Britney Mathews
April 30, 2021
What is chronic migraine?
Chronic migraine is defined as having at least 15 headache days a month, with at least 8 days of having headaches with migraine features, for more than 3 months. Chronic headache begins as less frequent headache episodes that gradually change into a more frequent headache pattern.
Who gets chronic migraine?
Chronic migraine affects between 3 and 5 percent of people in the
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Sustainability Matters
April 30, 2021
The recent global challenges have created a growing appetite for change with an opportunity to build a clean, safe and sustainable world. The focus is now on reshaping the planet and unlocking its true potential to tackle growing global and local concerns.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals set a target of reducing global emissions by 50% by 2030 with a rapid transition to clean renewable
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GreenBiz Group
April 30, 2021
As awareness of the climate impact of meat grows, a potential roadblock to cutting consumption is emerging: A culture war.
Conservatives and liberals have skirmished over this for several years. But earlier this week, another front opened up. It began with media reports that claimed — incorrectly — that President Joe Biden was about to force Americans to cut back on meat. Here’s
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Intengine's Writer Community
April 29, 2021
As society as a whole begins to increasingly value all things sustainable, we are now seeing this trend in the fashion world. With the rising power to impact the masses via large social media followings, influencers focused on sustainable fashion are utilizing particular language and to spread their message.
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Sustainability Matters
April 29, 2021
An even worse situation exists in the US, where only about 2% of plastics are fully recycled. But a new plastic has potential to change this.
Invented by a team led by Corinne Scown, Brett Helms, Jay Keasling and Kristin Persson at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), poly(diketoenamine), or PDK, has all the convenient properties of traditional plastics without the environmental
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GreenBiz Group
April 29, 2021
Plastic-free by 2025. That’s the goal for e-commerce retailer Grove Collaborative, which sells household and personal care goods. Its offerings include its own product lines as well as products from other companies such as Burt's Bees, Mrs. Meyer's and Dr. Bronner's.
"It is our intention to hold everyone to the zero-plastic commitment," Stuart Landesberg, Grove founder
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Muhammad osama
April 28, 2021
Minimizing your non-essential expenditure, you can save some money, which you can use for something more important such as upgrading to the best dedicated server.
Grist News
April 28, 2021
Free passes, adaptive bikes, and community outreach are expanding bike-share's reach.
Grist News
April 28, 2021
"The environment is really the only major global crisis that we assume you can solve from your kitchen."
Sustainability Matters
April 27, 2021
In pursuit of a zero-cost energy future, more than 7300 solar panels are now powering one of SA Water’s major drinking water pipelines between the River Murray and Barossa Valley.
The large solar array is installed at the second pump station on the Swan Reach to Stockwell Pipeline, and will reduce SA Water’s operating costs in the delivery of clean, safe drinking water from the Swan Reach Water
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Sustainability Matters
April 27, 2021
US researchers have found a way of recycling the by-product of corn and turning it into a material that helps clean water.
About half the harvest — stalks, leaves, husks and cobs — remains as waste after the kernels have been stripped from the cobs. These leftovers, known as corn stover, have few commercial or industrial uses aside from burning.
A study by the University of
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Grist News
April 27, 2021
Advocates say that’s not enough.
Sustainability Matters
April 26, 2021
Building technologies company Honeywell and the Sydney Opera House have formed a three-year partnership to collaborate on initiatives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The partnership follows the Opera House’s commitment to the UN SDGs in October 2019.
As a Global Goals partner, Honeywell will support the world-famous performing arts centre in its
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GreenBiz Group
April 26, 2021
While electrification and renewable energy are key to decarbonizing the economy, the growing demand for solar PV may be creating a new problem. Today's standard practices for solar manufacturing and disposal need close examination — especially as demands for the cheap, clean energy is set to increase.
