Why plastics are also a climate issue

We can’t tackle one successfully without tackling the other, as many of the reasons for and solutions to the growing plastic and climate problems are the same.

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Why plastics are also a climate issue

The backstory and purpose behind 5 leading ESG reporting frameworks

If you’re recruiting ESG specialists, it helps to know the backstory.

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The backstory and purpose behind 5 leading ESG reporting frameworks

Where does your waste plastic go? This guide can help businesses develop the details

The Plastic Leak Project, created by Quantis in partnership with 35 organizations, takes a science-based approach to understanding plastic pollution in order to help companies reduce their waste flows.

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Where does your waste plastic go? This guide can help businesses develop the details

Geizeer cube delivers personal cooling for less than 1 cent per day

The crowdfunding campaign has started for the new project of idea3Di It’s not possible and healtly to use air conditioner frequently: high electric energy consuption makes it a luxury accessor, and the excessive use could cause some malaises like headache, stiff neck, back ache and respiratory disease. Fans, at the same time, move the air and give a refreshment sensation, but, on the other side, stimulate sweating and could increase the risk of dehydration. Working, studing, sleeping watching…

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Reducing food waste is key to Sustainable Development Goals

Reducing food loss and waste is a Sustainable Development Goal in itself but doing so also will help us achieve all the other SDGs.

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Climate change is contributing to hunger; what we can do

Climate change and world hunger are each aggravated by the other. Conscientious food production choices that lead to sustainable cultivation are more important than ever.

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Poetree Planter Offers Green Burial Alternative

It might be a dark subject, but looking on the bright side, the process of death is actually a green one. When the body decomposes, it eventually becomes the organic matter that surrounds us. The process of traditional burial, on the other hand,…

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My 5 Favorite Events of the Year

One of the other encouraging trends we’ve seen in 2011 is the importance of events. Here are some of the better ones I had a chance to speak at this year.  

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My 5 Favorite Events of the Year

IKEA Buys 12MW Wind Farm, Plans 39,000 Solar Panels

Ahh, IKEA. On the one hand, says Lloyd, it confuses shoppers, promotes clutter, and exploits workers . On the other hand, it has some impressive sustainability initiatives , and has even made waiting for the bus more comfortable . Now, reports Bloomberg,

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How Climate Change Threatens the American Farmer

Photo: nosha . Flickr, CC Too often, the conversation about climate change gets framed as a culturo-political debate: with liberals and scientists calling for action on one side, and conservatives and free market fundamentalists arguing against it on the other

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How Climate Change Threatens the American Farmer

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