by gmoke
Thu Sep 5th, 2024 at 03:08:03 AM EST
No Waste Army to rescue climate-changed vegetables (and farmers)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/29/its-not-beautiful-but-you-can-still-eat-it-clim
ate-change-leads-to-more-wonky-vegetables-in-netherlands
Agrivoltaics - growing adoption and new technologies
https:/cleantechnica.com/2024/07/11/peaches-grapes-the-agrivoltaic-farm-of-the-future
Indoor farming for CO2 capture
http://www.agritecture.com/blog/direct-air-capture-dac-technology-for-indoor-farming
Editorial Comment: I remember someone presenting this idea for greenhouses as direct air capture [DAC] of CO2 from coal and gas generators at an MIT climate conference about a decade ago.
Farm Urban - a community-wide initiative for growing food in Liverpool, UK
http://www.agritecture.com/blog/vertical-farming-and-social-good
Lawyers supporting natural plants against local weed ordinances
http://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2024/07/25/lawyer-helps-people-fighting-weed-ordinances/
http://archive.ph/3seaw
Urban rice terrace roofs to avoid flooding and sponge city forms
http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240805-how-ancient-rice-terraces-inspire-flood-resilience-in-asi
an-cities
Kindergarteners drop seeds in the crack of the sidewalk
http://streetartutopia.com/2024/04/28/kindergarten-children-dropped-seeds-in-the-crack-of-the-sidewa
lk-to-see-what-would-happen/
Editorial Comment:
I can't remember seeing it any other way but whole, a big
round rock wheeling about the heavens and comin' on green to
crack sidewalks, gentle and undemanding, as if I saw it first,
approaching it from somewhere else.
Lew Welch, "He Begins to Recount His Adventures"
http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/welch/welch_adventures.html
Rooftop farm, restaurant, and bar in Copenhagen
http://www.grospiseri.dk/the-team
https:/www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/t-magazine/copenhagen-rooftop-bar.html
Whole country survey of agrivoltaics - Canada
http://doi.org/10.3390/su15043228
http://www.agritecture.com/blog/agriculture-and-energy-future-agrivoltaics
Survey of current solar energy + agriculture, agrivoltaic, projects around the world
http://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/28/new-agrivoltaic-project-pairs-high-tech-solar-panels-with-shrimp
-shaped-yams
A little history:
http://solarray.blogspot.com/2019/09/agrophotovoltaics-agriphotovoltaics.html
Lawns to Legumes - Minnesota state project for "installing pollinator-friendly native plantings in residential lawns" - a Tim Walz initiative it seems and the first state to do this
http://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l
hat tip Monica Raymond
Ecological restoration of the Klamath River basin after dam removal
http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240903-removing-the-klamath-river-dams-to-restore-the-river-what
-happens-next
