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Therme Art unveils 3 urban sustainability projects at Venice Architecture Biennale

AGreenLiving

“This makes them vulnerable, because we cannot live without the other life — the other organisms that created our bodies over 200,000 years of evolution.” The project at Giardini’s Central Pavilion is designed to connect you viscerally with the loss of biodiversity.

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Top brands strengthen links between net zero goals and supply chain innovation

Business Green

After all, oft-cited data suggests that the impact of a company's supply chain is as much as 80 per cent of its overall greenhouse gas emissions footprint - and an even higher percentage of its impact on biodiversity and nature. In the future, Salesforce may charge a fee to suppliers that don't work on reducing their impact.

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The long, leguminous quest to give crops nitrogen superpowers

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Last month, in the Plant Biotechnology Journal , researchers described a breakthrough with rice, engineering the plant to produce more compounds that encourage the growth of biofilms, which provide a cozy home for nitrogen-fixing bacteria, much like legumes provide nodules for their partner microbes.

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Should we genetically edit the food we eat? Two experts offer their thoughts

Business Green

The production of genetically-modified foods can be controversial, but it can also offer benefits for increasing yields and easing pressure on land, water and biodiversity. Such crops became known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Issues surrounding genetically modified foods can be controversial. It's not clear.

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

Green Business Bureau

Biodiversity loss can have significant direct human health impacts if ecosystem services are no longer adequate to meet social needs. Loss in biodiversity may limit discovery of potential treatments for many diseases and health problems.” ” – Biodiversity and Health , WHO.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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She’s an advocate of " Absolute Sustainability, " a Quantis philosophy that challenges businesses to take planetary boundaries into account not just for carbon emissions but also for biodiversity, land use, freshwater consumption, the phosphorus cycle and the nitrogen cycle. . LinkedIn | Twitter. Hana Kajimura, 28. LinkedIn .