The Challenge of E-Waste: Why Right to Repair Matters
Many governments are passing right to repair bills that make it easier for people to reuse and recycle their electronic goods before they become e-waste.
Source: earth911.com
Many governments are passing right to repair bills that make it easier for people to reuse and recycle their electronic goods before they become e-waste.
Source: earth911.com
China Liyang Tea Festival and Tianmu Lake Tourism Festival simultaneously kicked off in Liyang, a city in Jiangsu Province in Southeast China on April 10, marking the 30th year since the tea culture was first celebrated in 1991. Celebrations will run for a month, all themed around the “Year of Ecological Quality Consolidation and Improvement”, and to highlight the wonderful vitality, leisure and entertainment of Liyang, a series of tea-related activities will be held focusing on culture, tourism, technology, economy and trade as well as publicity and promotion. The opening ceremony was also innovatively broadcast live across multiple online channels.
This might go down as the year the circular economy hit the big leagues.
The CE100 network brings together businesses, innovators, cities, governments and universities to collaborate on the transition to a circular economic model.
In her first piece for Impakter, writer Elena Latici delves into what Outlander can teach us about sustainability, pushing us into asking ourself questions like: “What can we live without?”…
Reframing the Curriculum is a practical, hands-on guide to weaving the concepts of healthy communities, democratic societies, and social justice into academic disciplines. Developed for future and practicing teachers, this volume is perfect for teacher education courses in instructional design, social foundations, and general education, as well as for study in professional learning communities. The author outlines the philosophies, movements, and narratives shaping the future, both in and out of classrooms, and then challenges readers to consider the larger story and respond with curriculum makeovers that engage students in solving problems in their schools, communities, and the larger world. The book’s proven method for designing units gives educators across grades and disciplines the tools to bring sustainability and social justice into experiential, project-based instructional approaches.
When it comes to buying seafood, consumers are most concerned about where it is sourced and how much it costs, according to new research by Blue Circle Foods, which is why the company strives to be transparent about where its fish comes from and price it competitively to other animal proteins.