Environmental Progress News Archive

We began our Environmental Progress News as a way to share positive steps that were being done to address climate change. Our focus has always been biochar. Biochar Growing as a Frontrunner Solution What is biochar? Arti‘s video gives a … Read More

Big Results in 2022! Our Biochar Project has grown by leaps and bounds this past year. Below is a recap from our Vice President Jason Highberger. He wrote “It’s kind of funny now but at the start of the year … Read More

Fire season – fueled by Global Warming? Have you noticed the increase in forest fires over the years? It is not your imagination, it is just another sign of the impact global warming is having on our environment. Over the … Read More

Bringing it down! In March of this year, we announced Biochar Life successfully completed the European Biochar Certification (“EBC”) standard for Artisan Farmer accreditation audit with the Ithaka Institute. Biochar Life is among the first organizations in the world to … Read More

Sustainable Transportation is Our Future Reducing our Dependency on Fossil Fuels There are so many contributing factors to climate change, and each problem area needs to be clearly identified and solutions applied if we are going to succeed in reducing/reversing … Read More

Harnessing the Power of the Sun August is the hottest month of the year. Temperatures continue to rise, reaching new highs, bringing extreme heat waves, increased fire activity, and drought as the soil bakes and dries out. Thousands and thousands … Read More

Global Warming – A blessing in disguise? Rather than view it as a disaster about to strike, how about we look at it as a wake up call that we can do better? When you think about it, the things … Read More

What is Carbon? Too much carbon is being blamed for causing global warming. What exactly is carbon? Watch this video “Keeping Up With Carbon” to get a better grasp of what carbon is and where the problem is. Decarbonization: What … Read More

How Affluent is Your Lifestyle? by Carol Culver De Leo Each and every one of us has our own unique carbon footprint based on our lifestyle choices. The way we choose to live our lives has an impact on our … Read More

Carbon Overload Think of it this way. You are filling your bathtub for a nice relaxing soak. Let’s say your cell phone rings, you step outside to answer the call and get distracted. Your tub continues to fill and begins … Read More

Marking a Milestone The Big News! Biochar Life, PBC, (“Biochar Life”) an impact venture of Warm Heart Worldwide (“Warm Heart”) is pleased to announce the completion of their European Biochar Certification (“EBC”) standard for tropical farmer accreditation audit with the … Read More

How can we improve this world we all share? Our world needs to change. How we live. How we treat one another. How we balance human needs with the environment and all the life we share our earth with. Unfortunately, … Read More

New Year Resolutions Many see the beginning of the New Year as a time to make a commitment to improving their lives through New Year’s Resolutions. Quit smoking, lose weight, get more exercise, read more, reduce my carbon footprint, the … Read More

Our newsletter format is still in a metamorphosis stage! This month’s issue provides a simplified overview of climate change and how it affects all of us. It is important to first understand what changes are occurring and why, and what … Read More

A Few of Our Favorites We are working on big changes to our Environmental Newsletter which we will reveal in our November issue. Stay tuned! This month we are highlighting our favorite articles and features from 2021. We hope you … Read More

Tackling Climate Change Head On Carbon sinks are one of the most productive solutions for tackling climate change. This month’s articles explore: Why “Keep Carbon” in the Soil?How Do We Convince Farmers to Stop Burning?Africa: Turning a Major Problem into … Read More

Stories of Inspiration When we first started our Environmental Progress Newsletter our focus was on shining a beacon of hope by sharing stories of progress in finding and enacting solutions to global warming. Our area of activity is in biochar … Read More

Get Thrifting! By Petra Nordal, Age 16 One of the most trendy and accessible ways to be sustainable is thrifting. The fashion industry is 10% of the entire population’s carbon emissions. Transportation of clothes, manufacturing, throwing them away all contribute … Read More

Carbon Removal One Drop Too Many When I was a child, i loved frogs. I was so happy the day I finally caught one! I took him home with me to keep him as a pet. I had no place … Read More

Strong Communities Make a Better World Every community has an opportunity to address local issues that are contributing to climate change. The challenge is identifying the problem and then applying a solution. When members of a community come together great … Read More

Celebrating Earth Day 2021: Restoring Our Earth Why do we need to restore our earth? Our universal abuse of natural resources has created an imbalance in nature, contributing to the beginning of extinction. Over the last 100 years over 500 … Read More

