biodiversity Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 21 May 2015 19:29:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Swiss Railways “Hire” Sheep to Trim the Grass https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swiss-railways-sheep-grass/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swiss-railways-sheep-grass/#respond Thu, 21 May 2015 14:18:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54877 The Swiss railway company SBB just announced that they “hired” sheep to mow the grass along the railway tracks in a highly eco-friendly manner, preserving biodiversity and minimizing energy waste. Lawnmowers are the one and only thing that can turn a neighbor from the greatest friend into the greatest enemy in a space of one Sunday […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swiss-railways-sheep-grass/feed/ 0 54877 Ecologists Look to Ancient Farming Methods to Curb Extinctions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ecologists-look-ancient-farming-methods-curb-extinctions-2-20131209/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ecologists-look-ancient-farming-methods-curb-extinctions-2-20131209/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2013 04:08:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44333 The Earth is experiencing the largest number of wildlife extinctions since the dinosaurs vanished 65 million years ago. At a conference in Turkey on December 9-14, a 115 nation group is working to find ancient farming solutions to protect the diversity of wildlife. Zakri Abdul Hamid, the founding chair of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity […]

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