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Sustainability

Three Components of
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• What Forests Can Do for You
Tropical Forest Functions

We present a graph from Biointegrity.net that shows the eight climate functions of a tropical forest.
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• Waste to Energy
Waste to Energy
Municipal Solid Waste,(MSW)

It’s often called garbage, used to produce energy at waste-to-energy plants and at landfills in the United States.
MSW contains:biomass, or biogenic (plant or animal products), materials such as paper, cardboard, food waste, grass clippings, leaves, wood, leather products nonbiomass combustible materials such as plastics and other synthetic materials made from petroleum noncombustible materials such as glass and metals.
• Greenest Cities Quiz
Dedicated to Saving
All Life on Earth

With eco-minded government officials and residents, even a concrete jungle can be green. Discover which cities are really looking out for the planet.
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• World Wildlife Day
Take the Greenest Cities Quiz

On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 – as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.

The UNGA resolution also designated the CITES Secretariat as the facilitator for the global observance of this special day for wildlife on the UN calendar. World Wildlife Day has now become the most important global annual event dedicated to wildlife.

The day will be celebrated in 2020 under the theme "Sustaining all life on Earth", encompassing all wild animal and plant species as key components of the world's biodiversity. This aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals 1, 12, 14 and 15, and their wide-ranging commitments on alleviating poverty, ensuring sustainable use of resources, and on conserving life both on land and below water to halt biodiversity loss.
• Earth Overshoot Day
Was August 22, 2020

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.
To include the impacts from the coronavirus pandemic this year, Global Footprint Network combined the most reliable data and formed the most reasonable assumptions to assess humanity’s current resource situation.
Changes in carbon emissions, forest harvest, food demand, and other factors that could impact global biocapacity or the Ecological Footprint from January 1 to Earth Overshoot Day were evaluated. The main drivers were the carbon Footprint (reduced 14.5% from 2019) and the forest product Footprint (reduced 8.4% from 2019). Check out the highlights and/or the detailed research report explaining how the date of this event was calculated.
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• 10 Apps for Green Living
• Organic Eating
• Carbon Footprint Reduction
• Sustainable Developement Goals
• Institute For Advanced
Sustainability Studies

• Where Sustainability Happens
Sources of Sustainability

A list of the sustainability companies and places that you should know about…
• Great Environmental “APEEL”
Sources of Sustainability

Apeel Sciences We use our natural plant-based technologies to protect crops and harvested produce, helping to eliminate food spoilage and reduce reliance on chemicals.
Our Purpose
Accomplishing our mission means we will waste less food, water and energy, helping to preserve our natural ecosystems while creating economic opportunities for the 500 million small family farms worldwide.
Our Vision
In the future, less food will be wasted, we will use smarter, more natural methods for growing and protecting crops, and there will be an abundance of fresh food for everyone.
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• Greening of the Desert Video
The Greening of the Desert

The farm has been surrounded by nearby fire, in the midst of historic, ongoing drought and heat, for months. You are, no doubt, familiar.

Australia's drought fires are expected to continue into February or March. But Geoff's farm is doing pretty well. Largely because of these permaculture strategies:
°Capture and store all rainwater
°Plant fortifying trees and vegetation
°Contour lands to direct moisture flows
°Countour and enrich soils for soakage
°Use soil ecosystem as the main moisture-storage facility
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• IKEA's Sustainable Products
From IKEA to to Your Home

IKEA has become a household name because you can buy just about everything you need for your home there. Not only does this company make every piece of furniture you could want, IKEA actually makes many amazing sustainable products.

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• People's Plan for Nature
If the People Won't,
Then Who Will?

