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Original post on Guardian.ng The world faces a “dark future” if it fails to tackle climate change and inequality, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde warned on Tuesday. “If we don’t address these issues… we will be moving to a dark future” in 50 years, she told a major economic conference in the Saudi capital. On […]

Original post on by Sarah Fecht for Phys Sharing has always been a part of human society. But in recent years, the internet and smartphones have made sharing easier than ever. You can rent a room in someone’s home, hire a ride from a stranger, borrow a power tool and more, all at the click of

Original post by Serenity Gibbons for Entrepreneur For much of modern corporate life, companies only concerned themselves with protecting the interests of their owners — and those interests were only measured in financial terms. Anything that wasn’t motivated by or at least justified by the bottom line wasn’t even contemplated. Sustainability efforts fell firmly outside of consideration. Times

Edowave has developed edible and biodegradable bioplastic in hopes to reduce waste and the amount of plastic used. This bioplastic is made out of seaweed, which does not need fertilizer to grow, helps purify the ocean and reduces carbon emissions. Edowave partners with local seaweed farmers to produce this material. By supporting them, we are supporting

Extracted from World Economic Forum According to the United Nations, there are three times more internal migrants than international migrants in the world. However, these migrants command much less attention in political debate and planning processes than international migrants. In addition, most migrants settle in cities and yet statistics on the number of migrants in

Original post on Sustainable Brands The vinyl industry recently marked its first “sustainability community anniversary” — that moment where industry leaders came together to pledge to embark on our sustainability journey. In the year since, we’ve adopted common sustainability positioning focused on doing more with less, agreed on a purpose-driven continuous improvement path forward, formed the Vinyl

Original post by Bennett Oghifo For This Day  The National Council on Environment (NCE) has recommended a ban on the exportation of charcoal in Nigeria and that an alternative clean source of energy should be developed and promoted. The recommended ban on charcoal export was reached by the participant at the 11th National Council on Environment, who explained

Original post on DW As the queue in front of the canteen kitchen gets longer, the children holding colorful plastic bowls become nervous. It’s just after 6 p.m. – dinner time at the Kwa Watoto school in Soweto, a slum in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Many of the pupils are former street children. Here, they not

Original Post on DW Opened as Cologne’s grand boulevard in 1886, the Ring has become the clogged artery that connects the city’s north and south to the heart of downtown. Switching names 10 times over 7.5 kilometers (4.5 miles), it’s an aggressively hectic roadway that is disorienting for pedestrians, frustrating for drivers and dangerous for cyclists.

Wecyclers, one of the many recycling companies in Nigeria has been profiled by DW. The video talks about the general waste problem in Nigeria, recycling and how Wecyclers is making a difference Watch here