Urban Lands Coalition

06/23/2014

Question: What is “compost,” exactly? I’ve heard the term my entire life, but I’ve never really understood what it means. Answer: Most gardeners and farmers know compost to be a rich, organic soil ...

02/06/2014

Winter weather may slow down the metabolism of beneficial bacteria that are key to composting, but it doesn't outright stop them. Or us.

Somehow, today we managed to serve 30 percent of our Wednesday faithful. Like our little microbe buddies, we'll be back at it tomorrow.

01/09/2014

12/19/2013

Registration open for the 2014 Soil in the City Conference, June 29-July 2 in Chicago, IL. The conference will focus on 3 themes:
1. Urban Gardening
2. Green Infrastructures
3. Greening Brownfields

See details below.

Seminar ObjectiveThe theme of this conference is “restoring our available urban land and optimizing local resources, while protecting environmental and human health and enhancing socio-cultural dialogue." The conference will focus on three themes: (i) Urban Gardening, (ii) Green Infrastructures, and...

11/14/2013

Be sure to register for the US Composting Council Annual meeting.

(OK, we couldn't stop at 10) EXPLORE Oakland and the greater San Francisco Bay Area.  Oakland's restuarant scene is exploding! Come early for CompostCon, stay an extra day and go on a Wine and Compost Tour with CORC.  

07/17/2013

BioCycle's Conference registration is open!
Program Preview: http://bit.ly/13ho6sa
Keynote Speakers: http://bit.ly/13gqrnj

06/24/2013

Can our urban areas continue to expand while maintaining a balance with our natural environment? The 2nd edition of a report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sheds light on this issue.

In Our Built and Natural Environments, published in January 2001, the EPA summarizes technical research on the relationship between the built and natural environments, as well as current understanding of the role of development patterns, urban design, and transportation in improving environmental qu...

05/29/2013

Awesome TED Talk on urban agriculture.

Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."

05/24/2013

A new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development finds that certain urban policies - like energy efficiency retrofits and a well-run public transit system - are more likely to increase jobs and local production and attract skilled workers. See the report press release below.

23/05/2013 - Cities can generate growth and jobs while becoming greener – this is the message of the OECD’s new Green Growth in Cities report. Drawing on case studies of Paris, Chicago, Kitakyushu and Stockholm, the report identifies green policies that can respond to urban growth priorities and sug...

05/13/2013

Two new reports show composting is good for the environment and the economy! Here, here!

Two new reports from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Composting Makes $en$e Project document the importance of expanded composting and compost use to enhance soils, protect watersheds, reduce waste, and create green jobs and a new made-in-America industrial sector. For press release, click h...

05/10/2013

Check out this video detailing the world's first "vertical forest" in Milan, Italy.

Milan, one of the trendsetting capitals of the world, is applying their avant-garde tactics off the runway as well with 'vertical forests'.

05/02/2013

Call For Papers: BioCycle Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling 2013 (REFOR13) Conference
http://t.co/7LyUfaO9Vd