Low Impact

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Plastic packaging is, of course, not the end of the story; most of us also have a huge array of plastic items in our homes. Carefully consider each clothing purchase, and choose fewer quality items, rather than lots of fast fashion. If buying them, choose organic seeds in paper rather than plastic packaging.

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Plastics Ethics Biodegradable Organic 103

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Clean beauty and fashion are trendy. Some of the biggest contributors to the plastic crisis are the cosmetics and fashion industries. . In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. In fashion, similarly, going the extra mile takes an innovative approach.

Sustainability 539

Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 539

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Vegan shoes Vegan Chic is 100 percent vegan fashion with products vetted to meet high standards of eco-friendly and cruelty-free sourcing, especially with regards to fair and safe working conditions during production. Its packaging is even derived from 100 percent reusable, recyclable or biodegradable materials.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Microsoft’s cloud architecture eventually will house Land O’Lakes’ data tools including Truterra , which tracks impacts on soil , air and water from no-till, cover crops and fertilizer management practices, as well as WinField United r7 software that uses satellite imagery and geolocated data. The H&M model embodies some big contradictions.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 518

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Attending conferences like GreenBiz 21 serve as perfect soil and ground to grow meaningful connections and partnerships! I was particularly interested in the discussions around plastic packaging and waste throughout the event. Furthermore, I learned that I am not alone in my mission to create a greener, more equitable world.

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Sustainability Plastics Innovation Education 399

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Turning mycelium into packaging that’s ‘compatible with the planet’ Founded in 2007, New York based Ecovative Design leverages the naturally binding properties of mycelium — mushroom’s root structure — in several sustainable materials. Producing just 2.69

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Technology Packaging Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 28

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Explore ideas that will take into consideration effective packaging, smart servicing and records of past events. Composting converts organic waste into soil carbon, averting landfill methane emissions in the process. A solution is to include the goal to reduce food waste while planning the food menu.

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Waste Waste Methane Recycling 167

AGreenLiving

APRIL 3, 2020

Environmentally conscious clothing companies are few and far between, with the fashion industry as a whole being one of the top polluters on Earth. To add softness and comfort, it combines 45% recycled cotton with 55% organic cotton, grown without damaging pesticides and herbicides that pollute the soil and water.

Plastics 36

Plastics Recycling Recycling Biodegradable 36

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

When well managed the land helps regulate water and air quality, sequester and store carbon, and minimise flood and soil erosion risks. Soil erosion, wildfires, floods, monocultures, and pollution can all pose a serious threat to life and the viability of the economies and communities that are dependent on the land.

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Biodiversity Climate change Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 81

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Clean beauty and fashion are trendy. Media Source Courtesy of Media Authorship Lush Close Authorship Some of the biggest contributors to the plastic crisis are the cosmetics and fashion industries. In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste.

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Sustainability Plastics Climate change Agriculture 28

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The True Cost, 2015 The True Cost exposes another major contributor of pollution, waste and consumption — the fast fashion industry. It also highlights toxins added to the soil and waterways via plant growth (such as cotton) and throughout the manufacturing process (such as dyes). Images via.

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Global warming Plastics Waste Waste 28

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Shop Beeswax Wraps on Amazon Alternative Apparel The alternative to fast fashion that pollutes the environment and consumes resources is Alternative Apparel, an eco-conscious label dedicated to the creation of casual clothing made from natural and recycled materials. Gwynn also developed another recipe that’s completely vegan.

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Recycling Recycling Organic Waste 28

Grist

APRIL 14, 2021

At a symposium I attended the month after I returned from the trail, the Aboriginal writer Alexis Wright said that, in matters pertaining to the climate crisis, “it’s become a bit of a fashion to talk about Indigneous knowledge, to try and package it.” Still, if Woodside had won, it would have done its best to effect an untangling.

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Fossil fuels Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 126

Rinexii

OCTOBER 16, 2019

These people aren’t the usual “crunchy” men and women who drink out of mason jars and carry their reusable bags like a fashion statement. If you can, handle the cooking and the packaging of leftovers as well. With the alarming rise in greenhouse gases, a new wave of citizens are taking up arms to combat climate change.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Microsoft’s cloud architecture eventually will house Land O’Lakes’ data tools including Truterra , which tracks impacts on soil , air and water from no-till, cover crops and fertilizer management practices, as well as WinField United r7 software that uses satellite imagery and geolocated data.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

This drum of waste entered the United States aboard a Singapore Airlines cargo jet, appropriately packaged in a steel drum. Waste comes in all types of packaged and unpackaged methods and it can even come in a dump truck so long as the transporter follows the DOT [Department of Transportation] and RRC rules.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere. Essentially, sustainable fashion meets women’s health. Founder, Pantys; São Paulo, Brazil.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Fundamentals of Circular Packaging (Workshop): An increase in consumer awareness, corporate engagement and regulatory action has led more companies to set ambitious goals to reduce and reimagine their use of plastics and packaging. In this session, you'll be introduced to the key points to consider before doing so.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 13, 2020

Unlike some industries, individuals like you and me have the power to genuinely make an impact through our food and packaging decisions multiple times per day. Digging into the soil carbon connection. There was something else that drew me to working in agriculture and the circular economy. i , just to name a few.

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Agriculture Innovation Soil Waste 98

Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

Diverse clothing, including Muslim modest fashion and ethnic cosmetics, are taking steps to embrace a green business vision within the markets. Curiously Conscious is a leading sustainable fashion and conscious lifestyle blog owned and run by Besma Whayeb, which supports black-owned sustainable businesses.

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Sustainability Climate change Packaging Fashion 97

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere. Essentially, sustainable fashion meets women’s health. Modernizing the space, though, would require a new approach.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36