Posted by Jan Wondra | Apr 24, 2021
Part II: Climate Victory Gardens
Since Earth Day was April 22, it seems like a good time to consider our role in encouraging climate solutions that can draw down the earth’s carbon dioxide levels, and help keep the planet’s rising temperatures at bay as long as we can.
Rocky Mountain Bee flower. photo credit-Sandy Hobbs
According to research, 8,670 gardens can absorb enough carbon to offset the emissions of more than 40 million miles driven by gasoline-powered cars. That’s a lot of emissions elimination.
Some people just love to garden and find gardening a wonderful tool to teach children something about where their food comes from and enjoy getting their fingers in the dirt.
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Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at University of Toronto s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, is shown in this handout image. Policing, the opioid crisis and internet security are among the hot-button topics covered by the titles on this year s Donner Prize short list.
Organizers named five finalists on Wednesday for the $50,000 award for the best public policy book by a Canadian. Deibert is in the running for his look at the troubling implications of digital data in Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society.
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