GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Booming secondhand clothing sales could help curb the sustainability crisis in fashion. Hyejune Park. Fri, 11/27/2020 - 01:00. A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years — from $28 billion in 2019 to $80 billion in 2029 — in a U.S. market currently worth $379 billion.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

An early-view paper published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Robotics describes how a robotic hand wrapped in a solar-cell “skin” is capable of interacting with objects without using dedicated and expensive touch sensors. Instead, the skin puts the array of miniaturised solar cells integrated on its soft polymer surface to a clever dual use.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Too often, the giving season feels like a mad rush to check tasks off a list. It's all too easy (and embarrassing) to wind up giving our friends and family junk gifts that we regret buying. Our shopping guide makes it simple to find sustainably made, easy-to-purchase presents that you can feel good about giving over the holidays.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

UK biotech company Toraphene says it is preparing to unveil the world’s first truly biodegradable, compostable and commercially viable alternative to plastic packaging. The company has developed a new material, also called Toraphene, that uses biopolymers that “compost naturally and biodegrade without human intervention, even in the ocean.” The biopolymers are combined with graphene, a variant of carbon (or allotrope , to be precise) whose modern rediscovery and isolation at th

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

Energy

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A modular treehouse proposed for the Vibrac castle property in France uses biomimicry for a resilient, sustainable design.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A new digital platform is said to substantially accelerate the speed at which housing developers gain required approvals, and “has the potential to revolutionise how drainage designs are validated in Scotland.” Developed by Scottish Water Horizons in partnership with engineering consultancy Atkins, the new system ‘FastTrack Drainage’, seemingly “radically reduces the time needed for technical approvals, helping accelerate new homes to market.” Developers face mounting pre

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The annual ceremony of the EI Awards 2020 took place on 26 November, with an aim to celebrate the most innovative people and projects across the global energy sector – with the winners feted by both the President of the Energy Institute (EI) and the UK Energy Minister. This year saw a record 160 entries from around the world – from Nigeria to New Zealand, Spain to Singapore – all competing for the ten awards.

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altenergymag

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed Antoine Borraccino (PhD) as Offshore Analytics Lead.

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 92% of the global population live in areas where air pollution exceeds safe limits. Following global lock-downs.

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Rinexii

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Pumpkin spice lattes are over. It is now time for egg nog, gingerbread cookies, and candy canes. These few food items are all the “seasonal” foods we have left really, but there was once a time when all foods were seasonal. Before we could fly tomatoes in from Mexico, they were only available when they were in season–summer into early fall.

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Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

Transportation

Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

New guide draws on the expertise of recognised corporate sustainability leaders such as Ikea and Unilever to set out 10 principles for effectively embedding environmental action within an organisation. How can businesses ensure they integrate and deliver sustainable practices throughout their operations? In a contemporary corporate landscape characterised by escalating climate risks, emerging clean technologies, and mounting pressure from green consumers, investors, and regulators it is a critic

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Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

We’re delighted to announce the dates for the 2021 Green Academy syllabus – our annual series of online training sessions bringing you the very best of Sustainability thinking, updated every year. We used Zoom before it was trendy, so you can take part wherever you are in the world (some of our participants clearly don’t follow normal sleep patterns!).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The global retail giant is beefing up its take-back service to mark Black Friday, but its sweeping sustainability plans extend far beyond recycling and re-use. Black Friday is upon us. For IKEA, that marks the expanded launch of a program to buy back furniture in an effort to curb consumption. "We don't want to encourage people to overconsume. That's one of the challenges we've identified that we feel like we can make a big impact on within our whole strategy," said Jenn Keesson, sustainability

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Too often, the giving season feels like a mad rush to check tasks off a list. It’s all too easy (and embarrassing) to wind up giving our friends and family junk gifts that we regret buying. Our shopping guide makes it simple to find sustainably made, easy-to-purchase presents that you can feel good about giving over the holidays. Spent grain pancakes Everybody has to eat, and anybody sane likes a good pancake.

