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RM – UofA, Clemson Champions Of GameDay Recycling Challenge
Clemson University, along with the University of Akron, are the co-championship of the 2017 GameDay Recycling Challenge (GDRC), the national collegiate football recycling competition. See additional coverage on Page 8 in the January 22 issue of RM. Not subscribed to RM? Please follow this link to subscribe now: https://www.nvpublications.com/subscribe/
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Solomon Klinordlinger Hit a Home Run in Pittsburgh
Beginning in Civil War times Solomon Klinordlinger for years had a profitable but modest wholesale liquor business. Then he named a whiskey brand after the emerging Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team and hit a merchandising home run. A man with a baseball bat in his hand, shown here, paved the way to Klinordlinger’s fame and fortune. Like many successful whiskey men,
Impressive Carbon Capture Verified
For decades, Reforest The Tropics has been measuring the productivity of its forest plantations. In June 2017, for the first time, RTT contracted with an accredited third party, EARTH University, to verify its carbon claims under the protocols established by the International Organization of Standards. The results are fantastic news for…
Westerly, RI Middle School Forest Update
This is the 2.5 acre, 5 ½-year old forest established by Reforest The Tropics for the CO2-emissions account of the Westerly, RI Middle School. In a 25-year contract between RTT and the farmer, this forest is legally dedicated to sequestering and storing CO2 for this school’s account. So far, it has…
Reforestation Models
Based on my research back in 1964, the U.S. and Costa Rican governments approved our applied research program in 1995. Today, we have 185 hectares of R&D forests on 13 farms in Costa Rica built on the following new concepts of pasture reforestation to mitigate climate change. 1) Most governments pay…
It’s Not Too Late…
The scientific world was shaken recently with a report published in Nature, lead-authored by Joeri Rogelj of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, which suggested that that we have already crossed an important global sustainability threshold. The report argues that, “the window for limiting warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius…