Green Revolution

GK Hair Green Revolution | Every Purchase Plants a Tree

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

OAKLAND PARK, Fla., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GK Hair announces its ambitious environmental campaign, the " Green Revolution ," a bold initiative where every purchase contributes to global reforestation efforts.

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  • OAKLAND PARK, Fla., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GK Hair announces its ambitious environmental campaign, the " Green Revolution ," a bold initiative where every purchase contributes to global reforestation efforts.
  • Amidst growing concerns over climate change and environmental degradation, GK Hair is stepping forward to make a tangible difference.
  • The "Green Revolution" initiative is straightforward yet impactful: for each product sold, a tree will be planted in areas affected by deforestation.
  • "GK Hair has always been about more than just beauty products; it's about a lifestyle that values and respects our planet," stated Van Tibolli, CEO/Founder of GK Hair.

‘Fortress’ conservation policies threaten the food security of rural populations

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Conservation, especially when modelled on notions of “pristine nature” — environments untouched by human influence — can create obstacles by limiting access to important food sources.

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  • Conservation, especially when modelled on notions of “pristine nature” — environments untouched by human influence — can create obstacles by limiting access to important food sources.
  • We must shift from strict fortress conservation to more integrated, sustainable use of rural landscapes if we are to achieve both biodiversity conservation and dietary outcomes.

Settling down

  • In turn, traditional diets were mostly comprised of wild foods, both plants and animals, that were harvested from the surrounding environment.
  • This shift is the greatest driver of forest and other habitat loss globally, resulting in the substantial simplification of our diets.
  • In other words, diversity in diets is linked with better nutrition and improved overall health.
  • Up to 1.5 billion people globally depend on wild foods for nutrition and dietary diversity, particularly in the tropics.
  • Building policies that protect people’s rights to access these landscapes is of paramount importance to ensure such dietary diversity in many rural settings.

Local stewards

  • It is increasingly recognized that those who benefit from access — mostly Indigenous Peoples and local communities — are the best stewards of that land.
  • However, land annexation in the name of conservation, and loss of access to the natural resources they contain, continues unabated.
  • The major issue is that the notion of “pristine nature” does not exist in most landscapes, both tropical and temperate.

The way forward

  • The recent Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action at the COP28 climate summit goes some way to recognize the importance of “smallholders, family farmers, fisherfolk and other producers and food workers.” However, there is no mention of the role of wild foods in rural nutrition, nor the role that forests and trees play in supporting agriculture through ecosystem service provision.
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    Flipping Indigenous regional development in Newfoundland upside-down: lessons from Australia

    This must change to allow sustainable use initiatives to play a critical role in complementing and supporting diverse and nutritious diets for the rural poor — without compromising biodiversity goals or climate change mitigation strategies.


Terry Sunderland does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

John Deere Foundation announces $19 million in grants aimed at eliminating global hunger

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

MOLINE, Ill., Oct. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the John Deere Foundation announced a series of grants totaling $19 million aimed at eliminating hunger by increasing access to food, uplifting resource-constrained farmers, and supporting global food systems. Awarded to World Food Program USA, One Acre Fund, and The Nature Conservancy, these are the three largest grants in the foundation's history and strengthen John Deere's commitment to creating a world in which food is a moral right for all.

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  • MOLINE, Ill., Oct. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the John Deere Foundation announced a series of grants totaling $19 million aimed at eliminating hunger by increasing access to food, uplifting resource-constrained farmers, and supporting global food systems.
  • "The private sector, including specifically those businesses involved in agriculture, have the responsibility to help close the gaps in investment.
  • "We thank our long-standing partner, the John Deere Foundation, for their transformational investment.
  • This series of capacity-building and operational grants help commemorate the 75th anniversary of the John Deere Foundation, which continues to be a powerful source of philanthropy for nonprofit organizations serving John Deere home communities and farm communities around the world.

U. S. Steel Celebrates Launch of New Electrical Steel Line with Ribbon Cutting in Osceola, Arkansas

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

S. Steel”) today hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of its new, non-grain oriented (“NGO”) electrical steel line at its Big River Steel facility in Osceola, Arkansas.

