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Drainage firm announces free seminars on geocellular structures, surface water and other topics

Envirotec Magazine

Oliver Collins, Product Marketing Manager – Building + Landscape at ACO Water Management, said: “The construction industry is ever-changing, not just from a technological perspective but also in terms of the environment we are operating in. 18 November – Managing highways surface water. 2 December – Super amphibian highway.

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6 Easy Ways to Minimize Your E-Waste Levels

The Environmental Blog

This is why it is prudent to host seminars or webinars which discuss the impact of electronic waste on the environment. The issue here is that this technology is now considered to be slightly outdated. Not only is e-waste bad for the environment, but it can cause serious health issues.

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Enlit Africa and industry leaders showcase power and energy industry development

Smart Energy International

Yet, there is another side to this tale of darkness – one in which electrification, light, new interconnections and power developments are springing up all over the continent and innovative technology is being adopted at a rate never seen before. Strict health and safety COVID-19 protocols will be observed. Hydrogen future.

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This is the future climate hawks want to see

Business Green

More public transport capacity, improved active travel networks, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and continued R&D investment in low carbon aviation and shipping technologies. And the development of genuinely low carbon industrial hubs based on cutting edge carbon capture and hydrogen technologies.

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Project Legacy earns LEED Gold for circular, sustainable design

AGreenLiving

The university’s new center for technology and entrepreneurship was designed and built with the circular economy in mind — minimizing waste, contouring sustainable material selections and capitalizing on energy-efficient systems. It’s called the WonderFrame shade structure and clads the building with multi-colored and multifunctional panels.

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#Greentown10: A Look at Greentown’s Biggest Annual Event Throughout the Years

Greentown Labs

The first-ever Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit introduced what we see as the four pillars of climate action—technology, finance, policy, and justice—and featured programming on each, alongside extra opportunities to network with our startups, including our first investor speed networking. In 2020, we took DEMO Day to the next level.

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Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about

GreenBiz

"Too many Americans live without any affordable means of cleanly disposing of the waste from their toilets, and must live with the resulting filth," writes Catherine Coleman Flowers, an environmental health advocate, in her book "Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret," published by The New Press in November.

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