Adidas
“When we look at leather, it’s a massive industry, like 35 billion square feet per year. And the net output of the alternatives rounds to about zero,” says Dan Widmaier, founder and CEO. … more »
Harvard
"While people with federal student loans have been allowed to pause payments during the pandemic, most borrowers haven’t gotten any closer to paying their debt." … more »
Omar de Kok-Mercado
Soil microbes convert farm fertilizer to nitrogen oxides, emitting about as much greenhouse gases as on-road vehicles do in the state. … more »
Click Americana
"A major new study out of Harvard University demonstrates that office air doesn’t just make us unhealthy. This polluted air also makes us stupider, slowing us down on cognitive tests and making it easier to get distracted." … more »
Alffoto/WWF
"Food production is a big contributor to climate change, so it’s critically important to be able to measure greenhouse gas emissions from the food sector accurately. In a new study, we show that the food system generates about 35% of total global man-made greenhouse gas emissions." … more »
The Atlantic
"U.S. life spans, which have fallen behind those in Europe, are telling us something important about American society." … more »
City Watch
"What is the stupid stuff of today that we should have the good sense to resist? At the top of my list are neo-liberal (trickle down economics) proposals to solve the affordable housing crisis by privatizing public housing and deregulating zoning and environmental laws." … more »
Idahol News
The trend away from urban living is accelerating, led by Millennial buyers seeking traditional single-family homes in suburban and rural areas. … more »
NASA
"Just as one continental plate might push beneath another in sudden fits and starts, causing periodic earthquakes and tsunamis, our atmospheric systems will absorb the stress for a while, then suddenly shift. Yet, everywhere, the programmes designed to avert it are linear, smooth and gradual." … more »
Exxon
"A casual social media user might get the impression the fossil fuel industry views itself as a social justice warrior, fighting on behalf of the poor, the marginalized, and women – at least based on its marketing material in recent years. These campaigns fall into what a handful of sociologists and economists call “discourses of delay”. … more »
