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From sustainable cocoa to solar-powered beer: 10 of the biggest, best, and quirkiest Earth Day announcements

Business Green

Don't have time to cut through the Earth Day noise? Earth Day is upon us, and this year it is bigger than ever. coalition are heaving with new members as corporates around the world have flocked to the alliances after jumping at the idea to refresh their climate strategies to coincide with Earth Day.

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Environmental Awareness Days in April

Green Business Bureau

You can feel revitalized too with these environmental awareness days in April! National Walk to Work Day – First Friday of April. Take a step towards reducing global emissions for just one day by walking to work! World Health Day – April 7th. Earth Day (U.S.) – April 22nd.

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Greentown Houston Is Here—Meet Our 25+ Inaugural Startups

Greentown Labs

Today, we are proud to support more than 115 climatetech startups that are reimagining how we use and store energy, how we manufacture goods, our transportation infrastructure, and so much more—all in the name of climate action and creating a just, sustainable future for all. . Electricity. Agtech + Water.

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Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2

GreenBiz

Launched on Earth Day 2019, Project Vesta aims to enhance natural weathering processes to accelerate carbon capture and storage in the world's oceans. The organization aims to reach $10 per ton of CO2 equivalent, which is five to 10 times cheaper than direct air capture (DAC) or other techniques. Courtesy of Heliogen.

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Roundup: Fellows in the Field

Defend Our Future

Catching up with the Community Organizing Fellows While Defend Our Future’s campus ambassadors are enjoying a well-deserved summer break, our community organizing fellows have been hard at work with our partners to engage community members to build a future free from fossil fuels. Let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to!

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. The process helps organizations highlight and target high GHG emitting operations with emission reduction strategies.

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Roundup: Fellows in the Field

Defend Our Future

Catching up with the Community Organizing Fellows While Defend Our Future’s campus ambassadors are enjoying a well-deserved summer break, our community organizing fellows have been hard at work with our partners to engage community members to build a future free from fossil fuels. Let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to!