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The Carbon Footprint of Concrete

Meghan Carbon Footprint, YouTube Channel August 20, 2021August 21, 2021Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, cement, Climate Change, Climate crisis, concrete, construction, emissions, GHGs, Global Warming, sand, Sustainability, sustainable development, the construction industry

Today, we’re talking about the heavy carbon footprint of concrete.

How Can We Run Out of Sand?

Meghan Environment, Land Degradation August 17, 2021August 18, 2021cement, concrete, construction, consumption, natural resources, non-renewable resource, population growth, sand, Sustainability, sustainable, sustainable development, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living, the construction industry

How Can We Run Out of Sand?

Did you know? Sand is the world’s most mined material with an estimated 50 billion tons extracted from lakes, riverbeds, coastlines, and deltas each year.

Capturing the Power of the Sun from the Water

Chrystal Renewable Energy, YouTube Channel July 23, 2021August 21, 2021clean energy, Dweep, Offshore solar, Renewable Energy, renewable energy growth, renewable energy investment, renewables, solar energy, solar farm, Solar Panels, Solar Power, Solar-at-Sea, sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable energy

Whether man-made water sources or natural, what if we built solar arrays on water?

Renewable Energy Storage with Aidan Snyder of Orenda

Meghan Renewable Energy, YouTube Channel July 9, 2021August 21, 2021Goals for Sustainable Development, Orenda, Renewable Energy, renewable energy investment, renewable energy policy, renewables, Sustainability, sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable energy

Today we’re talking with Aidan Snyder, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Orenda. Orenda is is working to implement energy storage technologies all across the US to help stabilize the transition to a renewable energy future.

Welcome to the Concrete Jungle

Meghan Carbon Footprint, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Water June 29, 2021June 29, 2021Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, cement, Climate Change, concrete, construction, Energy Consumption, Sustainability, sustainable development, water footprint

Welcome to the Concrete Jungle

Did you know that concrete is the most commonly used building material on the planet?

Environmental & Sustainability Good News You May Have Missed in 2020

Meghan Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability, YouTube Channel December 31, 2020August 21, 20212020, Climate Action, conservation, Denmark, endangered species, Environmental sustainability, food scraps, Gender Equality, Great American Outdoors Act, inclusivity, landfill, LGBTQ+ curriculum, New Year, period poverty, Scotland, sea turtles, Spotted Owl, sustainable development, Vermont

Welcome back to the Hive for our last video installment of 2020. From kicking off the year with unprecedented wildfires in Australia to a global pandemic to fights for racial equality, contentious elections, worsening effects of climate change around the world, and now closing it out as the COVID19 pandemic continues to take lives and hold our lives hostage, we won’t be sorry to see the last of 2020. And while there’s no doubt it hasn’t been easy to look on the bright side, we wanted to share with you just a few of the environmental and sustainability successes of a year that might seem anything but successful.

Natural Resources: What is the Earth Running Out Of?

Meghan Sustainability, YouTube Channel December 3, 2020August 21, 2021Earth Overshoot Day, finite resources, fossil fuel energy, Fossil Fuels, metals, minerals, mining, natural resources, non-renewable resource, nuclear energy, ore, population growth, Sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living

Today, we’re talking about resources. Specifically, non-renewable resources or finite resources which cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a quick enough pace to keep up with our current rates of consumption.

Life On Land

Meghan Biodiversity, Environment, YouTube Channel October 16, 2020August 21, 2021Biodiversity, biomass, Climate Action, Climate Change, climate change is real, Climate crisis, climate justice, Climate Science, extinction, mountains, Paris Agreement, sustainable development, United Nations, wetlands

Hey swrmers! Welcome back to the Hive! As our world seems to become more and more divided, it becomes clearer to us at the Hive, that the only way forward is together. So, we’re bringing it back to the Sustainable Development Goals this week.