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  • S. Steel”) today hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of its new, non-grain oriented (“NGO”) electrical steel line at its Big River Steel facility in Osceola, Arkansas.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231012698579/en/
    The ribbon is officially cut at the opening of U. S. Steel’s new non-grain oriented electrical steel line.
  • “Congratulations to U. S. Steel for opening their newest steel line at Osceola’s Big River Steel facility.
  • Following the full acquisition of Big River Steel in 2021, U. S. Steel commenced construction of the NGO line in October 2022.

The Green Revolution is a warning, not a blueprint for feeding a hungry planet

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Feeding a growing world population has been a serious concern for decades, but today there are new causes for alarm.

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  • Feeding a growing world population has been a serious concern for decades, but today there are new causes for alarm.
  • Floods, heat waves and other weather extremes are making agriculture increasingly precarious, especially in the Global South.
  • Those efforts centered on India and other Asian countries; today, advocates focus on sub-Saharan Africa, where the original Green Revolution regime never took hold.

A triumphal narrative

    • Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 bestseller, “The Population Bomb,” famously predicted that nothing could stop “hundreds of millions” from starving in the 1970s.
    • Borlaug received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize and is still widely credited with “saving a billion lives.” Indian agricultural scientist M.S.
    • Swaminathan, who worked with Borlaug to promote the Green Revolution, received the inaugural World Food Prize in 1987.

Debunking the legend

    • The standard legend of India’s Green Revolution centers on two propositions.
    • India was importing wheat in the 1960s because of policy decisions, not overpopulation.
    • After the nation achieved independence in 1947, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru prioritized developing heavy industry.
    • U.S. advisers encouraged this strategy and offered to provide India with surplus grain, which India accepted as cheap food for urban workers.
    • They switched millions of acres from rice to jute production, and by the mid-1960s India was exporting agricultural products.

The toll of ‘green’ pollution

    • Globally, only 17% of what is applied is taken up by plants and ultimately consumed as food.
    • Most of the rest washes into waterways, where it creates algae blooms and dead zones that smother aquatic life.
    • In my view, African countries where the Green Revolution has not made inroads should consider themselves lucky.
    • In my view, there are many ways to pursue less input-intensive agriculture that will be more sustainable in a world with an increasingly erratic climate.

Nigeria's food insecurity: declaring a state of emergency isn't a real solution - here's what is

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Monday, July 24, 2023

Data compiled by the World Economic Forum show that the average Nigerian household spends about 56% of its income on food.

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  • Data compiled by the World Economic Forum show that the average Nigerian household spends about 56% of its income on food.
  • Three other African countries that spend a high percentage of income on food are Kenya (46.7%), Cameroon (45.6%) and Algeria (42.5%).
  • Nigeria’s situation is so dire that President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food insecurity.
  • My view as an economist is that fixing Nigeria’s food inflation goes beyond declaring a state of emergency.

Why emergency declaration is not enough


    Parts of Tinubu’s emergency plan have been tried in the past. For example:
    • The goal is to use them for agricultural production, housing and other socially beneficial projects.
    • But they won’t be useful to increase food production if the country’s young people aren’t interested in making a living through agriculture.

Learnings from India

    • One is India, which in the 1950s and 1960s experienced food shortages so severe that it became known as a “begging-bowl” nation.
    • By making food self-sufficiency its top economic and foreign policy priority in the 1960s, India jettisoned that image and became a major exporter of food.
    • Programmes under the Green Revolution included pro-agriculture economic policies, land reform and investment in rural infrastructure and agricultural technology.
    • Land reform: Land reform gave rural people access to agricultural land, supported by government-provided irrigation systems, rainwater catchments and extension officers.
    • Transport network: Perhaps the greatest boost to food production in India was the inexpensive and extensive transport network in the country.

No quick fixes

    • There are no quick and easy fixes for Nigeria’s food crisis.
    • It is doubtful that the mere declaration of a national emergency, with a long wish-list, will succeed in ensuring food security in Nigeria.

