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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Climate Local Now: A Festival of Solutions
by Mary Morgan & Mark Haubner Drawdown Festival – Tools for Regeneration: Forums! Fun! Films! blankets the weekend from January
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Climate Local Now: Thinking in Cycles Without Running in Circles
by Mark Haubner I always enjoyed going to what we used to call ‘the dump’ when I was a kid —
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Climate Local Now: Meet the Climatarians, who Dine with the Earth in Mind
Pictured Above: Local farmers markets, like the Flanders Farm Fresh Food Market, are a great way to jump into the
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Climate Local Now: Oh Deer, What Can The Matter Be
by Mark Haubner Two Stories It was my turn to drive while my friend slept. It was 1:30 in the
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