CleanTech Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Water is inextricably linked to climate change, which will continue to affect its availability, quality, and quantity. To minimize the many damaging effects. The post Diageo Sustainable Solutions (DSS) Seeks Innovation to Achieve Water Targets appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In this day and age when the effects of climate change are so evident in our lives, becoming environmentally conscious is something that we should all strive for. The good thing is that you don’t have to make major life changes.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 4, 2021

With climate change as a growing threat, the race is on to find new ways of safeguarding our planet’s future. Keeping your business operations eco-friendly is more important than ever before. All over the world, the business community is pitching in with innovative solutions that won’t break the bank.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Climate change seems to be knocking at our doors. The same goes for climate change-induced catastrophes, which seem nearer every day. That’s why we believe preparing for climate change impact is key in preparing for the future. How to Help in Stopping Climate Change Impact. Change Diet.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

One of those enterprises is Ecopost, which has upcycled 5 million kilograms of plastic waste into building materials and created over 2,000 jobs for youth and women. As a strategic partner and host of its secretariat, the African Development Bank organized the event in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

This travel can be excessive, and in most cases travel is by bus or air, and both are large emitters of carbon causing climate change. For instance, Adidas and the National Hockey League have created all-star jerseys from upcycled and repurposed materials to push for sustainability. Look to schedule games more strategically.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JUNE 1, 2023

Dive and Conservation Festival is held to raise awareness of the importance of protecting this vital region from the ravages of climate change. Green and Blue conservation efforts in the Caribbean are critical for preserving the region’s fragile ecosystem.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

Supported this year by partner Suez, Repair Week is billed as an annual celebration of handiness, featuring repair workshops, films, expert advice and a directory of repair services – all of which are intended to help people gain and grow their repairing skills, save money and help fight climate change.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Carbon Upcycling Technologies , a Carbon to Value Initiative Year 2 participant, received $4.4M Greentown members and alums Bodhi , Cleartrace , ElectricFish , and Eugenie AI were chosen for the Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change program.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

The transition to a circular model will be essential to halt the twin trends of biodiversity loss and climate change. As the Climate Change Committee identified in the Sixth Carbon Budget, there are considerable opportunities to improve resource efficiency that are not being taken, even though they would reduce costs to consumers.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 25, 2020

The best part is, since the family has already hammered out a basic design, you can replicate this upcycled project at home. Related: Get serious about climate change with this board game Once on a new game space, players must participate in the listed activity. The result turned their entire living room into a real life game.

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Grist

APRIL 17, 2024

The spotlight It’s no secret that climate change poses a threat to our agricultural systems. And today, a new wave of startups is entering the coffee-imitation game, motivated by the threat climate change poses to the world’s coffee supply. If arabica is Goldilocks, climate change is an angry bear.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2022

72 per cent of us are concerned or fearful about climate change, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer, which surveys people all over the world. And in Europe, according to Pew Research Center, climate change is seen as an even bigger threat than coronavirus.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Entitled Arcadia Earth , the temporary art exhibition immerses guests in a multi-sensory journey spotlighting pressing ecological issues — such as overfishing, plastic pollution, food waste, deforestation and climate change — with vivid artworks designed with upcycled and reusable materials.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Check out a recording of the event below, and read on to learn about each startup, the climate impact of their technologies, and their progress during the program! “At the nexus of the racial wealth gap and climate change is ACCEL.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It said successful products should be quantifiably more sustainable than existing products, such as being made with more recycled or upcycled materials, made with reduced carbon emissions, or able to help consumers reduce, reuse, or recycle materials. Both are key in delivering the circular economy we so urgently need."

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GreenTech Gazette

AUGUST 21, 2020

European fashion outlet H&M has come under fire from critics who accused the brand of greenwashing after pairing with Swedish company Re:newcell to create more sustainable upcycled clothes from a circulose / viscose blend. Call us when they release the McVegan! The post Green Innovation or Greenwashing?

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

deploys a biorefining platform that upcycles organic waste to fatty-acid biochemicals that can be used in a wide range of applications. The C2V Initiative takes an all-hands-on-deck approach to tackling climate change and connects entrepreneurs with leaders from diverse industries to build a thriving carbontech ecosystem.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 6, 2020

Specifically, the Garbage Watch upcycles electronic waste such as motherboards and scrap computer parts and turns them into a functional watch. While the Garbage Watch’s name may sound questionable, it fits given that the watch uses materials that would otherwise end up in the dump.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The collection also makes use of upcycling , or turning something old into something new. When possible, they chose materials that were already at least partially recycled, yet still durable. The designers also aimed for versatility, so that each garment could be styled in multiple ways.

