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Tondo Hospital Benefits from Clean, Green Technology
CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTION The symbolic switching of LED lights is led by Dr Glenn Roy Paraso, CEO and executive director of Mary Johnston Hospital.
The 115-year-old Mary Johnston Hospital (MJH) in Tondo, Manila, leads the way in terms of reducing not just power costs but also carbon em...
SOUTH KOREA TO BE HUNDRED PERCENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY COMPLIANT BY 2050
- The Ministry of Environment revealed a plan on Nov. 19 to reduce the ratio of coal-fired power generation to zero and increase the ratio of renewable energy-based power generation to 80 percent by 2050 in order to achieve zero carbon footprints by that year.
- The plan detail is ...
CAPSULE COLLECTIONS’ IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
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- Capsule collections help brands to experiment with fabrics and different technologies
- At a small scale, it is easier to eliminate the imperfections in comparison with mass production
H&M’s “Conscious Exclu...
TEEMILL LAUNCHES REMILL
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- Isle of Wight based fashion platform Teemill specializes in sustainable fashion
- The brand has launched Remill which can be recycled umpteen number of times
Remill has been labeled as circular economy clothing fabric. This...
COAL ENERGY EXPORTING GUIDELINES TO BE CONSTRICTED IN JAPAN
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- Japan criticized for exporting coal energy and related technology to developing countries
- The Environment Ministry announced the decision to tighten the guidelines related to the export of the fossil energy
Japan announce...
FASHION TECH: CARBON FOOTPRINT GENERATED BY FASHION WEEK
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- The Fashion weeks are notorious for generating carbon footprint
- Last year’s season saw major brands conduct carbon neutral fashion shows
Burberry, Gucci and Gabriela Hearst all conducted Carbon neutral fashion shows...
ATTA SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS TO REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINTS
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- There is an increased focus on travelling lesser in terms of frequency, but longer, slower, and more meaningfully.
- Jorge Perez of Ecuador’s Tierra del Volcan explains that there is a wider narrative that everyone needs to promote as ...
JAPAN IGNORES CLIMATE IMPACT AND PLANS FOR 22 NEW COAL PLANTS
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- 22 new coal plants planned by Japan in the coming 5 years
- Climate crisis has increased by manifold times and Japan has failed to take preventive measures
Japan is the largest importer of fossil fuels. The country has not ...
JAPANESE TURMOIL: THE CONTROVERSIAL COAL FUELED POWER GENERATION
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- Japan heavily dependent on coal after Fukushima nuclear disaster
- Heavily criticized in the COP25 summit for carbon emissions
- Citizens at a loss on the choice to be made
Japan has taken a lot of flak for heavily...
Living bricks' that could reproduce could reduce the carbon footprint of construction
A simple blend of sand, gelatin and bacteria produced' living bricks ' matching cement-based mortars' strengths that could eventually reduce demand worldwide for carbon intensive, select building material, cement. These bricks can even replicate.
An inoculum is applied here ...
Research into heating homes from County Durham mine water earns award
RESEARCH into the potential of using geothermal energy as a low-carbon heat source has helped a Durham University researcher win a prestigious national award.
Dr Charlotte Adams, an Assistant Professor in Durham’s department of earth sciences, has been named Energy Champion by the...
Korean battery maker predicts EV sales future
The Korean automotive industry has been growing amazingly amid the global auto crisis all thanks to the carmakers of Korea which have been making amazing decisions and still selling gas-powered vehicles that no other manufacturers are able to do as of the recent climate emergency announcement and...