Stop the Smoke 2021 Once again we are headed into smoky season in Northern Thailand, India, and China, as farmers harvest their crops and burn the crop waste in open fields. Warm Heart’s Stop the Smoke campaign focuses on removing … Read More

Smoky Season is Around the Corner According to the UN report, “the share of small-scale food producers in terms of all food producers in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America ranges from 40 to 85 per cent”. If you … Read More

2020 – Looking Back – And Forward! Everyone has experienced the impacts of the pandemic that swept across our world in 2020. For some the effects were disastrous, while for others it may have just been an inconvenience. Science is … Read More

Effects of Global Warming on Land and Sea When you hear the term “Global Warming” you may mistakenly assume that local temperatures will rise. What you need to understand is that global warming does not refer directly to your local … Read More

We Are Not the First Sapiens to Experience the Impact of Climate Change Just the first with the capacity to respond to it! The climate change that we face today is not the first that has fundamentally altered life on … Read More

Malthus’ Revenge or Human Creativity to the Rescue? By Dr. D. Michael Shafer, Co-Founder of Warm Heart Worldwide Massive fires are burning out of control in the American West. The Greenland ice cap is beyond repair. With one exception, world … Read More

Aftermath of COVID-19 The pandemic has had a huge impact on how we interact with one another. Our world has become more reliant on internet communication than ever before. This month we are going to take a lighter look at … Read More

Current World Crisis vs Growing Future Crisis: Climate Change Covid-19 – Not the First, Nor the Last Throughout history, disease outbreaks have ravaged humanity, sometimes changing the course of history and, at times, ending entire civilizations. Dating back as far … Read More

It is alway heart warming when people reach out from around the world and share how they are using the technological information we provide. Each life we are able to touch and change makes every effort worthwhile! After viewing our … Read More

Lockdown does not mean shutdown! We said, “Do something to Stop the Smoke!” Shangri-La Did! Keeping up with Gabriele Lombardo, General Manager of the Shangri-La Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is hard. The wiry Sicilian never stops and never stops … Read More

Is there a silver lining? The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted our normal lives, to put it mildly.  Is there any silver lining to this dark cloud? We think so. We think that the pandemic’s silver lining is the life raft … Read More

As we enter April we hope you and your family are safe and staying home to help stop the spread of the Corona Virus. It is a different world right now. It is encouraging to see the world coming together … Read More

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. International Women’s Day began in 1911 with the support of … Read More

Climate Change, Food Security, and Biochar What do these all have in common? Climate change is impacting our food security, changing weather patterns are wreaking havoc on small farmers. According to UN reports, “the share of small-scale food producers in … Read More

Best wishes for 2020! We are taking a break this month with our newsletter. Smokey season has already begun here in Northern Thailand, and we are putting a lot of energy into biochar training before the season hits us full … Read More

We are trying something new with our December Newsletter! We are making it interactive, we hope you will be inspired and participate! The first 2 weeks of December United Nations Climate Conference will be meeting to discuss the next crucial … Read More

A simple technique for making biochar from crop waste is rapidly catching on and spreading through East Africa. Most of those who live in East Africa see wide, treeless vistas of straggly corn, degraded, dusty, red soil. Rains are increasingly … Read More

The Power of One Thinking about climate change can be overwhelming. Too often people, like you and me, feel powerless to do anything significant to make a difference. I can recycle, and try to live my life leaving behind as … Read More

The Amazing Resilience of Mother Nature Chernobyl Revisited Thirty-three years ago the environment suffered from the disastrous meltdown at Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant. 30,000 people had to be evacuated, a 2,000 square mile area was designated as an uninhabitable Exclusion … Read More

Adjusting our Attitude in August Fashioning a Sustainable Trend in Conscious Consumer Clothing Environmentally Smart Movement – Buy less, choose well, make it last!!! “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do … Read More

May your July be Joyful! It’s easy to point out what’s not working. To find solutions requires conscious action, effort, and positive energy. The world is facing a serious problem with plastic pollution. How can we turn this pollution problem … Read More