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

Crucially, a major Ipsos MORI poll revealed that in a host of key economies overwhelming majorities agree climate change is as serious as the Covid-19 crisis and agree that green stimulus plans should follow forthwith. We can therefore attack the twin challenges of Covid-19 and climate change simultaneously, not sequentially.

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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 19, 2022

Today, WEEE Centre manages complex e-waste streams that are simultaneously ridden with toxic chemicals and critical valuable metals that creates a circular system for product life extension through product repair, upcycling, and sourcing of raw materials. And all the GHG accounting and net zero goals in the world won’t change that.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 12, 2022

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Canada) utilizes point-source CO2 and mineralizes it with waste materials to create supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that can be used in building materials. For more information about UFL, visit ufl.nyc and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. About Greentown Labs.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

Environmental aspects include your operations, supply chain, products, and services, with an emphasis on protecting scarce resources, plus fighting pollution and climate change. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. Can we use less or adopt clean alternative energy sources? Is it hazardous?

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

These initiatives demonstrate a commitment to SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production, SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, and SDG 13: Climate action. You can learn more about the Western Container Sales in our GBB member story: Western Container Sales: Creating Value Through Upcycling and Waste Reduction.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

27% of organizations are feeling the operational impacts of climate change. First, summarize business aspects that consume energy, water and other natural resources, generate waste, impact the environment and contribute to climate change. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. Is it hazardous?

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 25, 2022

An eco-friendly kitchen is the best way to express your concern and love for the environment. Whether building it from scratch or renovating it, do it sustainably. There are many ways you can create an eco-friendly kitchen. Besides, an eco-friendly kitchen lets you save money while conserving the environment.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 28, 2021

If you think about it, a livestock farm is a grass factory and cows are upcyclers. In your experience working with ranchers, what has been their perspective on things like climate change and environmental stewardship? It’s both. They turn grass into human-consumable protein. How are they thinking about the future?

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

A great example is the Upcycle Ecocharger sold by The Green Microgym, an eco gym that has achieved 85% less electricity use and a carbon footprint one-tenth that of a conventional gym (per square foot). Like the ECO-POWR machines mentioned previously, these devices also harness human work and feed it back into the grid as usable energy.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health. For instance, thinking about climate change, solid waste-related emissions are anticipated to increase to 2.38

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2020

We must apply the same scale and urgency of our response to climate change.” But the last few weeks have also demonstrated that our society, even at the international level, is capable of mass shifts across all sectors to meet a crisis head-on. Earth Day Image via NASA.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 28, 2021

Called XpreSole Panto, the boots are available in high-top or low-top options made with upcycled coffee grounds collected from local coffee shops in Taiwan. With this in mind, sustainable shoe brand Ccilu has developed a line of waterproof boots, called XpreSole Panto, made with recycled coffee grounds and other eco-friendly materials.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 28, 2023

This article discusses some Earth Day ideas for employees, tactics for engaging workers from home and encouraging them to do their part in protecting the environment and reducing carbon emissions to fight climate change. Membership can bring ideas, policy and process to your sustainability program.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2021

This article discusses some Earth Day ideas for employees, tactics for engaging workers from home and encouraging them to do their part in protecting the environment and reducing carbon emissions to fight climate change. Educate yourself by watching videos or listening to podcasts on climate change and sustainability.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

In a unique life cycle, marine plastic waste collected from the shorelines of the Dominican Republic will be transformed into upcycled PPE visors and soon returned back to the DR to offer aid and protection to the country’s frontline workers.

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Grist

APRIL 10, 2024

Most surprising Meeting your neighbors is a climate solution Climate change is a global problem. In the very first issue of Looking Forward, we explored how the simple act of making friends with your neighbors can be part of a crucial infrastructure for climate resilience. .)” Find the deets below!

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 25, 2021

In an age of overconsumption and rising climate change concerns, a growing number of people are paring down on clutter as part of a larger move to low-waste living and a more sustainable lifestyle. Trash: If the item in question is damaged beyond repair and can’t be donated, upcycled, or recycled, toss it in the trash.

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