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Leaders of nuclear states unfit to act for peace
A new UN working group on nuclear disarmament has embarked on a series of international meetings taking place through 2016 with a view to harnessing the clear and growing worldwide…
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Scientists learn ancient techniques offering key to fertile future
Indigenous women in villages of West Africa have demonstrated a 700 year old farming technique, which converts nutrient-poor soil into fertile farmland, to anthropologists and soil scientists from a number…
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New book explains the power of biochar and its role in restorative agriculture
The second edition of the potentially world-changing book Biochar for Environmental Management: Science, Technology and Implementation has been published.
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Road-building decisions reveal profound failures of leadership
Road-building is having widespread, devastating effects on the planet’s forests, which in turn are critical to Earth’s ability to support life, recent research has revealed. Another study has confirmed clear,…
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Cooperative network in Australia to transform employment and energy
The Earthworker Cooperative, a community-led initiative with the aims of addressing the reality of climate change and a lack of secure, dignified work in sustainable sectors, has taken the first,…
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Ecological water purification method becomes freely available
Mycologist Dr Paul Stamets has announced the release of his company’s water improvement technology to the public domain. Performing functions that Stamets has termed mycofiltration and mycorestoration, the technology entails…
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“Climate parliament” unites legislators worldwide to form climate-friendly policies
An international legislator network that promotes renewable energy policies by means of its members’ influence in their home country parliaments has helped procure small but positive changes to the national…
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Strategy to deliver food equity brings South Africa into global drive for change
More than 50 organisations and groups representing the interests of small farmers and the hungry in South Africa have agreed on a declaration that will take them towards securing food…