Land & Environmental Section :: Page 17

• Rich Earth Institute to discuss urine as agricultural resource

  By YS News StaffMarch 6, 2017

  

  “Rethinking the Nutrient Cycle: Capturing Urine as a Resource” will be presented by the Rich Earth Institute on Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m., in McGregor 113 at Antioch College.

• Sale puts farmland at risk

  By YS News StaffMarch 2, 2017

  

  At Village Council’s Feb. 21 meeting, a villager and Village Council member urged villagers to come together in an effort to preserve farmland at risk of development on the western edge of Yellow Springs.

• Conference digs into new research on soil health

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 23, 2017

  

  Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions is hosting a symposium Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24–25, that is devoted to the topic of soil.

• Rising from the ashes, dead wood gets a new life

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanFebruary 16, 2017

  

  The only upside decimation of ash trees by the emerald ash borer was the preponderance of wood that became available as the dead trees were cut down before they could collapse.

• Symposium on soil health to be held

  By Web AdminJanuary 23, 2017

  

  The importance of soil quality to human health and climate cooling will be the focus of a Healthy Soil Symposium on Feb. 24 and 25 in McGregor Hall, Room 113, on the Antioch College campus.

• Train to be an ‘eco-sattva’

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 6, 2017

  

  The Dharma Center and Community Solutions are partnering to offer a course in Buddhist responses to climate change. The course begins Jan. 12.

• Standing up for Standing Rock

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanNovember 24, 2016

  

  Recently, a number of Yellow Springs residents have been advocating on behalf of those demonstrating against the construction of an oil pipeline through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota.

• Moms Out Front for a livable climate

  By Audrey HackettNovember 10, 2016

  

  Mothers Out Front, a national grassroots group whose Yellow Springs team was started last spring by Laura Skidmore, seeks a “swift and complete transition to clean energy” in order to reduce the effects of climate change on future generations.

• Community Solutions’ 63rd conference — A focus on climate solutions

  By Carol SimmonsOctober 13, 2016

  

  The 76-year-old Community Solutions will hold its 63rd conference, “Climate Crisis Solutions: Charting a New Course.” The event dates are Friday–Sunday, Oct. 21–23. Seventeen local, national and international experts will speak.

• Scrap tires to be accepted for disposal

  By YS News StaffOctober 12, 2016

  

  The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a grant to Greene County enabling the collection of scrap tires in 2016 and 2017. Scrap tires will be accepted from Greene County residents on Thursdays, Oct. 27 and Dec. 15