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How Companies Are Crossing the Chasm to Mainstream Sustainability

Original post by Chris McLaren for Sustainable Brands Consumers increasingly want to buy from brands that are environmentally responsible – and many forward-thinking companies have responded by embracing sustainability. However, there remains a disconnect between sustainability pursuits and the extent to which companies share their journey with consumers. There is abundant research showing consumer support for […]

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Water Conferences Focus on Gender, Food and Urban Resilience

Original post by Delia Paul for IISD Water professionals and leaders discussed how principles for managing and governing water can be implemented in relation to food security and resilient cities, at recent meetings in Milan, Italy and Marseilles, France. Participants at a two-day conference under the auspices of the Italian Presidency of the G7 discussed water-related

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The Hummingbird Whisperer: Meet the UCLA Scientist Who Has Befriended 200 Hummingbirds

Original post on Open Culture  Melanie Barboni is research geochemist in UCLA’s Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Near the UCLA Court of Sciences she took a break from volcanos and the moon long enough to hang a feeder filled with sugar water outside her ground floor office window. This complimentary buffet proved such a hit,

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Blind Man and His Armless Best Friend Have Planted Over 10,000 Trees in China

When we think ‘people with disabilities’, we often assume these are people who might be unable to live full lives. We assume ‘there is something missing’. Every now and then, we come across stories that break this mental construct and show us how capable persons with disabilities are of handling everything that we are. The story

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Those Bathroom Products

So, you have been recycling your plastic bottles, nylon bags, paper bags and all that you can recycle abi? Well done you are now a G. Thank you for making the world a better place but are you really really helping the planet? Yes, I’m asking you a question, and I want you to think

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How Are We Preparing For The Next Makurdi Floods?

Now, the feelings of heartbreak and catastrophe-wailings regarding the Makurdi floods are beginning to wane. Some relief materials have gotten to some people, thanks to the efforts of many good spirited Nigerians; who raised different platforms for donations. Groups, charities and community development-minded organizations chipped in. NEMA too did their job, even if with the

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Johnson & Johnson introduces new sustainability tool for healthcare

Original post on ClimateAction Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies (JJMDC) launched a new sustainability capacity for its CareAdvantage product, which is designed to help health systems achieve specific environmental, waste management, cost savings and sustainable purchasing goals. According to a survey run by JJMDC, there is a growing demand among US health system executives

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