Caroline Vanderlip, CEO of Re:Dish, joins the conversation to discuss making cafeteria, institutional and restaurant food service sustainable. Re:Dish provides reusable food service items, collecting, returning them to a dish washing facility each day, and delivering a fresh supply to its customers, which include corporate and school cafeterias and hospitals. Re:Dish containers offers several #5 plastic (polypropylene) clamshell and round […]
The MO of “fast fashion” brands is to mass-produce trendy designs at a low cost. While some brands are working on a greener selection, we know that greenwashing, waste, and human rights violations abound in the fashion industry. Emma Mathews, founder of the sustainable British sock brand Socko and author of How to Quit Fast Fashion: 100 Expert Tips for […]
In a conversation sure to fire controversy, author and Foundation for Climate Restoration founder Peter Feikowsky expresses optimism that the world could reach net-zero emissions and begin to draw down atmospheric CO2 and methane levels within a decade. In a wide-ranging discussion with host Mitch Ratcliffe, Peter introduces several carbon capture technologies, low-carbon concrete, and natural carbon sinks that can […]
The climate has already warmed by an average of 1.1 degrees Celsius. The catastrophic consequences of climate change are all around us. Should keeping global warming to “only” 1.5 degrees Celsius really be our collective climate goal? At the Foundation for Climate Restoration (F4CR), we believe that a goal should represent an achievement we would be proud of. Climate restoration […]
This article is the first in a six-part series that explores how we get our electricity and what we need to know about how renewable — and non-renewable — electric power is generated. For Americans, electricity use is a major component of our ecological footprint but we tend to pay it the least amount of attention. Yet there are opportunities to […]
At first glance, fighting for abortion rights may seem outside the purview of the environmental movement. But dig a little deeper and it quickly becomes clear that reproductive justice is environmental justice. Having universal access to reproductive health services — including abortion — is good for people and nature. As the world’s population grows, so do its demands for water, […]
E-waste recycling falls woefully short of the levels necessary to reduce the need for mining and producing new raw materials that involve toxins that frequently reach the environment. We talked with John Shegerian, co-founder and CEO of ERI, a Fresno, Calif.-based e-waste recycler with eight U.S. processing locations that serve every ZIP code in the country and partnerships with recycling […]
The story of a sustainable world will unfold in many places and across many websites, social networks, and video channels. Jane Velez-Mitchell, a former Headline News/CNN reporter and anchor, launched UnChainedTV to provide a dedicated source of video storytelling about vegan living, the environment, and animal welfare. It offers free video programming through an app for iPhone and Android devices, […]
President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) in August, a major climate bill that the House and Senate passed that will have significant implications for clean energy use in the United States. The bill seeks to boost energy security, decrease energy prices, and slow climate change. The IRA will invest $369 billion in climate and clean […]
SVP Global Head of Sustainability and Social Impact at Mattel, maker of Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels, American Girl dolls, and more than 150 other brands of toys. She shares how Mattel works to eliminate manufacturing waste and replace virgin plastic in its packaging with recycled and recyclable plastics. The company has pledged to reduce its carbon footprint by 50% compared […]