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We know fast fashion is bad for the environment. Ultra-fast fashion makes matters worse. This disturbing trend towards disposable clothing is the opposite of sustainable. Here’s what must be done.
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Next time you do your laundry, think like an astronaut – wash your clothes as little as possible.
Regenerative agricultural strategies can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from food production, restore local ecosystems and enhance community well-being.
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In the face of growing social and environmental challenges, organizations in the food and agriculture sector are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration.
People walk on the snowless streets of Place Jacques Cartier in Old Montréal on Jan. 3, 2024. February 2024 was the warmest February in human history.
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Climate change is often seen as solely a technical problem. This is a misguided belief. Understanding how to build a better world begins, and ends, with understanding the societies which inhabit it.
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Will it make a difference when companies have to track and report emissions and environmental impact? Only if policies with teeth follow.
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This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong.
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For years, Australia and New Zealand have been united in working for sustainable fishing in the South Pacific. That just changed.
A man pulls his kids behind an electric bicycle near the pier in Huntington Beach, Calif.
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Many incentive programs promote e-bike use, but they aren’t necessarily targeting the right people for the right reasons.
A farmer paddles to his fields on an artificial island among canals, part of an ancient Aztec system known as chinampas, in 2021.
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Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water and crops.
Choosing between wild-caught and farmed salmon can be confusing to shoppers, but certain eco-labels can provide guidance.
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Knowing which fish to buy can be confusing, but certain eco-labels can help decipher whether wild-caught, farmed or organic salmon is best for the environment.
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How to really get to know your clothes.
Research has found that hills and rainy weather are not posing barriers for people wanting to explore rural tourist areas using e-bikes.
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Research shows that rain and hilly terrain doesn’t put people off e-bikes.
De Montfort University students volunteering at Leicester Nirvana Football Club to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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By inspiring collective action, amateur football clubs can drive positive behaviour change and embed sustainability tactics in grassroots sport.
A study found migrants were more likely to volunteer in their communities than native residents.
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Migration is considered an inevitable effect of climate change. It could also be part of the solution.
A view of the Yaqan Nukiy, also known as the Lower Kootenay Band First Nation, wetland restoration project is seen near Creston, B.C.
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The results of a new study are clear: resilient water governance systems are effective and enjoy strong public support. The time is now to build resilience into our global water systems.
Laundry washwater is a major source of microplastic fibers that can end up in water and soil.
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Your washing machine is polluting the ocean.
Producing concrete blocks with captured carbon, like these in Brooklyn, NY., has both economic and climate benefits.
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The combination of the source of the CO₂ and its end use determines its environmental and economic benefits or consequences.
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By and large, corporations who prepared themselves for new sustainability standards were more eloquent on their green plans than achievements.
The Supreme Court of Canada ordered the federal government back to the drawing board on its Impact Assessment Act. But the legislation got a lot of things right in an era of climate change and related issues.
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The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal Impact Assessment Act needs amendments for Constitutional compliance, but the court’s recommended approach is no longer viable.
The wine industry is both highly vulnerable to climate change and a global source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Southbrook Organic Vineyards in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
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The wine industry has a major sustainability problem. Informed consumer choice can help drive real change.