Carbon Gardening: Gardening To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

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Does gardening reduce your carbon footprint? It can, if you do it right! Plants take in carbon dioxide during the process of photosynthesis, then convert it to sugar for energy. So, when you install lots of plants, your garden is absorbing carbon dioxide like a living sponge. To learn about the best carbon sink plants, read on. Does Gardening Reduce Carbon Footprint? Everyone knows that carbon dioxide is the principal greenhouse gas responsible for climate warming, but most of us have no idea what we can do to help. Carbon gardening is one way the average human living on the planet can help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) released into the atmosphere. The idea is to increase the number of carbon trapping plants to absorb more CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it to organic matter that will be stored in the soil. Best Carbon Sink Plants […]

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