Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Now, researchers at Californian research organization Gladstone Institutes have developed a tool more like a journal or receipt book—it logs a cell’s genetic activity for days at a time. While all cells within an organism have identical genomes, they differ in which genes are turned on or off at any given time. A new toolkit.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Elsevier has published the second edition of its comprehensive book “Geothermal Power Generation Developments and Innovation” (ISBN: Hardback, 9780443247507; eBook, 9780443247514). Click here to purchase the book. The book is available in both hardback and eBook formats. Gutirrez-Negrn and Andrew Chiasson.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2025

Taking place at the Coin Street Conference Centre in London, the event “will unite industry leaders, sustainability experts, and key stakeholders from both the lighting sector and beyond to discuss the pressing challenges and solutions to reducing the carbon footprint in luminaire manufacturing,” said the organizer, Recolight.

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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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Terra Infirma

MARCH 25, 2024

So I got hold of a copy of Chouinard’s book Let my people go surfing: the education of a reluctant businessman – originally published in 2005 and updated in 2016 – and I dug in. The book is split into two sections: History and Philosophy. The History section was by far my favourite.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All comments expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of their organizations. We have access to myriad documentaries and books aimed at increasing awareness. We also considered the role of young leaders from the private and public sectors in this essential transformation.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Kelly Blue Book , Edmunds , MotorTrend and others, citing studies from various countries, report that ICE vehicles catch fire at a far greater rate than EVs. With so many reports, one might think that EVs self-immolate on a regular basis at a far higher rate than automobiles powered by internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

I realized that so many of my coaching clients — in big corporations and small nonprofits, sustainability teams and sales departments — were asking me for help dealing with the stress and dysfunction of their organizations. They were breathing the same toxic smoke as everyone around them. A healthy earth depends on healthy people.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Read more than 120 books. I’d booked my flight. I’d have to admit — to the organizers, to myself — that I’d failed to live up to the rejuvenation message I planned to deliver. So, I took a mid-career break to recuperate. Underwent chronic-pain counseling. Got in shape. Drove my son’s soccer carpools. Walked in the woods.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The latest data from S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) underscores the fact that gender pay gaps are more pronounced in some regions and in some industries, and at different levels of hierarchy within organizations.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A proposed reporting standard that seeks to unlock accountability for the impacts organizations have on the natural world, informing the global response to a deepening biodiversity crisis, has been made available. Places can be booked now, at 09:00 (CET) or 17:00 (CET).

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Grist

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The ancestors of the Mongolian reindeer herders, for example, likely lived in impermanent structures and made pretty much everything from organic materials. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline How melting ice could help us fill the gaps in our history books on Dec 4, 2019.

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Low Impact

JUNE 16, 2021

Chris joined the board of the ELC as Dave of Lowimpact left, and since then Chris has produced a book called A Small Farm Future , which we review here. In this article, Chris discusses whether small, organic farms can feed the world, and, of course, he concludes that they can. Here, I’ll focus on organic farming.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Heifer USA sells through the e-commerce organization Grass Roots Coop directly to consumers. . If it threw anyone off track, it would be in our processing facility that is booked and has to quickly change dates," Kilpatrick said. Now that can be difficult. I would say they bore the brunt of having to make some shifts." .

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Now, their early-stage cleantech startup, Pipeline Organics, is seeking further support. Arielle Torres, Chief Executive Officer of Pipeline Organics, said: “The support that comes with these awards is exactly what we need right now. The team met in 2020 as PhD researchers at the university via the Young Entrepreneurs Scheme.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

William Ginn, author of the new book " Valuing Nature ," talks with Associate Editor Deonna Anderson about ways the private sector can address biodiversity. Voices of the clean energy equity movement (48:25).

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GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2020

Dave Evans, founder and CEO of Fictiv and a former Ford engineer, said the pandemic has helped underscore the notion that digital manufacturing networks — ones that allow organizations to be more agile when it comes to sourcing — will be key to ensuring resilience in the long term, as disruptions brought on by climate change become more frequent.

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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 Ones Who Have Everything.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It was Ross’s books and journalism that sparked the flames of outrage and opportunity that inspired Jim Hoggan to create the DeSmogBlog in late 2005. Jim had recently read Boiling Point , Ross’s 2004 book chronicling the fossil fuel industries’ strategy of denial and delay, which Gelbspan correctly labeled a crime against humanity. “I

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

One of the big parts of my job is mobilizing the organization. I'm a business guy working to drive in partnership with our CEO, Ramon Laguarta, and the rest of my executive peers to really drive the organization forward. Andrew: It's been incredibly exciting to me to see just in four months the level of excitement in our organization.

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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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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

The impact organization found that in scoping a potential new collaboration, businesses first need to understand the local context, market and material flows. Returnable packaging schemes such as BarePack meal containers in Singapore and RePack packages in Europe work much in the same way that library books are borrowed, enjoyed and returned.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2020

Because feeding the world is an absolute imperative, farmers, investors, and aid organizations continue their quests for new models of sustainable intensification that will both feed more people and restore the soils and hydrological systems that are essential to agriculture. Corporate Strategy. Food & Agriculture. Biodiversity. Conservation.

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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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GreenTechMedia

MAY 23, 2021

He’s also the author of the upcoming book “Electrify,” from MIT Press. He founded or co-founded around a dozen companies and organizations. If we are on a wartime footing for decarbonizing the economy, Saul could be considered a 5-star general of the “electrify everything” movement.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A large commercial bank wanted to estimate the impact of a carbon tax on the credit risk of companies in their loan book. There are many more examples of how TCFD reporting is helping organizations inform better decision-making and capture new opportunities in the transition to a low-carbon economy. .

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Create Jobs,” highlights the core themes of Energy Efficiency Day as hundreds of companies, organizations, government agencies and other participants exchange tips, tools and stories on the benefits of energy efficiency. Broaden your perspective with these 22 books by Indigenous authors. The message, “Save Money. Cut Pollution.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2021

These measures provide real-time data, a much needed quantitative basis for organizations to strategize and mitigate environmental, social and economic risks. This data can be collected internally as a measurement integral to an organization’s daily activities or outside using third-party ratings and indices.

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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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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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Grist

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Miller wrote a book, out last month, to help demystify that world for chefs and other would-be food-system advocates who want to make their voices heard. What made you want to write this book — and frame it as a call to action? It’s the way we form authentic, and not transactional, relationships with local organizations.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 17, 2025

Exhibition spaces at GeoTHERM 2025 had been fully booked as early as September 2024, showing the level of interest in the event by industry players, service providers, and organizations. The exhibition area will also have a special Start Up Area , which provides a platform for young and innovative companies to be highlighted.

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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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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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