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How Food Waste is Degrading the Environment

The Environmental Blog

According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, if food waste were a nation, it would rank third in terms of greenhouse gas emissions after the US and China. By assessing their carbon footprint, a business or organization may determine how much of an impact they are having on the environment.

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How Riverford is balancing, risk, resilience, and regenerative farming in drought-hit Devon

Business Green

BusinessGreen takes a tour around Riverford Organic Farms to explore how the veg box firm is contending with worsening climate impacts. Overall, soil degradation was calculated in 2010 to cost the UK £1.2bn every year. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

Organizations will pump more money and time to promote themselves as environmentally friendly, relative to the actual time and money spent on minimizing their environmental impact. Today, Carson’s work is widely considered the most important environmental book of the 20th century. USDA Organic. What is corporate greenwash?

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

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. Soil degradation.

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Sustainable Catering: A Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Launch partnerships with farms in your area, community gardens, or organic growing clubs! Food waste is one of the world’s leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions and it releases tons of methane whilst taking up massive space in our landfills. Create Your Own Garden. Avoid Food Waste. Manage Your Portions. Start Composting.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

Organizations will pump more money and time to promote themselves as environmentally friendly, relative to the actual time and money spent on minimizing their environmental impact. Today, Carson’s work is widely considered the most important environmental book of the 20th century. USDA Organic. What is corporate greenwash?

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

These included Shell-produced content such as the Time For Energy film, and a book called Energy published the same year. In 1962, Shell’s chief geologist, Houston-based Marion King Hubbert, produced a book-length report on energy for the U.S. A parallel world of Shell-backed publications brushed such warnings aside.