Low Impact

JUNE 30, 2021

This article explores the history of the legal rights of herbalists to practise, and looks particularly at the use of medicinal plants in wartime Britain. In 1512, under the rule of Henry VIII, an Act was passed that became known as the Herbalists’ Charter.

Medicine 90

Medicine Health Africa Law 90

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The IEA has released its first ever evaluation of global energy employment both today and in the future - BusinessGreen takes a deep dive. Fossil fuels - oil, gas, and coal - are still very much the backbone of the global energy system, and these industries employ tens of millions of workers around the world.

Fossil fuels 68

Fossil fuels Energy Energy Asia 68

Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

companies and 49% of revenues of major global companies are generated in business activities that support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. · GreenBiz has released its highly anticipated State of Green Business Report 2021 which details the top 10 sustainable business trends for the year ahead. 53% of revenues of major U.S.

Aviation 59

Aviation Carbon-neutral Climate change Sea level rise 59

Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Yet as the global economy emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, emissions are on the rise once again, presenting a monumental challenge over the next eight years if the world is to keep to the 1.5C Meanwhile, the advance of low carbon alternatives to the hydrocarbon-driven economy has been far too slow to meet that challenge.

Policy 36

Policy Carbon-negative Climate change Technology 36

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Major fossil fuel firms have committed tens of millions in finance to UK universities since 2022, DeSmog can reveal. Many of these commitments have been accepted by institutions that have actively pledged to divest from oil and gas companies. According to freedom of information requests submitted by DeSmog, more than £40.9 million, £5.19

Fossil fuels 121

Fossil fuels Education Energy Energy 121

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Jurich’s focus on finding simple solutions to daunting challenges goes beyond solar. Jurich was part of the founding board of the Startup American Partnership. This list of top 10 women in solar only scratches the surface of the 100s of women who are making a difference for solar.

Startups 40

Startups Organic Solar Power Africa 40

Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

It does provide shorter shipping routes from East to West though, which is great. It was one of the last places on Earth that went unexplored, not due to a lack of trying but because of the almost insurmountable challenges of the harsh environment. Climate science makes it clear that ice-free summers in the near future are inevitable.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Methane Building Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

And we did this against the backdrop of an increasingly fractious geopolitics, and we had nearly 200 countries come together to join forces in the face of a shared global challenge. And the transition to Egypt's Presidency is coming at a profoundly challenging juncture in our current geopolitics. Good morning everyone. The pulse of 1.5

COP 49

COP Politics Climate change Innovation 49

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

words and photographs Deogracias Benjamin Kalima (Figures correct as at 2 April 2019. Cyclone Idai made landfall in the Mozambican port city of Beira, 900 kilometers southwest of Malawi, on Friday 15 March and within hours it had reached the southern part of Malawi, causing colossal destruction of infrastructure, crops and livestock.

Agriculture 40

Agriculture Construction Soil Organic 40

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Time for Energy is part of a collection of 201 company documents, official correspondence, reports, academic studies, and other materials that cast new light on what Shell knew about climate change — and what it chose to tell the public. Now, five decades later, Shell continues to dawdle and delay.”

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Other professionals in this group work at values-driven brands, such as Amy’s Kitchen, East West Tea Company, REI and Timberland. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. GreenBiz Editors. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01. Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. Clean energy for Native American communities. Planet-healing fast food. in childhood.

Building Energy Monitoring 528

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 528

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

When factoring in the costs of fossil fuels in terms of air pollution, human health, and climate change externalities, the payback from cleaner energy sources would be higher still, with IRENA estimating every dollar spent on the energy transition promises to deliver added benefits valued at between $2 and $5.50.

Hydrogen 36

Hydrogen Energy Energy Fossil fuels 36

Climate 4.0

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I ran three little polls on my twitter account last week, seeking people's opinion as to what will be the most consequential country 30 years from now – in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and the world. For Africa, I listed four places – Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Kenya/Tanzania, and South Africa.

Africa 78

Africa Sustainability Climate change Europe 78

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Other professionals in this group work at values-driven brands, such as Amy’s Kitchen, East West Tea Company, REI and Timberland. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30 GreenBiz Editors Mon, 05/17/2021 – 00:01 Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. Clean energy for Native American communities. Planet-healing fast food.

Business Energy Monitoring 36

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

Grist

APRIL 29, 2020

He helped trace the first outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, in 2003 to horseshoe bats in China; the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, in 2013 to camels and bats; and — when it’s safe to travel again — he will return to China to help pinpoint the source of the current coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.

Asia 141

Asia Health Government Africa 141

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

When it comes to those shaping the corporate climate movement — either from within companies or as part of NGOs and policy organizations that recognize the critical role businesses must play in addressing the climate emergency — I’m grateful to say it’s becoming easier to find women with a seat at the decision-making table.

Sustainability 546

Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546

GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Please join us in congratulating and celebrating the best and brightest of 2020 — at a time when we all could benefit from approaching challenges with fresh eyes. The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. GreenBiz Editors. Mon, 06/22/2020 - 02:30. The list of their accomplishments is long and growing longer by the day, and they're just getting started.

Sustainability 109

Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 109

Low Impact

MAY 31, 2020

My aim with these interviews is to explain to a general audience what those people are doing, and to try to work out how they might come together so that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts if you like. We’ll be talking more about that later. It includes fascinating insights, and is well worth a listen / read. The Saudis said yes.

Investment 100

Investment Energy Energy Africa 100

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2023

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy concluded that the East Palestine, Ohio, rail disaster was “100% preventable.” The certainty of this statement raises the obvious question: Why did this happen? The answer was actually provided by one of Homendy’s predecessors at the NTSB. Don’t believe them.

Building Energy Monitoring 94

Building Energy Monitoring Transportation Technology Africa 94

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2021

Just weeks before Joe Biden entered the White House, earning his place in part on a platform of dedicated climate action, a banner with the names of two U.S. Just weeks before Joe Biden entered the White House, earning his place in part on a platform of dedicated climate action, a banner with the names of two U.S. And then — silence.

Politics 91

Politics Africa Government Fossil fuels 91

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

from think tank Common Wealth , DeSmog analysed 142 companies holding at least part-ownership of oil and gas licences in the North Sea. ????Of Campaigners say the trend towards private ownership in the North Sea is potentially “catastrophic” for the UK’s plans for an equitable transition towards low carbon industries.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Climate change Government Policy 98