Green Consumerism
Ready for a world without bananas and coffee?
A staggering 1.3 billion tons. That’s how much food we waste around the planet each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. All that food could feed millions upon millions of people in places like
Getting your business circular helps you and the environment
Aligning business operations with sustainability criteria is a new normal. Almost every global corporation has a sustainability strategy. yet in the complex landscape of interpretations, it may be hard to understand what is a truly responsible way to conduct business.
Coffee grounds can be reused to pave roads
Next time you sip your coffee, think about this: the grounds that are used to make your morning cuppa can do plenty more than just give you a much-needed boost of caffeine. They can be used for paving roads, for
Eating insects is good for you and the planet too
Insects like grasshoppers, water beetles and crickets are regular staples of diets in Southeast Asia, Africa and Central America. Yet many people in Europe tend to turn their noses up at fried crickets and sautéed grasshoppers. Each to his own,
A simple way to reduce food waste
We live in an era when people across the developed world eat more and better than any other time in history. That’s certainly a good thing. What’s not so good: an epidemic of obesity and record levels of food waste.
Making fresh water on the go . . . in your car
It all started with a news report about a billboard. One day a few years ago Doug Martin, an engineer at the American automaker Ford, read an article about a billboard in a coastal desert in Peru: the billboard was