The People’s Plan for Nature is a plan created for the people, by the people of the UK – a vision for the future of nature, and the actions we must all take to protect and renew it.
With input from thousands of people from across the UK, the People’s Plan for Nature calls for urgent, immediate action – from governments, businesses, charities, organisations, farmers and communities – to protect and fundamentally change how we value nature.
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Sustainability News (in Date Order) For the Past Several Months
• Can We Produce More Food With Less Land? Rattan Lal, One of the World’s Most Renowned Soil Scientists, Says Yes Oct. 30, 2025 -The World Food Prize Foundation gathered hundreds of scientists, farmers and innovators in the agrifood industry last week to address a pressing question: How can we better feed the world’s hungry? Rattan Lal, a former World Food Prize laureate and one of the world’s most renowned soil scientists, offered an unexpected answer: Do it with less. • Beyond Meat Surges on Expanded Distribution at Walmart Beyond Meat Has Long Sought to Win Over Non-Vegetarians With Products That Mimic the Taste and feel of Red Meat, But Its Higher Cost has Been a Key Obstacle to Gaining Wider Popularity {Bloomberg} Oct. 21, 2025 -Beyond Meat Inc., the maker of plant-based burgers and sausages, jumped nearly 70% on Tuesday after announcing increased availability of its products at Walmart Inc.’s stores. The products will be available at more than 2,000 Walmart stores, Beyond Meat said in a statement. The retailer will be one of the first to offer Beyond Meat’s six-pack of burgers. It will also carry Beyond Meat’s chicken pieces and Korean barbecue product. • How Local Villagers Practice Conservation For a Fraction of the Cost of Outside Efforts Guarding Lakes and Forests From Poachers, Local Communities In Brazil Deliver Massive Conservation Benefits—At Less Than $1 Per Hectare Sept. 24, 2025 -Celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez have made headlines calling for protection of the Amazon rainforest. But anonymous local villagers are the ones playing an outsized role in protecting the forest and wildlife there. Armed with little more than shotguns and round-the-clock vigilance, people living in 13 small fishing villages scattered along the Juruá River in western Brazil are effectively shielding around 3400 square kilometers of river and forest from poachers and loggers, an area bigger than the state of Maryland, according to new research appearing in Nature Sustainability. • Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan Technology is Helping Farmers Use Land and Fertilizer More Strategically Sept. 22, 2025 -The large drone zoomed low over a field of corn at Sandborn Farms in Portland, Mich., spraying fertilizer with strategic precision. Its path was based on reams of data that indicated which parts of the field could use a late-summer nutrient boost and where more fertilizer would go to waste, polluting the air and water. As important as where the machine deposited its cargo was where it held back. Some of the poorest-growing sections of the farm are no longer planted with crops at all, aimed instead at supporting pollinators and other wildlife. Click now to learn more. • Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land ‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty’ Sept. 22, 2025 -The prairie sisters of Wisconsin would never call themselves renegades. Not in their decision to open their Roman Catholic community to Protestants. And not in their decades-long work restoring 170 acres around their monastery to ecological health, transforming lawns and farm fields into thriving oak savanna and native prairie that is riotous with wildflowers and grasses, insects, rabbits and birds. Click now to learn more. • Conventional Wisdom Says More Forests Means Less Crops What If That’s Not Always True? Sept. 19, 2025 -Researchers have shared a hopeful finding from India, showing that despite conventional wisdom, there isn’t an inherent trade-off between forest conservation and farmland. In fact, a program to dramatically expand forest cover in Rajasthan state was associated with a 24% increase in crop production, according to the new research. “We find no evidence that expanding forested area displaces agriculture. It may even indirectly support agriculture,” says Matthew Oliver, associate professor at Georgia Tech’s School of Economics and coauthor on the paper. • Texas Banned Lab-Grown Meat What’s Next For the Industry? Sept. 11, 2025 - Last week, a legal battle over lab-grown meat kicked off in Texas. On September 1, a two-year ban on the technology went into effect across the state; the following day, two companies filed a lawsuit against state officials. The two companies, Wildtype Foods and Upside Foods, are part of a growing industry that aims to bring new types of food to people’s plates. These products, often called cultivated meat by the industry, take live animal cells and grow them in the lab to make food products without the need to slaughter animals. • The Great Debate Over the Best Way to Protect Nature Land Sparing Or Land Sharing—May Be a Draw Sept. 5, 2025 -How best to save biodiversity and protect agricultural yields? Should farmers integrate their land with natural features to attract wildlife, or farm intensively on sections of land while leaving designated wildlife habitat completely untouched? This longstanding ‘sharing versus sparing’ debate has divided farmers, scientists, and NGOs for years. Now, a new study may have finally settled the argument: neither one nor the other is best overall. Instead, landscapes need to contain a mix of both in order to effectively protect biodiversity and feed the world. • How a District in India Came Together to Plant 15 Million Trees Over the Last Decade, Vijayapura Has Planted and Sustained More Than 15 Million Trees, Transforming the Region From Arid to Green Sept. 2, 2025 -Forests now extend from Vijayapura’s northern tip to its rural outskirts in the south. Vijayapura’s district administration credits the tree cover with cooling temperatures in the area by at least 0.6 degrees Celsius (about 1 degree Fahrenheit) from 2017 to 2023, according to state government data. Endangered black bucks, leopards, snakes and several species of birds have become a common sight. • China Has Built the First Underwater AI Data Center Cooled by the Ocean Itself By Sinking Servers Beneath the Sea, China May Change the Future of Sustainable Computing Aug. 26, 2025 -Encased in watertight pods and cooled by ocean currents, the world’s first commercial underwater AI data center is now coming online. The facility, built by the Chinese tech firm Hailanyun, is designed to handle the kinds of intensive computational tasks that are quickly becoming the lifeblood of modern economies, from training large language models to powering real-time complex simulations. And it does so with almost no freshwater, no bulky air conditioning units, and nearly zero carbon emissions. • U.S. Mine Waste Contains Enough Critical Minerals and Rare Earths to Easily End Imports But Tapping into These Resources Is Anything but Easy August 25, 2025 -Most U.S. metal mines are built to dig for one or two things: copper, iron, or in some places maybe gold. But here’s the thing — when these mining companies pull up ore, the majority of its content isn’t copper or iron or gold. It’s something else. And that “something else” might just hold the keys to our clean energy future. “We’re only producing a few commodities,” said Elizabeth Holley, a mining engineer at the Colorado School of Mines. “The question is: What else is in those rocks?” The answer, as her new study shows, is a lot. • City Food Forests Offer a Chance to Experience Nature Even Small City Lots can Be Converted into Food Forests that Offer Fresh Produce and Mimic Natural Ecosystems August 19, 2025 -The tree bearing North America’s largest native fruit is one of more than a dozen edible plants flourishing in a roughly 8,600-square-foot plot sandwiched between homes and an auto-repair shop. The space in Hyattsville, Maryland, was converted from two empty residential lots about a decade ago. It’s now a well-established “food forest” — like a community garden, but featuring food-bearing trees and shrubs, and intended to mimic the natural ecosystem. • Why You Should Eat More Plant-Based Protein The Evidence For Big Health Benefits Has Never Been Clearer August 18, 2025 -New Dietary Guidelines are expected to be issued this year, and there may be major changes. For the first time, the guidelines advisory committee is recommending that people favor plant protein over animal sources — even those that are considered healthy, such as chicken and fish. “Beans, peas, and lentils would move to the top of the list of protein sources, encouraging people to emphasize those, while red meat moves to the bottom as the protein source you should eat least,” says Christopher Gardner, a professor of medicine at Stanford Prevention Research Center in Palo Alto, California, and one of the committee members. • Biochar Could Turn Human Waste into a Fertilizer Goldmine New Research Finds That Global Urine Streams Alone Could Provide 25% of Potassium Used in Fertilizers Today August 15, 2025 -Globally, human excreta are a huge untapped source of nutrients. Now, a new perspective paper makes the case that biochar could help to unlock it. The PNAS paper shows that human waste contains over 20 billion kilograms of nitrogen, almost 3 billion kilograms of phosphorus, and 6 billion kilograms of potassium annually. Urine alone contains the equivalent to 17% of global annual nitrogen needs, and up to 25% of potassium demand as well. Extracting these valuable agricultural nutrients from waste products could help to build a powerful circular nutrient bioeconomy, the researchers believe: food becomes waste, which helps to grow food again, instead of being discarded and lost. • Lab-Grown Beef Now Has Real Muscle Fibers It’s One Step Closer to Burgers With No Slaughter July 31, 2025 -Inside a lab in Zurich at ETH’s Institute of Human Movement Sciences, researchers are growing beef—not on farms, but in petri dishes. It’s not the first time researchers have cultivated meat in the lab. But until now, muscle fibers, the very thing that gives meat its structure and bite, were a stubborn problem. When grown in labs, they were thin and limp, not really like real beef. But that’s about to change. A team led by regenerative biology expert Ori Bar-Nur has found a way to coax bovine cells into forming thick, functional muscle fibers that not only look and behave more like real meat but may one day taste like it, too. • What If We Built Our Skyscrapers from Wood? It’s Just Crazy Enough to Work (And Good for the Planet) July 29, 2025 -Our cities have become monuments of concrete and steel. Concrete and steel are durable, but they’re also immense sources of greenhouse gases and require large amounts of energy to prduce. The building construction industry alone is responsible for around 10% of all global emissions and as the world’s population grows and urbanizes, that number will only to rise. But we don’t have much of a choice: to build tall buildings, we need steel and concrete. Or do we?		