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Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

AGreenLiving

We came up with dozens of cool products and hosted tastings in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Kelp is also able to naturally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, mitigating rising temperatures and climate change. ” Minimizing its carbon footprint is another crucial mission for AKUA.

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Sustainable Facilities Forum 2023 Leadership Award Winners

Green Technology

Green Technology’s Leadership Awards aim to recognize and honor individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made significant contributions to advancing sustainability efforts and reducing carbon footprints in various sectors. The award was accepted by Joel Griffith, DGS and the O Street team.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

By 1843, a Punch magazine article featured the first artificial ice rink, “not of frozen water but of a slush of chemicals including hog’s lard and melted sulphur, which smelled abominably.” HFCs heighten the greenhouse effect, while carbon dioxide similarly intensifies global warming.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Join me on this quest in which we start by looking into how the Arctic is doing, before making an overview of predictions on ‘when everything is gone’ by various renowned organizations. Some have actually called the Arctic the world’s “air-conditioning system” because of the role of the large ice sheets in cooling the surrounding continents.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s. But the authors theorised that localised cooling caused by air pollution might counteract the greenhouse effect. Shell had other plans.