The market for recovered materials from modules alone could total $60 million by 2030
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GreenBiz Group
April 26, 2021
When you think about who makes the greatest social and environmental impact with corporate dollars, you probably think of the head of ESG or the chief investment officer, not the treasurer. Today’s corporate treasurers, however, are redefining their role beyond risk mitigation, and they’ve become a surprising source of impact within their organizations, moving millions of dollars of cash and
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Sustainability Matters
April 25, 2021
Epworth Richmond is participating in a three-year trial to turn food waste into fuel for green energy. As part of the trial, food offcuts are gathered from the hospital kitchen and dehydrated in a WasteMaster machine to create a powdered residue. The residue is then used as a fuel to generate green electricity at Yarra Valley Water’s anaerobic facility in Wollert.
In the first 12 months of the trial
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Grist News
April 24, 2021
Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means moving much faster.
Katie Tejada
April 23, 2021
In the modern era, solar panels are increasingly more affordable and they save you money, protect the environment, and increase home value.
This blog post goes over the top reasons to invest in solar in detail.
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Intengine | the engine for good
April 23, 2021
The negative impacts of single-use and microplastics are no longer a secret, and marine conservation communities are coming together around the world to combat and control the damage. Fingers point at water bottles, straws, and other commonly used items as main offenders, and as a result many of us are gravitating towards alternatives.
Grist News
April 23, 2021
A new bill would bring back FDR's famous New Deal program — with a few big changes.
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GreenBiz Group
April 23, 2021
The billions of dollars flowing into indoor ag, followed by news of a big announcement in regenerative farming, is yet more evidence of the furious pace of change we’re seeing in food production.
On the indoor side, the update comes in the form of details on a big vertical farm that the startup Plenty is building in Compton, California. The plans are impressive:
The 95,000 square feet
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GreenBiz Group
April 23, 2021
When you think climate change, you need to think about water
Melody Waintal
Fri, 04/23/2021 - 00:05
With nearly a half its land lying below sea level, the Netherlands knows a lot about water and how to make sure a city’s infrastructure is resilient to it, particularly flood risks and freshwater supply. Arcadis, a Dutch engineering firm, is applying that knowledge to cities around the
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Grist News
April 22, 2021
To reverse climate change and reach target emissions objectives, we need a drastic reduction in CO2.
Sustainability Matters
April 22, 2021
The study found that if large-scale rooftop solar systems were installed at Australia’s government-owned airports, they could produce enough electricity to power 136,000 homes.
Previous studies have deemed airports as great solar generators, but the RMIT research goes further by precisely modelling the use of large-scale systems.
The researchers compared electricity generated by
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Grist News
April 22, 2021
The agreement, which goes into effect on Earth Day, has been signed by 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
GreenBiz Group
April 22, 2021
GreenFin 21 and the 5 cornerstones of sustainable finance
Heather Clancy
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 02:11
Midway through our inaugural GreenFin event last week, during a break devoted to three-minute bursts of randomly selected networking conversations, I found myself paired with a university student attending the conference as part of his studies.
The question he put to me during his
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GreenBiz Group
April 22, 2021
Apple creates $200 million fund for nature-based climate solutions
Jesse Klein
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 00:12
Nature-based solutions to climate change are having a moment, and Apple is riding the trend with a $200 million fund dedicated to related investments.
The tech titan has invested in protecting forests for some time, but last week it launched a new venture in collaboration with
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Grist News
April 21, 2021
With global energy demand expected to increase by as much as 58 percent in the next three decades, the urgency to transition away from fossil fuels is growing.
Sustainability Matters
April 21, 2021
Engineers from Purdue University have created what is claimed to be the whitest paint yet, in an effort to curb global warming. The researchers say that coating buildings with the new paint formulation may one day cool them off enough to reduce the need for air conditioning.
“If you were to use this paint to cover a roof area of about 1000 square feet, we estimate that you could get a cooling power of 10 kW.
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Grist News
April 21, 2021
America has underinvested in its aging water systems. A new study in California highlights the gaps.
GreenBiz Group
April 21, 2021
Avoid a major blind spot: Gender-smart investing is risk management
Nikki Walker
Wed, 04/21/2021 - 01:32
If a company is not focused on gender diversity and its economic impact, does it really understand the needs of its customers?
