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Biomimicry: Unlocking Nature’s Design Wonders
Read the entire article at World Environment Day. In 2015, engineering student Jorge Zapote and his team from the University of Calgary decided to take on a problem that affects millions of poor, rural families around the world – and one whose solution could be key to remedying climate change. They wanted to find a […]
BlackRock tips shareholder vote to press Occidental Petroleum on climate risk
Read the full article on ImpactAlpha. All of a sudden, majorities of oil company shareholders are voting to force a full accounting of climate risks and opportunities. Last week, Occidental Petroleum’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly (393 million votes to 191 million) to direct management and the board to assess the impact of the “2-degree scenario” on […]
Miles of Ice Collapsing into the Sea
Read the entire article and see all the images at The New York Times. Four New York Times journalists joined a Columbia University team in Antarctica late last year to fly across the world’s largest chunk of floating ice in an American military cargo plane loaded with the latest scientific gear.We went to Antarctica […]
These Before And After Images Show The Startling Effects Of Climate Change
Read the entire article on the HuffPost. A NASA photo gallery shows Earth “in a state of flux.” Earlier this year, NASA published “Images of Change,” a gallery of more than 100 startling before and after pictures — most taken from space — that “show our planet in a state of flux.” The photos capture everything from […]
Sustainable Development Goals – Everything is Connected
Read the entire article at GreenBiz. “It’s all connected.” We know that already, those of us who work on making the world a more sustainable, resilient, fair and prosperous place for all. And we know that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by all nations in 2015, are “indivisible” — a highly integrated web of challenges. […]
Waste is so last year: how the fashion industry is cleaning up its carbon footprint
Read the entire article at the World Economic Forum. The fashion industry is second only to oil as the top industrial polluter, and as a result is taking broad steps to make it more environmentally conscious. In 2016, a denim brand started to phase out PFCs (perfluorinated chemicals) thought to pose risks to human health and […]
Tim Rumage interviews sea level rise expert John Englander
Oceanographer and sea level rise expert John Englander discusses the coming effects of sea level rise with Tim Rumage of This Spaceship Earth.
Inland Properties Can Go Underwater First
Read the entire post at John Englander. Most assume that properties right on the coast are most vulnerable to rising sea level, but in many places, those much further inland will flood first. Properties right on the shore are often more than ten feet (3 meters) above sea level and might be safe for many decades. […]
Germany Breaks Record: 85% of Energy Comes From Renewables
Read the entire article at EcoWatch. Germany’s “Energiewende” (the country’s low-carbon energy revolution) turned another successful corner last weekend when renewable energy sources nearly stamped out coal and nuclear. Thanks to a particularly breezy and sunny Sunday, renewables such as wind and solar, along with some biomass and hydropower, peaked at a record 85 percent, or […]
Regenerative Agriculture Can Save the Planet
Read the full article at EcoWatch. A diverse group of farmers, food companies, scientists, non-profit and advocacy groups from more than 100 countries have joined together to support a definition for “regenerative agriculture,” as a way to rebuild soils, produce nutritious food and address the growing threat of climate change. “Regenerative agriculture keeps the natural […]
