Rewilding could help limit warming beyond 1.5°C & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Wednesday, March 29, 2023 “Land really is the best art.” — Andy Warhol Rewilding Could Help Limit Warming Beyond 1.5°C, Scientists Say It’s no secret that preserving and restoring wilderness areas is good for ecosystems, but a new study has pinpointed another major benefit to rewilding. [Read More]( Related: [Wild Bison Return to UK for First Time in Thousands of Years in Rewilding Effort]( Meatball Made With Wooly Mammoth DNA Created by Food Company The concept of a “mammoth meatball” might conjure up an image of a gigantic meatball at a county fair, but Australian [cultured meat]( company Vow Food — which cultivates [meat]( from animal cells without the slaughter of animals — has produced a meatball that incorporates DNA from the extinct woolly mammoth. [Read More]( Related: [Startup Looks to Use Tobacco Plants to Make Cultured Meat Less Costly]( Musk’s Boring Company Wants to Dump Wastewater in Texas River, Worrying Local Residents Residents of a Texas city outside of Austin are concerned about [Elon Musk’s]( plans for their [river]( water. Musk’s [The Boring Company]( works to quickly dig tunnels for freight, utility and transportation in the hopes of relieving urban congestion. In the process, it’s seeking a permit to release more than 140,000 gallons of treated [wastewater]( into a river near its Bastrop, Texas, facility every day. [Read More]( Related: [DDT Pollution Dumped off Los Angeles Coast Has Not Broken Down Decades Later, Scientists Find]( Innovative Plant-Based Plastic Helps Build Safe, Dry Homes for Refugees In 2021, war, [persecution]( and other human rights abuses forced 89.3 million people to flee their homes. By 2050, the [climate crisis]( could raise that [number]( to more than one billion. But in the immediate aftermath of an invasion or an [extreme weather]( event, where will those people stay while waiting for a safe and permanent home? An Austin-based [bioplastics]( startup and a Bangladeshi scientist have teamed up to develop a [plant-based]( plastic that can be used to construct stable, dignified shelters for refugees. [Read More]( Related: [UK Think Tank Proposes Visas for Climate Migrants]( Urban Gardening 101: Everything You Need to Know Urban gardening refers to growing food in a heavily populated place like a town or a [city](. It doesn’t require a huge amount of land or space, just some determination and creativity. Urban gardens come in all shapes and sizes — from vertical green walls to gardens cultivated exclusively in pots. There are backyard gardens and gardens grown in shipping containers. You can do it on your own, or partner with friends and neighbors to start a community garden. [Read More]( Related: [Degrowth 101: Everything You Need to Know]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](