Creating a sustainable future: the role of art and imagination to create...
Guardian Sustainable Business: Largely absent from the business world, animal portraits without words or explicit messages around sustainability, were found to effectively change perceptions and...
View ArticleFord Cuts Carbon Emissions Per Car | The Energy Collective
Just two days ago I was praising Ford for its plugin electric vehicle (PEV) options and its PEV sales. Well, those clean vehicles aren’t the only things that are cleaner around Ford headquarters and...
View ArticleHow climate change climbed up the business agenda
The problem is not just an issue for activists, as extreme weather events put sustainability centre stage for business, writes Brendan LeBlanc (How climate change climbed up the business agenda:...
View ArticleGreen Industrial Zones - Sustainable Business Toolkit
Why not create green industrial zones and, in the process, provide a welcome haven for the native fauna and flora that has been systematically exterminated from such areas (RT @sustainable2u: Make a...
View ArticleThe visual trends driving sustainability conversation - in pictures
Curve is Getty Images' online visual trends publication, providing insight into visual content use across a variety of industry sectors.Lee Pratt, MASS, MSA's insight:Worth a thosand words...See it on...
View ArticleInterdependence Day – Blog | SustainAbility
Mark Lee on why systems thinking and an acceptance of interdependence are so critical to sustainability leadership.Lee Pratt, MASS, MSA's insight:You too can be part of this, sign up for a free Acuman...
View ArticleThe crisis of civilisation is an unprecedented opportunity
Guardian Environment, September 24, 2013Nafeez Ahmed: Converging climate, energy, and economic crises signal the potential to transition to a prosperous post-carbon era▶ BEYOND 'BUSINESS-AS-USUAL':...
View ArticleWhy Do So Many People Still Doubt Climate Change? | Slate.com
When scholars of the future write the history of climate change, they may look to early 2008 as a pivotal moment. Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth was bringing the science to the masses. The...
View ArticlePoop-Powered Solar Panels Foster A Self-Renewing Hydrogen Energy Source
Brendan Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0Everybody poops, and now a newly developed gadget from the University of California Santa Cruz can harness energy from t...See it on Scoop.it, via Climate Change is here,...
View ArticleSaving Education—And the Planet
The Center for Ecoliteracy supports and advances education for sustainable living. With mounting pressures on schools today, the suggestion that teachers should also be preparing students to address...
View ArticleHow to Feed the World
The world produces enough food for everyone. So why do people go hungry?See it on Scoop.it, via Climate Change is here, people!
View ArticleThe ten principles | One Planet Living
The ten One Planet principles provide a framework that allows us to examine the sustainability challenges we face and develop action plans to live and work within a fair share of the earth’s...
View ArticleTransition to Sustainable Agriculture Key to Global 'Food Security'
For the millions of hungry and underfed people on the planet, food security is not an issue of insufficient production, but is an issue of inadequate access, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture...
View ArticleThe Marin Carbon Project: Saving the Climate with Soil -
A project in West Marin shows how ranchers, and a whole lot of compost, can help mitigate climate change. On a windswept ranch above the tiny West Marin town of Nicasio, a man in a worn Carhartt...
View ArticleSophisticated Simplicity
What kind of "stewardship" fits our emerging world? When we consider the powerful forces transforming our world — climate change, peak oil, water and food shortages, species extinction, and more — we...
View ArticleDenmark's collaborative culture makes it a breeding ground for sustainability
Proactive government, social responsibility and a willingness to collaborate have put Denmark ahead on sustainabilityLee Pratt, MASS, MSA's insight:Sharing is caring!See it on Scoop.it, via Climate...
View ArticleSerious about climate change? Talk about agriculture
One problem is that the process of growing food itself actually releases 7.3 billion to 12.7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide – some 14 to 24 percent of total global emissions. Trying things like...
View ArticleWhy the First GMO Labeling Law in the US Doesn't Matter | Truth-Out.org
It’s here! On Wednesday, Connecticut became the first state in America to pass a law that requires food manufacturers to indicate the presence of genetically-engineered ingredients on the label. If...
View ArticleHow Biological Farming Can Make Better Food Supply
Jerry Brunetti discusses the importance of biological farming and how it helps keep the soil healthy for better food supply.Lee Pratt, MASS, MSA's insight:Let's move beyond "organic"See it on...
View ArticleHaiti switches on to solar power as sustainable electricity solution
Rashmee Roshan Lall: Solar energy is clean, green and can help to solve Haiti's power crisis. Now the world's largest solar hospital is lighting the way.For Haiti, the hospital is a shining symbol of...
View ArticleCheck out these haiku explaining global warming | MotherJones.com
Recently at the annual American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, a number of climate researchers and communications specialists sounded off about the problems involved in conveying climate...
View ArticleClimate change: Oh, it's real. | TED Playlists | TED
We still have a lot to learn about climate change, about why it's happening and what that means. But one thing is clear: It's real, alright. These talks provide a primer on the issue of our times.Lee...
View ArticleRevised Laws and Urban Farming Projects Help Urban Gardeners
Urban farming is a great way to improve your health, and an important step to help build a sustainable food system.Lee Pratt, MASS, MSA's insight:Onward, urban farmers!See it on Scoop.it, via Climate...
View ArticleUrgent message from United Nations: Wake up before it's too late | Daily Kos
The United Nations has been working on climate change mitigation and adaptation methods for many years. They have been joined by many countries who recognize the urgency of global action to solve...
View ArticlePee Power!
Four Nigerian teenage girls have gained widespread acclaim by inventing a generator that is powered by urine - Home Aspirations blogLee Pratt, MASS, MSA's insight:What do you get when you combine girl...
View ArticleA Turning Point for the Japanese Photovoltaic Market
In 2013 Japan not only exceeded the cumulative capacity of 10GW, but also jumped up to a top position in the world PV market, exceeding the US and Germany. The nationwide feed-in tariff (FIT) that was...
View ArticleHow American Food Companies Go GMO-Free In A GMO World
Grain traders who've been selling GMO-free food to Japan are now supplying the U.S. market. Quite possibly, you've noticed some new food labels out there, like "Not made with genetically modified...
View ArticleGoing Vertical: The History of Green Walls - Landscape Architects Network
Green walls: Function or fad? As cities and buildings all around the world are being covered in green, we take a look at the phenomenon of green walls.Lee Pratt, MASS, MSA's insight:How green are your...
View ArticleNE: Judge Deals Blow To Keystone Pipeline | HuffPost.com
A Nebraska judge on Wednesday struck down a law that allowed the Keystone XL pipeline to proceed through the state, a victory for opponents who have tried to block the project that would carry oil from...
View ArticleCitizen scientists: Now you can link the UK winter deluge to climate change |...
“You can’t link climate change to specific weather events.” That is the accepted wisdom that has been trotted out repeatedly as the wettest winter in at least 250 years battered England and Wales. But...
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