New to The Street TV / Newsmax TV Announces its Five Corporate Interviews on Episode 484, Airing Saturday, July 01, 2023, 3:30 PM ET

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Friday, June 30, 2023

Sustainable Solutions – The Sustainable Green Team, Ltd.'s (OTCQX: SGTM) ($SGTM) "Green Revolution" episode on its subsidiary, Mulch Manufacturing, Inc .

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  • Sustainable Solutions – The Sustainable Green Team, Ltd.'s (OTCQX: SGTM) ($SGTM) "Green Revolution" episode on its subsidiary, Mulch Manufacturing, Inc .
  • Acurx Phamaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical business developing a new class of antibiotics for life-threatening bacterial infections.
  • Enrolled in the trial are thirty-six patients, and Management expects that patient enrollment will end in December 2023.
  • The current FDA trial is one of three value propositions the Company pursues throughout the second half of 2023.

GRC Introduces HashRaQ® MAX to Enhance the Performance, Profitability, and Sustainability of Crypto Mining Operations

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

The HashRaQ MAX is a next-gen, productivity-driven, immersion cooling solution that tackles the extreme heat loads generated by crypto mining.

Key Points: 
  • The HashRaQ MAX is a next-gen, productivity-driven, immersion cooling solution that tackles the extreme heat loads generated by crypto mining.
  • HashRaQ MAX was developed utilizing the experience and customer feedback GRC has accumulated over its 14 years of designing, building, and deploying immersion cooling systems specifically for the mining industry.
  • In the United States, mining operations are estimated to emit up to 50 million tons of CO2 annually.
  • HashRaQ MAX is designed to reduce the carbon footprint of mining operations by minimizing energy use, while also enabling miners to optimize profitability.

GRC Releases Case Study Detailing the Role of Liquid Immersion Cooling in the U.S.’ Fifth Largest University Supercomputer

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

GRC ( Green Revolution Cooling ), the leader in immersion cooling for data centers released a case study on how The University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) uses liquid immersion cooling to efficiently cool their new Lonestar6 supercomputer, which handles thousands of academic scientific research projects each year.

Key Points: 
  • GRC ( Green Revolution Cooling ), the leader in immersion cooling for data centers released a case study on how The University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) uses liquid immersion cooling to efficiently cool their new Lonestar6 supercomputer, which handles thousands of academic scientific research projects each year.
  • The case study describes how GRC’s ICEraQ Series 10 Quad single-phase liquid immersion cooling system provides the means for TACC to achieve key scientific advancements by pushing the limits of computing power.
  • “GRC’s immersion cooling solution has given us the ability to use the densest servers and hottest chips,” said Tommy Minyard, TACC’s Director of Advanced Computing Systems.
  • “GRC’s ICEraQ Series 10 liquid immersion cooling solution enables TACC to reliably and safely cool their supercomputer, while advancing science.”

GRC Announces Participation at Dell Tech World in Las Vegas to Discuss the Necessity of Single-Phase Liquid Immersion Cooling to Create Energy-Efficient Data Centers

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

GRC (Green Revolution Cooling), the leader in immersion cooling for data centers, announced today its participation at Dell Tech World , a community of forward thinkers and innovators to help businesses level up for tomorrow's emerging trends, taking place May 22-25 at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas.

Key Points: 
  • GRC (Green Revolution Cooling), the leader in immersion cooling for data centers, announced today its participation at Dell Tech World , a community of forward thinkers and innovators to help businesses level up for tomorrow's emerging trends, taking place May 22-25 at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas.
  • GRC’s involvement in numerous educational events throughout the conference are designed to specifically address the value of liquid immersion cooling in data center operations and GRC's collaboration with Dell Technologies.
  • On May 22, GRC CRO Jim Weynand will lead an Expo Theater Session focusing on how Dell and GRC are working together to help clients transform their data centers by embracing immersion cooling to drive sustainability goals and lower operating expenses.
  • Throughout the discussion, the two will detail how data centers can increase density without sacrificing sustainability.