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Americans Know Plant-Based Diets Are Good, but Still Really Like Meat
By MARYA BARLOW-VIRGINIA TECH That’s just one of the key findings of a recent study that reveals that Americans’ beliefs about the value of eating more plants for health and environmental reasons are...
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Bioplastics as Toxic as Regular Plastics; Both Need Regulation, Say Researchers
By Alden Wicker Emerging research shows that plant-based plastics — just like petroleum-based plastics — contain many thousands of synthetic chemicals, with large numbers of them extremely toxic....
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Maybe the Most Sustainable Things Are Created to Be Short Lived?
I have written a lot about the necessity of encouraging reduced consumption by designing aesthetically sustainable design-objects meant to last for years, decades, or even a lifetime. But designing...
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Building Sustainable Food Systems
Sustainable Bites: Food and Our Future What can we do to help make our food systems more sustainable? UBC researchers share small steps that can make a big collective impact. As the climate changes,...
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Prioritizing Mental Health: Budget-Friendly Tips for Health and Fitness...
Taking care of your mental health is just as crucial as your physical well-being, yet investing in both can often feel like a drain on your finances. From pricey gym memberships to costly supplements...
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Investment Actively Undermines Climate Goals
By Omar Ocampo In 2021, the aviation industry made a very commendable pledge. It decided to join the climate fight and developed a strategy to decarbonize the sector with the aim of net zero...
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Indonesian Activist Freed in Hate Speech Case After Flagging Illegal Shrimp...
By Basten Gokkon Indonesian environmental activist Daniel Frits Maurits Tangkilisan has had his sentence overturned on appeal, in a case that saw him charged over a Facebook post highlighting illegal...
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You Don’t Need a Tesla: This 5-Step Planner Makes Any Road Trip Eco
By Ethos Editors If an eco road trip sounds impossible, there’s some good news: whether taking a gas-powered vehicle or an EV, a road trip planner will help you keep it sustainable all the way to...
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‘Whole Fruit’ Chocolate Could Be Healthier and More Sustainable
By ETH ZURICH Chocolate’s main components are cocoa mass and cocoa butter, which are extracted from the cocoa fruit. What is less known, however, is that the cocoa fruit contains additional valuable...
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Sustainability: Suddenly the Action Is Local
By DEBORAH FALLOWS, Our Towns Around the time Our Towns was published six years ago, in 2018, people would occasionally ask Jim and me whether we had found projects about the environment and climate...
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Cleaning up Cow Burps to Combat Global Warming
By Bob Holmes In the urgent quest for a more sustainable global food system, livestock are a mixed blessing. On the one hand, by converting fibrous plants that people can’t eat into protein-rich meat...
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Cities Respond to Global Pollinator Decline
by Molly McCluskey Every June, cities around the globe celebrate Pollinator Week, an international event to raise awareness about the important roles that birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and...
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Which of the Big Tech Cos Are Greenest?
By Grace Wu Dear EarthTalk: Which of the big tech companies are considered the greenest now? —B.P. via email As global demand for sustainable practices intensifies, the race among major tech...
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A Scientific Mission to Save the Sharks
By Angela Posada-Swafford Despite increasing protection measures, these fish are among the world’s most endangered animals. New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies,...
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Solving the Lithium Question Will Facilitate Sustainable Electrification
Among the steps being taken toward creating a more sustainable future is the transition away from the internal combustion engine to electric vehicles, which for the moment is critically dependent on...
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Better Refrigeration Could Cut Global Food Waste Almost in Half
By JIM ERICKSON-U. MICHIGAN About a third of the food produced globally each year goes to waste, while approximately 800 million people suffer from hunger, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture...
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Sustainable Architecture, A Green Technologies and Bio-Inspired Design
As we navigate the complexities of the 21st century, the quest for sustainability has become a paramount concern in various sectors, including architecture. The future of sustainable architecture is...
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Geothermal Power Heats Up
By Katarina Zimmer Glistening in the dry expanses of the Nevada desert is an unusual kind of power plant that harnesses energy not from the sun or wind, but from the Earth itself. The site, known as...
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New Study Reveals the Most Sustainable US States – California Tops the List
A new study has revealed the most sustainable states – California tops the ranking with the highest sustainability score of 68.27 out of 100. North Dakota has been revealed as the least sustainable...
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Who Are the Main Consumers of Planetary Resources?
Read on my website /Reading time 5 min. The world population currently consumes 70% more resources than the planet can naturally regenerate, with private consumption being a major contributor. The...
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