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Environment

Nearly half replanted trees do not survive past five years

A team of researchers established that approximately half of all trees planted to restore tropical forests in Asia do not survive beyond five years. The researchers included experts from 29 universities and research centers who analyzed data from 176 forest restoration sites in tropical and subtropical Asia. Most...
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Wind

World's largest floating wind farm comes to life

Big news in renewable energy production: The world's largest floating wind farm has just successfully produced its first power. Equinor, a Norwegian energy firm, announced that last weekend its first wind turbine at its Hywind Tampen floating wind farm began power production. While that sounds very green,...
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Landscape Architecture

Connecting Cooksville creates a colorful mixed-use community

TAS and SvN Architects + Planners (SvN) released designs for a project called Connecting Cooksville, a Mississauga development that will connect the surrounding city with a mixed-use community. The project will turn a car-oriented surface parking area into a transit-oriented, interconnected mixed-use development....
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Holidays

Here are 3 easy ways to have a sustainable holiday season

The rest of the year, you buy Swedish dishcloths and compost religiously. But when it comes to the holiday season, you find yourself with paper towels and trashcans full of food waste. You are an imperfect environmentalist. And you are not alone. From feeling the need to decorate to the nines to giving...
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Environment

Exploring the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), also known as the North Pacific Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a growing collection of litter in the North Pacific Ocean. It was discovered by the yachtsman Charles Moore in 1997 during a yacht race. While crossing between Hawaii and California, Moore and...
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News

"The Scream" painting is targeted by climate activists

Norwegian police reported two climate activists tried to glue themselves to Edvard Munch’s 1893 "The Scream" at a museum in Norway. However, the piece was not harmed as the police had been alerted by the National Museum of Norway over the matter. Two of the activists tried to glue themselves while the...
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Exhibits

Wetland Labs proposes a cement alternative made from salt

Presented by Startbahn, the exhibition Wetland Lab runs from October 29 to December 11, 2022 at SRR Project Space, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. Wetland is a research project into ecosystems and sustainable materials led by waiwai research and design agency. They are working to propose an alternative to cement: a...

Presented by Startbahn, the exhibition Wetland Lab runs from October 29 to December 11, 2022 at SRR Project Space, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. Wetland...
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Drinks

Nutpods non-dairy creamers have a plant-based packaging

If you shop the non-dairy section at the grocery store, you’ve probably seen Nutpods plant-based creamers lining the shelves. You may have even tried some of the many flavors. However, you probably don’t know the story of the brand or the ways it supports the environment and the community.  With...

If you shop the non-dairy section at the grocery store, you’ve probably seen Nutpods plant-based creamers lining the shelves. You may have...
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Sustainable Living

Why zero-waste shopping is the future of commerce

Plastic waste is an increasingly growing problem across the globe. It pollutes our ecosystems and threatens biodiversity. Unfortunately, plastic waste has been increasing due to dropping recycling levels. In 2021, plastic waste recycling dropped to 5% in the United States. This is because countries have recently...

Plastic waste is an increasingly growing problem across the globe. It pollutes our ecosystems and threatens biodiversity. Unfortunately, plastic...
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Businesses

SporX office building offers a modern timber design

Before steel, before concrete and before humans learned how to make a bunch of building materials that are ultimately bad for the environment, people built everything out of sustainable, renewable and natural materials. This SporX office building in Drammen, Norway, is bringing back sustainable design with this...

Before steel, before concrete and before humans learned how to make a bunch of building materials that are ultimately bad for the environment,...
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Politics

Fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27 overpower vulnerable voices

Climate activists are protesting the large number of fossil fuel delegates attending the COP27 summit in Egypt. According to research by Global Witness, an international NGO, there are 25% more fossil fuel delegates at COP27 than there were at COP26.   Calculations by Corporate Accountability and Corporate...

Climate activists are protesting the large number of fossil fuel delegates attending the COP27 summit in Egypt. According to research by Global...
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Climate Change

MSNBC film finds heroes and hope amid climate emergency

In a cinematic documentary set to air on Sunday, Nov. 13, on MSNBC, producers Leonardo Dicaprio, Harri Grace and Chloe Leland capture the anguish of devastation and intertwine it with hope. "From Devil’s Breath" is a compelling story of human resilience in the face of a horrific natural event. We were able to...

In a cinematic documentary set to air on Sunday, Nov. 13, on MSNBC, producers Leonardo Dicaprio, Harri Grace and Chloe Leland capture the anguish...