If you are just catching up on this, welcome! I have discussed five key trends to look out for in 2018 here. In this review, there would be dirty talk, robots that can steal our jobs and mutated mosquitoes. So please sit back and enjoy this sci-fi, alien fest fused with bad language… Trash Talk […]
SustyTrends to Look Out For In 2018 – Part 2 Read More »
Original post on Chicago Tribune McDonald’s will stop using plastic foam cups, which keep drinks icy cold but make environmentalists red hot, by the end of this year. The world’s largest restaurant operator quietly disclosed the decision on its website, along with its plan to use recycled and certified sources for all of its fiber-based
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Welcome to part three, it is going to be on Hair Related Products and Other Creams. please click here and here for part one and two For those of you who don’t know I’m natural haired and (drum roll please) a product junkie. I know some environmentalist just clutched their pearls, I sorry but anytime
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Original post by Chris McLaren for Sustainable Brands Consumers increasingly want to buy from brands that are environmentally responsible – and many forward-thinking companies have responded by embracing sustainability. However, there remains a disconnect between sustainability pursuits and the extent to which companies share their journey with consumers. There is abundant research showing consumer support for
How Companies Are Crossing the Chasm to Mainstream Sustainability Read More »
Can you tell us a little about yourself? My name is Chinenye Uzoma Abuka, I am a fashion accessories designer, an upcycler and a lover of fashion, arts and creatives. The CEO of Elle Recycle store, a company that deals in crafts; fashion and recycling. What spurred your Interest in upcycling? I have always been
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Imagine sinking into the deepest parts of the Central Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Mexico and Hawaii. Watch as the water turns from clear to blue to dark blue to black. And then continue on for another 15,000 feet (4,600 meters) to the seafloor — roughly the distance from the peak of California’s Mount Whitney to
In the depths of the oceans, human activities are beginning to take their toll Read More »
Hong Kong is leaky. Despite being one of the world’s richest cities, it’s annual loss of water from leakage and theft is a whopping 32.5 per cent of total production, or 321 million cubic metres (m3). Such losses are avoidable. For example, Tokyo managed to reduce its freshwater leakage from 20 per cent in 1955
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Paper-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa has celebrated a “decade of excellence” in sustainability achievements, which have placed the firm well on-track to supersede its 2020 target to slash emissions by a quarter. Smurfit Kappa has achieved a 22.9% reduction in its specific paper production fossil CO2 emissions from a 2005 baseline, according to the FTSE
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We have screened Nowhere to run twice now and to be honest, we want to screen it a couple more times – we want more people to learn about climate change and the threats to our future, we want people to know that we cannot have jobs and spend money on a dead planet, we
One Year of SustyVibes – No Where To Run Movie Screening Read More »
At a garbage dump about 80 miles west of London, Adrian Griffiths is testing an invention he’s confident will save the world’s oceans from choking in plastic waste. And earn him millions. His machine, about the size of a tennis court, churns all sorts of petroleum-based products — cling wrap, polyester clothing, carpets, electronics —
Turning Plastic to Oil, U.K. Startup Sees Money in Saving Oceans Read More »
