The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Emotional tone The songs I analysed expressed a range of emotions about the crisis, including guilt, anger, hope, and urgency. Our biggest challenge’ by Symphony of Science, is a strange song with auto-tuned voices of scientists explaining the basic science and threat of climate crisis. Some were comical or sardonic.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Fixtures set the tone of a room and work as a central element in the theme. Graypants explains that the studio “was founded as an opportunity to apply an architectural mindset to product design and art —enhancing space and enriching experiences. Graypants Studio also creates pendant lamps in a variety of shapes and finishes.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Johnson could have condemned Insulate Britain campaigners while explaining that he would deliver the investment in energy efficiency that would protect Brits from soaring energy prices. All of which makes the near complete absence of the climate crisis and the green opportunity from Ministers' speeches even harder to explain.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 8, 2020

In fact, each deck design is one-of-its-kind, featuring varying shapes and tones. You will feel the difference in our wood phone cases and boards because of our commitment to sourcing high quality material,” Rustek explains on its website. Rustek Skateboards Via Yanko Design Images via Rustek Skateboards.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 13, 2021

The design is based on the local nature and color, in which you can find all shades of gray,” the architects explained. Unlike the dark facade, the interiors are lined with light-toned timber and OSB panels. The load-bearing structure is constructed from cross-laminated timber panels.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In a bid to justify the placement of a 48-story tower in the midst of pristine Quebec forest, MU Architecture explained that the luxury resort project, dubbed PEKULIARI, is “diametrically opposed with the concept of urban sprawl.”

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 6, 2023

I realized that I didn’t really know why they shined,” said Lydia Zhang, speaking with a tone of awe in her voice. “It Astronomy was my refuge, especially in the beginning of college,” Lydia explained, sharing how she added Astronomy as a second major alongside her Economics degree. To an extent, I wanted to escape.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 15, 2020

. “In looking back on all this, Northbound Train is lucky to be here at all, and took an inordinate amount of perseverance—or delusion, depending on your view, to get it done,” explained Lorden, who put the containers side-by-side to maximize the interior footprint. Northbound Train Images via Tommy Lorden. More here:Â .

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Related: This museum is carved into the seaside sand dunes of China’s Gold Coast At the heart of the new performing arts center — nicknamed “drama box” — is a 1,200-seat grand theater wrapped in dark red-toned wood panels that are visible from both inside the building and atop the roof, where the fly gallery can be seen.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Larch features prominently in the build — the project name is a nod to the natural reddish tones found in Shinshu larch — and shows up in the structural frame’s beams and columns as well as the walls, eaves and furnishings. He also added an accent wall to the interior built of clay sourced from the local Kita-Aika village in Nagano.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2020

There was no excavation or digging, so no disruption of the hydrology of the soil,” Conta explained. The interior design complements the cozy aesthetic of the honey-toned exterior. Forgoing the usual concrete slab foundation meant that construction was completed in less time and with very little damage to the land.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 17, 2020

“This office space is deliberately designed to contrast with the rest of the building, creating an interesting juxtaposition of color, volume and geometry in addition to creating an individual identity based upon the brief,” the architects explained.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Located in an idyllic area of Mont-de-l’Enclus in Belgium , the Sloped Villa came to be after the homeowners, who purchased an expansive, sloping plot of land, met with the architects and explained their vision of building an “invisible house” into the rolling terrain.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 20, 2020

According to the architects, this bucolic location set the tone for the design, which deftly manages to “border” the vernacular aesthetics of both urban and rural architecture. Located in Polverigi, just outside of Ancona, the Border Crossing House is set on a ridge looking out over expansive fields of wheat.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

His entire speech was trying to explain the lack of climate change impact on finance - he ignored the responsibility of finance in impacting the climate and our transition," she argued. I am worried that this type of behaviour and tone will be the very reason why we will fail to use 'big finance' as a lever to enact the change we need.".

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 6, 2020

The incredibly idyllic setting set the tone for the design, which focused on creating something that would fit the region’s style but also reap the benefits of modern sustainability. As for aesthetics, Jenkins explained that she and her husband were both intrigued by the traditional Japanese practice of shou sugi ban.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

Tollman explained that this year's Petersburg Climate Dialogue would be far more overtly political that its predecessors, which have often tended to focus more on nitty gritty diplomatic detail wrangling in preparation for COP. The amplification of more cross-sector voices is appropriate for the climate summit's broadened remit, Tollman said.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 12, 2020

Related: Artist revamps dingy interior of a 1962 Airstream with vibrant florals Innovative Spaces owner Nate Stover explained that although the Airstream trailer was in fairly poor shape, they knew they had found a diamond in the rough. When the designers found a 1973 Airstream Tradewind, they knew they had the perfect trailer to get started.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

