By Jenna McGuire “Transitioning away from the take-make-waste model of single-use plastics will take more than corporate leadership and ‘enlightened’ capital markets; it will require...
Archive for category: environmental impact
‘We’re at the Brink’: Researchers Warn Greenland Ice Sheet May Have Already Passed Tipping Point
By Julia Conley Researchers in Germany and Norway said Tuesday that a major portion of Greenland’s ice sheet is “at the brink” of...
Climate Groups Cheer Keep It in the Ground Act of 2021
By Andrea Germanos “Our public lands and waters belong to all of us—not to fossil fuel executives who want to exploit our health and...
Australian Aboriginal Leaders Testify Mining Firm’s Gag Clause Silencing Opposition to Destruction of Ancient Sacred Site
By Brett Wilkins “Rio Tinto must acknowledge, and seek to correct, the unequal bargaining positions that have always resulted in a disadvantage for Traditional Owners.” Leaders of...
Inventing her way to a world without trash
Matthew Capuano-Rizzo Design by Freedom founder and CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner on her inspirations, the Freedom Sleeve 2.0, intersectionality, and zero-waste during COVID-19. Some claim...
Without ‘Transformative Change’ to Global Economic Systems, Humans Risk Causing More Deadly Pandemics
By Julia Conley Human activity led to the conditions which allowed the new coronavirus to spread from wildlife to people, a group of biodiversity experts wrote Monday, and...
Southeast Asia’s Crucial Mekong River is Drying Up
By MIRIAM ACZEL For many years, experts have been warning of an ‘environmental crisis along the nearly 3000 mile-long waterway, which spans six Asian...
Green Globalization? An examination of the benefits and consequences of globalization on our planet and its people
By Matthew Capuano-Rizzo An interconnected world economy The continued promotion of free trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the forthcoming creation...
Ocean Microplastics are Multiplying
By MIRIAM ACZEL Plastic — Not Fantastic Plastic is the most common type of marine debris found in our planet’s ocean and lakes. Plastic debris can...
Let Leadership Bloom: French Non-Profit’s Environmental Success
By MIRIAM ACZEL Founded in 2005 by environmental activist Claire Nouvian, BLOOM is a French non-profit organization “that works to preserve the marine environment and species from...