• Forests

One Green Thing: Millennials the Indoor Gardening Generation

Millennials get accused of a lot of things but killing plants isn’t one of them. As Bloomberg reported, this generation is responsible for reviving the once-moribund market for houseplants. In the past three years, U.S. sales have surged almost 50 percent to $1.7 billion, according to the National Gardening Association. With many Millennials delaying parenthood, plants […]

• Forests

Plant Extinction is Happening 500x Faster Than Before the Industrial Revolution

• 30 by 30
• biodiversity
• biodiversity loss
• extinction

While we cover animal species extinctions a lot in ODP, but plants are also struggling to survive in a world that’s rapidly being altered by climate change. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, 600 plant extinctions have taken place of the past two and a half centuries. As […]

• Forests

Atlanta to Create Largest Food Forest in the United States

• Atlanta
• community garden
• Conservation Fund
• food desert
• food forest
• urban garden
• urban greening

by Madison Pravecek and Miro Korenha  Late last month, the Atlanta City Council voted to transform 7.1 acres of unused property into a public park and garden. The best part about it? The park will grow organically-grown nuts, fruits, berries, vegetables and medicinal herbs for local residents to propagate and pick free of charge. Once […]

• Forests

Flames Engulf Alberta as Wildfire Season Returns

• Alberta
• Canada
• climate change
• wildfires

Wildfire season has returned to North America with deadly force as 28 fires continue to rage across in Alberta, Canada and have burned more than 700,000 acres of land while forcing over 11,000 people to evacuate. The fires have been burning since the end of May and despite military aid and fire fighting efforts, dry […]

• Forests

Forest carbon offsets not working as planned, a damning ProPublica piece reveals

Forest carbon offsets are a mechanism by which the carbon stored in forests is quantified, sold to those looking to offset their carbon emissions and then landowners or forest stewards are paid to conserve forest versus clearing it for farming, logging, or mining. These offsets have long been touted as a solution to deforestation around […]

• Forests

One funny thing: goats to the rescue

• goats
• wildfire

We wrote today that wildfire season has arrived in California and towns and landowners around the state are deploying armies of goats to help them clear the underbrush. Herds of goats are becoming so popular as a means of fire prevention that some towns are holding “Goat Fund Me” campaigns to ensure that they can […]