• Neither Conventional Nor GMO. What’s the Place of ‘New Genomic Techniques’ in Organic Agriculture? Methods that Tweak Genes Without Transferring New Material Into Crops Sit in Regulatory Limbo in the EU. Legalizing Their Use Could Transform Organic Agriculture July 18, 2025 -In a recent opinion piece, a group of international researchers says that by barring specific genetic engineering techniques, the European Union is missing a critical opportunity to advance organic agriculture. If embraced, these techniques could help the bloc to meet its 25% organic farmland target by 2030, and close the roughly 20% yield gap in organic production, they say. What they’re referring to are ‘new genomic techniques’ or ‘NGTs’. These aren’t conventional plant breeding methods, but nor do they strictly fit the definition of ‘genetically modified organisms’ or ‘GMOs’. As such, plants that are created using NGTs currently exist in a kind of regulatory limbo in the EU, where plant breeding is a contentious issue that has led to strict legal controls on how it is used. • Nano Fertilizers Prove as Effective as Conventional Ones Tiny Invention, Big Solution July 11, 2024 -Nano fertilizers can be just as good at growing crops as regular fertilizers—and potentially with less environmental impact, according to recent research. The new study adds to the accumulating evidence that a more sustainable agricultural future may lie in these minuscule feats of engineering. One way of making fertilizers on the nanoscale involves producing microscopic granules of crop nutrients like nitrogen or phosphorus—usually smaller than 100 nano meters. The idea is that the smaller size of these particles enables easier absorption by plants, and therefore it’s possible to give plants a smaller and more targeted application of fertilizers. • This Ancient Grain Could Power the Future of 3D-Printed Food Sorghum Bioink Could Be the Next Step Towards Printed Food July 7, 2024 -Imagine printing your next meal like a document: layer by layer, perfectly shaped, and with the benefit of custom nutrition built in. It sounds fantastic, but the problem is that most food just can’t hold its shape. It turns to mush. It’s not suitable for the task. Now, researchers have discovered a fix. Turns out, the humble grain sorghum might be the key to making 3D-printed food actually work. Sorghum is a versatile cereal grain. It’s grown as a staple crop in various climates, especially in parts of Asia and Africa, and it doesn’t get nearly enough nutritional credit. • No bones, No Scales, No Problem: The First Lab-Grown Salmon Sold in the U.S. Wildtype’s Cell-Cultivated Salmon is the First Seafood to Earn FDA Approval, Marking a Significant Milestone For the Alternative Protein Industry June 28, 2025 -The dinner special at Kann, a Haitian restaurant in Portland, features cubes of salmon with pickled strawberries and spiced tomatoes. It’s served with a rice cracker and a bold claim: “Be the first in the world to taste the future of sustainable seafood.” The Coho salmon, pinkish orange and streaked with lines of white fat, wasn’t wild-caught in Alaska or farmed in Chile. It comes from cells grown in tanks at a former microbrewery in San Francisco, and in late May it became the first cell-cultured seafood to receive safety approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. • Fast Fashion is Trying an Earth-Friendly Makeover Is it Real? June 25, 2025 -H&M is investing in offshore wind to help power garment manufacturers in Bangladesh. Zara has produced a line of clothes made from recycled fibers, as well as repair, resale and donation services. Primark is testing its garments to better withstand daily wear and tear, and teaching customers how to make their clothes last longer. There are enough of these sorts of announcements to make you wonder: Has fast fashion embraced sustainability? Or are these token efforts — perhaps designed to assuage any customer guilt that buying cheap clothes comes at the expense of the planet? • From Crop Waste to Clothing: New Research Takes a First Step Testing Wheat Straw, Oat Husks, Potatoes and Sugar Beet, Scientists Identify Promising Candidates to Make Future Fibres From Farm Waste June 20, 2025 -One group of researchers have chanced upon a creative solution for agricultural waste: turning it into fabric. In a new study, they explain that agricultural waste streams can produce a promising pulp that can be transformed into clothes, whilst simultaneously reducing dependence on water-intensive cotton, and wood fiber, which is in high demand for other uses. • Fun Ways to Ditch Fast Fashion for a Sustainable Wardrobe Trade Impulse Clothing Purchases For Botanical Dyes, Upcycled Apparel, Creative Mending, Flexible Sizing, and More {SCI AM} June 17, 2025 -In New York State’s Hudson Valley, Lilly Marsh weaves scarves, shawls, and other apparel out of fibers sourced from the Northeast. The items are beautiful and informed by historical techniques—for her Ph.D., Marsh studied contemporary North American hand knitting—but her interest in producing woven goods goes far beyond the final product. In 2017 Marsh co-founded the Hudson Valley Textile Project (HVTP), a natural-textile supply chain that aims to break free from the global fashion industry. Click now to learn more. • Where Marine Biodiversity Thrives, Less Fish Feeds More People In Regions With a Greater Array of Fish Species, Not Only Are Fish More Nutritious, They're Also More Resilient to Climate Change June 13, 2025 -Protecting fish biodiversity is a win-win solution for human nutrition and sustainable fisheries, finds a new study. The research, published in Nature Sustainability, unearthed some interesting findings including that biodiverse fisheries tend to contain smaller, more nutrient-dense fish that are also more resilient to fishing pressures and climate change. “More biodiversity means more opportunities to make better decisions for nutrition and ecosystems,” says the paper’s lead author Sebastian Heilpern, a postdoctoral fellow in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, and lead author on the new research. • New Zealand is Failing to Protect its Vast Ocean Resources We Owe It to the World to Act June 10, 2025 -It’s a remarkable feat that a small, isolated island nation of just five million people has managed to stake a claim to one of the largest ocean territories in the world. New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) spans more than 4m square kilometres – an area 15 times the size of our landmass. But these rights carry responsibilities – in particular, the obligation to manage this vast ocean territory sustainably for future generations. • The Next Big Thing in Sustainable Construction: Iron-Fortified Wood? Engineers have Created Steel-Like Wood By Infusing it With Iron, Offering a Climate-Friendly Alternative to Concrete and Steel May 22, 2025 -Boosting iron intake to fight weakness and increase energy is not just for humans, new research shows. A team of scientists and engineers have found that injecting iron and other minerals into wood makes it stronger without making it heavier. By making wood more competitive with steel and cement, the finding presented in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces offers a route to make modern construction more sustainable. • Virginians are Restoring a Forest Economy Built on Herbs and Tradition Farmers have Banded Together to Make the Market for Herbal Supplements and Remedies, More Sustainable and More Profitable. May 20, 2025 -The forest behind Ryan Huish’s home doesn’t look like a traditional farm, but beneath the bright green canopy in southwest Virginia, he’s nurturing a thriving garden of medicinal herbs. On a warm afternoon in April, Dr. Huish, a biology professor at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, led a troop of students along a footpath that wove through part of his family’s 60-acre property near Duffield. He encouraged students to pick edible plants like ramps (hints of garlic, they reported), pluck the leaves of trout lilies (sort of like kiwi) and dig up roots like Appalachian wasabi (yes, spicy). • Plant-Based Meat has a Problem. It May Need More Meat Blind Taste Tests Show Several Blended Meats are Outperforming Conventional Meat, In Addition to 100 Percent Plant-Based Products May 20, 2025 -Dumplings in China. Empanadas in Latin America. Meat loaf in the United States. If you’ve eaten food anywhere on the planet, you’ve probably indulged in some savory blend of meat and vegetables. These recipes have been with us for as long as we’ve had the ingredients. They tend to be a side dish in many traditional cuisines. But as chefs and companies try to make plant-based foods more palatable, they are becoming the main dish. • To Coax a Replanted Rainforest to Be More Like Old Growth, Consider a Termite Transplant New Research Reveals that a Termite Shortage Might Be at the Root of Slower Decomposition of Dead Wood in Second Growth Forests May 14, 2025 -A forest, as anyone who spends time in one will know, is a lot more than just trees. These ecosystems support a massive number of different organisms living together in complex webs of interdependence. But when people try to regrow a forest, they often just plant trees. That single-minded focus might be slowing a return to the rhythms of growth and decay that shape natural forests. • What Kind of Seafood Should We Eat? We Asked the Experts How to Make Smart Choices at the Fish Counter, For Your Health and For the Environment May 5, 2025 -Fish and seafood can be a more environmentally friendly protein choice than other animal foods like beef, pork, and chicken. But you need to choose carefully. Not all fish are sustainable. And it’s more complicated than opting for certain species over others, because the sustainability and nutritional value of fish is affected by a host of factors. • South Texas Developers Make a Sales Pitch to Sell Groundwater Will Laredo Buy It? Apr. 13, 2025 -The Walker family property at the intersection of I-35 and US-83 in Webb County is a rugged expanse of scrub brush, cacti and a few cattle. But the South Texas family envisions a $7 billion logistics and housing development called Talise rising from the ranchland. A trailer parked on the dusty highway advertises the future with images of a smiling woman next to a horse and a juicy steak. The Talise website features renderings of sleek apartment buildings and stately ranch houses with names like “The Springs” and “The Retreat” and a video of families splashing in a pool. • Ann Arbor Wants to Build Its Own Renewable-Energy Grid It Moved Forward With an Ambitious Plan to Build Its Own Utility That Aims Provide Clean Power Outside The Grid Apr. 11, 2025 -Ann Arbor, Mich., has an aggressive goal of net-zero emissions by 2030, and it is taking its desire for clean power into its own hands. The City Council this week approved plans to create a sustainable energy utility, or S.E.U., which is an organization that helps local residents use less energy. • Is Sustainable Intensification an Oxymoron? A 9-yr Study Says Maybe Not A Diverse Cropping System in the US Corn Belt Led to Less Nitrogen Pollution—and an Earthworm Boom Apr. 10, 2025 -Rotating cereal rye and winter wheat into fields of corn and soy reduces fertilizer loss by 50% in Illinois, without impacting overall yields. These results come from a new study that brings us closer to sustainable intensification in the US Corn Belt, its researchers say. They went in with a hypothesis that diversifying Illinois’ conventional two-year farm rotation of soybeans and corn would keep the soil covered for longer, and increase the amount of carbon stored in the ground.

