Traditional automotive dealership in an electric Circular Economy model
We know the positives for the environment and consumers of the electric transport disruption – what about the future of the automotive dealer?
Source: www.thesouthafrican.com
We know the positives for the environment and consumers of the electric transport disruption – what about the future of the automotive dealer?
Source: www.thesouthafrican.com
Green buildings and sustainable cities – news and views…
Our home designs are an identifying aspect of our nation’s culture. Wood panelling, bay windows, and stone bricks are instantly recognisable as a product of British construction when compared to other homes around the world. As we progress through the years, it’s inspiring to see how our homes have also changed with the times – both inside and out. From Tudor panelling to double-glazed windows, home designs throughout history have played a bigger role in our lives and culture than you may think. So, how have we got here? How have housebuilders and homemakers through the years shaped the development of what we call home?
While all Cookery School at Little Portland Street events are run with sustainability front of mind, now the school are taking it one step further with a sustainable event package. This customised course combines the confidence-building cooking of a Cookery School corporate event with a unique…
The plastic industry resists banning single-use plastics even as environmental group EcoWaste points out that it’s the solution to plastic pollution
A landmark conference bringing more than 1,200 people from across the world together to promote and explain the importance of bamboo and rattan to global sustainable development and tackling climate change has ended with a raft of agreements and project launches. The three-day Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress in Beijing this week, organised by multilateral development group the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) and China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), was the first international, policy-focused conference on the use of bamboo and rattan to help sustainable development.
We know we use far more resources per year today than the Earth manages to regenerate. And the warnings of the long-term negative consequences this will have are becoming increasingly clear—not only for the environment, but also for the economy and for social structures. One possible solution is to transition to a circular economy where resources are used over and over again instead of wasted, and where the energy used is renewable. It is estimated that this would not only be beneficial for the environment and resources, but that it could help create 700,000 new jobs in the EU area alone and save the business community 600 billion euros. This would be a win-win situation.