Durban, South Africa—The year in environmental news has involved numerous high-profile natural disasters, the politicization of climate change in the United States and a focus on investing in green energy and sustainability within many domestic economies.The backdrop to these developments has been slow progress in talks to create an...
To prepare for a future economy likely to be driven by environmental jobs and innovation, today’s children will need a green-centric education. Children will also see a benefit, not to mention the environment itself, if the operation of school systems can be made more sustainable. The Earth Day Network’s...
A close examination of the U.S. beverage industry’s collective efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle reveals many divergent trends. For the third year, advocacy organization As You Sow’s beverage recycling survey graded leading companies on their efforts toward packaging sustainability. The Waste & Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling Scorecard and...
Thousands voted, and the results are in for Green America’s 2011 Green Grants contest. Among hundreds of nominees, the winners were found to embody this nonprofit environmental organization’s definition of “green.” To those at Green America, green is a concept that evokes both social justice and environmental responsibility. Urban Roots...
Bonn, Germany--Though predictions are plentiful, no one really knows exactly how much time we have to curtail the effects of climate change. The timetable with regard to climate policy, however, is set: the commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol will expire at the end of 2012.Climate delegates aim to have...
New data support the notion that, while all consumers may not care about their personal health, they are increasingly concerned about the sustainability of the products they buy. In a study conducted by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard and the London School of Economics, statistical methods were...
As products of all kinds make their way from manufacturing facilities to store shelves, their shipping pallets are typically wrapped and unwrapped on several occasions, with acres of plastic stretch wrap getting discarded each time. This need not be the case, and one major way to reduce this cause of...
The next generation of eco-packaging innovation was on display at Expo West 2011 in Anaheim. On the heels of the announcement that Coca-Cola will share its already heavily used PlantBottle packaging, derived from PET and renewable plant materials, with ketchup giant Heinz, the natural products industry had forward-thinking packaging...
Eco-friendly home care products put purpose before profit…and they work, too!Self-interest can be a driving factor behind the success of eco-friendly household products. That’s because beyond the sustainable, earth-friendly ideals they represent, the products in this segment also serve to address issues of personal health. In some settings, according to...
Entrepreneurs and environmentalists alike have been scratching their heads for years, trying to think up ways to help the planet that are economically viable at the same time. The utility bill from a regional electricity provider might be the last place we’d think to look for an answer, but that’s...
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