Of Interest
• Agrivoltaics Combining Agriculture With Solar Power Pager Power, Oct. 6, 2021 -Agrivoltaics is the practice of using the same area of land for both solar photovoltaic power as well as for agriculture, which implies that solar panels and crops will share sunlight. This type of co-development is not new to the industry. Often terrain used for agriculture purposes is also used by wind developers to harness the power of wind, or animals grazing in farms help controlling the height of the grass in solar photovoltaic fields. • Latin America Sustainability Index The Biodiversity Heritage Library June, 2021 -Costa Rica was considered the most sustainable country in Latin America in 2021, according to a ranking evaluating a series of indicators in selected countries in the region, with an index score of 77.5. Uruguay ranked second, with a score of 74.8, while Colombia trailed in third, with 65.3 points. The ranking was compiled based on standard indicators within twelve categories, referring to data ranging from 2017 to 2020 (latest data available). The index score ranges from 0 to 100, where 100 represents the best performance within a category. • Designing Sustainability With Building Information Modeling AKA: BIM June 9, 2022, INEIGHT.com -Sustainability isn’t a trend, it’s an imperative. Traditionally, sustainability centers around protecting the natural environment and its resources. With respect to construction, however, there’s more to it than that. This is because it’s not enough that the structures themselves and their materials be sustainable. The technology and processes involved in building such structures should also proactively work to support sustainability. Where that’s especially apparent is in major capital projects that require vast amounts of resources and energy to construct and maintain. That’s where building information modeling (BIM) can help. • Sustainable Utilities Based on a Circular Economy energy central, Sep. 8, 2022 -If we parse the title of this paper we end up with two words that may or may not be related. “Sustainable,” in the context used here means “…relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.” A utility (again, in this context) means “A commodity or service, such as electricity, water, or public transportation that is provided by a public utility. • Regenerative Food and Farming Survival and Revival Sep. 28, 2021, (Organic Consumers Association), -Regenerative agriculture and holistic livestock management represent the next, crucial stage of organic food and farming, not only avoiding toxic pesticides, fertilizers, sewage sludge, GMO seeds, and excessive greenhouse gas emissions, but regenerating soil fertility, water retention, carbon sequestration, and rural livelihoods as well. Regeneration has now become the hottest topic in the natural and organic food sector. At the same time, climate activists regularly discuss the role of organic and regenerative practices in reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and sequestering excess atmospheric carbon dioxide in soils and agricultural landscapes. • Plans for $400-Billion New City In The U.S. Desert Unveiled A New Urban Model Sep. 7, 2021, (The Mercury News)-The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm: Billionaire Marc Lore has outlined his vision for a 5-million-person “new city in America” and appointed a world-famous architect to design it. Now, he just needs somewhere to build it — and $400 billion in funding. The former Walmart executive last week unveiled plans for Telosa, a sustainable metropolis that he hopes to create, from scratch, in the American desert. The ambitious 150,000-acre proposal promises eco-friendly architecture, sustainable energy production and a purportedly drought-resistant water system. A so-called “15-minute city design” will allow residents to access their workplaces, schools and amenities within a quarter-hour commute of their homes. • Benefits of Living Green Walls or Vertical Gardens Here Are the Top Ten April, 2019, (ecobnb.com)-As the same name suggests, a living wall is literally something alive. The exact definition for this special kind of agriculture or urban landscape is art. In fact, they have been successfully adding value and beauty to interiors around the world since the 1970s. Living green walls are profound testimonial to excellent design, plant selection, engineering, and horticultural plant care. • The Environmental Benefits of Walkable Cities The Can Benefit the Environment, the Economy, and Your Health July 8, 2021 (Climate Reality Project) - Imagine this: working, eating, learning, shopping, and relaxing all without ever having to sit behind a wheel of a car. For those living in many American cities, a walkable neighborhood like this seems out of reach. However, for city dwellers residing in Europe or Asia, strolling from place to place is a way of life. Why is that the case? The term “walkability” means exactly what it sounds like: how easy it is to travel around a neighborhood on your own two feet. Walk Score, a website that rates and ranks the walkability of cities, reports that 141 cities in the United States have an average score of 48 out of 100. On the other side of the world, 95% of Chinese cities achieved a Walk Score of 60 points or above. • Why ‘Tiny Forests’ are Popping Up in Big Cities The Forests are Becoming More Common Around the World June 22, 2021, (National Geographic)-It’s a warm June afternoon, and in a thicket of elm and willow trees, a magpie chatters. A beetle crawls over a leaf. The forest, next to an 18-story building and a train line, is about the size of a nearby basketball court; before it was planted in 2018, the area was a parking lot. But now... • Build Your Eco-Friendly Green Home Green Homes Are a Green Trend That Is Gaining Popularity in the U.S. Dec. 18, 2021, (greener ideal)-A green home is one that uses sustainable design and construction materials, has efficient appliances, relies on renewable energy sources for electricity and heating, minimizes water use with low-flow fixtures, and encourages healthy lifestyles. By living in a green home, you will be reducing your carbon footprint while increasing your quality of life. This article discusses the benefits of having a green home and offers 15 green home ideas to help get started down the path towards living greener! • Plant-Based Leather Bags Leather's Version of the Impossible June 4, 2021 (INHABITAT), -Leather is at the top of the toxic list when it comes to manufacturing practices for textiles. Plus, traditional leather is not an acceptable option for animal-lovers. Synthetic leather alternatives have not been particularly Earth-friendly, either. Miomojo, a premier Italian fashion brand, set out to change all that with vegan leather bags made from sustainable and natural materials. The article includes a slideshow. • 7 Sustainable Business Ideas for Eco-Entrepreneurs Start a Business and Save the Planet at the Same Time Nov. 15, 2021, (Center for Biological Diversity)-Green industry business is a booming opportunity for eco-entrepreneurs around the world. In developing countries, many people are turning to green business as a way to provide sustainable livelihoods and improve their quality of life. Sustainable businesses have been shown to be more profitable than traditional ones because they require lower startup costs and don’t incur the same high operating expenses. • Colorado's First Geosolar Development Homes Will be Fossil Fuel Free and Produce More Energy than they Consume (GEOS Neighborhood)- The Geos Neighborhood combines a traditional neighborhood living with the most advanced sustainable design and building practices. Community members will enjoy a pedestrian lifestyle with front porches, tree-lined sidewalks, community gardens, fruit trees, corner stores, and neighborhood services. • The Era of the Wood Skyscraper Is Arriving 'Wood' You Believe It? Mar. 8, 2021, (reasons to be cheerful)-At Vancouver’s University of British Columbia, the Brock Commons Tallwood House, sheathed in sleek blond wood, stands out among the neighboring gray concrete towers. This striking facade isn’t just an aesthetic choice. When it opened in 2017, the 18-story residence hall was the tallest building constructed of timber in the world. Erected from prefabricated components in just 70 days, it was faster and cheaper to build than a conventional building. What’s more, its material saved over 2,400 metric tons of carbon emissions. • Plate and the Planet Shifting Towards a “Planetary Health Diet” Can Nurture Both People and Planet October, 2021, (Harvard School for Public Health)-Human diets inextricably link health and environmental sustainability, and have the potential to nurture both. Increased food production over the past 50 years has helped improve life expectancy and reduce hunger, infant and child mortality rates, and global poverty. However, such benefits are now being offset by shifts towards unhealthy