The deadline to make dramatic reductions in climate-heating pollutants is closing fast, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and cities and transportation agencies will both need to transform themselves dramatically in the next decade to avoid the worst effects of a heating climate. Earlier this month, the IPCC... Continue Reading →
Solar energy installations have skyrocketed in recent years; it’s likely there are some in your neighborhood. One of the reasons solar power has become so popular is the cost of solar systems has plummeted in the last decade or two. As a result, many more households can afford to install solar. But just how much... Continue Reading →
How Much Does a Home Solar System Cost?
South Korea is set to build a “sustainable floating city” off the coast of major city Busan as early as 2023 in what is being called a “world first.” The goal behind this endeavour is yet another step in utilising breakthrough technologies to combat the continuous threats of climate change. The project, which presented its... Continue Reading →
South Korea is building a ‘floating city’ to survive rising sea levels
Date: April 26, 2022 Source: Osaka University Summary: A team in has created a nanocellulose paper semiconductor with both trans-scalability of structural design and wide electrical property tunability. The structure and function of the nanopaper semiconductor could be customized according to the desired use, allowing diverse applications as a wearable water-vapor-selective sensor and an enzymatic... Continue Reading →
Electronics can grow on trees thanks to nanocellulose paper semiconductors
As climate impacts accelerate worldwide, businesses can support the huge societal shifts needed by showing true leadership. WWF’s Beyond Net-Zero guidance shows the way, writes Milan Kooijman, Climate Business Expert at WWF. We are at a defining moment in the fight to tackle climate change. To limit warming to 1.5°C and avoid the most catastrophic... Continue Reading →
Beyond Net-Zero: Setting a path for true corporate climate leadership
A recent Canadian Climate Institute report, Independent Assessment — 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, describes Canada’s new 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan as “a watershed moment in Canadian climate policy that has the potential to drive emissions reductions across all sectors and all major sources of emissions.” Five Major Policy Pathways Canada’s new 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan... Continue Reading →
Five Ways Canada Can Reach 2030 Emissions Target
Food policy leaders release report calling on Congress to tackle pervasive food waste. Today, the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, in collaboration with NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), ReFED, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), released “Opportunities to Reduce Food Waste in the 2023 Farm Bill,” a new report detailing how Congress should... Continue Reading →
The Next Farm Bill Can Save Money, Reduce Food Waste, Address Hunger, and Combat Climate Change
Rewilding—the reintroduction of native flora and fauna—is critical in the fight against climate change. Here, six important projects from Argentina to the Maldives. For 10 years now, one book has held a place in my ever-changing pile of bedside reading: Caroline Fraser’s Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution (Metropolitan Books, 2010). When I... Continue Reading →
6 Ways to Support Rewilding Projects Around the World
You May Be Practicing Some Permaculture Already Permaculture is a sustainable approach to the use of land, no matter its size. If you are a mindful home gardener, chances are that you are already practicing permaculture without being aware of it. What Is Permaculture? Permaculture, a term coined from “permanent agriculture”, was developed in the... Continue Reading →
How to Start a Permaculture Garden
It is difficult to imagine that when Li Zhenhai and his wife Jiang Kaizhi came to live in Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region nearly four decades ago, there was no electricity, tap water or fresh vegetables. Even more difficult to imagine is that under the harsh living conditions they... Continue Reading →
Man’s dream greens barren mountains
For those who wear the change New Standard was founded on the idea of change. We believe that transforming the fashion system is a necessity to face humanity’s greatest challenges across environment and climate – and everyone can make a difference. Our way? Weaving style, quality and comfort together with responsible practices. Creating the building blocks... Continue Reading →
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