Peruvian Company Creates Compostable Plates Made From Banana Leaves
A group of young people in Peru recently announced that they have created biodegradable dishes made of banana leaves as a way of reducing the amount of waste found in landfills across the globe, according to Intelligent Living: “(‘Bio Plant’) can decompose within 2 months – it’s completely degraded naturally before the 60 days are […]
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Bulldozers Destroy Iconic Cacti In Arizona To Make Way For Border Wall
The Trump administration is so hell-bent on building a useless and expensive wall along the southern border that it is engaged in wanton destruction of iconic saguaro and organ pipe cacti found in the pristine Sonoran Desert in Arizona. The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is protected land, but President Donald Trump and his administration […]
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Milkmen Return To London As More Customers Demand Recyclable Glass Bottles
For many who grew up before prior 1980s, it was a familiar sight and sound: The delivery of milk each morning in glass bottles that made that familiar clinking sound as the milkman would bring them to the front porch and collect the empties. And now, as the saying goes, Everything old is new again. […]
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Vegan Leather Company Produces Pocketbook Made From Apple Skins
In a major win for sustainable eco-friendly products, a company called SAMARA has found a way to make leather goods from apple skins. For a very long time, leather goods such as belts, wallets and pocketbooks have been made from animals skins. In fact, leather derived from cows contributes to the climate crisis we all […]
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First American Gas Station Converts Entirely To Electric Charging Station
As our 19th-century oil and gas industries desperately gasp to remain relevant, a gas station in Maryland has become the first in the United States to convert entirely to an electric charging station in a giant leap toward the future. In the fight against the climate crisis, the global transportation system is going to have […]
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Beef Supplier Gets Busted Buying Cattle From Farmer Guilty Of Amazon Deforestation
While the Amazon rainforest continues to be ruthlessly deforested to make way for cattle ranches, a major beef supplier just got caught purchasing cattle from a farmer who is guilty of deforestation in Brazil. Earth’s greatest defense against climate change is the Amazon rainforest, which already captures the most carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and […]
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Social Unrest Likely Unless Global Food Production Is Transformed, Scientists Warn
A new study from the Food and Land Use Coalition warns that the world has to diversify the current method of food production and consumption or be confronted with supply disruptions that could result in both suffering and social unrest across the globe, according to a report from the World Economic Forum: “A new global […]
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Psychotherapist Explains How Climate Crisis Is Affecting Children
As climate change continues to threaten our world and the future of humanity, not very many adults are thinking about how their inaction is affecting children. One psychotherapist decided to find out, and the results are heartbreaking. After all, it’s the children who are ultimately going to inherit the world that past generations are responsible […]
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Greta Thunberg Gets A Little Help With An Electric Car From Arnold Schwarzenegger
Swedish teenager and climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrived in the United States by sailing across the Atlantic in a zero-carbon boat. Now she is trying to travel around the country leaving as small a carbon footprint as possible. And she just got a little help from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Earlier this week, Thunberg made waves […]
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Levi’s Develops Hemp Clothing That Feel Just Like Cotton
In an effort to bring sustainability to the clothing industry, especially when it comes to producing blue jeans, legendary company Levi’s has found a way to make hemp “feel just like cotton” while using way less water in the production cycle. To produce just a single pair of regular cotton blue jeans, it takes 919 […]
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