Category: Solutions
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Organic growers see new role in the age of climate change
photo credit: Ruth Dusseault/Bay City News A robotic weeder that uses no herbicide, at the Organic Growers Summit in Monterey on Nov. 29, 2023. It’s hard to find a job fighting climate change, oddly. But the organic farming industry is one place where a person can make a living making a difference. Food systems account…
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Fire Destroyed This California Town’s Water System. But That Didn’t Slow The Effort To Rebuild
Five years after the Camp Fire, the town of Paradise is still replacing damaged water lines. But it’s been able to do it in a way that hasn’t slowed down reconstruction. Photo: The Paradise Irrigation District published an online map that it regularly updated with water testing results across the system. (Courtesy: Paradise Irrigation District)…
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Organic farming — new role in the age of climate change
photo credit: Ruth Dusseault/Bay City News A robotic weeder that uses no herbicide, at the Organic Growers Summit in Monterey on Nov. 29, 2023. It’s hard to find a job fighting climate change, oddly. But the organic farming industry is one place where a person can make a living making a difference. Food systems account…
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Russian River environment: Taking the dirty out of stormwater
After the first few rains, our Sonoma County landscape transforms from parched golden brown to rich hues that host a world of vibrant new growth. A celebration is not only warranted for us seeing all this glorious new growth but also creating distance through time from another record setting drought. Water reservoirs this year have…
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When vegetation choked off water recharge basins, who did CAP call? Goat munchers
Photo: In a water recharge basin southeast of Phoenix, a herd of 70 goats is going deep in the weeds to clear unwanted weeds and grass. In an overgrown and dried-up basin outside Sun Tan Valley, ringing bells and the occasional cacophony of goat bleats have replaced the sound of water flowing into the area. …
