Arlington, VA—Whole Foods Market has teamed up with PBS KIDS, based here, to provide a line of eco-friendly PBS KIDS-branded school supplies for the back-to-school season.This collaboration will include offerings like notebooks, backpacks, and reusable lunch totes to be sold in Whole Foods Market stores. In addition to the eco-friendliness...
Düsseldorf, Germany—A new study has shown that air pollution presents an independent risk factor for cognition and is not mediated by function. This study was conducted by German and Swiss researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel and the Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (IUF),...
Sacramento, CA—Polystyrene, a plastic utilized in everything from yogurt containers to foam packaging, may soon be found on the list of known carcinogens maintained by California under Proposition 65. The state has filed a notice of intent to list styrene, the organic compound used to create polystyrene, following failed attempts...
Parsippany, NJ—Earth Friendly Products, makers and manufacturers of over 150 green cleaning products, recently celebrated the grand opening of their new high-tech manufacturing facility on Earth Day. After the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony, attendees enjoyed a luncheon using ingredients from local New Jersey farms. Several speakers made presentations at the luncheon,...
At the “Sustainable Harmony: The Successful Marriage of Activism, Research, and Business” session sponsored by Aker BioMarine U.S., several speakers came together to discuss sustainability initiatives born from the joint contributions of scientists and business owners dedicating to the future of our natural resources and spaces. Alan Lewis, director...
Advances in green household products, and how to make sure your customers know about them.Cooking. Cleaning. Organizing. These routine tasks can add up, not just in time or in money, but also in environmental impact. As the consumer base grows more eco-conscious and terms like safety and sustainability become viable...
Bath, UK—Researchers at the University of Bath are hopeful that a type of fermented yeast can give palm oil a run for its money, and ease the damage caused in countries like Malaysia and Indonesia by high demand for palm oil. Palm oil is so widely and frequently used in...
Stanford, CA—In making decisions about how to address climate change, policy makers routinely perform a cost-benefit analysis that pits the costs of going green against the expected economic damage of climate change. New research out of Stanford paints a picture where the numbers being used in these decisions are far...
Lima, Peru—The latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations, held here, wrapped up in mid-December, and resulted in agreements many hailed as weak. Meanwhile, the latest numbers confirm carbon emissions are still rising, driven by the industrialization of countries like China. November’s surprise agreement on carbon emission reductions between...
Lancaster, TX—They say everything is bigger in Texas. It holds true in the case of United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) and its new 655 kilowatt (kW) rooftop solar array, set atop its 590,000 sq. ft. distribution center, located here. The new array adds to an already extensive infrastructure of solar...
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