Orange County Coastkeeper: Defending Clean Water for 20 Years.
No matter where you are in the world – water is imperative for all living things. In Orange County, we live between two extremes: an abundance of salty water to our west and a limited supply of fresh water to
Silicon Valley Insider: Phospholutions vs. Phosphorus Pollution
Our featured Silicon Valley Insider is addressing one of the most serious threats to our planet's coasts and lakes: nutrient pollution. Last week, Phospholutions, a State College, PA-based fertilizer startup, raised up to $1.5m in funding. Backers in the deal included 1855
Companies That Care About the Planet as Much as You Do
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. Through Recycling Programs and Consumer Education Opportunities, B Corps Broaden the Circular Economy and the Circle of Earth-Friendly Practices Employees at
How to stop the plastic soup: interview with SEADS – Sea Defence Solutions
With the amount of plastic pollution in our waters increasing every year, it becomes crucial to find solutions that would help to reduce it as soon as possible: plastics pollution is not only dangerous for all the marine life but
Washing Machines could stop plastic pollution
Throughout history there are numerous examples of substances, products and practices that have changed the way we live. Products, which at first have been revolutionary, miraculous even. And seemingly without consequence. Large-scale burning of fossil fuels to power industry, our homes and
Underwater
I grew up in Boston in the 70s and 80s, not too far away from where Thoreau once lived. My family shared his belief that nature was a vehicle towards transcendence— that spending time quietly contemplating the land, sea, and
We need to invest in Climate Justice to achieve sustainability
Seattle is a progressive city, known for its record-breaking growth, technological innovations, interest in a sustainable future and a willingness to embrace change. Our community has incredible assets and we are riding an unprecedented wave of prosperity, growth and new
Seattle, WA: Advocating for what’s right, inventing the future
In Seattle, we are many things. We are innovators, environmentalists, business leaders, technology champions, and fierce advocates for what’s right. As I like to say, Seattle is city which invents the future, and we have long been a world-wide leader
A Phoenix from the Trashes
What Impact Does Voluntary Work Really Make? There appears to be few stories which can truly return a smile to one’s face nowadays, between the end of the world and our impenitent shaping of the world of the end, it is
Our Ocean, Our Future: global action to achieve SDG 14
We live at a time when accumulated human activity has begun changing the fundament within which we exist. Thanks to our greenhouse gas emissions, the atmosphere is warming and with it the Ocean. These same greenhouse gases are also making
Molekule’s Air Pollutants Destroyer
Larger cities all share a problem in exchange for their densely packed benefits: air pollution. Molekule, an air purification company, seeks to solve this issue by using their technology to destroy the impurities, which is a new approach compared to
Sailing to Discover our Plastic Oceans
EDITOR's Note: The original version of this article was published in UN Chronicle and may be found here. I was woken in the middle of the night by a thud on the hull of our boat. We rushed up on deck