Good News Notes: “For those interested in composting food in Sioux Falls, there hasn’t been an opportunity to do so outside of their home. That is, until SoDak Compost came along. When Deirdre Appel moved to Sioux Falls last summer, she immediately began looking for ways to compost her food scraps while living in an apartment complex…
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Plan to plant 100,000 hectares of new forest in Ireland
Good News Notes: “Semi-State forestry company Coillte, which manages Ireland’s State-owned woodlands, has launched a major new strategy to optimise the benefits from forestry. The company aims to massively expand carbon capture, forestry planting, biodiversity and recreational facilities between now and 2050. Coillte manages 440,000 hectares of forest in Ireland, amounting to 7% of the…
To Resurrect Jordan’s Lost Forests, People Plant Tiny Urban Ones
Good News Notes: “At a park in the east Amman neighborhood of Marka, a local street cat stalks two small birds past shrubs and saplings. Deema Assaf, an architect turned environmentalist, stops talking for a moment to watch the interaction. Only a few feet from the oblivious birds, the cat freezes. Then it loses interest…
You can now tell Alexa to plant a tree
Good News Notes: “Starting today, customers in the US can donate $1 to plant one tree by telling Alexa-enabled devices, “Alexa, grow a tree,” Amazon announced today. Customers will be able to keep track of how many trees they’ve planted in their Amazon Pay account. Amazon also said that it’s donating $1 million to the environmental charity it’s…
Indigenous communities transform a Mexican desert landscape into forest
Good News Notes: “In Tepejillo, on one of the many hills in the southern Mexican municipality of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca, extreme erosion has transformed the earth into bare rock, making it difficult to imagine that the area used to be home to a forest or, even more incredibly, a civilization. “These forests supported a…
Tree Canopy, new assessment shows increase in Louisville
Good News Notes: “Mayor Fischer and other community leaders announced the findings of the most recent Urban Tree Canopy Assessment for Louisville on Thursday at Medora Elementary School. The new study, commissioned by the nonprofit group TreesLouisville, shows Louisville experienced tree canopy gain while also combating canopy loss. Tree Canopy is basically the part of the…
Xampla launch trial for plastic-free seed coating
Good News Notes: “Today (1 February), Xampla has announced a partnership with chemical company Croda International to begin trials into plastic-free seed coating. The project, supported by the UK Government and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, will see a £640,000 investment into the company’s biodegradable coating. Used throughout agriculture, coatings protect seeds from pests,…
Once Mekel, Mr Big’s Billy Sheehan, ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron Thal and more share charity single, ‘Human Race’
Good News Notes: “Indonesian singer Once Mekel, best known as the former lead singer of veteran rock group Dewa 19, has collaborated with Mr Big’s Billy Sheehan and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron Thal for a charity single, ‘Human Race’. Released on Friday (January 21), ‘Human Race’ aims to fundraise for and spread awareness of ForestNation’s ‘Plant With…
Druridge Bay former opencast mine land to get £2m for ‘rewilding’
Good News Notes: “Land on top of an old opencast mine is to get a £2m wildlife makeover. The 327-hectare site at Druridge Bay is to be made “wilder” as part of the Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s plan to show how nature can recover from industrialisation. It bought the site in West Chevington, which is wood…
Ed Sheeran Plans to Rewild the UK, Starting With His Yard
Good News Notes: “Ed Sheeran has plans for the environment: he aspires to rewild as much of the UK as possible. The English musician told BBC Radio London late last month: “I’m trying to buy as much land as possible and plant as many trees as possible. I am trying to rewild as much of…