Dozens of supermarket staff have suffered abuse as two major Australian grocery chains struggled to impose a ban on single-use plastic bags, with one irate customer putting his hands around a shop assistant’s throat.
Source: japantoday.com
A crevice garden, which uses slabs of stone set vertically and close together, is a model of sustainability since it requires less soil and plants can grow deeper roots.
Formal e-waste recycling is essential for a circular economy and will ensure the country is prepared to manage the forthcoming IoT age…
The crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic offers a chance to shift from a fossil-fuel based economy to a nature-based circular bioeconomy, said Britain’s heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles on Friday.
Speaking at the “Nature at the Heart of a Global Circular Economy” digital forum hosted by the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), Charles said the world should seize the opportunity provided by the global economic slowdown to adopt a renewable, regenerative and inclusive paradigm that supports biodiverse and resilient ecosystems.
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In a talk about how we can build a robust future without wrecking the planet, sustainability expert Johan Rockström debuts the Earth3 model — a new methodology that combines the UN Sustainable Development Goals with the nine planetary boundaries, beyond which earth’s vital systems could become…
A team of experts have set out the recommendations for greening the EU’s financial policies to help unlock investments in meeting climate targets. The High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG)
Social wellbeing and community, not wider economy, uppermost in people’s concerns over sustainability policies.