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Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about

GreenBiz

Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about. For nearly two decades, Flowers, a recent awardee of the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant ," has been bringing attention to failing water and waste sanitation infrastructure in rural areas. Deonna Anderson. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 01:30. Read an excerpt here.).

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Campus Sustainability Month: A Focus on Food Waste Recycling at New England Colleges and Universities

3BL Media

One of the significant areas of focus during this month is food waste management, specifically the innovative solutions rolling out across New England's higher education institutions, where food waste is being recycled through anaerobic digestion.

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Aflac 2021 Business & Sustainability Report: Renewable Energy

3BL Media

Other Environmental Issues: Waste Prevention and Reduction. The waste reduction and recycling strategy for Aflac U.S. diverted more than 1,800,000 pounds of paper waste from the landfill in 2021, and our recycling strategy diverted over 2,000,000 pounds of solid waste from the landfill for U.S.-owned owned properties.

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Taking a Virtual Trip to the Last Mile: How an Innovative Program is Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance Progress Toward the SDGs

James Militzer

We’ve also curated VR content involving markets outside Indonesia, allowing viewers to witness the impacts of climate change in Fiji; meet a waste recycling community in Cairo; and explore the rural village of Huaichai in Laos, where families are working to overcome malnutrition by improving sanitation and hygiene.

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Reflections and Solutions from the Andean Region: An interview with Experts from Argentina, Ecuador and Chile

Sustainable Development Network

During the seminar, the impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 disease) pandemic was addressed, as they pertained to the webinar’s themes. The fifth session of the seminar was organized by SDSN Andes , and moderated by its Director, Dr. Jorge Gómez-Paredes. of what is happening at the moment."

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Carbon Capture Is Mostly An Oil & Gas Industry Shell Game — Masala Flavored

CleanTechnica

The latest installment of the ongoing seminar series on global decarbonization that I’m leading for India’s utility professionals under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum was on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).

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Fixing Industrial Process Emissions — India Utility Seminar Transcript & Slides

CleanTechnica

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work.