AGreenLiving

MARCH 8, 2021

Made with rubber, vegetable oil and other natural ingredients, this leather alternative, aptly named Plant Leather, has 40 times less carbon impact than animal-derived leather and 17 times less carbon impact than synthetic leathers made from plastics. The runoff from leather production negatively impacts air and water quality.

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Grist

JUNE 15, 2021

A team of volunteers and restoration workers hauled 40,000 pounds of Pacific oyster shells in biodegradable bags made of coconut husk onto the shore, to create a structure in which the larvae of native oysters could settle. In 2017, Coastkeeper set out to put the idea of living shorelines to the test in Upper Newport Bay.

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Sea level rise Energy Monitor Carbon-negative Home Energy Monitoring 145

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ocean-based sequestration heats up Jim Giles Mon, 02/01/2021 – 00:30 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

“Sustainable manufacturing is the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. Most of this energy is produced by the burning of fossil fuels which releases a mass amount of carbon dioxide into the environment.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ocean-based sequestration heats ups Jim Giles Mon, 02/01/2021 – 00:30 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. You can download the entire report here.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative Energy Monitor 28

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies Suz Okie Fri, 02/19/2021 – 00:40 Creating human-made materials from living or biological sources is by no means a new development, yet newly invented bio-based materials are garnering significant hype as of late. Finally, early 2021 will see the launch of Loliware’s 2.0

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Technology Packaging Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 28

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Global Sustainability Study 2021 revealed a paradigm shift in how consumers view sustainability and a willingness to pay for sustainable products and services. These are difficult for consumers to interpret and may also suggest an item or service has no negative environmental impacts. Carbon Offsets. Degradable Claims.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

What is the correct way to dispose of 'biodegradable' plastic bags? And what even is 'carbon negative' beer? In 2021, the average UK household spent almost £70 a week on food and drink alone. Is that shampoo bottle as easily 'recyclable' as the label claims?

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For instance, a Deloitte 2021 report indicated that 53% of surveyed consumers have repaired/fixed an item instead of replacing it. These developments include packaging made from seaweed, mushrooms, cornstarch, biodegradable packaging peanuts, edible films (for food items), and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) bioplastics.

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Retail Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 78

Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Dickinson College Score: 80.67 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania The very green Red Devils became carbon-neutral this past school year, with help from an LED lighting retrofit, the installation of a three-megawatt solar field on campus, and a campus-wide behavior change campaign.

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Cooling Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Sustainability 52

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Global Sustainability Study 2021 revealed a paradigm shift in how consumers view sustainability and a willingness to pay for sustainable products and services. These are difficult for consumers to interpret and may also suggest an item or service has no negative environmental impacts. Carbon Offsets. Degradable Claims.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 78

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30 GreenBiz Editors Mon, 05/17/2021 – 00:01 Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Clean energy for Native American communities. Planet-healing fast food.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Thu, 04/15/2021 - 01:30. It got me thinking: Could we boost the carbon drawdown potential of clean technologies even further by supporting more women-led startups in the burgeoning climate-tech ecosystem? Carbon removal. The case for raising up women in climate tech. Shana Rappaport. From classrooms to boardrooms.

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