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The so-called vertical farm can grow salad three times as fast as traditional outdoor agriculture thanks to its controlled, consistent climate.
Lettuce, basil and other herbs are grown under special lights, in a warm humid atmosphere.
(Monday February 19th, 2024 — BBC online - UK)
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Miscellaneous |
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Once grown almost solely by enslaved people, the fish pepper was nearly lost forever until a chance find in a freezer revived the plant and it's now more popular than ever.
(Saturday February 17th, 2024 — BBC online - UK)
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Miscellaneous |
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Anaerobic digesters create biogas by removing methane from livestock waste. The gas can then be used for electricity, heat or vehicle fuel. Supporters say the process limits methane from reaching the atmosphere. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy For America Program helps fund these projects on farms in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
(Friday February 16th, 2024 — Public News Service - Wisconsin USA)
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Bio Agriculture |
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Shining Spiral is identified by the IASWECE and is Gujarat's first Waldorf School, a school emphasising in cultivating children's emotional life and imagination
(Wednesday February 14th, 2024 — krishijagran.com - New Delhi, India)
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Waldorf |
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At Biofach this year the Biodynamic Federation Demeter International celebrates 100 years of biodynamic farming. This is an opportunity to reflect on the beginnings of the movement, on the contribution of biodynamic farming towards sustainable food systems, and on what lies ahead.
(Tuesday February 13th, 2024 — Bio Eco Actual)
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Adult Education |
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CERN has revealed plans for the Future Circular Collider, which will dwarf the Large Hadron Collider in size and power and hunt for the missing 95% of our universe.
(Thursday February 8th, 2024 — Space.com)
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Miscellaneous |
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Camphill School Aberdeen is to receive an award of £250,976 for the adventure playground for children and young people with complex support needs, as agreed at the Finance and Resources Committee.
(Tuesday February 6th, 2024 — Aberdeen City Council - Scotland, UK)
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Camphill |
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Following recent policy reforms and recommendations in the European Union, strongly supported by our organic allies in the EU, we need raise our expectations and our demands in the US and North America. We need to set a goal of 25% of food and farming being organic by 2030, or as soon as possible.
(Monday February 5th, 2024 — OrganicConsumers.com - Finland, Minnesota USA)
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Miscellaneous |
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For centuries, craftspeople have been revered and valued, and craftwork has been acknowledged as an essential part of human development. So when did ‘craft’ become a dirty word that’s only just being reclaimed? Katie Jarvis speaks to Charlotte Abrahams and Katy Bevan
(Friday February 2nd, 2024 — Great British Life)
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Art |
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Garden Day! A trip to the Pasadena Waldorf High School garden for main lesson was full of discovery and joy for Grade 1 students. What a treat to have snacks with their buddies from Grade 12 when work was done!
(Wednesday January 31st, 2024 — Pasadena Now)
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Waldorf |
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In 2018, Bhatnagar, a University of Louisville medical school professor, decided that he wanted to “do something” about air pollution in Louisville, which has repeatedly earned failing grades for air quality from the American Lung Association. His contribution, he decided, would be to find the connection between trees and better heart health using the gold standard for evidence: clinical trials.
(Monday January 29th, 2024 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)
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Miscellaneous |
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On January 27, 2024, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, visited the Impulso Verde building in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). This building is the first public building in Galicia to be constructed entirely with Galician wood as part of the LIFE Lugo + Biodynamic project. The project includes measures such as building homes with wood, collecting stormwater for reuse, and implementing a system for reusing waste as biomass.
(Sunday January 28th, 2024 — Alaska Commons)
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Bio Agriculture |
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Allie Burns of Village Capital and Jasper van Brakel of RSF Social Finance flesh out the promise and perils of AI in impact investing.
(Wednesday January 24th, 2024 — ImpactAlpha)
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Investing |
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In the 20th century, the introduction of Biodynamic farming by philosopher Rudolf Steiner further propelled the momentum of organic farming. The establishment of the Rodale Institute became a key player, actively engaging in various organic practices. Subsequently, in 1972, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) emerged as the primary global authority for organic farming.
(Wednesday January 17th, 2024 — Daily Excelsior - India)
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Bio Agriculture |
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That 13-year-old Ellen Ruckmann-Bruch has won Honolulu Waldorf School's annual spelling bee two years in a row, is fluent in German along with English and has run three virtual marathons makes her unusual. That she's done all of these things and more with Down syndrome makes her unique, at least in Hawaii.
(Monday January 15th, 2024 — Yahoo News)
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Waldorf |
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The discovery changes what we know about the history of people living in the Amazon. The houses and plazas in the Upano area in eastern Ecuador were connected by an astounding network of roads and canals. The area lies in the shadow of a volcano that created rich local soils but also may have led to the destruction of the society.
(Thursday January 11th, 2024 — BBC online - UK)
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Miscellaneous |
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The Waldorf Way, as envisioned by Rudolf Steiner over a century ago, presents a holistic approach to education and parenting that seeks to nurture the whole child—mind, body, and spirit. In this article, we will delve into the fundamental principles of Waldorf education, explore its unique methodologies, and highlight how it shapes not only a child’s academic journey but also their overall development and well-being.
(Friday October 13th, 2023 — Vents Magazine - Dominican Republic)
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Waldorf |
1790 |
According to Hilding Neilson, an astronomer and a member of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation, this is one of the limitations of traditional academic science: by focusing on facts and figures, science misses our human connection to the natural world.
(Thursday October 12th, 2023 — BBC online)
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Miscellaneous |
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Kimberton Village. Instead, it was a change the school felt was necessary to make to its technology landscape after its governance identified an increasing concern over the grip that cellphone usage was having on students nationally, and the impact this was beginning to have on their own school environment. This resulted in KWS deciding to make the entire school cellphone and smartwatch free during the school day.
(Wednesday October 11th, 2023 — Reading Eagle -Reading, Pennsylvania USA)
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Waldorf |
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The dams were removed in August of 2014, but the tribe had to wait for a run of salmon that was healthy enough to be fished. Now, for the first time in more than a hundred years, members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe are fishing for coho salmon on the free-flowing river.
(Wednesday October 11th, 2023 — EcoWatch.com)
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Miscellaneous |
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