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05/07/2023

GRIST //: These businesses say: reuse, refill, return.

https://grist.org/solutions/zero-waste-circular-economy-reuse-refill-containers/?

These businesses say: reuse, refill, return.

14/06/2023

08/06/2023

Development Alternatives - Then and Now 40 Years of Sustainability Advocacy | Dr Ashok Khosla | Shrashtant Patara

Dive into this personal conversation with the person who believed in his vision and has dedicated his life towards it. Dr Ashok Khosla, Founder Development Alternatives(DA) in conversation with Shrashtant Patara, CEO Development Alternatives. Dr Ashok Khosla formed DA in 1982 and has raised his voice for sustainability, eco-friendly solutions, green technology, and today it has been 40 years that DA has grown and established itself as a pioneer in sustainable solutions.

Development Alternatives - Then and Now 40 Years of Sustainability Advocacy | Dr Ashok Khosla | Shrashtant Patara Dive into this personal conversation with t...

04/06/2023

United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP //: There is hope in the global deal to end plastic pollution under negotiation, which is due to land by 2024. The report UNEP is launching today, Turning off the Tap, is coming out just ahead of the next round of talks, and is intended to inform negotiators. What does this report tell us?
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/speech/just-transition-new-plastics-economy?

The way societies produce, use and dispose of plastics is polluting ecosystems, creating risks for human health and destabilizing the climate.

03/06/2023

SLOW FISH IS HERE! SLOW FISH 2023 – JUNE 1-4 – COAST TO COAST
Everything is interconnected. What happens on land has repercussions for the sea, and vice versa. From plankton to human beings, we all have a role to play in maintaining the balance of nature.

Everything is interconnected. What happens on land has repercussions for the sea, and vice versa. From plankton to human beings, we all have a role to play in maintaining the balance of nature.

31/05/2023

World Health Organization - SEARO//: The theme for the Year 2023 on will be to

26/05/2023

USNI News //: Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing globally has had cascading effects on many nations’ food security and led to conflict on the oceans, as has occurred between Chinese fishing fleets and Filipino fishermen, she [Rear Adm. Jo-Ann Burdian] noted during a forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
https://news.usni.org/2023/01/19/coast-guard-illegal-fishing-has-surpassed-piracy-as-a-global-threat?

Illegal fishing has surpassed piracy as a Coast Guard global concern in the maritime domain, the service’s top officer overseeing response policy said Wednesday. “The Coast Guard has been in the [fishing] enforcement game for a long time,” said Rear Adm. Jo-Ann Burdian. Most recently it starte...

22/05/2023

Convenrion On Biodiversity//: Today May 22nd is International Biodiversity Day (IBD). Read this report which has just been released on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to support projects which in the future will

https://www.cbd.int/gbf/?

Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework GBF Home Introductory sections of the GBF 2050 Vision and 2030 Mission2050 Goals2030 TargetsImplementation and support mechanismsResponsibility and transparencyCommunication, education, awareness and uptakeMonitoringRelated Decisions GBF Home Introducto...

17/05/2023

Slowfood International //: What does Shrimp Farming have to do with the International Migration of people? More than you might think

What does shrimp farming have to do with the intercontinental migration of people? More than you might think.

02/05/2023

WFTO//: For World Fair Trade Day, observed on 13 May 2023, The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) will focus on the theme "Reimagining the Economy: Regenerative Businesses for the Future." It’s critically important for us to reimagine the economy and find a more sustainable and equitable way forward.
https://wfto.com/article/world-fair-trade-day-it%E2%80%99s-time-reimagine-economy?

The current economic model has brought about unsustainable levels of resource consumption, environmental degradation, and social inequality. We see the devastating effects of this in the people and environment around us. Our time for debating is running out, and the time for action is now. When ther...

27/04/2023

Vandana Shiva has worked with farmers’ and people’s movements across the world against what she calls “seed imperialism”, economic polarisation, and the digital colonisation of our ecological and social diversity.

This powerful memoir looks back at the most memorable campaigns and movements that she has been part of, while looking ahead to the challenges posed by the COVID crisis, the privatisation of biotechnology, and the commodification of our biological and natural resources. “The awareness that Vandana’s work and actions provoke is sublime,” says Gilles-Éric Séralini, “it will bring you light.”
https://womenunlimited.in/catalog/product/view/id/22741?

Vandana Shiva has worked with farmers’ and people’s movements across the world against what she calls “seed imperialism”, economic polarisation, and the digital colonisation of our ecological and social diversity. This powerful memoir looks back at the most memorable campaigns and movements ...