Oil tankers load up in a port at twilight.
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The Great Acceleration inaugurated the Anthropocene in the 1950s. Now, a similar race for resources and space is happening in the ocean.
Every employee needs to embrace a company’s sustainability mission if it hopes to succeed.
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Companies that want to reduce their environmental footprint need to ensure their entire workforce feels a shared sense of purpose.
Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi.
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Building connections and grassroots efforts will sustain conservation over the long term.
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The more we buy, the more we throw away.
An employee prepares items for a 2019 holiday sale at a Walmart in Las Vegas.
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We are addicted to consumption during these holidays, which leads to a massive amount of landfill waste. Giant retailers like Walmart could help the problem, but they haven’t.
The Rainbow Mountains in Zhangye Danxia National Geopark, China.
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Non-living nature such as rocks, landforms, soil and water form the Earth’s ‘geodiversity’ - a crucial part of the planet’s life support system.
Turkey is cheaper than ever before.
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Turkey has become easier to produce over the years, making it easier on American wallets – with some environmental benefits as well.
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station.
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Living sustainably has its challenges, but none greater than in the climate and geography of Antarctica.
Kids are more engaged when they are actively involved in their learning, rather than learning through more passive modes such as listening or reading.
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Kids are more engaged when they’re actively involved in their learning. Here’s how three schools are teaching kids about sustainability by being sustainable themselves.
Children in a forest nature program learn about the ‘mitigomin’ (red oak acorns) not buried by the ‘miadidamoo’ (eastern grey squirrels).
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Earth-centred children’s programs that seek to build ethical partnerships with Indigenous communities have an important role in learning about weathering climate change.
Shoot for the skies, but do it sustainably.
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The opportunities in space are limitless. But without a sustainable approach to the space industry, our ability to exploit them won’t be.
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Cloud computing can play a crucial role in helping African countries reach sustainable development.
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Certain wasps and flies which lay their eggs in specific species such as aphids could be a sustainable form of pest control.
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Your fashion choices can help build a sustainable future – here’s how.
XR fashion protests in April 2019.
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There is no solution to the unethical, unsustainable fashion industry – yet
Prevention of chronic disease can reduce the vast financial, social and environmental costs of many health-care interventions.
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A triple-bottom-line approach can be used to evaluate health-care interventions, such as treatment for schizophrenia.
With the tensile strength of steel but six times lighter, bamboo can be used for ambitious buildings once it has been treated to ensure its durability.
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Bamboo has been used since ancient times for building, but only in recent decades has pioneering work in Bali inspired its wider use for substantial and enduring structures.
Disgust may be an impediment to many of us adopting more sustainable lifestyles, from considering alternative foods to drinking recycled water
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Disgust has its evolutionary advantages, but is also a barrier to more sustainable consumption. Marketing may help.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon currently chairs the Business Roundtable.
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A group of America’s most powerful CEOs said companies should no longer merely focus on maximizing shareholder wealth. A business professor explains why it’s not a big deal.
Chengkan village, Anhui province: this beautifully-crafted and retreating architecture holds an important place in Chinese heritage.
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Two thirds of China’s 900m rural residents are moving to cities. Now, architects are finding ways to preserve their built heritage, before it disappears.