Calling all members – Consultation on the reform of the planning system in England Do you want to have your ideas and views heard on the new consultation to reform the planning system in England? Modeshift are looking for members to join a discussion as we plan to submit our response the proposals laid out in the new ‘Planning for the future’ white paper.
Source: www.modeshift.org.uk
Working around building occupants in institutional and commercial facilities is a challenging aspect of project management for maintenance and engineering managers. A global pandemic is not the ideal strategy for managers addressing that challenge. But when colleges and universities switched to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, it gave managers an unexpected though hardly welcomed opportunity to address projects. The pandemic sent home more than 30,000 students and hundreds of faculty members at Sacramento State University in California. The empty campus the exodus created gave the university’s maintenance team a chance to take on a tough project more easily – a lighting retrofit inside one of the university’s most vital buildings.
The University of St. Thomas Sustainability Club organized the university’s first school-wide zero waste event. Videographer Jack Stanek and reporter Taylor Shupe covered the campus lunch event.
Hair extensions are becoming as normal as throwing some mascara and blush on before running out of the house. It feels like you can buy them anywhere nowadays, from at your local corner shop in the form of a thin ponytail to at the beauty salon for hundreds of dollars. While synthetic hair has its issues (it’s made from plastic and cannot biodegrade), human hair isn’t any better. Where is all this hair coming from? And is it just another example of exploiting women desperate to support their families?
The resilience of food production in the face of a changing climate will depend on both traditional ecological knowledge and Western science.
From Kings of Indigo to Candiani, the denim supply chain diversifies its materials and ingredients in an effort to be more sustainable.
Concerned citizens have alleged that the banning would be delayed because the Government of Belize (GOB) would not provide any incentives to investors interested in manufacturing and supplying biodegradable items in the country.