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Great article from The Guardian - The Madness of drinking bottled water shipped 1/2 way round the world

The madness of drinking bottled water shipped halfway round the world We can’t get enough of it, but the long-term environmental impacts of bottling and transporting water across countries are doing more damage than we realise

joining The Recycling Partnership

P&G Joins The Recycling Partnership · Environmental Leader · Environmental Management News Procter & Gamble has joined The Recycling Partnership, which aims to increase recycling in the US. P&G has a no-waste-to-landfill goal, says Stephen Sikra, Procter & Gamble’s global leader for packaging...

Another great story from Guardian Environment about making a sustainable difference:

The long journey towards keeping Gu Energy packaging out of landfills In a perfect world, all packages would be fully recyclable. In reality, it can be harder than expected to turn packaging into something valuable for reuse

The EPA's view on why tackling climate change is of high economic importance:

The Economic Case for Fighting Climate Change A strong, competitive American economy depends on climate action.

How one kept their history alive - - thanks !

How one Toronto neighbourhood brought its history to life | Toronto Star Harbord Village recorded and collected the stories that would otherwise be lost to time.

Would you buy petri dish grown leather? You may have to with a 32% drop in cattle population

Lab-grown leather is coming, but is the industry ready for it? A startup, Modern Meadow, is attempting to develop a biomaterial alternative to leather as prices rise. Will it succeed – and will it have a market?

article on 3 start-ups that can take CO2 out of the atmosphere http://buff.ly/1e31hRG But ask the question: who pays?

Startups have figured out how to remove carbon from the air. Will anyone pay them to do it? Three startups, Carbon Engineering, Global Thermostat and Climeworks, are making strides with technology that can directly remove carbon-dioxide from the air. What they need now is a viable business model

Climate change can help create jobs? Here is why:

Climate change presents job opportunities, former world leaders say Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore and former Mexican president Felipe Calderon say fighting climate change will be a boon to the global economy, on the final day of the Climate Summit of the Americas...

12 tools for communicating climate change more effectively http://buff.ly/1CtwAAX from The Guardian

12 tools for communicating climate change more effectively Be consistent, talk about risk rather than uncertainty, use visuals, tell human stories and give the top-line message before the caveats

Looking forward to what happens on day 2 of the Climate Summit of the Americas in Toronto (prelude to Pan Am games)

Climate Summit of the Americas The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change is organizing a Climate Change Summit of the Americas. The Summit will bring together Pan-American jurisdictions, as well as Indigenous leaders,...

How to eat healthily and save the planet!

How to eat healthy and save the planet As dieticians increasingly focus on the environment, they’re finding that what’s better for the earth is usually better for the body

Would you trust an Uber driver to give someone CPR?

Would you trust your Uber driver to give you first aid? Tech companies are looking to provide your healthcare, from an app to help with insomnia to a taxi service for kidney patients