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When climate solutions stop trending

Grist

Some of the trends covered, like plant-based meat alternatives , are still alive and well, though they haven’t yet delivered on all their promises. “Would today’s single-use plastic conversation exist if we hadn’t gotten really hot and bothered around plastic straws being up turtle noses?

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Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

AGreenLiving

That made me think, ‘Wow, what if we could create a line of meat alternative products from one of the most sustainable sources of food on the planet?’ For one, Harvard University has documented that kelp plays a significant role in reducing global warming.