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The Future of Sustainable Fashion and Design: Stella McCartney and Lenovo Unveil Winning Concept of Central Saint Martins Design Competition

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DESCRIPTION: Peter Nasielski, an MA Design; Furniture student from Central Saint Martins, crowned winner of sustainability design competition for regenerative seaweed eyewear concept. Peter’s project was inspired by regenerative farming practices, which led to the development of his eyewear design made from bioplastic material.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. billion toward regenerative agriculture into 2025. Beth Ford; President & CEO; Land O’Lakes; Arden Hills, Minnesota.

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Soil Health Institute Engages Students From Historically Black Colleges and Universities To Promote Greater Equity in Sustainable Agriculture Through Internship Program

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Regenerative Cotton Fund (USRCF) internship class. Regenerative Cotton Fund,” said Dr. Loutrina Staley, soil scientist and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Soil Health Institute. Regenerative Cotton Fund and the Internship Program, visit [link] or contact Byron Rath at brath@soilhealthinstitute.org.

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Food Companies: The Most Impactful Scope 3 Emissions Solutions Have Multiple Benefits

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The GHG Protocol , introduced in 2001, is a widely used standard for sustainability reporting. In another example, in 2020 Smithfield Foods announced a 2030 goal to achieve carbon negativity and a 25 percent emissions reduction across scopes 1-3 by 2025.

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From paralyzing eco-anxiety to hope in six steps

Edouard Stenger

This might be utopian, but scientific research and entire books such as Project Drawdown and its sequel, Regeneration , are full of regenerative solutions. Whether you were born in 2001 or 1951, we can all act and turn this ship around. It’s not the case. Am now 41 and I have had my fair share of this myself.

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Dead Dolphins, Radioactive Mountains: Inside Florida’s Phosphorus Crisis

Sense and Sustainability

In its 35 years of operation from 1966-2001, a succession of owners illegally and legally dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater into Bishop Harbor, an estuary flowing into Tampa Bay, causing massive fish kills, toxic plumes of air, evacuations, and groundwater pollution. Here, regenerative agriculture comes into play.

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AllianceBernstein: Investing Lessons From Climate School, Class of 2023

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Back in 2001, it cost a little over $1 million to sequence one genome. By engaging in regenerative agriculture, this improves the soil quality, which could optimize the harvest and the quality of the produce, allowing the farmers to potentially increase the price—especially if this produce is certified. Let’s look at agriculture.