It’s scary to be a young person who cares about the world today. If we don’t dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions within the next 12 years, dangerous climate change will be inevitable. If we don’t change how we dispose of waste, there will be more plastics than fish in the oceans by 2050. This is […]
Milan Fashion Week closed on Sunday with the second annual “Green Carpet Fashion Awards” to promote sustainability in the fashion industry, Reuters reported. The event, promoted by Italy’s fashion association CNMI and the sustainability consultancy Eco-Age, gathered celebrities like Julianne Moore, Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett with fashion icons like Cindy Crawford and Anna Wintour […]
Monday marks the start of the 10th annual Climate Week NYC. From Sept. 24 to the 30, non-profit The Climate Group has invited businesses, governments, nonprofit organizations, universities and art and music organizations to host a wide variety of affiliated events devoted to raising awareness and prompting action around climate change. “Climate Week NYC is […]
Between the 1600s and the early 20th century, European settlers in New York City ate their way through 220,000 acres of oyster reefs covering 350 square miles, The Washington Post reported. That decimated a natural barrier that could have reduced the wave energy of storms like Sandy, which cost New York City $40 billion in […]
California became the first state in the U.S. to ban plastic straws in dine-in restaurants Thursday when Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to that effect, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The law, which will enter into force Jan. 1, prohibits restaurants from providing straws unless a customer requests one. It covers only sit-down eateries, not […]
By Seokheun Choi It seems like every few months there’s a new cellphone, laptop or tablet that is so exciting people line up around the block to get their hands on it. While the perpetual introduction of new, slightly more advanced electronics has made businesses like Apple hugely successful, the short shelf life of these […]
The problem of food waste made headlines last month with the release of a study that found that about one third of all food is wasted, and that amount is projected to grow by another third by 2030. Luckily, there’s an app for that. Swedish startup Karma buys leftover food from restaurants, cafes and grocery […]
By Anne Lusk City streets and sidewalks in the U.S. have been engineered for decades to keep vehicle occupants and pedestrians safe. If streets include trees at all, they might be planted in small sidewalk pits, where, if constrained and with little water, they live only three to 10 years on average. Until recently, U.S. […]
By Jennie C. Stephens As a new academic year begins after a summer of deadly heat waves, wildfires, droughts and floods, many college students and faculty are debating whether and how to get involved in climate politics. Climate advocacy has become well established on U.S. campuses over the past decade, in diverse forms. More than […]
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