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Melodies in Marketing | September 11th 2008 by Mario Vellandi
[Video Link for Email/Other Subscribers - 10min] Since beginning to learn about product sustainability over the last four months, I must say that it has been both daunting and rewarding. Here’s a quick rundown: Comprehensive product sustainabil read more
Forget Carbon, Think Life Cycle
Melodies in Marketing | September 2nd 2008 by Mario Vellandi
Carbon emissions are ONE element of sustainable environment, society, and commerce. While climate change is indeed important, we must be mindful to not exclusively focus on one factor alone. For the purposes of examining a holistic environmental impa read more
Britain has about 250,000 vegans as of the end of 2006, while a t…
Envirostats! | January 4th 2008 by Minh
There’s a lot of health benefits to being vegan, but also a lot of challenges just to stay healthy because it is hard to get all the nutrients you need to stay healthy in the quantities you need, like iron. Looking at this statistic, you shou read more
About 2.2 million hectares of sugarcane field remnants were burne…
Envirostats! | January 1st 2008 by Minh
Apparently, before chopping the cane with large machetes called facão, the workers burn huge swaths of cane fields (seems to the remnants of the cane crops on the ground) to remove dry leaves and drive off snakes and other creatures. The cleared read more
Commentary: If you’re on the North American East Coast, choose…
Envirostats! | November 9th 2007 by Minh
I love the work of economists when it’s well done and interesting because they really pull out neat numbers, concepts and such in a way that many can understand. In this case, like the picture below shows, pending where you live in the US relat read more
Blog Action Day Article: Consuming Statistics and the Environment
Envirostats! | October 15th 2007 by Minh
A statistic is like a picture in that it tells a story. However, unlike a picture, it rarely ever tells the whole story simply by not having all the information is present. There is a reason the phrase lies, damned lies and statistics¹ has remained read more
Commentary: Happy 2007 World Ecological Debt Day! (Oct 6 2007 is…
Envirostats! | October 5th 2007 by Minh
Oct 6 2007 We are living at a pace which requires 1.3 times the resources the Earth has to offer us every year if it were to sustain us forever, and this year’s quota just got used up today on Oct 6 2007, three days earlier than the same mark read more
Beginning concepts and helpful resources for Green Chemistry
Chemistry for a sustainable world | September 29th 2007 by James Bashkin
Here is a set of useful links to external references for people who would like to learn more, see several viewpoints, or find educational material for students of all ages: Green Chemistry at LABS (Labs Achieving Better Stewardship): this site catal read more
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