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Eco-Friendly Changes to Your Daily Menu

U.S. Green Technology

There’s no better time to start eating more consciously than today. In this day and age, we are not only eating too much junk food, but we are turning a lot of food into junk, wasting tons and tons of produce. Making these unhealthy and wasteful eating decisions doesn’t do anything good for our communities. The post Eco-Friendly Changes to Your Daily Menu appeared first on U.S.

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More consumers are serious about climate change. Are business and government listening?

GreenBiz

Consumers around the world need governments and companies to help activate behavior change.

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Panasonic Will Invest $700 Million To Make Next-Generation Batteries For Tesla

CleanTechnica

Panasonic intends to expand a factory in Japan to produce 4680 battery cells for Tesla.

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We Can Store Our Excess Renewable Energy In An Energy Vault

Jim Conca

Energy Vault stores excess energy by efficiently transforming it into gravitational potential energy using 35-ton bricks that can be raised and lowered at will, and that can sit still storing the energy for any amount of time, before transforming the energy back to electrical energy when needed.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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First ceramic geodesic dome in the world is affordable

Inhabitat - Innovation

Geoship installed its first bio-ceramic geodesic dome in a bid to create long-lasting, zero-carbon, fireproof and biologically resonant architecture for a new way of building homes. The company is relatively young, with just 400 paid deposits for homes, but they work by a co-op model and have over 2,000 investors.

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Setting the standard for reusable packaging

GreenBiz

These orgs want to make reuse easy for cities and companies.

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Biophilia and Biophilic Design: The Benefits of a Green Office Environment

Green Business Bureau

What is Biophilic Design? Biophilic design is the art of integrating nature into the built environment in order to improve human wellbeing and yield environmental benefits. Employees spend at least 8 hours a day in an office or other confined work space. Working in a biophilic office environment nourishes employees’ physical and mental health in many ways such as reducing airborne pollutants, creating a calming atmosphere, among several others.

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California redwoods to be reclaimed by Indigenous groups

Inhabitat - Innovation

Ten Indigenous tribes on California’s Lost Coast are about to get their ancestral homeland back. Save the Redwoods League announced Tuesday that it will transfer over 500 acres back to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council.

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What decarbonizing buildings teaches us about climate priorities

GreenBiz

A new Urban Land Institute report captures something valuable about this moment: the maturation of professionals’ understanding of what key trends mean and the complexity of how to get there.

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More evidence needed to establish 5G’s green credentials

Envirotec Magazine

Widespread expectations that 5G will be a green technology are not currently backed up by a strong, publicly available, fully transparent evidence base, warns a review of the evidence on 5G energy use impacts by academics at the University of Sussex Business School. The research warns that existing academic and industry studies into the energy use implications of 5G fail to provide a comprehensive overview of the overall energy use impacts of 5G and overlook three potentially significant issues

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Electric Cooperatives Positioned for Leadership Role in Energy Transition

Green Living Guy

Renewable energy initiatives usher in new cycle of economic opportunity for rural communities Rural communities and electric cooperatives could begin to aggressively close the energy transition gap over the next decade. They are pivoting from their role as underdogs to leaders on clean energy. Despite an absence of financial incentives, electric co-ops are already transitioning. […].

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Rihanna donates $15 million to climate justice

Inhabitat - Innovation

Entertainer and global philanthropist Rihanna has pledged $15 million to address climate change. Eighteen climate justice organizations will benefit, including the Indigenous Environmental Network, Movement for Black Lives and Climate Justice Alliance.

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The State of Green Business 2022

GreenBiz

Our annual look at the key trends shaping the world of business and sustainability.

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The world has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials since the Paris Agreement

Envirotec Magazine

The throwaway global economy is fuelling the climate crisis with more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials consumed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a report from impact organisation Circle Economy launched on 19 January. World leaders are missing the opportunity to achieve deep cuts in emissions by adopting circular economy strategies that reduce demand for resources, it warns, and it identifies a roadmap that it says could help them meet the target of limiting global war

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Kia All Electric EV6 Featured in Super Bowl LVI Spot

Green Living Guy

Kia All-Electric EV6 Kia America’s return to the Super Bowl will feature the all-new, all-electric Kia EV6. Arriving in showrooms in early 2022, EV6 is the first model that will launch under Kia’s Plan S strategy. It puts electrification at the forefront of the company’s future. Moreover, Kia’s first electric vehicle also marks the first […]. The post Kia All Electric EV6 Featured in Super Bowl LVI Spot appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Notpla plant-based packaging is helping the world plastic problem

Inhabitat - Innovation

Notpla is a packaging solutions company. They're not just using recycled cardboard or eliminating plastic foam. They're redesigning the very idea of what packaging is and how it functions. As a result, the innovative products rolling off the line at the company are plant based and waste free. That’s a solution like no other.

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'Pay-as-you-throw' is one of cities’ most effective tools for reducing waste

GreenBiz

More than 7,000 local governments have a policy where residents pay for every bag of trash, and found that they produce less waste.

