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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

At the end of the first century, there were approximately 170 million people on Earth, by 1800, the population was over 1 billion people with major cities developing, breakthrough medical advancements, and continued technological innovation. There is nearly twice as much carbon in permafrost than is currently in the atmosphere.

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How Big a Difference Can Biodegradable Straws Make to the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

All materials do this, even plastics, which break down into what we call microplastics – i.e. plastic particles smaller than 5mm. For these materials to degrade, special conditions and technologies are required. Biodegradable Straws Reduce Microplastics at Sea and on Land. As such, it’s not a very precise term.

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Fifty Shades of Greta

Green Market Oracle

Through his passion for the outdoors, he witnessed the effects of microplastic pollution on the environment. When Fionn was in high school, he invented a new method of extracting microplastics from the water using his own version of ferrofluid, a liquid developed by NASA. Hilda Nakabuye is from Kampala, Uganda. So here I am."