Air Canada announced that it will gradually eliminate all single-use plastics on its flights as well as in its workplaces starting this summer. The program will begin with the replacement of the plastic stir sticks that are served with drinks on flights with bamboo stirrers.
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Bal Harbour Village has passed a ban on single-use plastics, including plastic straws, bags, and utensils.
Scotland’s Orkney Islands generate more electricity than they need via a host of wind turbines. Orkney used to be a study in how to use energy unsustainably. The archipelago off the northern tip of Scotland bought and imported all its power from coal and gas plants on the Scottish mainland.
A new independent think tank — Ewaste Watch — is launching in Australia to tackle the nation’s accumulating e-waste.
2020 was, without a doubt, not the year that we hoped it to be. But members of the McGill community have taken these tumultuous times in stride, passing over and around obstacles to continue the push — virtual or otherwise — for a more sustainable campus. The Catalyst Awards for Sustainability, celebrated each spring for the past decade, honour those achievements.
The environmental movement is racking up victories as consciousness breaks through and policy catches up.Environmental campaigners today welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement of the scop……
We think practical sustainability means sustainability that creates a better world for all people and life that share it. We think it should also contribute to happier and healthier people living within these environments.