Climate Local Now: Restoring Habitat, One Yard At A Time
Pictured Above: At the groundbreaking for the East Hampton Town Hall Pollinator Garden |. Richard Lewin photo for ChangeHampton. By
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Climate Local Now: How To Live A Low-Emission Lifestyle
by Brianne Briggmann Imagine you’re looking to take a vacation. You open Airbnb and scroll through an expanse of homes,
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Climate Local Now: If You Build It… It Will Still Be Here in 50 Years
by Mark Haubner The average life span of a regular house is over 100 years. Skyscrapers are built to have
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Climate Local Now: East Enders Are Composting. Here’s Why.
Photos: There are many ways to compost — from a homemade cinder block enclosure to a rolling science-fiction inspired ball.
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Climate Local Now: Climate Change, Meet Carbon Crew
by Brianne Briggman “The greatest threat to our planet is the idea that somebody else will save it.” — Robert
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Climate Local Now: Compost: It’s Not Just Dirt
by Mark Haubner If you want to annoy a sailor, call the deck a “floor” and the line a “rope”—and
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Climate Local Now: If My Dad Can Do It: Food Recovery for Climate
by Mary Morgan & Brianne Briggman Dispatch from Brianne Briggman: One year ago, my 64-year-old father started experiencing severe neck
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Climate Local Now: Climate Smart? You Bet We Are
Pictured Above: What’s in your fridge? Food waste is a top contributor to greenhouse gases. Time Compressed After working for
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Climate Local Now: Taking a Lead on Zero Waste for Long Island
We’ve talked in the last few columns about a Circular Economy which includes Zero Waste as a principle, and about a Repair Café, which is one of the very local actions in which everyone can take part. Today we are presenting a real-world example of this for all of us on Long Island—Taking A Lead on Zero Waste (TALZ-LI).
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Climate Local Now: Start From Your Place
Ours is the Peconic Bioregion by Mary Morgan What Can I Do? That is what both climate recovery optimists Damon
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Climate Local Now: But I Can’t Throw It Away
We are highlighting the concept of a Circular Economy, a paradigm in which we slow the senseless extraction of everything under the sun. This will be the direct result of reducing, reusing, repurposing, reclaiming and recycling all of the things we need—and want. Within this closed-loop system is the potential to regenerate a thriving planet and for us to live within our planetary means and still enjoy meaningful lives. The Repair Café fills the bill.
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