After a temporary reprieve due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Earth Overshoot Day — the day humanity is projected to have used up all the planet’s biological resources regenerated in one year — has shifted forward again, this year landing on July 29. “With almost half a year remaining, we will alreadyContinue Reading
To strengthen the commitment of corporate India towards preserving vital coastal ecosystems and to mark the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, Godrej & Boyce (the flagship company of the Godrej Group) announced the launch of the India Mangroves Coalition, in association with CII’s Centre ofContinue Reading
The loss and degradation of forests alone currently constitute around 12 per cent of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions By Ramnath Vaidyanathan For a long time now, the world has been staring at a crisis brought about by environmental degradation and climate change. The World Nature Conservation Day, observed onContinue Reading
Softcom announced via a letter from the CEO that it will be unveiling a set of growth tools and initiatives for humans and businesses. The 14-year-old innovative company claims that these solutions will redefine what’s possible for businesses — powering a new era for businesses and what it means toContinue Reading
The trees have come inside the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. Some branches reach for the ceiling, as if searching for the sky. Others press earthward, more root than crown. They spring forth from the unlikeliest of places — a glass vase, a chair — and evolve into ladders and backContinue Reading
Up the beach, near the treeline, is where the world’s unending love affair with plastics revealed itself in all its ugliness. In what was once a stretch of pristine Vancouver Island sand, a large piece of styrofoam had been pummeled into pieces by West Coast storms. Ben Boulton reached downContinue Reading
SAN RAMON, Calif., July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In pursuit of doing more for contact lens wearers and the environment, CooperVision has teamed up with Plastic Bank®, a social enterprise, to transform the clariti® 1 day lens family into the first net plastic neutral contact lens1 in the U.S. The collaboration leveragesContinue Reading
The only smartphone vendor owning an independent global service system with over 2,500 self-built customer service centres in 60 plus country markets, OPPO’s multi-point, connected after-sales network offers users in every part of the world an exemplary programme. OPPO’s easily accessible outlets in the MEA region provide professional experiences toContinue Reading
Asked to name three top environmental concerns, most of us are likely to list global warming, deforestation and air pollution. Plastic pollution may not figure even in our top five. We presume that only cows, goats, dolphins, seals and the like die of ingesting plastic when the fact is thatContinue Reading
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, officially announced today the teams moving forward in the $10M XPRIZE Rainforest aimed at improving our understanding of the rainforest ecosystem. Sponsored by Alana Foundation, the five-year XPRIZE Rainforest is a call-to-action toContinue Reading
