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Green Horizons: A Billion Trees in Eight Years

January 31st, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Marrying forestry to technology, the startup Flash Forest, in Toronto, is using aerial drones to plant trees 10 times faster [&hellip

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Climate Check: New Label Verifies Carbon Neutral Products

January 31st, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A new Climate Neutral product label is joining others like Fair Trade, 100% Organic and Made in America, and is [&hellip

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Water Win:Fresh H20 Comes to Kenya Town

January 31st, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A drought-plagued Kenyan region is using a new, solar-powered, desalination plant from the international non-profit GivePower to obtain clean water. [&hellip

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Thump Thump: Trees Exhibit ‘Heartbeat’

January 31st, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Scientists have discovered that some trees raise and lower their branches several times in the course of the night, indicating [&hellip

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Clear Thinking: UNESCO Adopts Resolution on Earth Charter

January 31st, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

The 40th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), held last November, adopted a resolution [&hellip

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Uncowed by a Hurricane Cattle Survive Churning Sea

December 30th, 2019 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Three cows turned up at Cape Lookout National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina months after being swept [&hellip

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Time’s Up: Renewable Energy Should Speed Progress

December 30th, 2019 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

The International Energy Agency predicts that renewable energy will surpass coal as the world’s leading source of electricity by 2030. [&hellip

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Beach Junk: Microplastics Found in Brand-New Sand

December 30th, 2019 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A Hawaiian beach that was formed by lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano in 2018 is already littered with invisible [&hellip

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Trays Up: Air Meals May Get an Eco-Makeover

December 30th, 2019 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

According to researchers, each airline passenger produces about three pounds of trash per flight, from disposable headphones and plastic cutlery [&hellip