By HEATHER MITCHELL What is “Comprehensive School Health”? Comprehensive School Health (CSH) is an internationally recognized framework for schools to follow in order to support...
Archive for category: Sustainable Solutions
Indian Prime Minister Modi: A UN Climate Champion
By UTKARSH VIVEK On October 3rd the Prime Minister of India received the United Nation’s Champion of the Earth Award in the Policy Leadership Category for his...
Inventive, Eco-Conscious Solutions for Shared Offices
By RAE STEINBACH Like businesses in traditional settings, coworking spaces are beginning to focus on promoting environmentally friendly designs. Freelancers are especially cognizant of their ecological...
Workshop Explores Local Government Clean Energy Financing Alternatives
By MELISSA CHRISTENSEN Representatives from six local governments in Northern Virginia attended a workshop on budget-neutral, clean energy alternative financing options for local governments at the...
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.
Brazil’s Wind Energy Development and Trends
Wind energy in Brazil is growing through competition and attracting foreign companies interested in investing in a low carbon future. Major companies, such as EDF, EDP and Stategrid (via CPFL) were amongst the successful bidders in the latest energy auction, which will add 2.1 GW of new installed capacity to the grid as disclosed by the Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL). In 2017, Brazil was ranked the 2nd country by Bloomberg’s Climatescope, which compares the environment for clean energy and climate investment worldwide.
8 Reasons Why You Should Use A Zero Waste Shop
By LIAM JONES What is a zero waste shop? With the recent BBC documentary ‘Drowning in Plastic’ shining a light on the growing sea pollution problem,...
The Time for Business to Act is Now
On the 25th September 2015 in New York a document entitled Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was endorsed by the 193 countries of the UN General Assembly. The Agenda set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets covering a range of issues facing humanity including action on ending poverty, combating hunger, universally improving health and education, making our cities more sustainable, tackling climate change and protecting our oceans and forests.
Unlike the Millennium Development Goals that came before them, the ambition and universality of the SGDs meant that every country on the planet, developed or developing, stands to benefit. Delivering on the goals we we’re assured by the authors of the agenda would create a fairer world, one where reduced poverty, improved health and better education would create greater wealth that would be more evenly distributed.
Buy It For Life: Best Products That Last Forever
By KEN HYDEN We’ve all heard someone claim that products just aren’t made like they used to be made, but have you ever given this idea...
International perspectives and best practices from “Community Choice Energy” in providing financing for energy efficiency upgrades at the local level
By SILVIA ZINETTI The past two weeks I was busy traveling around Europe. By coincidence and good fortune, I was in Brussels for the EU Sustainable...