Enervee

APRIL 21, 2020

April 22nd is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day?—?and There are plenty of alternatives out there and, if you stop drinking bottled water, you can save a lot of plastic. Don’t just leave it to Earth day! and while we may be staying home right now there are still plenty of ways we can do our part for the planet!

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

This year on Earth Day, the company said it had reached a milestone of 1 billion gallons restored. We'll debate "Reusable Packaging in the Age of Contagion," "Can Recycled Plastic Survive Low Oil Prices" and "Repair, Resilience and Customer Engagement." Register here for our half-day event starting at 1 p.m. EDT May 18.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 27, 2023

Earth Day Ideas for Companies and Their Employees Earth Day week is a great time to engage employees and accelerate progress on your sustainability program. Here are some tips for employees on what you can do to make a direct impact on Earth Day and every day after that.

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Green Living Guy

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

According to the Earth Day Foundation, nearly 8 million metric tons of plastic find their way into the Earth’s oceans each year, sinking to depths of as many as 11 km deep. By 2050, Earth Day estimates that there will be more plastic in the ocean, by weight, than there.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2024

An aerial view of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as Plastic Island, which comprises mainly plastic, light metals and organic residues of garbage. A new report attempts to better understand the provenance and impact of plastics in the ocean. Plastic, the report (titled ‘How Much Plastic Is In The Ocean?’)

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

On its 50th anniversary and in the midst of the worst global crisis in living memory, this year's Earth Day had a particular power and resonance. I've always been somewhat ambivalent about Earth Day. We're good at having Earth Days, but Earth Years? Not so much.

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Earth Gratitude

APRIL 23, 2016

Deepak Chopra, The Earth Day Network, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales: The Global Earth Day Gratitude Celebration and Ebook Deepak Chopra, The Earth Day Network, Life is Good, Ron Finley, Rainbow Light Join in the Global Earth Day Gratitude Celebration April 22, 2016. Ebook features H.R.H.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 17, 2020

With social distancing in full force this Earth Day , the 50th anniversary of this environmental movement is certainly one for the history books. Just because you can’t go outside in large groups this year doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of inventive ways to celebrate Earth, though.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 22, 2020

April 22, 2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. While every day is the perfect day to honor Mother Earth, Earth Day is an opportunity to implement a new sustainable practice, create something beautiful or protect limited resources.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 16, 2021

However, Earth Day , recognized this year on April 22, 2021, presents a plethora of focused ways to engage with fellow activists, environmentalists and scientists. The Earth Day Initiative consolidates your options in one online location at EarthDay.org. If you’re interested in attending, you can RSVP in advance for free.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2020

For example, they created a socially distanced celebration of Earth Day 2020 and consistently evaluate products used in their offices to prepare for sustainable and eco-friendly changes to come.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 6, 2021

Matter of opinion: What the 2021 Earth Day polls reveal Joel Makower Tue, 04/06/2021 – 02:11 For more than a decade, this has been the time of year — the run-up to Earth Day — when I’ve surveyed the public opinion polls, of which there have been many, to assess consumer and citizen trends on environmental issues, notably related to shopping.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 4, 2020

You can help scientists track plastic pollution and air quality as part of Earth Challenge 2020 by making simple observations from your home and recording them on a phone app. The Earth Day Network, Wilson Center and U.S. To participate, go to Earth Challenge 2020 to download the app. Photo: Bo Eide / CC.

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Martin LaMonica

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Among the ones this year was a series on plastic, the material that’s been boon to modern life but a very damaging one as well. Our complicated relationship with plastic: 5 essential reads. Plastics are hard to avoid in daily life. From its arrival decades ago , plastic has transformed modern life. Rivers and lakes.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 27, 2022

A Southeast Asian e-commerce company has been called out for marketing disposable, plastic-packaging products as "sustainable" in a sales promotion launched on Earth Day.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 14, 2021

On Earth Day 2021, Greentown Houston opens its doors to a new ecosystem of entrepreneurs who are tackling our biggest climate challenges and shaping the energy transition. These are the entrepreneurs and technologies that will usher in a new era for the energy capital of the world. Manufacturing. Platform Solutions.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s also important to understand that every single employee can play a role in your company’s mission to be more sustainable, whether that’s eliminating paper in accounting or plastic in the cafeteria, working remotely, or carpooling. Make Everyday Earth Day.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

To encourage employees to cut single-use plastics, you can hold Best Decorated reusable water bottle or tote bag competitions (Note: Be sure to encourage employees to use materials they already have rather than buying new). GIVE RECOGNITION.

