GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

Sports leagues are seeing the impacts and the surge of climate-responsible athletes using their platforms to promote positive environmental and social impact — it’s something for the history books. Nonprofit organizations such as the National Links Trust , recent bid winners to take over operations of Washington, D.C.’s

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate impacts 2. Climate action 4.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

My inbox and bookshelf have been groaning lately under the heft of some weighty books, essays and reports heralding a kinder, gentler era for capitalism. To be sure, few of these individuals and organizations are advocating for a sharp turn to socialism, communism or any other alternative-ism. Can sustainability save capitalism?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It requires every vessel over 400gt to have onboard an approved ballast water management plan, a ballast water record book and an International Ballast Water Management Certificate. It states that oceans are crucial for global food security and human health, while also hosting huge reservoirs of biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

Early December saw the 70th anniversary, and a time for reflection and stock-taking by environmental health experts, including a fascinating lecture by Dr Ian Mudway of Gresham College. But a conspicuous body count wasn’t enough to dispel the widely held belief that smoky air was a boon to health. Why did it happen? Envirotec writes.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2020

For example, PETA considers docking tails of sheep to be inhumane, yet it is long-standing practice that arguably improves the health of animals. As chief conservation officer of TNC at the time, I can say that I was not very happy with these practices, but I thought some of the allegations were overblown. Corporate Strategy. Biodiversity.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2022

For the Organizers. Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer! You can use patterned wrapping paper and old cereal boxes to create a nifty file/magazine holder or a desk organizer. Find endless DIY bookmark ideas on Pinterest. For the Fitness Buffs. For the Fashionistas.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

Tara’s book How to Save Your Planet One Object at a Time is a guide to sustainable living told through everyday objects. These highly compressed gases possess properties of gases and liquids that permit interesting chemical reactions without the need for organic solvents, which endanger both health and the environment.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2021

Organize a company carpool program. Implement more eco-friendly ways of flying by booking direct flights. Book with airlines that are committed to lowering their carbon footprint either through carbon neutrality plans, using cleaner fuels , using more eco-friendly materials and upgraded, more energy efficient aircraft.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In other words, a building that is organized instead of chaotic. And I just thought a building as an organism operated by children would be so much fun. Those kinds of things were people paying attention to issues of human health and dignity and trade and quality. McDonough: I had two things occur simultaneously in 1989.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 2, 2022

What if a single action could: get troubled teens off the streets and into something productive—and develop their entrepreneurship skills in the process…provide fresh local organic food to inner-city people with no other access to quality produce…clean up a blighted neighborhood vacant lot and spark a caring community spirit?

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This new book, ‘A Small Farm Future’ published by Chelsea Green, outlines what a post-covid, post-capitalist society might look like, built around a repopulated countryside of small farmers. However, in this review, I won’t go into the details of farming covered in the book. But does it have to be that way?

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The shopping craze also adds to the global issue of sweatshop labor and worker abuse , and often threatens shoppers’ mental health through overconsumption, overspending and impulse buying. Organize an item swap with friends to exchange an item you don’t need for something used. to people in need.

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 5, 2020

Environmental organizations have released statements — us included. These organizations are based either in Minneapolis or nationally. Do some research to find organizations fighting for Black lives in your community. This is all too familiar. A Black man was violently murdered by a white police officer. We need to do more.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

But award-winning investigative DeSmog journalist Justin Noble is working to change that with his new book Petroleum-238 , which exposes an unsettling secret at the heart of the industry (read an excerpt here ). Noble onstage at his book launch in Brooklyn. Oil and gas companies across the U.S. Where does this waste come from?

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bayer, which now owns Monsanto , announced at the end of July that it will re m ove the harmful pesticide glyphosate — a “ probable carcinogen ” — from its Roundup herbicide products by 2023, as it continues to face mounting pressure from lawsuits about the product’s health impacts. .

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 24, 2024

My journey into this topic started when an Ohio community organizer told me someone made a liquid deicer out of radioactive oilfield waste for home driveways and patios, which was supposedly “Safe for Pets” and had been selling at Lowe’s. It is out of this unknowing, and deception, that this book can exist.

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Grist

JULY 17, 2023

In her new book Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic , author, professor, and researcher Emily Monosson unravels the expansive and unsettling history of fungal invasions across the globe and how they have shaped our lives in both visible and invisible ways. But most of the book focuses on the past 100 years.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

Learn how to create a regenerative, natural ecosystem at this free Green America webinar with Owen Wormser, author of a new book, Lawns into Meadows: Growing a regenerative landscape. Wormser will explain how to plant an organic meadow using the basic practices of meadow design and take you on a meadow tour from 3 – 4 p.m.

