Green Junction Composting is important in reducing waste and achieving a circular materials system, where valuable resources are maintained and not discarded. Instead of throwing away food scraps and other biodegradable materials, nutrients are returned to the earth through their slow decomposition. This enriches soils and improves plant growth. Other benefits of composting include less... Continue Reading →
Recycling Water ? We must think about. By Julie Peller PhD.
Green Junction For years, I have been teaching students about the world’s water crisis, and have highlighted a projection by the World Health Organization that by 2025, 1 billion people in the world would lack access to clean water. Now, here we are in the year 2025. A study published in the summer of 2024... Continue Reading →
Yellstone National Park…Do we really understand how important it is to our environment? By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction Yellowstone National Park, the preservation of 3,400 square miles of land in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, was the first national park in the United States, established in 1872. According to the National Park Service’s website, the US now boasts more than 400 parks of preserved land. In 2023, over 325.5 million people visited... Continue Reading →
Where does all our plastic go? By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction According to a World Wildlife Foundation 2024 survey of 1000 Americans, most Americans (over 85%) “think that plastic waste pollution is a serious and concerning problem that requires immediate political action to solve.” Additional feedback from the survey shows that most Americans are in favor of policies and laws that “make companies responsible... Continue Reading →
Do Catholics Understand the Catholic Climate Covenant? By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction The largest US investments for the development and implementation of cleaner energy sources were initiated under the Biden Administration. A significant part of this effort aimed to reduce carbon emissions, slow climate change and promote economic growth in a changing world. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the US government invested... Continue Reading →
Will humanity and its leaders take climate change seriously, work together, and make appropriate sacrifices? By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction Dealing with climate change involves both mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation of climate change – policies and functions that reverse or at least slow down the earth's warming – have not been imposed quickly and effectively at any level. How many people have chosen to purchase energy that is produced by clean sources... Continue Reading →
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