Transition Mill Valley

Please join us on Sept 14 for what promises to be an important conversation.

What’s the foamy stuff on your roses? Click here to find out: https://www.yardsmartmarin.org/blog/whats-that-foamy-stuff-on-my-roses/

What do you do with a toaster when you no longer want it? Until recently, no one thought about that question until the toaster was ready for the scrap heap. Today, designers at the London-based Agency of Design are turning that practice on its head. As advocates of a circular economy, they believe that the best time to address end-of-life issues is when a product is first being designed and that items like your toaster should be thought of not as a disposable appliances but as products with value worth preserving. Read on to learn how these designers helping to keep products out of landfills even before they fly off the shelves.

Designing for the Circular Economy - Knowledge@Wharton Innovative companies are exploring strategies that address end-of-life issues upfront.

The West Coast Will Determine the Fate of the Fossil Fuel Industry All along the Pacific Coast, environmentalists are gearing up for an epic fight.

When White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia, made the transition from an industrialized agricultural facility to a regenerative farm, the benefits were felt throughout the town. In his new film, director Peter Byck introduces viewers to Will Harris, the owner of White Oak Pastures, whose journey could inspire a revolution across the global agricultural industry.

“Today we don’t feed animals. We feed the microbes in the soil. The microbes feed the soil. And the soils feed the plants. And the plants feed the animals.”

https://vimeo.com/170413226

One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts Will Harris, owner of White Oak Pastures, tells us his evolution from industrial to regenerative farmer.