What Are Greenhouse Gases and what does Climate-Friendly Gardening Mean?
What Does Climate-Friendly Gardening Mean? Climate-friendly gardening involves using natural gardening practices to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Plus, these practices encourage healthier soil by improving the absorption of carbon dioxide - which also reduces the issues with global warming. What Are Greenhouse Gases? First, let’s understand the problem with greenhouse gases. While about 66 percent of greenhouse gases are attributed to fossil fuels and cement production, the rest is caused by human use of land. Greenhouse gases are made up of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and black carbon.So how can the climate-friendly gardener reduce greenhouse gases? Carbon Dioxide The way gardeners cause extra carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere happens due to not considering the habitats they’re destroying, or the unnatural cultivation of the soil using fuel-based fertilizers and chemical pesticides. 1. Peat moss - Stop using peat moss or any compost that contains ...