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10 furry facts about orangutans
Ever wondered where orangutans sleep? Or where their name comes from? Here are 10 fun facts about orangutans that you can impress your friends with
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Emma Thompson: “If we want to save orangutans from extinction we need to save their home”
The first time I saw an orangutan in real life, I nearly peed with fright! I heard a great commotion in the trees above me and there he was, swinging through the branches, his huge plate-shaped face staring down.
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REACTIVE: Starbucks to remove fossil fuel derived plastic straws globally, debut new lids in Vancouver, Seattle
Vancouver, BC – Starbucks has announced today that it is removing fossil fuel derived plastic straws from its 28,000 stores globally by 2020, including its over 1000 stores in Canada.…
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What’s the harm in processed meat and dairy?
In 2015, when the World Health Organisation released a report that classified meat as a carcinogenic and red meat as ‘possibly carcinogenic’ red flags were raised around the amounts and…
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Q&A about plastic pollution
What are the alternatives to single-use or throwaway plastics? To truly tackle the plastics epidemic, companies need to fundamentally rethink how they bring products to people. That could include refill and…
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G7 charter won’t effectively tackle plastic pollution, but Canada can still act
Greenpeace activists send G7 leaders a hard-to-miss message one day before the G7 Summit in Charlevoix Quebec. © David Kawai / Greenpeace This past weekend, the G7 announced the creation…
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You did it! Samsung chooses renewable energy!
Remember the time we gave Samsung stores a makeover...
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STATEMENT: Ikea commits to phase out single-use plastics by 2020
June 8, 2018 (Washington, DC) – Ikea announced today that it will remove all single-use plastic products from its 363 stores globally and from customer and co-worker restaurants in its…
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PRESS RELEASE: Companies joining new Ellen MacArthur Foundation plastics leadership coalition must prioritize transparency and reduction
June 11, 2018 (VANCOUVER) – Today, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation announced the development of a new coalition on plastic pollution, urging the world’s largest companies to join and show leadership…
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STATEMENT: Trudeau’s announcement of G7 Ocean Plastics Charter indicates the agreement will fail to adequately address plastic pollution crisis
G7 Summit June 9, 2018 (QUÉBEC CITY) – Following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Chair’s Press Conference about the final communique of the 2018 G7 Summit and his announcement of the…
