Green Roof Technology

APRIL 13, 2019

Mineral Wool interrupts natural soil profiles (unnatural soil profile). Some Mineral Wool products compress under the load of ballast (soil). In 2008 it was around 200,000 tons of hazard waste in Netherland alone. Green Roofs with Mineral Wool are difficult to repair, replant or recover.

Soil 40

Soil North America Construction Plastics 40

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 14, 2021

One Shor woman, Valentina Bekrinova, describes the situation in her village, where dust blowing in from the nearby mines and waste heaps “coats everything” and explosions are “so loud they shake the whole house.”. Between 2008 and 2016, around 4,700 indigenous Wayuú children died due to a lack of food and water.

Europe 94

Europe Climate change Logging Soil 94

The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Soon Punjab started facing a new gamut of problems like deteriorating soil health, pest-infested crops and over exploitation of ground water resulting in disastrous consequences. scheme plus incentivise treatment/repurification of waste water for other utilisations. The aftermath has revealed it fangs in ways never seen before.

Energy Monitor 195

Energy Monitor Health Agriculture Building Energy Monitoring 195

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 14, 2021

One Shor woman, Valentina Bekrinova, describes the situation in her village, where dust blowing in from the nearby mines and waste heaps “coats everything” and explosions are “so loud they shake the whole house.”. Between 2008 and 2016, around 4,700 indigenous Wayuú children died due to a lack of food and water.

Europe 83

Europe Climate change Logging Soil 83

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. McDonald’s straws were still contributing to our waste problem using a linear economy rather than a circular one. “For too long the debate has been stuck on recycling and how to deal with waste once it is created.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

For residents of an island like Banaba, already lain waste by phosphate mining since 1900, the climate crisis can be understood as just the latest instalment of a colonial project, “the culmination of all the effects of resource extraction” A gulf of ontological differences may also have to be bridged.

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COP Climate change Resilience Sustainability 130

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For residents of an island like Banaba, already lain waste by phosphate mining since 1900, the climate crisis can be understood as just the latest instalment of a colonial project, “the culmination of all the effects of resource extraction” A gulf of ontological differences may also have to be bridged.

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COP Climate change Sustainability Construction 130

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste. Company profile.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. Workers fills up milk storage tank at a Danone dairy plant in Normandy, France, April 2008. Sponsored Article.

Biodiversity 385

Biodiversity Agriculture Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring 385

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Between 2008 and 2019, the average amount of meat eaten each day per person in the UK fell from just under 104g to a little more than 86g, according to the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey. Broad awareness of the issues at stake is not limited to a small minority, but neither has it yet reached an overwhelming majority.

Business Energy Monitoring 39

Business Energy Monitoring Government Sustainability Health 39

Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

As today's latest report from the Climate Change Committee makes clear, the UK government has wasted much of the last decade singularly failing to improve the country's climate resilience. UK businesses need to comply with government regulations, including emissions limits and waste reduction targets," he says. "In

Resilience 36

Resilience Climate change Government Agriculture 36

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Soil degradation. They require little water and attention to grow and can survive perfectly fine on waste. The beauty of this type of agriculture, is that it does not require soil. Imagine tomatoes that can survive in the barren wastes of the Sahara. Introduction Climate Change. Deforestation. Loss of biodiversity.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Organic Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. It is looking at the elephant in the room, and going after it piece by piece.

Biodiversity 28

Biodiversity Agriculture Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 28

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In rural West Virginia, largely hidden among steep hills, stands a $255 million facility designed to transform fracking waste into freshwater and food grade quality salts. Laden with heavy metals, chemicals and other contaminants, this waste frequently exhibits levels of radioactivity hundreds of times the safe limits set by regulators.

Waste 123

Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 123

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s. He died in 2008. In 1962, Shell’s chief geologist, Houston-based Marion King Hubbert, produced a book-length report on energy for the U.S.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

How to Scale Regenerative Agriculture and Draw Down Carbon (Part 1) (Panel Discussion): Regenerative agriculture has the potential to draw down billions of tons of carbon dioxide while simultaneously restoring soil health. Come to this session to hear from the leaders behind the projects and learn how your company can get involved.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The firm's suppliers cleared at least 140,000 hectares of natural forests between 2008 and 2011 alone, the report claimed. Farmers are given support and advice on protecting soil health and cultivating rice paddies and bananas as opposed to inefficient palm oil plantations.

Business Energy Monitoring 36

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 36

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

It is significantly larger than the clean tech focused stimulus package the Obama administration passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, which played such a big role in accelerating US renewables and electric vehicle deployment. million new US jobs by 2030 in clean tech construction, manufacturing, and operation.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Methane Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 36