By Jacinta Bowler With climate change an ever-looming anxiety, whole industries have sprung up dedicated to help alleviate the stress. Tote bags. Metal straws. Existing companies are trying their best too: clothing retailer Zara has announced that 100 percent of the fabrics it uses will be sustainable by 2025 while Apple has said it has […]
By Jake Johnson A Greenpeace report released Tuesday uses a hypothetical “Smart Supermarket” that has done away with environmentally damaging single-use plastics to outline a possible future in which the world’s oceans and communities are free of bags, bottles, packaging and other harmful plastic pollutants. “It’s time to build smarter supermarkets,” Greenpeace plastics campaigner Kate […]
By Tara Lohan If I were to open my refrigerator, the origins of most of the food wouldn’t be too much of a mystery — the milk, cheese and produce all come from relatively nearby farms. I can tell from the labels on other packaged goods if they’re fair trade, non-GMO or organic. But if […]
By Jeff Peterson A century from now, the U.S. coastline will look very different from how it looks today. In the coming decades our beaches, wetlands and estuaries along the shore will be lost or degraded by a one-two punch of more severe storms and rising seas. This combination will drive communities inland and force […]
Twenty years ago, Shawn and Beth Dougherty had trouble finding land to farm, so they bought a plot that was designated by the state of Ohio as unsuitable for agriculture. “And we just had to set about disproving that,” Beth Dougherty says. The land was overgrown but too steep for a tractor, so the couple […]
By Tim Schauenberg Technician Christopher Olk concentrates hard as he removes the broken drive from a DVD player and pushes it back in again. “If it’s the mechanics or the electronics, I can fix it,” explains the 26-year-old, who is working on his Ph.D. in battery technology at Aachen University. “If the chip or the […]
Italy has stepped into the forefront of environmental education by adding the climate crisis and sustainable development as a mandatory part of the curriculum, the country’s education minister announced Tuesday, as The New York Times reported. Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti is the government’s most vociferous advocate for green policies and encouraged students to skip school […]
By Marcela Guerrero Casas A future in which everyone travels in driverless flying cars may still dominate the popular imagination, particularly when it comes to media and marketing hype. But if we are to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) on sustainable cities and communities, a more revolutionary (albeit more low-tech) picture will unfold, […]
By Jared Kaufman On November 1st and 2nd, more than 80 food activists, farmers, policymakers, performers, journalists, researchers, business leaders, chefs and others will gather in New York City for the 3rd Annual Food Tank NYC Summit and Gala Dinner. This year, we’re focusing around the theme of “The Food Movement Is Growing (and Winning)!” […]
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