When marketing your sustainable business, the most impactful metrics to bring up are those explaining how your company is addressing the problems that are most pressing in your industry. Avoid greenwashing in your marketing. Focus On Key Environmental Issues That Are Important In Your Industry. Take a renewable energy company for example.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2022

It establishes the goals and sets the tone. Explain the benefits of the certification, how to use it. If you’re the team lead or executive sponsor, be passionate, rally the team and explain to the team why they should join the cause and how they will make a difference. The first meeting, the kick-off, is key. Make It Personal.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Instead, the formal language of the habitat follows cues from those found in nature: the contours of the domes perfectly matching those of the excavated dirt; the surface of the paper stained with a plethora of natural, earthen tones.” <img src="//inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2020/07/Agg-Hab-I-thee-9-889×667.jpg"

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Grist

MARCH 26, 2021

He began attending conferences where scientists spoke of the end of the world and everything they researched — glaciers, sea birds, coral reefs — in restrained tones, then drove off afterward and returned to their daily lives. To explain this concept, he turns to Icelandic history. Shouldn’t we have had tears in our eyes?”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Policy and investment to boost domestic manufacturing and skills training are urgently required to support the heat pump rollout, explains Dr Richard Lowes from the Regulatory Assistance Project.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

Debates have raged over how best to encourage the public to curb their emissions and embrace clean technologies, while the optimal tone and tactics for both capturing attention and inspiring action have been the subject of myriad polls, studies, and initiatives.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In response to the social media takeover, a spokesperson from the Ad Net Zero Campaign acknowledged the debate around the climate impact of advertising and stressed the group was taking an active role in encouraging its members to ask their clients to explain how their work aligned with global climate goals.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The switchable and editable camera case provides people with a fun unique digital photography experience that’s tailor made for the individual, brand or event,” explained on Paper Shoot’s website. A switch on the back of the camera even lets you choose between color, black-and-white, blue or sepia-tone filters.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

It’s inclusive, too, with every Fenty Skin product tested on all skin tones, textures and types. I wanted the packaging to be beautiful, but also functional with an earth-conscious approach,” Rihanna explained on Fenty Skin’s site. “We

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But because transparency rules are not legally binding, groups are able to “circumvent” them, Cann from CEO explained. Tipping Point With European Elections due in June 2024, experts say that decisions made now will set the tone for parties across Europe.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 19, 2023

What isn’t changing, not one bit, is the otherworldly spin from fossil fuel lobbyists and spinmasters, one of whom had the tone-deaf audacity this week to insist it would be “dangerous and irresponsible” not to increase fossil fuel production into the indefinite future.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Explaining their use and removal of the UNFSS logo, HfA said: “When we were informed that the logo may create confusion, HealthforAnimals promptly contacted all recipients to clarify that the document was not an official UNFSS document and avoid any ambiguity.”. But when asked about it, the UN said it “was not taken on board.”

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 26, 2021

She set the tone for the morning, as themes of community, female leadership, building up better futures, whole-body wellbeing and system change ran through the six inspirational WCS talks. Rita then explained how procedural, distributional, structural and transgenerational equity plays an integral part in LA’s sustainability plan.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sustainability brings this purpose to business, and your green mission statement will reflect this higher sense of purpose, setting the tone for your sustainability program. Part of this education includes explaining how your sustainability program creates value – as previously noted. Step #2: Create a Green Team .

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

“Pooling a bunch of these different challenges under one contract would manage some of that new technology risk and those demand charge risks,” explained Izzi. The tone of the panel was undeniably one of confidence in the promise of innovative financing to get ZEV’s to the finish line.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

It's what they need to do because everyone's trying to work out what green recovery looks like, and we've never done it before," she explained. "I The amplification of more cross-sector voices is appropriate for the climate summit's broadened remit, Tollman said.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

TIME magazine recently explained how Pacific Island nations have been grappling for decades with the legacy of Cold War nuclear testing. Striking a different tone, The Pacific Island Forum commissioned a panel of experts to provide independent technical advice and guidance, and help address concerns on the wastewater.

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The Angry Clean Energy Guy

APRIL 16, 2015

Setting the tone earlier still, global warming’s math is “ terrifying ”, roared Bill McKibben of 350.org, Associating a planetary emergency with the need for wars, cost and sacrifice, without explaining the opportunities and practical solutions, is like a cry to build arks and retreat to the mountains: People are not interested.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

And that’s why we can expect food and farming companies – responsible for over a third of greenhouse gas emissions – to be busy in Dubai as they try to set the tone of conversations and keep binding targets off the table. He explains that companies can have real world impact in this way.

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