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$1.9 million for project to investigate water treatment and reuse using biochar

Envirotec Magazine

Colorado State University researchers have been given the green light on a research project that they say could rewrite the book on how spent water from agricultural fields or wastewater facilities are treated and reused, and how valuable commodities could be extracted from those waters. Their goal is to create new, sustainable uses for non-traditional water sources and to disrupt humanity’s reliance on traditional fresh water for crops and other needs.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Electric paving machine to go into service in the Netherlands

Charged

Dutch civil engineering company Bam Infra Nederland has commissioned yellow-machine builder Wirtgen and Dutch powertrain developer New Electric to convert an asphalt spreading machine into “the world’s first fully electric paver.”. The conversion team replaced the paver’s stage V motor with an electric drive consisting of a 270 kWh battery pack and two “smartly switched” electric motors.

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The Barn is created with ethically-sourced, reclaimed timber

Inhabitat - Innovation

You've seen plenty of barns in your day. They are wooden buildings tucked into an open landscape, rising up from the land and sticking out like a sore thumb. The Barn designed by Alexis Dornier is a beautiful extension of the natural world, existing as a part of it rather than an object separate from it.

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7 EV van and truck companies with big 2022 plans

GreenBiz

In 2021, the global electric truck market size was valued at $670 million and is projected to grow by 23.5 percent between 2020 and 2030. Here are some of the companies vying for that revenue.

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Polluting vehicles predominate in car insurance enquiries, says survey

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Jeremy Segrott , CC BY 2.0 license. Despite the increasing popularity of greener vehicles, more than one in three (36%) cars in the UK fall into the worst two categories for harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, according to recent research by price comparison site MoneySuperMarket.com. 1,2. The study combines insurance enquiry volumes for car makes and models with data from the AIR Index, which ranks vehicles from A (most environmentally friendly) to E (

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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Hey Guys, A Green Valentine’s Gift Idea

Green Living Guy

Valentine’s Day is approaching. It’s the perfect day to show those who mean the most to you just how much you love them. So, if you are still on the hunt for a unique and unusual Valentine’s gift, look no further. Maybe you’re looking for something that doesn’t harm the planet? Or a gift that doesn’t […]. The post Hey Guys, A Green Valentine’s Gift Idea appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Plant Prefab aims to make housing accessible and affordable

Inhabitat - Innovation

Between impact on the land, use of resources, construction waste and effects on air quality, the building and maintenance of homes and businesses accounts for nearly 40% of carbon emissions on the planet. Plant Prefab setting out to change all that.

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How the commercial real estate sector is building a greener future

GreenBiz

The reasons to take action to cut carbon emissions from real estate are overwhelmingly greater than the reasons to do nothing.

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Air pollution significantly reduces pollination by confusing butterflies and bees

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Patty O’Hearn Kickham , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. Common air pollutants from both urban and rural environments may be reducing the pollinating abilities of insects by preventing them from sniffing out the crops and wildflowers that depend on them, new research seems to show. Scientists from the University of Reading, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and the University of Birmingham found that there were up to 70% fewer pollinators, up to 90% fewer flower visits and

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Stanford Scientists Find Climate and Health Impacts of Natural Gas Stoves

Green Living Guy

Natural gas stoves release methane – a potent greenhouse gas – and other pollutants through leaks and incomplete combustion. Stanford researchers estimate that methane leaking from stoves inside U.S. homes has the same climate impact as about 500,000 gasoline-powered cars and the stoves can expose people to respiratory disease-triggering pollutants.

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Climate change lawsuit to hold oil companies accountable

Inhabitat - Innovation

Recently, a Virginia federal appeals court heard a case regarding the role of fossil fuel companies in driving climate change. Major fossil fuel companies face several charges from cities and municipalities across the country. Litigation focuses on the fossil fuel industry's false and misleading advertisements about fossil fuels' effect on climate change.

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Bringing transparency to the palm oil supply chain for sustainability

GreenBiz

A new initiative brings together top palm oil buyers to map their supply chains and look for sustainability issues downstream.

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Don’t Look Up: Australia’s endless list of planet killing projects

Renew Economy

Let’s tour around Australia visiting just some of the planet killers that have recently been in the news. The post Don’t Look Up: Australia’s endless list of planet killing projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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5 Ways to Find Eco-friendly Fashion Products

Green Living Guy

A good sense of style doesn’t have to come at the expense of the planet. Unfortunately, it often does. The fashion industry is one of the leading generators of toxic chemicals, excess material waste, greenhouse gases and factories in the industry often feature unsafe or unethical working conditions for laborers. There are, however, several ways to […].

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This green community immerses its residents in natural living

Inhabitat - Innovation

Living the Noom started with an idea: create a lifestyle option that met the needs of someone aiming to live an eco-friendly, wellness-centered lifestyle. Designed by Sanzpont (arquitectura) and Pedrajo + Pedrajo Architects, Living the Noom has won Architizer, Muse and Rethinking the Future awards for its innovative ideas.