Transition Mill Valley

DON'T MISS the next Soil and Health Forum on 9/21. It featues some of the most cutting edge speakers exploring the relationship between agriculture and health, both of the planet as well as animal health (including us humans).

Join us for both inspiration and networking in person, or if you can’t get out join via an online streaming ticket. soilandfealthforum.org

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/

"[B]ecause our elders are passing away and global warming is changing how our environment functions, now is a significant time to capture elders’ knowledge and our own community’s history.”

Blackfeet Researcher Leads Her Tribe Back to Traditional Foods Forced assimilation destroyed most nations’ diets, but now Native youth are learning to integrate local foods back into their daily lives.

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.

What country is leading the way? Let's pay more attention to Sweden.
"Staff at the recycling depot intercept and sort incoming goods as they are dropped off, putting aside those that can be repaired or refurbished. They are then passed on to workshops to be renovated and sold on in one of the 14 shops in the shopping centre. There are specialist outlets for furniture, computers and audio equipment, clothes, toys, bikes, gardening tools, and building materials. Everything for sale in these stores is secondhand."

The world’s first mall for recycled goods Last week I wrote about the Edinburgh Remakery, and how they are trying to foster a culture of repair. It’s one of the most shared posts I’ve ever written, and there’s clearly a r…

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.