Environment

Tipping Points and Fraudulent Claims

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming January 7, 2020January 7, 2020#okboomer, Climategate, Equation for climate emergency, Mathematics of climate change, Michael Mann, Nature, ok doomer, Timothy Lenton, Tipping Points, Will Steffan

Way back in 2009, world acclaimed climate scientist and Director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center, Michael E Mann was at the centre of “Climategate”. Thousands of private emails from the University of East Anglia

Best 10 from the Hive in 2019!

Chrystal Climate Science, Environment, Sustainability December 31, 2019December 31, 20192040, Climate Action, Climate Science, damon gameau, Entertainment, Green New Deal, lightsaber, personal care, sci fi, Space Travel, Star Wars, sustainable personal care, Trump's Wall

Happy New Year written in the sand at a beach

We know that this time of year is often hectic. And, as we’ve mentioned a few times, it’s been a big year! So perhaps there’s some stuff you’ve missed from The Hive along the way. We wanted

Farm to Table to…Trash?

Meghan Environment, Food, Sustainability December 20, 2019December 20, 2019aesthetic food, best buy date, composting, expiration dates, FAO, farm to table, Farming, food loss, Food Security, food waste, harvesting, leftovers, natural resources, sell by date, supermarket, Sustainability, sustainable, sustainable lifestyle, USDA, use by date, water shortage

Trestle table set for a feast. Plates of perfect food ready for sharing.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted globally each year – one third of all food produced for human consumption.

Giving Thanks Sustainably

Meghan Carbon Footprint, Environment, Food, Sustainability November 22, 2019November 22, 2019Carbon Footprint, composting, ecofriendly travel, emissions, Environment, Environmental sustainability, family, feast, food waste, holidays, leftovers, Plastic waste, Sustainability, Thanksgiving, Travel, turkey, Zero Waste

Fall leaves on a table with berries and a glass lantern. Handwritten text, give thanks.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching in the United States and it’s time to think roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, family, football, food comas and over 293 million dollars of food waste

When going round & round in circles is a good thing

Irma Environment, Recycling, Sustainability October 29, 2019July 28, 2020circular economy, Circularity Gap Report 2019, closed loop, dell, For_Days, linear economy, Nielson Report, pollution, Recycling, reusing, Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations, VIGGA

The current linear model of resource management, based on fast production and consumption, is unsustainable in the long run. An alternative to that model, the circular economy, is restorative in essence, allowing to reuse materials at the

What does ‘Sustainability’ truly mean?

Eric Current Events, Environment, Sustainability October 22, 2019July 29, 2020Alaska oil drilling, Economic sustainability, Environmental sustainability, global economics, politics, social sustainability, Sustainability, sustainability pillars

Do you ever chat to friends or work colleagues about sustainability, and what it means? Over the past few years we’ve seen organizations, institutions and some countries mark a day in the calendar to think about this

The SDGs are working! Sort of.

Dan Current Events, Environment, Sustainability October 11, 2019October 9, 2019#SDGs, drinking water, economic growth, education, empowering girls, Food Security, Gender Equality, general assembly, hunger, immunization, infant mortality, literacy, pollution, poverty, UN, unemployment, UNGA, water pollution

Blue sky, a few white clouds and green grass.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call to action for all countries to promote prosperity, knowing that ending poverty will be deeply related to climate change. A total of 17 goals that couldn’t be loftier were

World Environmental Health Day

Ben Environment, YouTube Channel September 26, 2019September 30, 2019Climate Change, Climate crisis, Environment, Environmental Factors, Global Warming, IFEH, International Federation of Environmental Health, Planet Earth, Sustainability, World Environmental Health Day

#PlasticFreeJuly Saves the Dolphins

Stanley Current Events, Environment, Oceans, Plastic, Pollution July 24, 2018September 3, 2021

Dolphin mother and baby jumping out of the water in the wild

It’s truly incredible the lengths to which human ingenuity can reach. If mankind sets its sights on something, chances are, the arrow will hit the target. Take, for example, plastics. At the turn of the century (the