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the environmental benefits of hydroponics

Hydroponics is the art and science of growing plants without soil. Instead, plants are grown in water, using a nutrient solution that provides the “food” for them to grow. There are many advantages of hydroponic growing, but a key one is that it offers several...

plastic straws: disappearing soon from a neighborhood near you

sustainability

There’s a lot of talk these days about plastic pollution. Why? After all, what will a few plastic bottles do to the environment, really? Well, if millions of people think the same thing, that adds up to several millions of plastic bottles. At that level, it’s not a...

food waste in the u.s. and what to do about it

food, sustainability

Americans generate a lot of trash–a whopping 292 million tons in 2018. What can you do to reduce waste? Go with reusable instead of disposable bags, buy in bulk to reduce excess packaging, be more proactive about recycling, etc. But sometimes, you can’t...

what is a carbon footprint?

sustainability

These days, you may be hearing about carbon footprints a lot — how to measure them, how to reduce them, etc. What is a carbon footprint? It’s basically a way to assess the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated; this can be by a person, a company, or...

the great pacific garbage patch: a floating landfill

sustainability

Most of us are familiar with landfills—sites where our household trash is dumped after being collected from our homes. But have you heard of another landfill that is in the ocean? It’s been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), and it’s a floating...