By American Battlefield Trust When this nation’s defining conflicts were fought and decided, North America remained relatively undeveloped and many battles were fought on farmland, or...
Archive for category: Environment
Have I got the Bonn blues? Time to look forwards to COP25 in Chile
By Trish O’Beirne Having spent most of my academic career in the happy company of students finding creative solutions to the climate crisis, the reality...
Ballon de Paris: Taking Climate and Weather Monitoring Off the Ground
By MIRIAM ACZEL Paris—that beautiful city of cheese and wine, boat rides and picnics along the Seine, museums and breathtaking architecture—and what better way...
12 Top Rated Amazon Items to Keep You Cool Without AC
By Curtis Tongue Air conditioning is a modern-day luxury that many of us can’t imagine living without. Unfortunately, according to energy.gov, air conditioners are responsible for 6% of...
What do we produce 2.6 million pounds of, every single second?
By Carole Douglis Hint: While weighty, it’s nearly light as air…. That would be carbon dioxide. A few more million pounds just wafted forth while you puzzled...
Human rights, access to remedy and stakeholder engagement
By Rosa Kusbiantoro The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), released in 2011, provide the first coherent framework for how business...
Rewriting the Equation for Fossil Fuel Emissions
By Kyle Saukas While some advocates are calling for the removal of fossil fuel powered generation, the global energy system is stubbornly rigid. With the...
Why Recycling Matters: Essential Short Term & Long Term Benefits
By Tania Longeau Recycling is important. If you are reading this article, chances are you already know that. You may not know, however, exactly why it’s so...
Amsterdam: Towards an Environmental Paradise?
By MIRIAM ACZEL The Dutch capital Amsterdam is widely known for being a bicyclist’s paradise. Biking safety levels are the highest in the world—in stark...
Dynamic Sustainability Teams Do These Three Things
Lately, I have been reflecting on the summer of 2015, the season in which I embarked on a purposeful career in corporate sustainability, fresh after...