Sustainability is in Fashion
The concept of fast fashion prevails in the fashion industry. Garments are mass produced, and from harmful materials, and in the process of their creation, many natural resources are consumed. When we consider the rights of workers in this industry…
San Diego International Airport Goes 100 percent Renewable Electricity
San Diego International Airport may be the home base for an enormous amount of emissions from all the airplanes flying in and out of there, but the airport itself is becoming one of the greenest when it comes to its…
Global Call for Innovative Solutions in Cleantech and Sustainable Land Management
Registration is now open for the Global Call for Innovative Solutions in Cleantech and Sustainable Land Management. The international competition aims to identify and promote readily deployable and scalable solutions and innovative technologies from the private sector, which address the adverse…
Securing Food, Protecting Biodiversity
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told a gathering of experts, diplomats and senior officials that the agricultural world and the environmental world needed to “listen to each other and…
Secretariat Opens Dispute Settlement Procedure Against Serbia Concerning Environmental Impact Assessment for the Drmno Coal Mine
The Secretariat sent an Opening Letter to Serbia addressing the failure to carry out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the extension of the Drmno coal mine in the Kostolac basin in 2013. The Drmno coal mine has been in…
The Eye Of Fire In The Gulf Of Mexico Wasn’t The Only Time The Ocean Caught Fire This Year
Remember the fire that happened in the Gulf of Mexico a few days ago? This wasn’t the first ocean fire of this year and definitely not the last. So far, there were three in total. Each of the ocean fires had different…
Snøhetta & Saferock Turn Mining Waste Into Zero-Carbon Concrete
Internationally renowned Norwegian architecture and design company Snøhetta has teamed up with Norwegian startup Saferock to develop a zero-carbon concrete for use in construction. This is big news considering the level of carbon emissions of the construction industry; currently, cement production is responsible for 8…