Kudzu Come Kudzu Come Kudzu, conquer the Earth!Far worse than oxygen dearthA horrible greenhouse gasIs accumulating alas!Come cool the Earth ; breathe this menaceThat runs the earthly furnace.Overwhelm the forests of concrete,On every bare spot set your feet,Cover all the … Read More

A glimpse into the future Climate changes are already here. The people living in the African Sahel, located between the Sahara Desert and the equator, have always lived with an inhospitable climate. But now they are trying to survive the … Read More

Earth Day + Protect Our Species = Stop The Smoke What do all of these species have in common? (Hint: It is related to Climate Change) Answer: They are all facing extinction! (Click on any image to read about their … Read More

What’s with the freezing temperatures? “We are witnessing the severe impacts of climate change throughout the world. Every credible scientific source is telling us that these impacts will only get worse if we do not address climate change and it … Read More

Current Environmental news that matters “Biochar can be used to address some of the most urgent environmental problems of our time – soil degradation, food insecurity, water pollution from agrochemicals, and climate change“Dr. Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University Our January issue … Read More

Current Environmental news that matters The new year brings forth the promise of new success in our efforts to educate enough people about Biochar to have an impact. This month’s issue is focused on one such success from 2018. Help … Read More

Fire Disasters Becoming Common
The 2018 fire season was extreme, causing devastation all around the world. Was this an unusual year or can we expect the same again? Is this the new norm?

Current Environmental news that matters Our ocean food supply is not only impacted by plastics. Mercury also plays a role in poisoning our food supply. People, we need to clean up our environment! Guest Article Hazards of Mercury Contamination on … Read More

Current Environmental news that matters Bees are very susceptible to extreme weather, and climate change causes flowers to appear earlier and flower. Because bees can’t adapt to changing climates, they can’t pollinate flowers, so in the cold winter, they can’t … Read More

Current Environmental news that matters Mother Nature has been giving us a glimpse of what to expect in the way of climate change impacts from global warming. Extreme flooding in July, raging forest fires in August, wonder what September will … Read More

News Archive August 2018:  Environmental News that matters The Power of Water This video of the flooding in Japan demonstrates the striking brutal strength and destructive power of moving water. Japan suffered massive unprecedented flooding and landslides, wrecking havoc across … Read More

June 2018 Archive June 2018 Archive of Environmental Progress News offers two articles, “How We Think About Green Matters” and “Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors Across Cultures”. Where Do We Go From Here? We are living in an unsustainable world. How … Read More

Climate Change Imbalance Mother Nature compensates for imbalances. Unfortunately for us, the current solution to the imbalance we have created is a radical change in climate. Normal amounts of CO2 are healthy, in fact our survival is dependent on it. … Read More

The Entire World Needs To Hear This We actually have the power to control our world and our environment, we just need to wake up and use that power. Woody Harrelson tells you in simple terms how to do that, … Read More

Basically, there are three main areas that contribute to our carbon imbalance. Overuse of fossil fuel Deforestation Poor Agricultural Practices Fossil Fuels The Problem Fossil fuels are literally fossil carbon from millions of years ago. When we dig it up … Read More

  Melting Ice Projections suggest climate change impacts within the next 100 years, if not sooner, the world’s glaciers will have disappeared, as will the Polar ice cap, and the huge Antarctic ice shelf, Greenland may be green again, and … Read More

  New Year’s Resolutions What were your New Year’s Resolutions, if any? Some people pledge to themselves to quit smoking, eat less, lose weight, exercise more, spend more time with family, work less, the list can go on depending on … Read More

  – 195 Countries – – 6,909 Languages – – 4,200 Religions – – 6.5 Billion People – – 1 Mother Earth –   Whatever our differences, we all share Mother Earth Global Warming is a threat that affects all … Read More

Do Something! The 2016 Paris Climate Accord represented a huge diplomatic step forward as 168 countries agreed that we need to address climate change. However, just as reading a recipe book will not cook your dinner, reaching a diplomatic understanding … Read More

Ew! Getting down and dirty When you think of recycling, what comes to mind? Aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic bags, newspapers, all the common household items that we as consumers use and discard. I recently received an email from one … Read More

What Can One Person Do?   When you fully embrace the consequences of what we are facing with climate change you most likely feel overwhelmed, kind of like standing frozen in fear on a railroad track while watching a train … Read More