diets. • Kickstarting Your Vegan Lifestyle The Five Amazing Ways Sep. 17, 2021, (greener ideal), -Transitioning to a vegan lifestyle isn’t always easy, but it’s worthwhile. More people are switching to vegan diets because of their proven health and environmental benefits. Whether you’re motivated by improving your health, reducing your environmental footprint, or preventing animal pain and suffering, a vegan lifestyle is one to be proud of. • Wood Can Now Be Lab-Grown This Could Curb Global Deforestation Mar. 5, 2021 (ZME Science) -You’ve probably heard about lab-grown meat, sparing animals from slaughter, and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Well, it turns out this isn’t the only thing researchers are trying to recreate at a laboratory. A team at MIT in the United States is already working on “growing” wood without relying on sunlight or even soil. Click now to read or listen to the story. • 17 U.N. Goals for Sustainability The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development September, 2021, (SDGS_un.org)-It was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, providing a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests. • Microbes and Solar Energy Could Make Make Foods Sustainable Microbes Could Produce 10 Times More Food than Plants, Researchers Find. June 23, 2021 (ZME Science) -Population growth and changes in the world’s dietary patterns are placing more and more stress on the environment. This means have to find new ways to feed the world without destroying the environment — and we have to do so sooner rather than later. For a team of researchers, a possible solution lies in microbial biomass cultivated to yield protein-rich feed and food supplements. • How Sustainable is Your Business? The 10 Questions You Need to Answer June 18, 2021 (greener ideal) -Business sustainability has shifted from a mere talking point among executives to actionable to-do’s in offices. A past measure of “green business” was how fast executives could pontificate intelligently about sustainability matters, alas, that has changed. These days, customers, employees, investors, and other investors want to know, specifically, what you’re doing to create a greener business. You only need look at the activist investors pursuing bold green changes in today’s corporate sphere to appreciate the urgency. • Students Can Go Green in College Here Are Four Ways to Make That Happen (greener ideal), May 21, 2021 -Modern students are ready to make ethical, organic, and environment-friendly product choices and they have a strong desire to live more sustainably than their parents do. Here are several ways how students can go green in college and start living in accordance with their values. 1. Cook Fresh Meals 2. Reduce digital carbon footprint 3. Opt for reusable items 4. Buy second-hand furniture • The Silicon Valley of Agriculture Step Inside Oct. 16, 2017, (National Geographic)-How did the Netherlands, a country better known for its tulips, become a leading tomato producer and the top exporter of onions and potatoes? With more than half its land area used for agriculture, the nation is a pioneer in greenhouse horticulture. Dutch farmers are trail-brazing innovative methods that result in producing more food with fewer resources—methods that are increasingly relevant as climate change and more dramatic cycles of drought and flooding wreak havoc on traditional farming, coupled with a global population on target to reach 10 billion by 2050. • Creating a Healthy Balcony Garden Don't Let Being an Apartment Dweller Stop You (greener ideal), May 21, 2021- When you think about gardening, you probably imagine a house with a huge garden in the back or front of it. And indeed, this is the most common picture people have in their minds when they imagine a garden. However, if you live in an apartment building, you might yearn for a piece of tranquility and nature in your flat. Even though many people think they cannot make their own garden while living in a flat, this is not true. • Killing Weeds Without Harmful Chemicals Is the Thought of Spraying Florasulam and Glyphosate Around the Yard Abhorrent to You? Apr. 28, 2017 (greener ideal) - As an alternative, let’s look at 4 commonly practiced alternative methods. They’re not necessarily as fast-acting but are effective and completely safe — except for the weeds, of course. To learn what they are, click now. • Toyota's Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered City of the Future Groundbreaking Planned in Early11 2021 for 175-acre Woven City February, 2020 (FREIGHTWAVES) -Toyota Motor Corp. will build a 175-acre hydrogen fuel cell-powered city of the future at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, populating it with employees and their families, retirees, scientists, and researchers, the automaker said at CES 2020. Called Woven City, the undertaking will be a fully connected ecosystem. The name harkens to Toyota’s early 20th-century origin as a manufacturer of automatic looms. • The Future of Farming The Netherlands Has Become an Agricultural Giant Sept. 2017(National Geographic)-In a potato field near the Netherlands’ border with Belgium, Dutch farmer Jacob van den Borne is seated in the cabin of an immense harvester before an instrument panel worthy of the starship Enterprise. From his perch 10 feet above the ground, he’s monitoring two drones—a driverless tractor roaming the fields and a quadcopter in the air—that provide detailed readings on soil chemistry, water content, nutrients, and growth, measuring the progress of every plant down to the individual potato. Van den Borne’s production numbers testify to the power of this “precision farming,” as it’s known. The global average yield of potatoes per acre is about nine tons. Van den Borne’s fields reliably produce more than 20. Click now for the story and some fabulous photos. • Ovo Vegetarian: Not Quite Vegan But Almost It's Mostly Vegetarian (greener ideal), Nov. 7, 2020 -Ovo-vegetarians are people who follow a vegetarian diet that also includes eggs and egg products such as mayonnaise. The ethical motivation for choosing ovo-vegetarianism, i.e., excluding dairy products from the diet, is usually based on the fact that the dairy industry resorts to extreme cruelty to sustain itself. Animals raised and maintained for milk are often kept in highly congested spaces that result in several animals dying or living with painful ailments. These animals are forced to be pregnant for as long as possible to procure milk from them, which means that the calves born out of these pregnancies don’t get access to their mother’s milk. Click now to become Vegywise. • Healthy Eating Habits for Life Learn the 11 Secrets (greener ideal), -Oct. 10, 2020, If you’ve felt like healthy eating habits are out of reach, you’re not alone. A lot of the time we know the basics of eating well, but we fail to implement them. With that said, we’ve found eating healthy doesn’t have to be hard or restrictive! These simple tips will help you feel your best and still enjoy your favorite foods! Click now to see all eleven. • A Miniature Fuel Cell That Works on Urine Urine Turned Into Sustainable Power Source For Electronic Devices April 18, 2016,(ScienceDaily) -Researchers at the University of Bath have developed an innovative miniature fuel cell that can generate electricity from urine, creating an affordable, renewable and carbon-neutral way of generating power. In the near future this device could provide a means of generating much needed electricity to remote areas at very little cost, each device costs just £1-£2. With growing global pressures to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and the associated greenhouse gas emissions, microbial fuel cells could be an exciting alternative. • Does the World Have Enough Wood For Sustainability? Forest SOS: Earth's Green Lungs Disappear Jan. 5, 2020 (Deutsche Welle) -According to the latest figures from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global forest production hit record levels in 2018. Up 11% on the year before. "We see an increasing demand for almost all of our products," says Göran Örlander, strategist at Södra, Sweden's largest association of forest owners. "The most obvious demand is for biofuels at the moment. Everybody wants to have biofuels to replace fossil fuels." The idea is that burning wood becomes close to carbon neutral if the forests from where it is taken are replenished at the same rate as they are felled for fuel. • Here are 13 of the World’s Best New Green Hotels 13 of the World’s Best New Green Hotels Feb. 12, 2020 (National Geographic) —as the scope of sustainable travel has grown, remote ecolodges have inspired new ways to tread lightly and care for local communities and the environment. The paradigm now embraces geothermal energy, upcycled furniture, and sourcing food directly from farms, initiatives found in lodgings that range from safari camps to urban hot spots. Big players in the hospitality world—such as Hilton Hotels & Resorts, with the new LEED Gold-designed Lodge at Gulf State Park—are catching up with pioneers such as the award-winning Cayuga Collection, often using their scale to sway guests and staff to focus on responsible travel. Whether you’re headed to the backcountry or the big city, these new accommodations offer overnights that put sustainability in style. Click now for the story and a slideshow.	