This question, asked by Suzanne Biegel, co-founder of Gender-Smart Investing, was the central matter for debate during a breakout session last week at
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GreenBiz Group
April 21, 2021
In the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, hundreds of U.S. companies produced statements decrying racism and promoting equity and inclusion. But how many made concrete steps toward their goals? And for those that did, how can they show investors the commitments paid off?
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the ideals America needs to aspire toward, Marvin Owens, chief engagement officer at
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Sustainability Matters
April 20, 2021
Contrary to what half of Australians believe, households do not create more waste than the business sector, reveals new research commissioned by Planet Ark.
The research found that 47% of people want to make changes to increase recycling rates at work but only a third reportedly know where to find accurate information on how to do so.
Planet Ark is taking steps to address these findings by releasing a new
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Grist News
April 20, 2021
“Change is coming, whether we seek it or not."
Intengine's Writer Community
April 19, 2021
Don't overlook SMEs, small and medium enterprises, which use business decisions to shape the direction of environmental sustainability and human rights. These leaders and entrepreneurs are embedded in the communities they serve and help form the foundation of our society.
Sustainability Matters
April 18, 2021
Melbourne-based property group Moremac is adopting an array of sustainability initiatives for its Kingsfield estate in the city’s north-west, including building roads containing recycled materials.
Reported to be the first residential estate in Victoria to use recycled, post-consumer materials in its roads, the process takes repurposed goods like glass, soft plastics, tyres and cartridges,
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Grist News
April 17, 2021
The EPA approved Oxitec’s mosquitoes for release this spring. Some scientists and locals want to halt the deployment.
Karlyn McKell
April 16, 2021
Save time and keep your local ecosystem thriving by planting native, low-maintenance landscaping in your yard and garden.
Grist News
April 16, 2021
New research suggests we might be ignoring the easiest way to problem-solve.
Grist News
April 16, 2021
… and that could be really good for the climate.
GreenBiz Group
April 16, 2021
What would happen if the United States enacted a comprehensive plan to combat food loss and waste? Now is the moment to ask, because the new U.S. administration is proving itself open to genuinely ambitious change. The answer? A cascade of benefits would follow, from economic savings to reduced hunger to cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
A new action plan that’s just eight pages long but packed with
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Grist News
April 15, 2021
Climeworks operates multiple direct air capture plants around the world and is currently building the world’s largest climate-positive direct air capture plant in Iceland.
Sustainability Matters
April 15, 2021
Beulah’s Paragon tower in Melbourne’s CBD will be home to one of the largest vertical solar panel systems in Australia.
b.energy was appointed to design, construct, operate and maintain the 128 panels installed on the core walls of the tower, which are set to outperform similar developments in terms of emissions reduction, cost reduction and green energy sustainability.
The 42 kW system
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Sustainability Matters
April 15, 2021
Beer making involves extracting flavour from barley and other grains, leaving behind a protein- and fibre-rich powder that is typically destined for cattle feed or landfill. But researchers from Virginia Polytechnic and State University have found a way to extract the protein and fibre from the spent grain and use it to create new types of protein sources and biofuels. The research will be presented at the spring
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Sustainability Matters
April 15, 2021
The team led by Associate Professor Haolan Xu has refined a technique to derive fresh water from sea water, brackish water or contaminated water through solar evaporation — delivering enough daily fresh drinking water for a family of four from just one square metre of source water.
“In recent years, there has been a lot of attention on using solar evaporation to create fresh drinking water, but
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GreenBiz Group
April 15, 2021
Four years ago this week, Project Drawdown released groundbreaking research on climate solutions that catalyzed the narrative that reversing global warming is possible. To celebrate that anniversary and underscore what’s needed now, I’m spotlighting 15 women-led ventures at the heart of the climate-tech movement.
After all, one of the most surprising conclusions from our work —
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GreenBiz Group
April 14, 2021
Outdoor recreation retail co-op REI is asking its suppliers to double down on their climate strategies and social justice policies, and will require all existing partners to share their climate action plans by the end of this year.
