July 10, 2019
Stories tagged "sustainability"
July 2, 2019
Greening Your Fourth
Happy Fourth of July tomorrow! We know lots of you are looking for ways to make your celebration more sustainable. We looked at all the stories and here are the best suggestions. Re-Use Decorations — It’s Christmas in July – take out those...Barbie’s Green Career
by Madison Pravecek and Miro Korenha We reported in March about iconic toy brand LEGO’s commitment to using sustainable materials. And now, Barbie-maker Mattel and National Geographic have partnered together to create a line of dolls with nature-related careers....June 16, 2019
Climate Change Is Impacting Millennial Consumer Habits
By Alexandra Patel and Monica Medina About half of Millennials say they research brands before buying and actively look for more sustainable practices in their consumerism. This is causing drastic changes in the consumer market – all the way from food manufacturing to...June 4, 2019
Banking on Sustainable Fishing For the Next Generation of Fishers
For young fishers, the cost of buying permits to enter the business is often prohibitive, particularly for those who are just starting out and who want to make a career out of fishing, not just make a quick buck. But now, with the rise of social impact investing and...How Can Companies Earnestly Tackle Ocean Plastic?
Marine plastic pollution, as we often mention here, is a staggering problem–one which left unaddressed will ensure that there is more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans by 2050. While companies have announced initiatives to combat the plastic waste...May 9, 2019
Heroes of the Week: Clean Energy Change Makers in Tucson
In Tuscon, 90 percent of the public gets its power from coal and other fossil fuels, which degrades the air quality particularly for the Latinx community there. The south side neighborhoods are home to all the area’s major polluting sources, including a gas-burning...May 2, 2019
Busting the myth that EVs lead to more emissions than fossil fuel cars
There’s a false rumor being spread around the internet by trolls, well-meaning people and…the likes of Politico and WSJ Editorial Board about the environmental benefit of electric vehicles. Essentially the claim is that since EVs have to be recharged...March 6, 2019
LEGO goes green
by Madison Pravecek A worldwide staple of childhood play, LEGO has announced that they are laying the bricks for a sustainable future and committing to use sustainable materials in their core products and packaging by 2030. Already in 2018, LEGO introduced a line of...February 28, 2019