If you travel a lot, you know it can take a toll on the health of the planet. The World Economic Forum put together a list of methods you can use to reduce your impact on water and carbon emissions when you travel. The list includes everything from traveling light to avoiding air travel to […]
A 2018 study by researchers at the University of Oxford looked at the global impact of food production and found that producing a glass of dairy milk results in almost three times more greenhouse gas emissions and consumes nine times more land than any plant-based milk. The Guardian wondered what the best milk alternative would be so they […]
Move over Oscar, the BAFTA’s are leading the way on sustainability. In an effort to promote sustainability this awards season, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts sent out a guide created by the London College of Fashion that encourages attendees of the February awards ceremony to either rewear or rent an outfit for […]
An analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence shows that, after declining for many years, environmental damage costs linked to three of the biggest packaged food producers are once again rising. The analysis found that between 2009 and 2015, while the cost of environmental damage as a proportion of revenue linked to Nestlé, Danone and Mondelez […]
A study by LUT University (Finland) researchers found that 100 percent renewable power could cut water consumption up to 95 percent over conventional. Renewable power, in this case, is solar and wind, while conventional is coal, natural gas and nuclear-power generation. Renewable energy (as well as nuclear) emits no greenhouse gases that contribute to climate […]
Billions of people around the world depend on groundwater for their everyday needs, yet the reality is that groundwater is being over-exploited and polluted, putting the well-being of people and ecosystems at risk. Although groundwater is often out of sight, humanity cannot keep it out of mind. About 1.7 billion people live above over-stressed aquifers, […]
The Netherlands’ government, business and civil society are well known in the world of water for their forward-thinking and problem-solving ways. (This is probably due to the fact that much of the country sits below sea level.) As such, the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency launched a project called “The geography of future water challenges” […]
More weather stations recorded 2019 as a top 10 wettest year than ever before (685 in 2018 versus 743 in 2019). The heaviest rainfall in 2019 was centered in the Midwest and Great Plains, leaving both regions reeling from record-setting flooding. Climate change is linked to these more intense precipitation events, as explained here by […]
Large corporate farms have moved into the desert lands of western Arizona, causing an unregulated drilling frenzy of industrial-sized wells that require irrigation water. At the same time, regional groundwater is so scarce in places like La Paz County, Arizona that household wells are drying up and local water companies advise customers to restrict home […]
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