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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

Nitrogen and phosphorous are both essential for plant growth, thus they are made into fertilizers that pollute waterways and coastal zones, and accumulate in the world’s soil and land. Land-system change – Forests, grasslands, wetlands, and other land types have been converted to agricultural land all across the globe.

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Greener buildings: How to make offices, warehouses, factories, and shops more climate resilient

Business Green

There are also a number of slower-moving threats to buildings in the UK, such as the impact drying soils have on building foundations. New types of data To understand the climate risks to their buildings, organisations need to get educated. And this means getting to grips with new data streams. "To

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. The book will be divided into the following sections: Scientific Evidence of Climate Change and Societal Issues, Impacts of Climate Change, Energy Conservation, Alternative Energies, Advanced Combustion, Advanced Technologies, and Education and Outreach.