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- The importance of water in agriculture Peter Stevenson, Chief Policy Advisor at Compassion in World Farming, examines the importance of water in agriculture. The post The importance of water in agriculture appeared first on Open Access Government....
- Microsoft bets on algae to mitigate its growing carbon footprint Like all of its peers in the tech industry, Microsoft has a carbon pollution problem. The software giant’s emissions are on the rise, in spite of a pledge from the company to be carbon negative by 2030. This ticking clock explains Microsoft’s latest deal to address its environmental toll: It’s...
- Guess-the-Date of Earth Overshoot Day: Our annual contest is back! When do you think Earth Overshoot Day will land? Earth Overshoot Day is the date when we have used more from nature than Earth’s ecosystems can regenerate this year. Can you guess the date for 2023? Enter our Guess-the-Date contest as an individual or a team and submit your best...
- Leadec adds Green Factory Solutions to its range of services Sustainable manufacturing concepts help to increase the resource efficiency of factories. With its Green Factory Solutions, Leadec offers new, green services along the entire life cycle of the factory. With these solutions, which reduce waste or energy consumption, for example, the service specialist helps its customers achieve their sustainability goals....
- HYBRID EVENT: Ecological overshoot: How the EU can push back against resource de... On 16 February 2023 in Brussels and online, the Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will host a hybrid public event to assess the extent of the EU’s current ecological overshoot. It will look into proposals from organised civil society to push back against resource depletion and present some good practices and initiatives...
- 📚 Today is the International Day of Education Join us in celebrating the UN International Day of Education! Since the 1972 UN Stockholm Conference, education has been recognized as key in fostering environmental protection and has played a central role in easing the transition to a sustainable world. So we want to take this opportunity to share...
- How companies greenwash their plastic pollution "Reducing the amount of stuff that we consume is key to reducing environmental impact, not just making it easier to recycle.”. Pexels'Lightweighting' and using some recycled plastic isn't the answer to our mounting waste problem. The post How companies greenwash their plastic pollution appeared first on Popular Science....
- From COP15 to Portugal to Greece, Ecological Footprint accounting offers insight... Plus, exciting Food Platform news, moving Earth Overshoot Day with circular businesses, & why you don’t need to reduce your Footprint Ecological Footprinting for biodiversity health Many countries at the recent UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15 supported the call for “halving the Footprint of production and consumption by 2030.” Still,...
- 2022: A year in review Before we look forward to 2023, let’s look back at all that we achieved in 2022. We launched new tools to help universities and individuals explore paths to sustainability. The first ever online Footprint Calculator for Universities was launched as part of the EUSTEPs project. The project brought together four...
- It’s official: Footprints for monitoring biodiversity health photo credit: UN Biodiversity All five mechanisms that drive down biodiversity are symptoms of ecological overshoot (see also the adjacent blue box). Overshoot is caused by the human economy’s demand for more resources from nature than nature can regenerate. This insight was core to a proposal for the UN Biodiversity...
- Why Your Product Needs Sustainable Labeling A brand’s commitment to adopting environmentally conscious practices has become increasingly important to today’s consumers. As more people recognize the need for environmental awareness, shoppers prefer companies that take steps to reduce their environmental impact and ecological footprint. So, where does sustainable labeling fit into the mix, and how can...
- ONE PLANET PODCAST: Interview with Mathis Wackernagel Mathis Wackernagel is Co-founder and President of Global Footprint Network. He created the Ecological Footprint with Professor William Rees at the University of British Columbia as part of his Ph.D. in community and regional planning. Mathis also earned a mechanical engineering degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Mathis...