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Author: Kathryn White

Sustainability Opportunities from KUMC

09/23/2024 Kathryn White

Shelley Bhattacharya is a KUMC physician who would like to connect all of us like-minded folks about mitigating climate change…

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Posted in: Climate, Sustainability Filed under: Climate Conversations, community conversation, community event, Sustainability

Farmers & Food Pantries Seek Secretary Vilsack’s Help Avoiding a Funding Cliff

Kathryn White

Washington, DC, September 19, 2024 – Today, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) delivered a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack signed…

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Posted in: Climate, Food, Sustainability Filed under: farmer market, Food Desert, USDA

1st Annual One KC River Cleanup

09/01/2024 Kathryn White

Join Friends of the Kaw for a Kansas Riverbank cleanup!  Many volunteers, community members, sponsors, and partners will be a part of…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Clean Water, community event, neighborhoods, river clean-up, volunteer

How Semiconductor Leadership Could Boost US Solar Manufacturing

08/25/2024 Kathryn White

Two years after the signing of the CHIPS and Science Act, we’re seeing the start of an unintended benefit. Published…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy, Sustainability Filed under: CHIPS, clean grid, Solar Energy

Upcycling Gains Momentum

07/21/2024 Kathryn White

Karen Sullivan’s tunic is made from a tablecloth, but you would never know it. The white cotton material, intricately crocheted into circles and patterns, has been sewn into a wearable…

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Posted in: Climate, Recycling, Sustainability Filed under: recycling textiles, textile waste, upcycle

Farm to Trouble: Mississippi River Basin Farm Runoff Pollutes Upstream Waters

Kathryn White

ELBA, Minn. – Jeff Broberg’s well sits inside a wooden shed not too far from a field he rented about a decade ago to a local farmer. One day, Broberg discovered the farmer was fertilizing with hog manure.

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Clean Water, farm, fertilizer

Climate Council GKC & Hickman Mills Schools Create Youth Podcast

07/14/2024 Kathryn White

During the 2023-24 school year, Hickman Mills students partnered with Climate Council GKC to create podcasts with students. The goal…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Podcast, Youth, youth voice

How farming could become the ultimate climate-change tool

06/29/2024 Kathryn White

A generation of farmers and scientists are finding ways to sequester carbon in the soil while improving crop yields. By Bianca…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Agriculture Practices, Carbon Capture, carbon sink

Insects Don’t Get Love Like Other Animals, But Kansas Can’t Survive Without Them

06/16/2024 Kathryn White

KCUR | By Celia Llopis-Jepsen Published June 3, 2024 at 4:01 AM CDT Scientists are trying to figure out which insect species…

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Posted in: Climate, Compostting, Food Filed under: Agriculture Practices, Circular, decomposer, Insecticides

June is National Pollinator Month

Kathryn White

June 17-23 is Pollinator Week, but we are celebrating pollinators all month long in June! Now is a great time…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: climate friendly garden, pollinators, sustainable yard

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