Do you know where everything you buy comes from? Olivia Tyler illuminates the daunting challenges companies face when enforcing sustainability across their supply chains. About the TED Institute: We know that innovative ideas and fresh approaches to challenging problems can be discovered inside visionary companies around the world. The TED Institute helps surface and share…
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Why we should rethink Zero Waste.
Be one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/OCC/ In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the difficulties surrounding the Zero Waste lifestyle, especially for beginners. Specifically, I look at how the Zero Waste lifestyle is a good…
8 Sustainability ideas that will change the world | FT Rethink
Diving into some of the most innovative ideas across retail, city planning, policy, technology and construction. Ideas that will truly change the way we think about sustainability in 2022 #sustainability #environment See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132. ► To learn more, visit our…
How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 | Michael Green | TED Talks
Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the UN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030. Social progress expert Michael Green…
Revolutionary new sustainable battery technology!
Lithium-ion batteries do a fantastic job in all sorts of applications today, but they contain materials that can be problematic from an environmental point of view. Now a research team in Sweden has perfected an energy storage device in which the electrons are produced by a previously unwanted waste wood material from the paper milling…
This Family Tries To Not Make Trash
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Shein Exposed: The Case Against Fast Fashion
Shein was the subject of an undercover investigation and just this week news reports came out showing that Shein is so much worse than we originally thought. What is Shein Being Exposed For? Shein has long been under scrutiny for the negative environmental impacts of it’s ultra-fast fashion practices, but this investigative report shows a…
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018) – Free Full Documentary
Watch our brand new film ‘Together We Grow’, along with many others at https://happenfilms.com Purchase a digital download of Living the Change: https://happenfilms.com/buyltc Host a screening of the film: https://happenfilms.com/screenltc Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today – solutions any one of us can be…
Sewing a Blouse with Upcycled Fabric
This post contains affiliate links. Learn more here. The best advice I have ever received as a beginner is to sew with upcycled fabric. You can find upcycled fabric anywhere – thrift stores, Facebook marketplace, Poshmark, etc. You are looking for sheets, duvet covers, and even nice curtains or fabric shower curtains – I’ve even…