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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

Sustainability

Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

New study released to coincide with Black Friday concludes that efforts to tackle the climate crisis would be strengthened by major reforms to the advertising industry. Pressure on the advertising industry to reassess its engagement with polluting and environmentally damaging clients ratcheted up another gear this week, with the publication of a new report exploring how the sector is exacerbating the climate crisis.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Today’s inspiration is from Japanese philosopher, educator, and nuclear disarmament … The post Earth911 Inspiration: Solving Complex Global Problems appeared first on Earth 911. Read the original: Earth911 Inspiration: Solving Complex Global Problems.

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Eco-Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

With its new microgrid research programme in the city-state, the French utility firm wants to pilot projects that will help shape the carbon-neutral cities, industries, and energy systems of the future.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Booming secondhand clothing sales could help curb the sustainability crisis in fashion Hyejune Park Fri, 11/27/2020 – 01:00 A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years — from $28 billion in 2019 to $80 billion in 2029 — in a U.S. market currently worth $379 billion.

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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

All the green business news from around the world this week. Siemens and Alstom move forward with hydrogen train projects. Two of Europe's top engineering giants have this week moved forward with plans to accelerate the roll out hydrogen fuelled trains, with projects advancing in both Germany and Italy. Germany's Siemens announced it has teamed up with rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) to test a completely new system that would combine a fuel cell train with a newly designed hydrogen filling stat

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Earth911 talks with oil industry veteran and critic Jack Kerfoot, … The post Earth911 Podcast: Jack Kerfoot on Beating Big Oil With Renewable Energy appeared first on Earth 911. Original post: Earth911 Podcast: Jack Kerfoot on Beating Big Oil With Renewable Energy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

US start-up reveals how its packaging innovations are helping to curb food waste. In 2017, Hazel Technologies was a plucky young startup with enough scientific success to raise $800,000 in seed funding and score a $600,000 development grant from the US Department of Agriculture. In late 2020, the company is finding early commercial success in its mission to decrease food waste through its innovative packaging.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Bath, U.K.-based Hewitt Studios has given a stunning makeover to Morgan Motor Company’s aging café, museum and showroom with the new Experience Centre, a prefabricated visitor center made from sustainably sourced timber. Designed with reusability in mind, the building takes cues from the British motor car manufacturer’s hand-built sports cars that are constructed from three recyclable core elements: ash timber, aluminum and leather.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Governments are in uncharted territory as they respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic — but that doesn’t mean they can’t learn from the past.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

As an entry to the Young Architects Competitions’ Tree House Module contest, the architecture team of Garvin Goepel and Christian Baumgarten have proposed a modular treehouse called Nidus Domum that is made up of two shelters inspired by wasp nests. The modules are designed to sit on the property of Vibrac castle in France to help visitors escape modern civilization.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Even in an era of deep partisan division, planting trees and restoring forests to the United States’ natural and working landscapes represents a shared priority of both U.S. political parties.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Over the last 20 years, the U.S. oil and gas industry has expanded production astronomically, becoming the world’s largest producer of the fuels driving climate change.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Tesla, a company focused on sustainability and renewables, is now the 6th most valuable company in the United States. It just overtook Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, Inc's market cap.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Imagine accelerating away from a light when suddenly — BANG! — your Tesla makes a loud sound and sends a snapping shudder through the whole car. then you realize that you live in a state that doesn't allow Tesla to operate sales or service centers.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

This article explores various EV charging habits and patterns — as well as a bit of EV charging knowledge — in the United States and Europe.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Elon Musk will be the 2020 recipient of the Axel Springer Award, which is given to outstanding personalities who are innovative, generate and change markets, and influence culture while owning up to their responsibility to society.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It’s amazing that anyone can consider replacing coal with wind energy when you look at how many wind turbines it takes to replace the things we get for free from coal.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

ZERA has just added a brand new 2020 Nissan Leaf to its fleet. The 62 kWh Leaf e+ has a real world range of over 350 kilometers depending on driving conditions.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

While I'm only at the beginning of this journey, what I've learned so far has been very enlightening. It's tempting to see systems like Tesla's Full Self Driving (FSD) beta as a child that is learning by doing while we supervise and keep things safe.

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