According to new data, UAE residents and citizens are living more sustainably

83 per cent of UAE residents are aware of their environmental footprint and the influence their purchase decisions have on the earth. 59 per cent of individuals believe that using a sustainable laundry detergent is essential to them, and 25 per cent of UAE residents wash their laundry once a day....

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

Highlights:

• 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

Highlights:

• 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

Highlights:

• 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

Highlights:

• 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 ...

Northvolt is building a greener battery future

He has a point-it seems like an unlikely location I've been telling him about for the billion-dollar battery start-up. Northvolt aims to build the first home-grown "Gigafactory" of lithium-ion batteries in Germany, most of which are intended for electric vehicles. Because of the sca...

Nobel Prize winner, Laureate Frances Arnold’s address at SynBioBeta 2019

2019 was yet another pioneering year for synthetic biology, characterized by sustained growth even beyond the silicon microchip boom Moore's Law Curve. From a refined version of CRISPR (prime editing) and improved DNA data storage to a more synthetic biology policy focus and new control of me...

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...

For the third consecutive year, ‘CPS Energy’ gets chosen for Environmental Champion appreciation

For the third consecutive time, CPS Energy has earned Environmental Champion Utility by Market Strategies; Morpace. The study reveals that the demand for programs for helping consumers efficiently manage their use of energy and decrease their own environmental footprint has been increasing progressi...