Reducing holiday waste while keeping the joy
Holidays can remain a time for celebration, but are also an opportunity to rethink what we leave behind.
Tag: food waste
2 ways you can conserve the water used to make your food
Consumers’ food choices and cutting back on waste determine how much water is saved.
The climate solution sitting in America’s trash
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
Farming within Earth’s limits is still possible, but it will take a Herculean effort
If we keep eating and producing food in the same way, we will almost certainly exceed crucial environmental limits.
Reducing food waste helps the climate
Food makes up almost 25% of the waste in our landfills, and when it decomposes, it releases methane.
Endangered Species Act facing challenges at half-century mark; Florida scientists deploying new technologies to bolster coral reef
The Endangered Species Act is having a midlife crisis of sorts at 50 years old, particularly in Florida.
Let’s celebrate this holiday season with a commitment to reducing food waste
Food waste is a significant contributor to climate change, a problem that intensifies during the holidays.
A simple way to prevent heaps of methane pollution: composting
A new study says composting could slash landfill emissions by as much as 84%.
New mosquito spreading in Florida, food waste collected to combat climate change
A roundup of news items related to climate change and other environmental issues in Florida: Beware Florida: New mosquito found ...