Sustainability

Leaders are gathering in Jackson for the annual summit to share how they’re addressing the changing climate — especially in more conservative states.

In places with some of the harshest winter conditions in the lower 48, people are insulating their houses with straw. The alternative material is a way to lower carbon footprints and is surprisingly resilient.

Americans are increasing their focus on health and the environment, and there’s a growing market for sustainable home-building materials – like insulation.

Studies show that teaching kids about earth sciences helps them understand the world around them, and this fall, toolkits that do just that will be available to classrooms around the state.

An effort to teach kids how to grow food locally in Wyoming, known as the Casper Community Greenhouse Project, is on the verge of completing its third school greenhouse, at Park Elementary School. LeAnn Miller, the executive director of the project, said their mission is to teach kids where food comes from and how to grow it in Wyoming using a greenhouse.

Last year, Red Dirt Master Gardeners received $500 for more refrigeration from the Wyoming Hunger Initiative. A program whose purpose is to fight food insecurity, headed by Wyoming's First Lady Jennie Gordon.

UW's Biodiversity Institute is starting its Laramie Salamander Migration Initiative to help tiger salamander cross streets near breeding grounds.

The Northern Arapaho tribe is putting together a hemp commission to determine the finer points of growing and distributing hemp on the Wind River Reservation.

When you think of Chihuahua, Mexico, it's probably a dry desert with little plant life. But it hasn't always been so arid. Now, ranchers there are trying to bring back the tall grasses, wildlife and rain using a holistic approach to land management, a method that could be used in the American West in the face of droughts and climate change. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards spoke with Alejandro Carrillo who runs the family's Las Damas Ranch and started the advocacy group Pasticultores del Desierto.

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