Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

In order to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect our planet, we will need to creatively redesign and reinvent our underlying energy, agriculture, water, mobility, and economic systems. Working at the intersection of technology and community, our compass is our place-based approach to innovation. AGRICULTURE.

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Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 72

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Innovation. Procuring sustainably means evaluating your current products and practices in an innovative way. Avoid plastic products whenever possible as many plastics are non-recyclable and can break down into microplastics that threaten wildlife and human health. Many institutional GPPs are built upon larger federal policies.

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Policy Biodegradable Health Sustainability 167

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

As human society has continued to innovate exponentially, largely at the expense of the planet, scientists have hypothesized that we are beginning to enter a new epoch, or period of time in history, defined by human impact on the earth known as the Anthropocene.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2020

Rising interest in plant-based diets has been spurred by a surge in consumer interest in healthy eating and growing public concern over agriculture's climate impact. Plastics - particularly microplastics - are mentioned, but the manifesto focuses much more heavily on addressing overfishing and lobbying for more protected marine areas.

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Seafood Plastics Sustainability Government 90

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

To learn more about sustainable sourcing, read our article Sustainable Business Practices for the Food and Agricultural Industries. Under natural conditions, plastics break apart into tiny pieces, known as microplastics , which pollute water supplies and are ingested by both wildlife and humans. Sustainable Food Choices.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

To learn more about sustainable sourcing, read our article Sustainable Business Practices for the Food and Agricultural Industries. Under natural conditions, plastics break apart into tiny pieces, known as microplastics , which pollute water supplies and are ingested by both wildlife and humans. Sustainable Food Choices.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Now, a wave of technology innovation and funding from an eclectic group of companies ranging from Google’s parent Alphabet, to the Seed2Growth fund linked to Lukas Walton (grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton), to Cargill and Chevron Ventures (both focused on fish-feed ventures) is changing the tide again. Among the emerging U.S.

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Seafood Startups Carbon Health 28

AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. “To complement our internal capabilities, we also strategically collaborate with researchers, suppliers, startups and various other innovation partners.”

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Seafood Startups Meat alternatives Innovation 36

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Meanwhile new threats are seeping into our waters, including microplastics and so-called forever chemicals. The wider food and agricultural sector needs to raise its game too. There are few if any duties on the agriculture industry and wider food supply chain to require minimum standards for farmers' impact on the natural world.

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Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Climate change 30