Grist
AUGUST 10, 2023
Last month, the American Chemistry Council, a petrochemical industry trade group, sent out a newsletter highlighting a major new report on what it presented as a promising solution to the plastic pollution crisis: using “recycled” plastic in construction materials. This already happens with materials that don’t have plastics in them.)
GreenBiz
MARCH 30, 2021
To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. West Des Moines is home to three Microsoft data centers and two more are slated for construction starting in 2021. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.".
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2022
Mark Nelson’s address will reflect on his experiences in the early 1990s Biosphere 2 project in the Arizona desert, in which he was responsible for managing a constructed wetland marsh recycling system. Biosphere 2 contained a rainforest, fog desert, freshwater and mangrove marsh and mini ocean with a coral reef.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 14, 2023
By Wendy Furgusson, Associate, Environment and Health, Ramboll With Natural England’s recent changes to planning policy causing a reduction in the number of new homes built from 240,000 a year in 2018-19 to a projected 111,000 by 2025, awareness of nutrient pollution as a problem is becoming more widespread.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 4, 2022
Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the University of California , Davis. It highlights the importance of a One Health approach that requires collaboration across human, wildlife and environmental disciplines.
Green Business Bureau
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
is bringing sustainability into the built environment through living roofs and living walls, structures that use plant power to lower building energy use, reduce stormwater runoff, improve air quality and encourage biodiversity. It is also through this reconnection with nature that mental and physical health is improved.
AGreenLiving
APRIL 14, 2020
Designed by architectural firm WRNS Studio and built by Silicon Valley-based XL Construction, the low-carbon building is a powerhouse of sustainable systems including solar panels , a living roof and stormwater management.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
96 
Let's personalize your content