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How free trade hypocrisies are hurting our world
Do you want to be able to trust that the food on your plate is produced without animal cruelty, slavery and dangerous pesticides, regardless of where it comes from? That…
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Global brands divided over transparency efforts to tackle deforestation for palm oil
Jakarta, Indonesia - Eight major household brands such as PZ Cussons, Johnson & Johnson and Kraft Heinz are refusing to say where their palm oil comes from, despite promising to stop buying from companies that destroy rainforests.
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Does human scale matter?
Since population and overconsumption remain two of the primary drivers of ecological destruction, perhaps we should take on the challenge of stabilising our population, along with managing over-consumption.
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How to act like grown-ups when it comes to meat
We can all do so much more to secure a healthy future for our children and the planet we call home.
Monique Mikhail • 2 min read -
Greenpeace calls for decrease in meat and dairy production and consumption for a healthier planet
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Global meat and dairy production and consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the Paris Agreement on track, says a new Greenpeace report. If left unchecked, agriculture is projected to produce 52% of global greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades, 70% of which…
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Less Is More
Reducing meat and dairy for a healthier life and planet — the Greenpeace vision of the meat and dairy system towards 2050.
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Bearing witness to an oil spill made my heart ache, but also made me determined
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.
Akiko Tsuchiya • 3 min read -
When will Samsung announce something that actually matters?
On the eve of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung revealed yet another new smartphone model that promises to (once again) re-define everything we know about phones.
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How do we make corporations more accountable?
It’s a fact, though, that corporations who misbehave are too rarely punished - and too often have captured our political leaders. The public good - our planet, our future - is the loser.
Daniel Mittler • 4 min read -
We don’t just need electric cars, we need fewer cars
Ever since the first production car rolled off the assembly line more than 100 years ago, our love affair with automobiles has grown and grown.