• Green Kanha Initiative An Environmental Initiative by the Heartfulness Institute Committed to Nurturing India's Mega-Biodiversity Forests by Heartfulness (FBH) is an initiative aspiring to conserve the threatened, rare, and endangered species of our tropical forests. There is increasing evidence that green cover can improve human, physical, and mental well-being. In cities, tree plantations help to combat air pollution and temperature stabilization. Thus, there is a need to plant more trees to conserve wildlife, support local communities, combat climate change, improve human well-being, and benefit future generations. FBH is an ecological movement aims to create spaces where humans coexist in harmony with Nature. • Sustainability Excellence Awards 3rd Annual Awards for Excellence in Sustainability American Planning Assoc. The American Planning Association’s Sustainable Communities Division (SCD) announced the third annual Awards for Excellence in Sustainability at the National Planning Conference in Phoenix, AZ. The awards honor project, plans, policies, individuals, and organizations whose work is dedicated to supporting and growing sustainable communities. • How to Tackle the Population Problem Tackling the Population Problem Dec. 23, 2019 (Center for Biological Diversity)-Every day we add 227,000 more people to the planet — and the UN predicts that human population will surpass 11 billion by the end of the century. As the world's population grows, so do its demands for water, land, trees and fossil fuels — all of which come at a steep price for already endangered plants and animals. Unsustainable population growth and lack of access to reproductive health care also puts pressure on human communities, exacerbating food and water shortages, reducing resilience in the face of climate change, and making it harder for the most vulnerable communities to rise out of intergenerational poverty. We can reduce our own population and consumption to an ecologically sustainable level in ways that promote human rights; decrease poverty and overcrowding; raise our standard of living; and allow plants, animals and ecosystems to thrive. • Myco Composite Packing Material It's C2C Gold Certified (EVOCATIVE DESIGN) —Patented from biomaterials utilizing mycelium as a self-assembling biological binder for hemp agricultural product. Among its features: Flame Resistance, Biodegradability and Water Resistance. • Can We Collect Water From the Atmosphere? Lighting the Way to Harvest Water From Air July 29, 2018 (Phys.org)- A low-cost method for collecting water from the atmosphere could be used to provide potable water to dry, inland regions. Commonly available salts and sunlight can harvest water vapor from the air to provide potable water to arid and land-locked regions of the world. Many parts of the world, such as the sub-Saharan countries of Africa, have little or no access to surface water or ground-water supplies and often have to rely on the transportation of fresh water over long distances, which is costly and inefficient. • The Benefits of Vertical Farming Agriculture Reimagined (From intelligentgrowthsolutions.com) Grow Local, Globally, Better Quality, Saving Natural Resources, Declining Cost Click now for detailed explanations. • How to Make Your Bathroom EcoConscious Guide to an Environmentally -Friendly Bathroom Greener Ideal, Dec. 1, 2018 - The bathroom is probably the most overlooked area of an eco-conscious home. The simplest measures can go a long way to reducing both water and energy wastage in the bathroom. The article focuses on nine points to bring your bathroom up to eco-friendly standards. • What is Regenerative Agriculture? Why Regenerative Agriculture? Glad You Asked Regenerative Agriculture describes farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity – resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle. Click now for more from Regeneration International. • Beers That Won't 'Ale' the Planet After a Long Day of Fighting Climate Change, This Grain Is Ready For a Beer - National Beer Day is the day that brew-loving Americans raise a glass (or several) to commemorate when the sale of beer was legalized in the United States after 13 years of Prohibition. In honor of that occasion, we've picked six eco-friendly beers from our favorite sustainability-minded American brewing companies for you to enjoy. We promise they will make you hoppy! Click now to sip on this story. • Plant-Based Diet Leads to Good Health The Power of Plant-Based Eating - A YouTube presentation by Dr. Joanne Kong on the benefits of plant eating,and the the dangers when we don’t. Removing animal consumption from our diet can not just save us, but our planet as well. Click now for the video. • The Delta Works Project The Holland Delta Works Project The Delta Works, consisting of 13 sections, together form the largest flood protection system in the world and are definitely worth a visit. This imposing project, also referred to as one of the seven wonders of the world, illustrates how the Dutch deal with water. Furthermore, they lie in a gorgeous environment with wonderful beaches, beautiful nature and many culinary spots. • Canning For the Climate Tips on Minimizing Food Waste Making small changes on where you source your food, planting a container or backyard garden, and learning to preserve the seasonal harvest can reduce the amount of carbon your household emits. You can also help reduce your carbon footprint by reducing waste of food at home and cutting the transportation emissions of your food by buying local. • The Best Places to Survive Global Societal Collapse Study Citing ‘Perilous State’ of Industrial Civilization Ranks Temperate Islands Top For Resilience July, 2021, (The Guardian)-New Zealand, Iceland, the UK, Tasmania and Ireland are the places best suited to survive a global collapse of society, according to a study. The researchers said human civilisation was “in a perilous state” due to the highly interconnected and energy-intensive society that had developed and the environmental damage this had caused. • Cities 100 - Sectors, Cities and Solutions Cities 100 and What it All Means learn about the 100 solutions for climate actions in cities and the people behind the movement. • Water from Desert Air New Solar-Powered Device Can Pull Water Straight From The Desert Air April 13, 2017 -You can’t squeeze blood from a stone, but wringing water from the desert sky is now possible, thanks to a new spongelike device that uses sunlight to suck water vapor from air, even in low humidity. The device can produce nearly 3 liters of water per day for every kilogram of spongelike absorber it contains, and researchers say future versions will be even better. That means homes in the driest parts of the world could soon have a solar-powered appliance capable of delivering all the water they need, offering relief to billions of people. • Chefs Can Save the Bees Chefs and Restaurants Can Help Save the Bees Mar. 29, 2017 - Environment America gets that ”No Bees = No Food” is not a good idea. • A Moore’s Law to Reduce CO2 What If There Were a Moore’s Law for Reducing Carbon Emissions? Mar. 24, 2017 - Researchers hope that a simple rule could help governments around the world achieve the goal of zero emissions. • Landscaping’s Price in Water Usage Outdoor Water Use in the United States WaterSense The average American family of four uses 400 gallons of water per day, and about 30% of that is devoted to outdoor uses. More than half of that outdoor water is used for watering lawns and gardens. Nationwide, landscape irrigation is estimated to account for almost 1/3 of all residential water use, totaling more than 7 billion gallons per day. Other residential outdoor uses include: washing automobiles, maintaining swimming pools, and cleaning sidewalks and driveways. • Drinking Straws: Bamboo Can Replace Plastic A Sustainable Way to Make Drinking Straws Life Without Plastic-1 billion plastic, petroleum-based, non-biodegradable straws are used every day worldwide. These bamboo drinking straws are a fun and eco-friendly alternative to plastic that can be used with any beverage. The straws are made from real whole bamboo stalks – nothing re-compressed or processed. They are washable and reusable. Use a jar of warm water with soap to shake them clean, or clean with a pipe cleaner. A purchase of bamboo straws is a vote for sustainable materials. The straws come packaged in a bag that is made from plants that is compostable in commercial facilities, with a tag made from paper. Each