The intersection of art and science is a varied and multifaceted place. Much is indeed left to interpretation. However, without those whose creativity breaches the divide, there would be a terrific void in our experience and education of the subject of the environment be it climate change or appreciation of the world beyond ourselves. Below […]
Storm King Show to Focus on Climate Change in 2018
Storm King Show to Focus on Climate Change in 2018 By DANIEL McDERMON DEC. 14, 2017 A rendering of Mary Mattingly’s proposed work using tropical trees for “Indicators: Artists on Climate Change,” which will open at Storm King Art Center in May. Credit Mary Mattingly Storm King Art Center is best known for its grand landscape […]
Cape Town’s Water Crisis Should Be a Warning to the World
Cape Town’s Water Crisis Should Be a Warning to the World Jonah Shepp February 6, 2018 Cape Town, South Africa, a city of 4 million people, is just weeks away from becoming the world’s first major city to run entirely out of water — but of course, it won’t be the last. South Africa’s second-largest […]
Dangerously Low on Water, Cape Town Now Faces ‘Day Zero’
In green communications, fear and hope have different uses
In green communications, fear and hope have different uses Yu-Kang Lee and Chun-Tuan Chang Wednesday, January 17, 2018 – 2:15am Fear and hope are opposing emotions that are frequently employed in social-issues marketing, and particularly when communicating the threat of climate change. But are there instances in communicating issues relative to climate change where one […]
Enlightened self-interest as a tool in sustainability leadership
Over the last couple weeks I have added several articles on different ways businesses are working on climate change. The running theme is you can’t go it alone. Consider the partnership of Proctor and Gamble teaming up with NGO TerraCycle to reduce waste “by creating the Ocean Plastic Bottle for P&G’s line of Fairy dish […]
TerraCycle, P&G partner in a love-hate relationship with trash
TerraCycle, P&G partner in a love-hate relationship with trash Anya Khalamayzer Wednesday, November 8, 2017 – 12:00am Tom Szaky, the Hungarian-born CEO and founder of TerraCycle, dreams of chewing gum, cigarette butts and ocean plastic. His Trenton, New Jersey-based company aims to accelerate the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, a breakthrough in materials science, energy storage and other […]
How Mars and Walmart illustrate the future of sustainability
How Mars and Walmart illustrate the future of sustainability Peter Seligmann Tuesday, October 31, 2017 – 2:00am Sustainability carries a lot of buzz these days, whether you’re talking about choices in food, business plans or personal lifestyles. But when Mars Inc. uncovered a troubling flaw in its supply chain, sustainability became an imperative for the […]
What midsize firms can learn from Organic Valley’s community solar deal
What midsize firms can learn from Organic Valley’s community solar deal Heather Clancy Thursday, November 2, 2017 – 2:14am In the scheme of things, the power purchase agreement disclosed last month by dairy cooperative Organic Valley isn’t very big — slightly less than 13 megawatts of solar in phase one of the project. That’s exactly […]
Packaging’s role in Walmart’s Project Gigaton
Packaging’s role in Walmart’s Project Gigaton Tony Kingsbury Monday, October 16, 2017 – 1:26am Earlier this year, around Earth Day, Walmart announced an ambitious plan to work with its supply chain to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by one gigaton. I decided to run the numbers to see what role source reduction, specifically in Walmart’s […]