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Laureen is a freelance journalist creating high-quality, informed content on international affairs, politics and technology. She is trained in conflict resolution and diversity, and has special interests in science and medical reporting, and culture and religion issues.
laureen (at) sustainability-times.com
laureen (at) sustainability-times.com
Poverty, corruption drive African elephant poaching
Elephant poaching rates have dropped in Africa, researchers say, but even at current rates the elephants risk being erased from the continent if more is not done to address the drivers of ivory demand: price, poverty and corruption. More enforcement
Coral damage, ecosystem loss tied to ‘Reef Grief’ in Australia
Scientists at James Cook University in Queensland are among the world’s foremost experts on the damaged coral and threatened biodiversity of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, but their recent research focuses instead on people. Specifically, they set out to measure “Reef
Smart clothing may reduce energy needs for heating, cooling
What if you could wear personalized climate-controlled clothing, thereby reducing the need for heating and air conditioning and the energy costs that come with it? Scientists at the University of California San Diego in the United States are asking that
Nestlé vows to work against palm oil-linked deforestation
Come 2020, the world’s largest food and beverage corporation will have no more deforestation linked to its products.
A small smart city in Finland shows the way on sustainability
Kalasatama is a living experiment where innovation seeks to help achieve a vision of carbon-neutrality by 2035.
A prison in Philadelphia goes all out on sustainability
The inmates received a national award for collecting more than 44 million tons of food waste.