straw is 10 inches in length. The straws can last for years and years when properly cared for. • The Biodiversity Heritage Library The Biodiversity Heritage Library Feb. 5, 2020 -The world’s “largest open-access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives” has made 55 million pages of literature and at least 150,000 illustrations open for the public to enjoy. Do you like life, science, cool art, or all three? Then the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BIH) has a treat for you. The BIH pools together diagrams, sketches, studies, and data pertaining to life on Earth from hundreds of thousands of journals and libraries, some of them from as far back as the 15th century. You can see it all, and download it all, without paying a dime. A purchase of bamboo straws is a vote for sustainable materials. The straws come packaged in a bag that is made from plants that is compostable in commercial facilities, with a tag made from paper. Each straw is 10 inches in length. The straws can last for years and years when properly cared for. • Something Good Out of Plastic Waste Turning Plastic Waste Into Green Energy Oct. 15, 2018,(The Conversation) -In the adventure classic Back to the Future, Emmett “Doc” Brown uses energy generated from rubbish to power his DeLorean time machine. But while a time machine may still be some way off, the prospect of using rubbish for fuel isn’t too far from reality. Plastics, in particular, contain mainly carbon and hydrogen, with similar energy content to conventional fuels such as diesel. Plastics are among the most valuable waste materials – although with the way people discard them, you probably wouldn’t know it. It’s possible to convert all plastics directly into useful forms of energy and chemicals for industry, using a process called “cold plasma pyrolysis”. • France Really Wants to Go Green France Passes Green Rooftop Law March 31, 2020,(AENews) -France keeps making green headlines lately… the Eiffel Tower’s wind turbines, the tree-shaped wind turbines being installed in Paris, and now an exciting new law that is sure to have a huge environmental impact in urban centers. Every new commercial building in France must meet a new building requirement; the roof must be at least partially covered in either solar panels or plants. Environmental activists had originally called for all for all rooftops to be 100% green, but the Government limited the scope of the law to include commercial buildings only. In an effort to make it less onerous for businesses, the rooftops will also only have to be partially green. But better than nothing! • The Disney Conservation Fund Protecting The Magic of Nature Together -Disney Conservation is committed to saving wildlife and building a global community inspired to protect the magic of nature together. Since 1995, the Disney Conservation Fund has directed $100 million to support nonprofit organizations working with communities to save wildlife, inspire action and protect the planet. Disney Conservation Team Wildlife leads best-in-class scientific programs to conserve wildlife in Disney’s backyard and beyond, connects people to build a network for nature, and cares for the planet through everyday actions. • Thirst For Power: Watch the Documentary Thirst For Power: - The Documentary — Shown at several environmentally-focused film festivals in 2019. Water and energy are the two fundamental components of a society, and they areinterconnected. Thirst for Power, shot on location across France, California, and Texas, explores the history of civilization’s quest to procure abundant water and energy — from ancient Roman aqueducts in Europe to modern America’s vast hydroelectric infrastructure. The film explores our dependence on water for energy as well as vulnerabilities in our current systems. Changing the way we think about water and energy can secure the long-term sustainability of both precious resources. The documentary is adapted from Dr. Michael E. Webber’s book Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival. Combining anecdotes and personal stories with insights into the latest science of energy and water, both the book and the documentary identify a hopeful path toward wise long-range water-energy decisions and a more reliable and abundant future for humanity. • Lab Grown Meat - Good or Bad Thing? Critical Questions on Laboratory- Created Animal Product Alternatives -Most recently, significant investment has been made in the research and development of non-plant based products in an attempt to mimic animal-based products, ranging from animal tissue grown from animal cell cultures with animal serum, to proteins produced by genetically engineered algae and yeast. The makers of this new wave of products claim to minimize the environmental impact of industrial factory farming by replacing animal products with synthetic products; but these engineered substances may also be resource intensive in their use of energy and water, as well as using feedstocks, like sugar and methane, and chemicals. The new animal replacement products are being marketed or promoted as “clean meat,” “animal-free,”“plant-based” or “climate-friendly,” but with questionable substantiation. Click now to learn more on this subject from Friends of the Earth. • Yes, It's Cricket to Eat Insects A Sustainable Method to Get Your Protein (EXO)- They make nutrient-dense real food bars, combining cricket flour protein, minimally processed. A healthful snack for pre or post exercise. Click now learn more, and maybe get some for yourself. • Five Zero-Waste Cities? Cities Working Towards Zero Waste Oct. 12, 2019 (TIME)- Communities around the country are looking to recover the lost value in their waste streams. This is not limited to paper and plastics, but rather a comprehensive analysis of the most prominent landfill-bound items (including food waste and other organic materials). By implementing initiatives such as landfill bans, source separation incentives, and mandatory composting, these cities have been able to impact their waste diversion rates. • The ™Apeel of Working With Nature Technology by nature Apeel Sciences- We’ve finally arrived at a new frontier where we can use natural materials and design principles to produce food in a way that works with nature — rather than against it. And it turns out, plants provide all the ingredients we need to keep produce at its best from vine to kitchen. Watch how Apeel keeps produce fresh at ambient temperatures. Click now to learn how your vegetables can have more appeal. • The World’s Most Environment Friendly Airports The World’s Most Environmentally Friendly Airports Airport Technology -Airports are going green in response to increasing pressure regarding the aviation industry’s environmental impact. We locate the world’s most environmentally friendly airports and find out what elements of their design help them to offset carbon emissions. The aviation sector is facing increasing pressure to clean up its act when it comes to climate change, but gas-guzzling airplanes aren’t the only culprits. As airports expand, so too does their carbon footprint, with more energy required to power new terminals, ground transport vehicles and the creation of infrastructure. Building capacity for additional aircraft can also create a backlash amongst environmentalists – see, for example, the frenzy over a potential third runway at the UK’s Heathrow Airport. • Reduce Your Lawn and Plant Native Species The Importance of Lawn Reduction National Wildlife Federation (NWF) -Traditional American landscaping focuses on maintaining a manicured green lawn. However, native trees, shrubs, ground cover, prairie or meadow patches, flower beds, and attractively mulched areas are better environmental choices, for people and wildlife • Dubai: The Improbable Green City The World's Most Improbable Green City April 4, 2017 - To plunge headlong into the audacity of Dubai—the sprawling efflorescence of concrete, glass, and steel that has sprung up over the past three decades on the scorched sands of Arabia—you could start by going skiing. Smack in the middle of the flat city, the slope looks like a silver spaceship impaled in the ground floor of the Mall of the Emirates. Inside, you can window-shop at Prada, Dior, and Alexander McQueen before pushing through the glass doors of Ski Dubai. Passing a mural of the Alps, you zip up your parka, pull on your gloves. You begin to marvel then at what air-conditioning can do, when pushed to its limits. Click for a story you won't want to miss. • Attainable Sustainable is Maintainable Self-reliance at Home The whole idea behind this site it that sustainability at some level is within our reach. Sure, we’ll all still have to buy things at the grocery store. And maybe some aspects of living a more self-reliant lifestyle just aren’t your cup of tea. But look around your home or your office. There’s so much room for improvement. And that’s what brought this website’s creators here.

