Full-time and student staff crush bottles and cans, and then bale them into large cubes. (Kaylyn Wolf) Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU forum speakers Paul Cox and Katharine Heyhoe each spoke in recent months concerning the planet and the dutyContinue Reading
For the fifth annual year, the Village of Glenview recognized community providers as good stewards for the environment. Three local recipients were honored with 2022 Environmental Sustainability Awards at the Jan. 17 Glenview Village Board of Trustees meeting. Nominations were sought from Jan. 1, 2022 through Oct. 15 for theContinue Reading
As people across the U.S. prepare to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Indigenous peoples’ stewardship of natural resources is increasingly being recognized as a critical priority to protect biodiversity. As crucial talks to finalize the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework ramp up, some human rights groups fear it will lead to theContinue Reading
“Proper waste disposal is a matter of discipline.” We cannot deny how plastics are an essential element of every aspect of technological innovation, not just in food packaging but as an indispensable material for any manufactured product we have today. Try to look at anything you use, anythingContinue Reading
The new global analysis claims that greenhouse-gas emissions from food systems have ‘long been systematically underestimated’. It concludes that about a third of emissions can be traced to food production: a rise of 8% since 1990. The report, developed jointly by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, NASA, New YorkContinue Reading
Over the course of the next decade, beginning 5 June 2021, people from all countries, age groups, landscapes, sectors and general walks of life will be met not only with the urgency of tackling climate change, but also with a message of hope that we can together overcome our environmentalContinue Reading
