 sedans that ran on leaded gas). The condition of the environment was not something that was paid much attention by most people. The first effort to address environmental issues at a federal level was through the … [Read more...] about Roth: Happy Earth Day