Reformation x New Balance Sustainable Sneakers
Reformation x New Balance is a more sustainable edition of your classic beloved New Balance dad sneakers. Now available in a computer near you.
Source: fashionhedge.com
Reformation x New Balance is a more sustainable edition of your classic beloved New Balance dad sneakers. Now available in a computer near you.
Source: fashionhedge.com
Michel Scholte explains how true prices, which account for the social and environmental cost of a product, may be the key to a circular economy.
Artist’s rendering of autonomous, continuous “liquid robots” in an animated GIF. When you think of a robot, images of R2-D2 or C-3PO might come to mind. But robots can serve up more than just entertainment on the big screen. In a lab, for example, robotic systems can improve safety and efficiency by performing repetitive tasks and handling harsh chemicals. But before a robot can get to work, it needs energy—typically from electricity or a battery. Yet even the most sophisticated robot can run out of juice. For many years, scientists have wanted to make a robot that can work autonomously and continuously, without electrical input.
This program is designed for entrepreneurs, people who work in marketing, and decision makers of any company of any size.
Under the blistering sun of Southern California’s Imperial Valley, it’s not surprising that subsurface drip irrigation is more effective and efficient than furrow (or flood) irrigation, a practice in which up to 50% of water is lost to evaporation. But a recent study also concludes that drip irrigation can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from soil – which contribute to climate change and unhealthy air quality in the region – without sacrificing yields of forage crops alfalfa and sudangrass. “It was really exciting to see,” said lead author Holly Andrews, a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona. “The crop yield was at least maintained and in some cases increased, but the water use and gaseous emissions were especially decreased under drip irrigation.”
Corrugated and paper packaging company Smurfit Kappa recently released its latest Sustainable Development Report, which details the steps is taking to reach a goal of full sustainability.
At Dreamforce 2019, Salesforce announced it would invest over the next year $17 million to advance the SDGs through grants to nonprofit partners and volunteer one million hours to support the SDGs.