
Carol Brighton
@twcurrent
Featuring #sustainablesolutions in #Virginia & beyond. #ClimateWise #NaturalInfrastructure #CleanEnergy #SustainableDesign #EcoTransport #Hemp #Seaweed #Fungi
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http://www.TidewaterCurrent.com 04-02-2013 15:14:19
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#Hemp for #Decarbonization in the Building Industry. “Like wood, hemp stores carbon. However, …Hemp can be cultivated in 90 to 120 days, 100 times faster than oak trees. The plant also sequesters four times more carbon than a similarly sized forest.” architectmagazine.com/technology/hem…





#SavingWhales - #WorldWhaleDay: This ifaw United Kingdom vessel is sailing up the East Coast with #RightWhales. “Song of the Whale” will follow mothers and their calves and act to protect them from #shipstrikes in dangerous areas. They are making a public port of call in DC Feb. 27.







#BlueCarbon: Good read on Virginia’s #Seagrass restoration from the California Academy of Sciences bioGraphic magazine. biographic.com/from-weed-to-w…

#CitizenScience: Training satellites to monitor effects of human disturbance on #ChesapeakeBay water quality. NASA Citizen Science’s Chesapeake Water Watch project asks volunteers in MD & VA to take water samples and use HydroColor, a free smartphone app. science.nasa.gov/science-news/c…


