By Susan Elizabeth Turek, The Cool Down “This initiative aims to empower the ocean with a voice.” Despite a common misconception suggesting otherwise, the ocean is teeming with sound from its creatures. This September, three entities brought a proposal to the United Nations General Assembly aimed at amplifying that collective voice. The …
The AI Revolution is Reshaping ESG Jobs
By Shilpa Tiwari, Corporate Knights The ESG landscape is on the brink of transformation. With AI taking over repetitive tasks, sustainability pros are being freed up to think big. ESG and AI. These ubiquitous acronyms are garnering significant media attention, and with good reason. According to the latest Future of …
Giving City Dwellers Access to Nature is Key Aim, says National Trust
By Helena Horton, The Guardian A National Trust gardener at work at the ‘sky park’ at Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester. Photograph: Annapurna Mellor/National Trust Images Charity to bring its gardens to urban areas to allow nature-deprived communities access to green spaces. Bringing glorious gardens and green space to nature-deprived people in cities is …
Student Demand for Low-Impact Meals Increases After Climate-Labeled College Menus
Sustainable Brands Results from first year of Chartwells Higher Education’s exclusive partnership with HowGood show positive correlations between climate labels on menus and sustainable choices. Last year, millions of US students started seeing the social and environmental impacts of the food they ate through an exclusive climate labeling partnership between Chartwells Higher Education — …
Home Countries of Major Rainforests Agree to Work Together to Save Them
By Ange Adihe Kasongo, Reuters BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Countries that are home to the world’s three major rainforests agreed on Saturday to cooperate to overcome deforestation and safeguard biodiversity but fell short of a concrete alliance to protect the vital carbon sinks. The announcement came on the final …
They Went Hunting for Fossil Fuels. What they Found Could Help Save the World
By Laura Paddison, CNN When two scientists went looking for fossil fuels beneath the ground of northeastern France, they did not expect to discover something which could supercharge the effort to tackle the climate crisis. Jacques Pironon and Phillipe De Donato, both directors of research at France’s National Centre of Scientific Research, …
Hope for Florida’s Dwindling Manatees as Review Could Restore Protections
By Richard Luscombe, The Guardian Since Trump administration removed species from endangered list 20% of entire population has been lost in just two years. A manatee, pictured at Crystal River, Florida. Photograph: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images After years of dwindling numbers, caused by habitat loss, toxic algae pollution and decimation of food …
Regenerating Local: Starting Small to Build Exponential Shared Value
By Hope Freedman, Sustainable Brands This week at SB’23 San Diego, over 1K sustainability practitioners have converged to share insights, tools, inspiration and collaboration opportunities aimed at building a regenerative future for all. Here, our opening-night keynotes highlight the first of many examples this week of businesses creating benefits on the …
How Circularity, AI Are Mending Cracks in Our Fractured Food System
By Tom Idle and Tina Nguyen, Sustainable Brands Naturally, food and its many issues has been a major topic this week at SB’23 San Diego. Here, two panels of innovators share their approaches to filling in systemic gaps in our food system. Redirecting would-be food waste to nourish communities A Monday …
‘This Place Wanted to be a Wetland’: How a Farmer Turned His Fields Into a Wildlife Sanctuary
By Gabrielle Canon, The Guardian Once, Karl Wenner’s Oregon land leaked pollution into a nearby lake. Now, 70 acres are home to waterfowl, turtles and endangered fish. Birdsong hums over the rumble of Karl Wenner’s truck as it bounces along the dusty trails that weave through his property. For almost …