The expectations were included in the impact report REI released today along with the company's 2020 financials. In it, the outdoor recreation retail co-op shared that it
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Sustainability Matters
April 13, 2021
Professional services company Jacobs has joined Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) to support action and investment in digital solutions that advance sustainability outcomes in our cities, towns and communities.
SCCANZ is reported to be the world’s largest network of smart cities practitioners and policymakers. With Jacobs becoming a member company, SCCANZ Executive Director
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Grist News
April 13, 2021
The top five U.S. tech firms devote very few resources to lobbying for climate policy, but a new employee-driven campaign could change that.
GreenBiz Group
April 13, 2021
The engine behind green business is the same as any business: capital. And while social, human and natural capital are all critical, financial capital is the one form that systemically fails the companies and leaders working on the most impactful solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Venture capitalists decide who gets to be a billionaire and what solutions reach billions in market penetration.
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GreenBiz Group
April 13, 2021
This Earth Day, you might be thinking, "Hey, there’s a pandemic. Let’s sit this one out."
Probably no one would blame you. But journey back with me to last year, at the beginning of COVID-19, when the roads were clear and the air was pristine. If you were like me, it might have been the very first time you saw your city not wrapped in smog.
That vision of what our earth could be inspired me,
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Sustainability Matters
April 12, 2021
A trial of a fungi-based floating wetlands solution to create healthier, cleaner waterways is underway at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne.
Affectionately known as ‘mushi’ (pronounced moo-shi), the three floating wetlands of interlocking triangular-shaped modules have been designed by local engineers, researchers and architects.
Instead of using traditional plastic, this
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Sustainability Matters
April 12, 2021
Each school will engage in a 12-month learning experience, gaining a better understanding of the impact of plastic pollution on marine and freshwater environments. The students will be empowered to create solutions, whilst learning about recycling and other innovations that exist already.
POA and Veolia are partnering to deliver the program as part of their aligned missions to increase education around
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GreenBiz Group
April 12, 2021
As the world’s largest financial institutions jockey for leadership positions in financing the transition to a clean economy, JPMorgan Chase is creating a team dedicated to building deeper relationships with companies that sell "environmentally-friendly" products and services or that focus on environmental conservation.
The new Green Economy team is explicitly tasked with
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Sustainability Matters
April 11, 2021
The Australian technology sector is a global leader in many rights. While we’ve made our mark on the world stage as rapid adopters of new technologies, as innovators and as digital educators, many of us fail to realise that Australia is one of the highest contributors of e-waste globally.
E-waste — or discarded electricals or electronic devices — is currently the world’s fastest
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Sustainability Matters
April 11, 2021
The Australian technology sector is a global leader in many rights. While we’ve made our mark on the world stage as rapid adopters of new technologies, as innovators and as digital educators, many of us fail to realise that Australia is one of the highest contributors of e-waste globally.
E-waste — or discarded electricals or electronic devices — is currently the world’s fastest
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Grist News
April 9, 2021
A new survey shows that Americans are factoring climate change into their moving plans. This could push low-income families into at-risk areas.
Sustainability Matters
April 8, 2021
Investing in solar used to be limited to those who owned property with a sunny roof and could afford to place solar panels on it. Now a community-owned solar farm in Canberra opens up investing in solar to all Canberrans and anyone who wants to be part of the shift to a renewable energy economy.
More than 400 Canberrans have raised over $2.4 million to finance the construction of the SolarShare Community Farm,
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Sustainability Matters
April 8, 2021
Oil spills are difficult to clean up and can result in damage to a marine ecosystem. Now, a promising ‘eco-friendly’ sponge alternative has been developed from sunflower pollen to help tackle this problem.
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created a reusable, biodegradable sponge that can soak up oil and other organic solvents from
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Sustainability Matters
April 8, 2021
QUT researchers have used carbon dots from human hair waste sourced at a Brisbane barbershop to create a kind of ‘armour’ for solar technology. It has been shown that these carbon nanodots could be used to improve the performance of perovskites solar cells.
