Tag Archives: CO2

A glimpse into the next decade – XI

10. The “sustainable” future of Fashion When we go shopping and buy that nice apparel we seldom, if ever, think about the impact it had on the climate. As a matter of fact, as pointed out in the McKinsey report, the fashion industry is responsible for a CO2 emission that …

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Biggest carbon footprint? It is “us”

Browising on the web I run into the graphic shown in the image, representing the amount of carbon dioxide that a single person can shave off emission by a specific action. My eye, and yours I bet, has been attracted by the huge circle representing the amount of carbon emission …

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Gaia self-adapting equilibrium

Our planet is continuously changing. We can appreciate some of these changes locally (like the changing of seasons, mud slides, volcanic eruptions…) although most of them escape our detection. It is only through science and technology that scientists have been able to track the huge changes of our planet, its …

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Planning for the New World – VI

Restoring the Health of the Environment That this insignificant species called Home Sapiens Sapiens is having an impact on the planet is no longer debatable: every hour humankind is destroying 18 million square meters of forest with agriculture being the leading cause; 750 billion tons of CO2 are exchanged by …

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Green Mode? You can choose

Lyft, a ride-hailing company, is trying to differentiate its offer from Uber. It has focussed at the business market trying to become the ride-hailing company for companies by striking agreement with several of them in their US market to carry their employees. Last week it has included in the app …

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