Low Impact

JUNE 30, 2021

It has also provided, as Barbara Griggs writes in her excellent book ‘Green Pharmacy, a history of herbal medicine’, a flimsy legal roof under which (the profession of herbal medicine) has sheltered and flourished to this day in Britain. Malaria was another huge challenge – then still rife in Asia, Africa and Southern Europe.

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Medicine Health Africa Law 90

Defend Our Future

JUNE 22, 2023

This makes them more vulnerable to health, safety, and displacement impacts, leading to higher anxiety and stress levels. Imagine living in a place where water infrastructure is insufficient, where women and girls are responsible for fetching water. During environmental disasters, evacuation and aid may become challenging.

Education 52

Education Climate change Health Organic 52

Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Nature is crucial for our survival, our mental health, and also our economy, argues WWF's Gareth Redmond-King. Part of my coping package involves nature and its positive impact on my mental health. And of many things we're learning from this public health crisis, one is that nature delivers more for us than just climate mitigation.

Health 70

Health Packaging Carbon Global warming 70

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

We are on the brink of a world in which the orangutan and the black rhino can be found not in the jungles of Borneo or the savannahs of Africa, but confined to the pages of a history book. As many as one million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.

Biodiversity 53

Biodiversity Africa Law Health 53

Andrew Winston

MAY 14, 2018

In 2014, IBM launched a 10-year, $100 million project to use its Watson cognitive computing system to help Africa solve business and social challenges. Andrew's book, The Big Pivot, was named a Best Business Book of the Year by Strategy+Business Magazine! Enter Microsoft’s $50 Million “AI for Earth” Program. Get your copy here.

Agriculture 60

Agriculture Africa Cooling Biodiversity 60

Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

A handbook is being developed by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with their Health counterparts and is to be used by teachers in primary schools to impart knowledge to learners on the causes, prevention, and treatment of Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a major public health concern in Malawi. percent among new cases and 4.8

Education 40

Education Health Government Organic 40

AGreenLiving

APRIL 17, 2020

With social distancing in full force this Earth Day , the 50th anniversary of this environmental movement is certainly one for the history books. In the past, the organization has raised more than $300 million for programs benefiting air, land, water, wildlife and public health.

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Earth Day Logging Organic Health 36

Green Tech Challenge

JULY 10, 2019

We have written, here , that ocean acidification disrupts the growth and productive health of some sea life, the most vulnerable being shellfish larvae, and developing fish. A study conducted in 2016, reveals an 80-95% rate of failure in feeding dives by seabirds along the southwest coast of Africa.

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Ocean acidification Seafood Carbon-negative Climate change 46

R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Robert – About a decade ago I was researching a book chapter I was writing, and I learned something new. So, this is very much a health intervention. Last week I interviewed James Rockall, who is the CEO of the World LPG Association based in Paris, France. That’s probably the big story, but there’s more to it than that.

Fossil fuels 60

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Pollution Natural gas 60

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. Echoing those unrealized book chapters, last year Kivalina joined forces with several Louisiana tribes that were impacted by Hurricane Katrina. It gave him energy to go after the big guys.”.

Law 99

Law Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming 99

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Eminent development economist Partha Dasgupta has slammed the government's decision to slash its overseas family planning aid budget just months after his landmark review into the economics of biodiversity warned investment in family planning and reproductive health programmes could help reduce humanity's toll on nature.

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Government Health Africa 36

Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

She broadened her cultural understanding by teaching in South Africa and East Harlem and developing education technology and augmented reality products in New York and Shanghai. He founded and scaled a number of businesses, including one of the largest networks of high-quality K-12 schools in Africa and a tech-driven university model.

Policy 52

Policy Startups Technology Education 52

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Heatwaves are scorching Europe, the United States, North Africa, Siberia, and some parts of the Middle East and China. The month before, extreme rainfall and floods in South Africa killed more than 400 people. Last month, the worst heatwave ever recorded hit Japan. Deny, Distract, Doubt.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Politics Africa 98

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

Tara’s book How to Save Your Planet One Object at a Time is a guide to sustainable living told through everyday objects. These highly compressed gases possess properties of gases and liquids that permit interesting chemical reactions without the need for organic solvents, which endanger both health and the environment.

Climate change 246

Climate change Sustainability Africa Technology 246

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Every effort must be expended on reducing risks and unknowns, whether from changes in weather, crop disease, and livestock health, or fluctuating commodity and market prices, not to mention consumer tastes and regulatory requirements. By necessity, modern farming has become a global, well-oiled machine.

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Resilience Agriculture Soil Organic 68

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Fossil fuel companies know that “they still need sponsorships to keep that social legitimacy in the public’s mind,” writes artist, activist, and author Mel Evans in her 2015 book ArtWash: Big Oil and the Arts. These companies are desperate to not be held accountable in the way that they should be as the continuing drivers of climate chaos.”.