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Low Impact

JUNE 7, 2020

The first year you start growing veg, if you’ve got a book and someone to help you, you’re going to be able to do your propagation. So if someone else wants to buy that smallholding, to become an organic smallholder, they’re going to have a huge price tag, because someone wanted to build a massive house. That’s a problem isn’t it?

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Yet the Chamber is currently working to eliminate one of the most effective climate and public health protections on the books in the United States. The Chamber’s position is bad for business, our health, and the planet. Chamber of Commerce claims to support “an approach that rises to the challenge of climate change.”

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Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We outline many of these steps in our new book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take.) The organization, after intense pressure from some members, has acknowledged that climate change is real, but that’s a low bar.) Measuring the Gap in Public and Private Talk. Follow Andrew on Twitter.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2024

For the Organizers Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer! You can use patterned wrapping paper and old cereal boxes to create a nifty file/magazine holder or a desk organizer. Find endless DIY bookmark ideas on Pinterest.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

A new book, Unconventional Water Resources , published by Springer and compiled by experts at various UN organizations*, says these potential supplies can help many of the 1 in 4 people on Earth who face shortages of water for drinking, sanitation, agriculture and economic development.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 31, 2022

This event is hosted by Robert Kelleman, the Founder/ director of the non-profit community organization, Washington, DC History & Culture. Art Afterwards: A Book Discussion – The National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library will host a virtual conversation about love, second chances, and the power of a great torch song.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2019

They use the GBB apps to organize their initiatives and track their progress. That’s a big win in our book.”. Businesses and individuals need to do their part to neutralize mankind’s negative impact on our planet’s health. Company managers at School Specialty had been taking ad-hoc steps all along to improve sustainability.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A CSR strategy is implemented by an organization to: minimize harm, practice fair business, be responsible along a global supply chain, exercise philanthropy and create a self-oriented human resource management system. Yes, good CSR practices can create a socially sustainable organization. The benefits of CSR.

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Charged

APRIL 20, 2020

In his latest appearance , Gerber argued that the company is in a better position than other automakers to weather the current health crisis.). When I was invited to join Charged. I’ve been writing about the e-mobility transition ever since, and although I write about all things electric, Tesla has always been at the center of the action.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The company goes on to boast its investments in so-called “renewable natural gas,” or gas acquired from decomposing organic matter at livestock operations and landfills. That enterprise has reportedly ramped up in recent years as the company fights a growing push for policies to limit emissions and phase out their product.

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

The official Earth Day organization has been assigning yearly themes since at least 1980, and Planet vs. Plastics is hitting in the year when U.N. “We’ve had research for 30 years now saying that plastics are dangerous to our health,” said Aidon Charron, director of End Plastic Initiatives at EarthDay.org. .

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Andrew Winston

APRIL 22, 2024

Even in the face of the “anti-ESG” movement — a very American phenomenon — there are vanishingly few large organizations around the world that really question the need to address environmental and social issues. I struggle to find the right metaphors to make this real, but let’s think in terms of medical health. degrees Celsius (2.7

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Fish hold carbon in their bodies, taken in from eating other fish or smaller marine animals, which dine on microscopic organisms called phytoplankton that have sucked CO2 from the water. For Walker, avoiding farmed fish fed on fishmeal and fish oil is one of the simplest routes to helping restore oceanic health.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

10) Use what you already own – think candle jars for planters, mason jars for organizing office supplies or kids’ art supplies, or repurposed glass jars for bulk goods. Being immersed in nature is proven to have a positive effect on health and well-being and positively impacts creativity, focus, and productivity.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2021

Clearly, we are still in a precarious situation in the UK, both in health and economic terms, with borrowing likely to exceed £400bn for the current financial year, the highest figure seen outside wartime. Secure additional funding for best practice standards and Defra's 'Quality Protocol' revisions for the organics industry.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2022

Such materials can contain caustic or toxic chemicals which harm human and environmental health. This tip also helps your organization become socially responsible by supporting your local community and economy. Science-based targets are therefore vital for any organization that’s serious about sustainability.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 10, 2020

20 must-read books about food systems Danielle Nierenberg Fri, 07/10/2020 – 00:50 With record high unemployment , a reeling global economy and concerns of food shortages , the world as we know it is changing. Focusing on the concept of dude foods, the book follows the evolution of food marketing for men.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Thank you so much to National Geographic for sending me the book called: Oceans. oceans #protectouroceans This unique tie-in to the major motion picture Oceans—coming this April from Disney & National Geographic—explores the health of our. The Threats to our Sea and What Can Be Done to turn the Tide. The post Oceans.

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