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Earth Gratitude

MAY 4, 2016

At the rate I’m consuming, I’m using up 3–9 planets, according to the carbon footprint calculator at Earth Day Network. Learn about others who are transforming their lives and communities in the new, free, Earth Day Gratitude mini ebook (@EarthDayThanks). That’s what the Earth Day Gratitude project is all about.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

Look to eliminate plastic. You could also get your team involved with Earth Day, where they can help plant trees or support other conservation or carbon offset practices. Optimize food and waste management by practicing good inventory management. Add a sufficient number of labeled recycle bins in every field and stadium.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

With the current lockdown affording many people more time to tackle long-standing tasks and life admin, a third of UK adults have been making greener lifestyle changes such as reducing food waste, cutting down on plastic use, and avoiding 'fast fashion' purchases, according to a new poll.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2024

Partner Insight: First held in 1970, Earth Day has been around for over fifty years. In fact, even today, it remains one of the largest single-day protests in human history. This year, the theme is ‘ Planet vs Plastics'. The first was to reduce the size of our plastic SIM card holders by half.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 19, 2021

Since air pollution and plastic pollution are getting worse year by year, immediate actions… Read More How to Encourage Children to Be More Sustainable. Climate change is already harming people’s health worldwide. If we do nothing to protect the environment, the impact could burden future generations with disease and illness.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2020

Creating clothing fibers from recycled plastic is nothing new, but when a name like Disney is involved, it’s hard not to have childlike enthusiasm over the efforts. Unifi has been on this ride for a long time, turning plastic waste into material used by Chicobags, Ford, Patagonia, PrAna and many other companies. Excerpt from:Â .

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 8, 2020

The Foundation for Climate Restoration Probably best-known for its work with the United Nations Office for Partnerships and Earth Day Network, The Foundation for Climate Restoration (F4CR) is a nonprofit with a mission to restore the climate by 2050. Related: Can’t make the climate strikes?

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Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special , letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled statistics about deforestation and the hole in the ozone layer. A woman sorts plastics at the Santa Monica Recycling Center in California in 1992.

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Grist

JULY 21, 2022

Unlike several other Earth Day weekend cleanups going on farther down the beach, this group has been given special instructions that will help them categorize and log everything they find, from food scraps and toys to tiny pieces of foil and, of course, many types of plastic. Is the trash from camping? Is it from fishing gear?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 8, 2020

The Foundation for Climate Restoration Probably best-known for its work with the United Nations Office for Partnerships and Earth Day Network, The Foundation for Climate Restoration (F4CR) is a nonprofit with a mission to restore the climate by 2050. Related: Can’t make the climate strikes?

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

Okay, you say, April coincides with Earth Day, when companies traditionally strut their sustainability stuff. Dunkin' switches to plastic-free cups and plans to double number of green restaurants. Pernod Ricard moves up ban on single-use plastics to 2021. Thus, it's not a good indicator. Fair enough.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

To perform at the level we expect, manufacturers coat the disposable paper cups in plastic, for which the planet does not thank us. Even when the paper manages to break down naturally, the residual plastic is left to sit in the soil and eventually the waterways.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Seattle University Score: 79.41 | Seattle, Washington After the pandemic altered Earth Day plans, Seattle U unveiled a virtual event complete with Earth Talks. This year, the group implemented a reverse osmosis system in a Thai community; it cleans drinking water and eliminates locals’ need for plastic bottles.

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

Happy Earth Day (and Earth Week, and Earth Month) — a time of year when sustainability is elevated in the global consciousness, and my inbox is full of vaguely greenwashy PR pitches. But it struck me that Earth Day 2024 has a particularly timely theme: Planet vs. Plastics.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 9, 2021

This is a good gift for thrifty, practical folks while saving the environment from plastic pollution. Puzzle pieces come in biodegradable plastic bags. Earth Day includes fish, birds and a sea turtle. These dishwasher and microwave safe bags come in 17 colors. They range in size from four ounces to a half gallon.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 8, 2020

This year on Earth Day, the company said it had reached a milestone of 1 billion gallons restored. We’ll debate “Reusable Packaging in the Age of Contagion,” “Can Recycled Plastic Survive Low Oil Prices” and “Repair, Resilience and Customer Engagement.” EDT May 18.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 1, 2020

Okay, you say, April coincides with Earth Day, when companies traditionally strut their sustainability stuff. Thus, it’s not a good indicator. Fair enough.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 1, 2020

Okay, you say, April coincides with Earth Day, when companies traditionally strut their sustainability stuff. Thus, it’s not a good indicator. Fair enough.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2021

Their labels are also made with 100% recycled paper and they have created a paint pouch that uses 80% less plastic than standard paint cans. Among others, participating in a plant-a-tree program and organizing company-wide (remote) Earth Day activities are some initiatives proposed for the future.

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