Fossil fuels 94

Fossil fuels Education Organic South America 94

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

In fact, 789 million people in the world lack access to electricity with 548 million of those in sub-Saharan Africa alone. There is an additional focus on providing access to clean and safe cooking fuels to improve emissions, health, and quality of life. Global Power Insecurity.

Energy 88

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Climate change 88

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

In fact, 789 million people in the world lack access to electricity with 548 million of those in sub-Saharan Africa alone. There is an additional focus on providing access to clean and safe cooking fuels to improve emissions, health, and quality of life. Global Power Insecurity.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Climate change 78

AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

Aubrey McCormick Fri, 04/09/2021 – 02:00 Sports leagues are seeing the impacts and the surge of climate-responsible athletes using their platforms to promote positive environmental and social impact — it’s something for the history books. Particularly, Laguna L?ng

Climate change 36

Climate change Real Estate Agriculture Sustainability 36

Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Many of Masdar's biggest projects have been in solar across the Middle East and Africa region, but it is now looking to significantly expand its offshore wind efforts going forward, led via its recently-opened office in the UK. "We Companies involved in the initiative span clean energy, agriculture, health care, AI, and a host of other areas.

Energy 90

Energy Energy Hydrogen Real Estate 90

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 9, 2018

She borrowed from her book, Fearless Beauty 360, to focus on how women can find self-acceptance, embrace good qualities in others, and empower themselves to be dynamic leaders. She suggested that our identities are the lenses through which we see the world, and argued that our identities can be “leveraged to have an outsized impact.”. ?Kenetia

Startups 40

Startups Smart Cities Innovation Energy 40

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

A new book, Unconventional Water Resources , published by Springer and compiled by experts at various UN organizations*, says these potential supplies can help many of the 1 in 4 people on Earth who face shortages of water for drinking, sanitation, agriculture and economic development. Fog Harvesting.

Agriculture 147

Agriculture Africa Organic Natural gas 147

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. This is a summary of the book ‘Kweekvlees, Fake Vlees & Pizza’s uit de Printer’ from Sebastiaan van de Water. In particular protein.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Organic Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Inclusive and green economies, prosperity, cleaner air and better health are possible for all if we respond to this crisis with solidarity and courage. Does he want his premiership to be remembered as pioneering and bold - or left out of the history books because he was no match for the task at hand?". The solutions are clear.

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Sea level rise Climate change Fossil fuels Government 83

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Nevertheless, lawyers are building cases on the oil industry’s own documents , seeking to echo the success of a previous generation of lawsuits against tobacco companies for covering up the health risks of smoking. These included Shell-produced content such as the Time For Energy film, and a book called Energy published the same year.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

Prior to his current role he worked as scientist in a public health lab, and as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Southern California. Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication.

Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 52

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2023

One of the products of that research is a new book of essays , edited by Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell, also of the Translational Institute, titled Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region. Underlying the book is the unequivocal urgency of moving away from fossil fuels in this part of the world.

Fossil fuels 85

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 85

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health, EDF+Business. We want to call attention to how the biggest environmental impacts and the biggest health impact of products is really due to the products themselves and the creation and the use of a product," Brown-West noted at the time. LinkedIn | Twitter. Sustainable Development Goal 7.

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Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546

GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Health, wellness and nutrition are Camp’s key interests. . He also worked with Nestlé while at McCann Enterprise to develop a low-technology platform for communicating nutrition and health information to low-literate consumers in equatorial Africa. Africa counts more entrepreneurs than any other continent.

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Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 109

Low Impact

MAY 23, 2021

And as soon as the working class recognise the benefits that will come their way with this approach, it will start to take off all over the world, just as it’s now taking off in Africa. NB: There’s a book on the way about building a new economy around a mutual credit core. It’s already being built, and it works.

Politics 92

Politics Medicine Health Africa 92

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Canada border, and publishing a book about that experience. The main lesson of that book was that the regulatory process in America is deeply flawed and controlled by industry — both rail and oil interests.

Hydrogen 92

Hydrogen Transportation Natural gas Energy 92

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The second camp sees a growing role for fossil fuels as the global population expands and hundreds of millions of people seek to join the energy-intensive middle classes, especially in Asia and Africa. In that case, 2019 would go into the books as the peak year: from 2020 it will only decrease with demand. The shift involves big risks.

Fossil fuels 78

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Demand 78

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 11, 2019

Finally, Capetown, South Africa, is essentially out of water due in part to drought — the city nearly shut off all the taps this year, but has held off “Day Zero” through ongoing restrictions and aggressive citizen action. Andrew's book, The Big Pivot, was named a Best Business Book of the Year by Strategy+Business Magazine!

Sustainability 60

Sustainability Sea level rise Climate change Plastics 60

Green Market Oracle

MARCH 6, 2020

Here is a brief introduction to 50 young, mostly female activists that are fighting for the health of our planet and our communities. after releasing the famed book Silent Spring, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. She founded the Green Belt Movement that has led to more than 13 million trees being planted in Africa.

Climate change 69

Climate change Sustainability Carbon-negative Politics 69