Forging partnerships to create a tipping point in sustainability

Woody encroachment is a global driver of grassland loss and management to counteract encroachment represents one of the most expensive conservation practices implemented in grasslands. Yet, outcomes of these practices are often unknown at large scales and this constrains practitioner’s…

The people of Punjab need to be complimented for winning a clear majority to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the recent Assembly elections. Prime Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has a golden opportunity to get Punjab back on track of achieving higher sustainable growth, lower corruption and liberation from the drug mafia. Only then can Punjab regain its happiness and prosperity.  Mann has pledged to root out corruption in government offices, but so far has not announced a plan for agriculture, a leading industry, initiating Punjab’s Green Revolution. But the state was late. We try to reveal the main problems in Punjab agriculture, the factors that brought it to its current state and what potential solutions could be to ensure sustainable prosperity.  The biggest problem facing Punjab agriculture is the rapidly depleting and deteriorating quality of groundwater resources.

Thanksgiving is a joyous time of year to celebrate our abundance. Unfortunately, much of it goes out with the trash after the gathering. “Two hundred million pounds of turkey thrown out, alongside more than 150 million pounds of side dishes like veggies and potatoes and 14 million pounds of dinner rolls,” laments the Center for Biological Diversity, a sustainability-focused nonprofit. In addition to the tremendous waste of food and money, this organic refuse also generates methane in our landfills, a contributor of greenhouse gasses. Composting is one approach to reducing this problem.