Campbell’s used a marketing spin to point out that seven out of the 10 cities are
(conveniently) located in cold-weather markets where hot organic soup will be in high
demand, but it’s also worth noting that half of the cities are listed among the richest cities
in America—a reminder that financial restrictions limit access to organic foods.

So did your city make the cut? Here are the top 10 most organic cities in America:

Portland, OR	San Francisco, CA
Providence, RI	Sacramento, CA
Minneapolis, MN	Boston, MA
Seattle, WA	Austin, TX
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5 Gyres Did you know that in the past decade, more and more personal care are products sold in around the world contain micro- plastic particles employed as exfoliants? These tiny plastic beads are washed directly down the drain and into our water systems, where they harm our waterways and the animals that live there.	41pounds.org Reclaim your mailbox! - Stop junk mail — the impact of 41pounds.org stops your junk mail and catalogs — protecting the environment. Junk mail wastes an incredible amount of natural resources and contributes to global warming.
Aruba By 2020, Aruba's Smart Island Strategy will transition the island to 100% renewable energy, increase housing choices and neighborhood quality, strengthen social cohesion, reduce traffic congestion and improve mobility, reduce obesity and improve public health, improve water conservation, and diversify an expanding island economy.	Azotic Technologies The future in sustainable nitrogen Azotic Technologies specialises in natural nitrogen which helps address the problem of nitrogen pollution.
With approximately 700 brands of bottled water available in stores, it can be tempting for consumers to opt for packaged water instead of more environmentally-conscious choices.	Canon's Environment-friendly Approach Read all about Canon's environmental activities through the product life-cycle:
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Dow Chemical The company will produce plastics from sugar cane, rivaling the petrochemical producers. It is building the world's largest faclity employing this methodology in Brazil, where sugar cane has long been a source for bio fuels. The project will begin with the construction of a 240-million-liter ethanol plant, a joint venture with Mitsui, that is set to begin later this year. By the beginning of next year, Dow will finish engineering plans for facilities that will convert that ethanol into hundreds of thousands of metric tons of polyethylene, the world's most widely used plastic.	Earth Action Network (EAN) A non-profit, environmental/social justice organization dedicated to promoting the healing of our society and our planet. It was founded in 1989.
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Thousands of species risk extinction fromdisappearing habitat, changing ecosystems and acidifying oceans. According to the IPCC, climate change will put some 20% to 30% of species globally at increasingly high risk of extinction, possibly by 2100.	Florida Power & Light Just click on the logo to watch a video on what FPL is doing for sustainability, and job growth in Florida.
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Consumer friendly lighting platform utilizes NXP’s JenNet-IP Internet-based wireless technology. Click the image for more on this new technology.	Historic Eco-friendly Village Mike and Lizzie Thrasher discovered the 100-year-old Island City of Anna Maria in 2005 on a vacation. Since then they have spent most of t• he past five years developing seven luxury vacation villas under the Pineapplefish name. They have also begun to invest in Pine Avenue – ‘Main Street’ for Anna Maria City, where they are looking to restore and renew some of the historic island cottages and group them into a Green Village. More by clicking on the logo
(How Much Energy Does the Sun Generate?) The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma (state of matter) interwoven with magnetic fields. It has a diameter of about 1,392,000 km, about 109 times that of Earth, and its mass (about 330,000 times that of Earth) accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System. Scientists calculate our Sun and solar system formed at the same time - a whopping 4.56 billion years ago. Sun's average distance from Earth is 150 million kilometers (93 million miles).Sun is made of gas. Sun will shine as it is for about another 3 to 5 billion years! It will then evolve into a Red Giant over a few more billion years. Scientists arrive at this estimate by calculating how fast the hydrogen in the Sun's core is being converted to helium. Approximately 37% of our Sun's hydrogen has been used since it formed four and a half billion years ago. Every second, the Sun produces 400 trillion watts, which is the same amount of energy as about a trillion 1 megaton bombs! That's a lot of enrgy we could be using.	IKEA - All About Sustainability From IKEA's Chief Sustainability Officer, Steve Howard: To us it’s about taking care of people and the planet – from tackling the problem of children living in poverty to creating renewable energy. You can see evidence of this work through innovative IOur co-workers, suppliers and partners have been working on these issues and more for a while. IKEA products and solutions, and through the way we do business. If we all take small actions, we can all contribute to big results.
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NextEra Energy, Inc. is a leading clean energy company with consolidated revenues of approximately $17.5 billion and approximately 14,300 employees in 27 states and Canada as of year-end 2015, as well as approximately 45,000 megawatts of generating capacity, which includes megawatts associated with noncontrolling interests related to NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) as of April 2016.	The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) It's an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c3) public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability.
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Synthetic Genomics -The Global Challenge: Sustainably meeting the increasing demand for critical resources The world facies increasingly difficult challenges today. Population growth resulting in the growing demand for critical resources such as energy, clean water, food and medicine are taxing our fragile planet. To fulfill these needs we need disruptive technologies. We believe genomic advances offer the world viable, sustainable alternatives. Synthetic Genomics is creating genomic-driven commercial solutions to revolutionize many industries. They started by focusing on energy, and imagine a future where science could be used to produce a variety of products, from synthetically derived vaccines to prevent human diseases to efficient cost effective ways to create clean drinking water.	UPS Innovative Fleets & Facilities From retrofitting aircraft with advanced technology and fuel-efficient engines that reduce noise... to developing a powerful computer network that efficiently dispatches their vehicles... to using alternative fuels to run them... these are just some of the ways UPS isensuring the long term viability of our company for our customers, employees, shareholders and communities. UPS collaborates with manufacturers, government and non-profit organizations to promote sustainable product transportation. UPS is a charter member of the EPA Smartway Transport Program, a voluntary partnership to reduce freight and fleet sector energy consumption, pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions. In 2008, UPS became the first shipping company to join the EPA's Climate Leaders program. Climate Leaders is an industry/government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies.
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