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This edible packaging will make you reconsider seaweed

Many Westerners don't include seaweed in their regular greens consumption unless they're sushi enthusiasts...

First published by | November 1, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

Communities rise up to draw down on carbon

In early October, county residents overflowed the Marin Showcase Theatre in Northern California for Drawdown: Marin.

First published by | October 31, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

Where the circular economy meets the Internet of Things

Institutions, both in the private and public sector, always can reap the public relations benefits of doing good, even while still accomplishing their goals.

First published by | October 30, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

Impact investors flock to sustainable agriculture

Massive venture capital investments in food make for a steady stream of splashy, dramatic headlines.

First published by | October 24, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

Look out, banks: Sustainability funding gets creative

Nothing beats seeing a great idea turned into a business reality — especially when that dream realizes benefits for communities and the environment.

First published by | October 19, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

Getting behind the debate over lab-grown meat

"We built a lab with glass walls. That was on purpose," Ryan Bethencourt, program director for the biotech accelerator IndieBio, told me as we sat in the company's wide open basement workspace in the South of Market district of San Francisco.

First published by | October 17, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

Should you pay employees to ditch their car commute?

Which is more valuable, a parking spot at work or help switching to a clean and healthy commute?

First published by | October 12, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

What does it look like to embed sustainability across an organization?

A recent GreenBiz article by Joel Makower described how Cargill is preparing all of its employees to understand the concept of sustainability.

First published by | October 10, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

8 more blockchain experiments you should watch

Tech giant IBM has made no secret of its big plans for blockchain technology, a digital ledger system that began life as the tracking and accounting mechanism attached to the alternative currency Bitcoin.

First published by | October 9, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses

Here’s why your ‘eco-chic’ jeans aren’t going save the planet

Recently Marie Claire, a major fashion magazine, published its first sustainability issue.

First published by | October 6, 2017 | Sustainability | 0 responses