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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey

Envirotec Magazine

Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson. As such, it has an ethical imperative to adopt practices that lead to carbon neutrality. This is a tough challenge.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. The trick is to grow plants inside and replace the Sun by red and blue LED lights, making them shine purple.

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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

In 2006, a group of preeminent scientists met for a two-day conference at the NASA Ames Research Center in California to discuss cooling the Earth by injecting particles into the stratosphere to reflect sunlight into space. Solar geoengineering is a controversial area of research for numerous reasons. degree Celsius (0.9

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

The birth of the B Corp movement and its evolution over the years B Lab was founded in the United States in 2006 by three friends – Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Cassoy – who shared a vision – to use business as a force for good. Monitor and evaluate the plan. Why is meeting this initiative important?

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‘Tiger King’ drama overshadows abuse of captive tigers in U.S.

AGreenLiving

Photos of celebrities who’d visited the zoos were flooding the internet, Joe Exotic’s power-ballads were hitting it big on Spotify and even President Donald Trump was fielding questions about the gun-toting zookeeper during press briefings. Surprisingly, only an estimated 6% of the captive tiger population in the U.S. Tiger abuse in the U.S.