The research study, led by Professor Hongxia Wang in collaboration with Associate Professor Prashant Sonar of QUT’s Centre
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Grist News
April 8, 2021
Litter is such a deeply complex salad of environmental issues!
Grist News
April 8, 2021
Facing backlash, a landmark experiment in Sweden has been put on hold.
GreenBiz Group
April 8, 2021
Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.
It started with intangibles.
I spent about a decade of my life writing about corporate accounting before I began focusing on sustainability and sustainable finance. In between all the conversations on accounting for stock options and leases, one megatrend in corporate accounting beat them all: the rise of intangible
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Intengine's Writer Community
April 7, 2021
You Are Setting the Trend for Ethical Impact. Whether you call yourself a Fashionista, review clothing on your YouTube channel, or simply like to follow the trends to look your best for work or play. There is no denying that our passion for fashion drives an important and growing sector of our economy.
Sustainability Matters
April 7, 2021
Derived from crude oil, toxic to synthesise and slow to break down, conventional polyurethanes are not environmentally friendly, but they are nearly everywhere.
Researchers from Memorial University of Newfoundland are now investigating ways to develop safe, biodegradable plastic alternatives to polyurethanes, derived from fish waste including heads, bones, skin and guts.
If developed
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Grist News
April 7, 2021
Major tech brands like Apple and Microsoft must now give their smartphones and laptops "repairability" scores in France — and the initial results don’t look good.
Sustainability Matters
April 6, 2021
Product life cycles traditionally follow a linear economy, where materials are transformed into products that are then used and thrown away in a ‘take-make-waste’ approach. This is unsustainable.
The primary principle of a circular economy is keeping assets in use to create a responsible way of using resources at the same time as reducing waste. Circularity is crucial in closing the loop of
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Grist News
April 6, 2021
The untold history of how people survived the past 2,000 years.
Grist News
April 5, 2021
Using machine learning, we found that states are grossly undercounting orphan wells.
Sustainability Matters
April 5, 2021
A more sustainable global fish economy could be created by using food scraps to make high-quality food for farmed fish, according to a team of researchers at The University of Western Australia (UWA).
The research, funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, found organic food waste destined for landfill could be repurposed and used to raise black soldier fly larvae, which could then be fed
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Sustainability Matters
April 5, 2021
The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) entered seven Monash student teams into the global WorldStar Student Awards. Of the seven submissions all were recognised with one team winning a Silver in the Sustainable Packaging Design category.
The winning silver team of Caterina Palma, Sherlyn Marvella and Tamanna Kibrea were from the New Frontiers Program at Monash Food Innovation (MFI). They partnered
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Sustainability Matters
April 5, 2021
The National First People’s Gathering on Climate Change has seen Traditional Owners and scientists across Australia meeting to empower and enhance a First People’s-led response to climate change.
The five-day Gathering, held in Cairns, Queensland, brings together more than 120 Traditional Owners, representing more than 40 different First People’s groups, and scientists to share
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GreenBiz Group
April 5, 2021
In the waning months of 2020, the European Union took ambitious steps to address the more than 12 million tons of electronic waste the bloc produces annually. Acknowledging that "Europe is living well beyond planetary boundaries," a European Parliamen vote called for mandatory repairability scores for consumer electronics, amongst a host of other initiatives intended to extend products’
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ECO CANADA
April 1, 2021
Being respectful to Indigenous cultures involves knowledge of the culture. This webinar explores some of the cultural aspects of the First Nations' ways.
Grist News
April 1, 2021
What the U.S. can learn from the U.K.’s disastrous home retrofit program.
Grist News
April 1, 2021
From unbreakable mason jars to the mysteries of the deep sea.
GreenBiz Group
April 1, 2021
Cargill’s new sustainability program, SeaFuther, expands its carbon reduction commitments from the terrestrial to the oceanic. The commitment focuses on Cargill’s aquaculture and aquaculture feed business, targeting a reduction in Scope 3 emissions of 30 percent by 2030, from a 2017 baseline.
As sustainable and environmentally friendly diets increase in popularity, the seafood
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