Aspen Snowmass leads ski industry in sustainability efforts
Aspen Snowmass has taken broad steps toward sustainability, from renewable energy and funding NGOs to political lobbying and awareness campaigns.
Electricity distribution: PPP model can ensure long-term sustainability
Both the Centre and states need to take cognisance of the fact that bailouts by new schemes cannot be continued.
The Entire European Union Just Voted To Ban All Single Use Plastics By 2021
The BBC has reported that the European Parliament has voted to completely ban single-use plastics in an attempt to put an end to the seemingly unending stream of plastic pollution filling our oceans. Single-use plastic products include anything, as the name suggests, that are used just once and…
Get Money for Your Sustainability Dreams
Every two weeks during the spring and fall, Orin Starn swings by Sarah P. Duke Gardens for a small dose of the coast. As part of Duke’s Mobile Farmers Market, Walking Fish, a consumer-supported fishery, connects the community with sustainably-sourced North Carolina seafood.
Data scientists can’t spell sustainability
As data science has grown in importance, it has encountered the IS department with increasing frequency.These encounters produce lots of misunderstandings,…
University of Utah announces new chief sustainability officer
University of Utah Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dan Reed announced Monday that Kerry Case has accepted an offer to serve as the U’s chief sustainability officer. Case is currently assistant provost for Integrative Learning at Westminster College and has led that institution’s…
An ode to the sustainability profession
Sustainability, it turns out, has both rhyme and reason.
Circular Economy: How we design, produce, use and discard products impacts our economy
Part I: Instead of maximising growth and profit and making products obsolete by design, the goal is to capture all the value we create.
Google for Startups Accelerator: Sustainability Development Goals Application
Google for Startups Accelerator: Sustainable Development Goals seeks technology startups to offer solution for the world’s biggest problems.
Zero Dark Zero Waste: UCSB’s Struggle for Sustainability
UCSB claims it will be a zero waste campus by 2020. With one week left, can it be done?
Our Columns on Coffee Sustainability in 2019
Daily Coffee News by Roast magazine provides essential only news and resources for specialty coffee professionals. Daily Coffee News covers coffee news from seed to cup, including stories on coffee origin, imports, exports, logistics, supply chains, sustainability, retail, baristas, roasting and…
Fiscal sustainability necessary for inclusive growth in Malaysia
With the right policy mix, enhancing fiscal discipline and promoting inclusive growth need not work against one another in Malaysia.
Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
WE DON’T REALLY GIVE GIFTS ANYMORE — WE DONATE TO PET CHARITIES Okay, we give some small gifts to friends, family and colleagues. …
Parents protest after primary schools BAN packed lunches in bid to cut down on single-use plastic | Daily
Angry parents including Sam Gravener (pictured) signed a petition after schools managed by the Heart Education Trust in Norwich, Norfolk, said they would ban packed lunches.
The ban on single-use plastic straws
IN the US alone, one estimate suggests 500 million straws are used every day, according to National Geographic. One study, published earlier this year, estimated as many as 8.3 billion plastic straws pollute the world’s beaches.