These new urban forests let you pick your own produce. But will the concept take root? Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/move-over-community-gardens-edible-forests-are-sprouting-across-america-180960024/#FkyTvSgu3mTxbr8S.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
The newly digitized collection is as ambitious as the art school it documents Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harvard-just-launched-fascinating-resource-all-about-bauhaus-180960156/#syx8EGltVXUSwCLj.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
The newly-erected turbines off of Block Island may signal the future of American wind power Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/getting-up-close-personal-with-americas-first-offshore-wind-farm-180960251/#J7EyrIV90BvjlpI9.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
In recent years, an omnibus of impact investing opportunities, from “socially responsible” mutual funds to “green bonds,” have offered market participants access to securities that mirror their desire to create social change as well as their need for financial growth or stability. But those opportunities aren’t enough to change the… Continue reading
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Under CORSIA — short for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation — the industry will voluntarily (at first) offset its emissions through the purchase of credits, or the funding of still unspecified projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere.
Trees have feelings. They can feel pain, but can also have emotions, such as fear. Trees like to stand close together and cuddle. There is in fact friendship among trees. Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/trees-can-form-bonds-like-an-old-couple-and-look-after-each-other.html
Two Wentworth elms identified at Holyroodhouse escaped Dutch elm disease, which destroyed millions of other trees Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/extinct-variety-tree-rediscovered-queens-palace-scotland-180960697/#rvDXQWR7bbrelu2Z.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
