‘Our green is brown’: the eco-friendly Sahel golf club avoiding the water hazard | Access to water

‘Our green is brown’: the eco-friendly Sahel golf club avoiding the water hazard | Access to water

On the outskirts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, there is an unusual golf club with no greenery.

Golf Club Naba Gninbolbo was constructed and conceived in 1975 by the village chief (better known as the “naaba” in the More language) of Balkuy along with a German friend. The

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Chelsea flower show to introduce green medal to award eco-friendly gardens | Chelsea flower show

Chelsea flower show to introduce green medal to award eco-friendly gardens | Chelsea flower show

A green medal for sustainability is to be introduced at the Chelsea flower show, rewarding gardens with the lowest carbon impact.

Landscape designers are reporting that clients are commissioning them to make their gardens more wildlife-rich and eco-friendly, and that nature-friendly gardening is becoming increasingly important.

According to the Office

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Community Builders Awards: This year’s Environment award winner is leading the way for green initiatives

Community Builders Awards: This year’s Environment award winner is leading the way for green initiatives

Clean, Green, Beautiful North Bay brings the community together to inspire positive change

Clean, Green, Beautiful North Bay (CGB) is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to foster stewardship of North Bay’s land, water and community with a focus on preserving the natural beauty of the city.

Through their

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Green teams outraged following Ottawa changes the regulations on environmental assessments

Green teams outraged following Ottawa changes the regulations on environmental assessments

Major industrial resource jobs beneath provincial jurisdiction that spew large amounts of carbon emissions will no lengthier set off federal environmental assessments — a transfer which is angering environmental teams.

The Liberal government walked again the necessity in amendments to its controversial 2019 Effects Evaluation Act, sections of which the

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The potential of carbon markets to accelerate green infrastructure based water quality trading

The potential of carbon markets to accelerate green infrastructure based water quality trading

This study evaluates the economics and emissions of water treatment technologies in the CONUS. The CONUS was divided into smaller sections as designated by the United States Geological Survey’s Hydrological Unit Code (HUC) regions. To maximize geographic resolution of this analysis, HUC 12 sub-watersheds were used wherever possible. However, it

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