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SDG Campaign Togetherband Launches 100% Recycled Gender-Free Loungewear Line
Togetherband, the nonprofit campaign developed by British sustainable accessories label Bottletop, has debuted its first 100% recycled loungewear collection. Launched earlier this month on Global Recycling Day, the new gender-free!-->…
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#EATMEATLESS: Jane Goodall Unveils Plant-Based Cookbook To Encourage Animal-Free Diets
Renowned anthropologist, animal activist and primatologist Jane Goodall recently shared news of The Jane Goodall Institute's first ever cookbook titled #EatMeatless: Good for Animals, the Earth & All, which offers around 80 plant-based!-->…
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Netflix Seaspiracy Review: If You Can Still Eat Fish After Watching This Film, We’re Not Made The Same
Director Ali Tabrizi's documentary film, backed by Cowspiracy's executive producer Kip Anderson, is shocking, terrifying and an unsparing indictment of the commercial fishing industry. Let's hope everyone on the planet watches it so our!-->…
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John Oliver’s HBO Show Takes On Plastic Pollution & Industry ‘Lies’ Behind Global Recycling Crisis
In his latest episode of Last Week Tonight, the award-winning late-night talk show on HBO, host John Oliver delved into one topic often buried by everyday health and political crisis news headlines, but is on every level just as!-->…
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‘Ugly’ Produce Pioneer Imperfect Foods Pledges To Reach Net-Zero By 2030
Imperfect Foods, one of the first startups to slash food waste with “ugly” produce boxes, has pledged to double down on its sustainability efforts by slashing its carbon footprint. Pledging to reach net-zero emissions by the end of the!-->…
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Parkour Collectives In France Switch Off Store Signs To Raise Awareness About Light Pollution
Despite a strict curfew across France due to the pandemic, a fair few retail shops continue to leave their store signs and lighting on. A creative group of parkour collectives has been using their physical prowess to raise awareness on!-->…
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With Climate Change The Focus, China’s New Five Year Plan Looks Hopeful For NEVs
According to China's new five-year plan, the State Council announced that the sales of electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen-powered vehicles in China are predicted to rise to 20% of overall new car sales by 2025 from the present existing!-->…
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Circular Electronics? World’s Leading Companies Launch First Private Sector Alliance To Reduce Waste Across Industry
Recently, leading electronic brands including Dell Technologies, Google, Microsoft, Vodafone, and global organizations set up the first-ever private sector alliance for circular electronics along with a vision and roadmap committing to a!-->…
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Organic Farming Practices Could Boost Carbon Sequestration By Double-Digits, New Study Finds
While organic agriculture has long been hailed as key to building a sustainable food system, a new study pinpoints the critical role that it could play in combating climate change. In a meta-analysis of over 4,000 studies, researchers!-->…
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Oil Industry Knew Health Damage Of Fossil Fuel Burning For 50 Years, Investigation Finds
Oil firms were aware of the dangers that fossil fuel burning posed to human health for at least half a century, reveals a new investigation by the Guardian. Documents showed companies fighting clean air regulations, despite knowing that!-->…
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Singapore Plans Commercial Food Waste Reporting Policy In Latest Zero-Waste Push
In its latest sustainability push, Singapore authorities are considering a new policy to require commercial and industrial firms to measure and report how much food waste they produce and segregate for treatment. While industry!-->…
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Evocco: This App Calculates Your Food Footprint With Your Grocery Store Receipts
Have you ever wondered how much your grocery store trips contribute to climate change? There’s an app for that now. To help measure your supermarket shopping impact – and all you have to do is to take a photo of your receipt from the store!-->…
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Bill Gates Says Bitcoin ‘Not A Great Climate Thing’, But Proponents Believe Crypto Could Drive Renewable Revolution
Self-described “bitcoin skeptic” Bill Gates has made his views clear on the cryptocurrency, calling it “not a great climate thing”. The billionaire Microsoft founder made his remarks in a recent New York Times interview, and recent data!-->…
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Seafood Fraud: 40% Of 9,000 Fish Products From Restaurants To Fishmongers Are Mislabelled, Guardian Analysis Finds
A Guardian Seascape analysis of 44 recent studies that consisted of over 9,000 seafood samples from various suppliers in more than 30 countries has revealed that 36% were mislabelled, thus exposing the massive fraud that is occurring on a!-->…
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L’Oréal 2030: 95% Of Ingredients To Be Sustainable, Renewables To Replace Petroleum-Derived Products
L’Oréal recently committed to providing its customers' safe products that are kind to the environment by using a ‘Green Sciences’ approach to ensure that by 2030, 95% of its ingredients will be derived from renewable plant sources,!-->…
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‘Wall Street Is Greenwashing Finance’, Says Former BlackRock Sustainable Investing CIO
ESG-forward investing seems to be taking over the financial industry, but ex-BlackRock chief investment officer for sustainable investing Tariq Fancy warns that this is simply another form of greenwashing. In an opinion article, Fancy says!-->…
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New Impact Shakers Awards To Recognise Climate-Forward & Inclusive European Startups
A new competition has launched to award European startups who are making a positive impact on society and the environment. Created by Impact Shakers, an organisation supporting impact entrepreneurship, an international jury will award!-->…
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Tenzing Becomes First Soft Drink Brand To Launch Carbon Labels
British energy drink maker Tenzing has just become the first soft drink brand to introduce carbon labelling to its products. The label displays the “carbon negative” footprint of their products – meaning the company offsets more carbon!-->…
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Sweet Farm: This Animal Sanctuary Brings Goats To Your Zoom Call To Fight Factory Farming
Yes, there’s an animal sanctuary introducing goats to your next video conference. But for good reason. California-based Sweet Farm is connecting you to their rescued llamas and goats at the sanctuary to spread the message about the harms!-->…
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AirCarbon: This Regenerative BioMaterial Replaces Plastic & Captures More Emissions Than It Takes To Make It
When Newlight Technologies was first set up, they didn’t know that this biomaterial could be possible. Simply put, their science didn’t exist. After a decade of research and development, the company has created AirCarbon – a certified!-->…
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New Study: Food Systems Responsible For 34% Of Human-Caused GHG Emissions, Not 25% As Previously Thought
Until now, the general scientific consensus was that global food systems were responsible for 25% of all human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but according to new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Food featuring!-->…
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