By Beth Offenbacker I’m in Germany visiting friends in Kisslegg (near Munich) this week – watch for my posts from the road about trends and...
Archive for category: Circular Economy
4 Reasons Businesses Should Set Sustainable Packaging Goals
By Tristanne Davis It seems that nearly every day there is a new headline about companies setting ambitious sustainable packaging goals in areas such as...
Technology: A Key Driver to a Sustainable Future
By MIRIAM ACZEL Environmental sustainability is becoming increasingly mainstream in business operations and in investing. ‘Impact investing’ and other forms of environmentally and socially conscious...
‘Zero is the Hero’: International Symposium Educates Students on the Concept of Zero in Math and Minimizes Environmental Impact
By DEBRA ACZEL and MIRIAM ACZEL Convened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Amir D. Aczel Foundation, in collaboration with the math department of the Royal University...
Can You Trust the Claims of “Green Mattress” Certifications?
By Amy Highland There are “green” options for almost everything on the market today. However, those claims are not always justified, and those made for...
Sustainable Fashion: Closing the Clothing Loop
By MIRIAM ACZEL Our consumption and use of resources arguably need a rethink: Earth Overshoot Day, the date when our resource consumption for the year surpasses the...
From Plastic to Fantastic: Promoting the Circular Economy in Cambodia
By DEBRA ACZEL and MIRIAM ACZEL Our plastics problem is BIG and growing A landmark study that measured global production, use and ultimate disposition of plastics found that we’ve...
Transforming Waste into Energy to Advance the Circular Economy: Canada – USA Event Recap
By DINA MANSOUR On October 25th, 2018, Leaders in Energy (LE), in partnership with the Quebec Government office in Washington and the Embassy of Canada, held...
Circular Economy Working Group Tour of C2 Management facility, September 22, 2018
Tucked back next to the railroad tracks in rural Berryville, Virginia, is an older warehouse complex which houses a business bustling with the magic of re-use, C2 Management.
On Saturday, September 23, the Leaders in Energy Circular Economy Working Group visited the C2 Management facility for a tour of their impressive operation.
Rethink, Reduce, and Reuse: Textile Edition!
Did you know? If you’re an average North American, you’ll throw out 81lbs of textile waste (shoes, sheets, blankets, coats, underwear, clothing, etc) every single year! Our landfills are filling up faster than ever, and consumption is a national pastime, yet fashion is one of the single most polluting industries on Earth. The good news is, there’s lots YOU can do about it! As always, we’re talking Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.