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A collection of resources about science and plastics, focusing on packaging, waste management, recycling processes, and environmental impact. This compilation addresses the lifecycle of plastic materials, sustainability practices, and innovative solutions to reduce plastic pollution in our ecosystems.
A collection of articles and videos looking at Renewable Energy and Global Warming
A collection of articles and videos looking at how to store Renewable Energy
A collection of articles and videos looking at Nuclear Energy
A collection of resources about Cleantech, Renewable Energy, and Investing provides comprehensive insights into the intersection of sustainable technology and financial growth. This collection explores innovative solutions in energy efficiency, solar, wind, and other renewable sources, emphasizing their potential to mitigate climate change and p...
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
a collection of articles about Air pollution
A collection of articles about How cities are preparing for sea level rise and global warming
a collection about Oceans and Coral Reefs
Rivers, Clean Water and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the fishing, the oceans, and the environment
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans, Temperature, Sea level rise and global warming
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the oceans, environment
a collection of articles and videos about Solar Energy
Water Crises, Rivers, Droughts, and Wildfires
Patagonia - clothing, sportswear company
a collection of articles about flooding, and cities around the world prepare and deal with natural disasters.
a collection of articles about flooding, and cities around the world prepare and deal with natural disasters.
Brazil - Amazonas, Manaus and economic development issues
Amazon forest in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador
India - green energy, global warming
A collection of articles about India
Genetic Engineering, GMOs and the Environment - GeoEngineering, Debates and Science
a collection of articles and resources looking at Mining
Robots for Outer Space, and Deep-Sea Mining
Recycling - arguments against plastic bag recycling
Tips for Recycling (you're probably doing in wrong!)
A collection of articles about Dematerialization - economic growth, using fewer resources

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Article

Energy: A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery

But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected | United States (2024)


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Special Report: Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention

It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored | Special report (2023)


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To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it

The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)


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Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag

You have to use a cotton tote thousands of times to make up for its environmental impact. If you’re trying to contribute as little as possible t... (2019)


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De-growth: Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy

De-growers of the world, unite! | Europe Stop the economy, lefty Europeans want to get off. “Panels of citizens can advise what is wasteful ... (2023)



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Green Investing. A Dirty Secret - The Economist

Polluting businesses are moving into the financial shadows | Leaders Green investors’ filthy secret. The truth about dirty assets… (2022)


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Why the European Union is a less-than-jolly green giant | Charlemagne. The Economist

The EU is better placed than national governments to set green standards. This will hurt | Europe (2021)


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Peru ponders: whose fish are they anyway? | The Economist

A bid to protect part of the Pacific raises legal conundrums | The Americas (2021)


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In praise of America’s founding fish | The Economist

The Potomac river is a more vivid symbol of American history than any of the monuments along it | United States (2021)


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Carbon Credits - There is hope for South-East Asia’s beleaguered tropical forests | The Economist

They are being cut down less and conserved more | Asia The LEAF Coalition and carbon offsets… (2021)


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How one business plans to grow one billion trees in 10 years | World Economic Forum

Through community building and bringing companies and consumers closer to reforestation efforts, one company believes it can inspire more people to... (2021)



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Shark Populations Are Crashing, With a ‘Very Small Window’ to Avert Disaster - The New York Times

Oceanic sharks and rays have declined more than 70 percent since 1970, mainly because of overfishing, according to a new study. (2021)


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The Coral Gables Problem Beneath the Surface

Nearly half of Coral Gables residences are on septic tanks. Many may be leaking. As sea levels rise, how big a problem is that? % Keon says “the... (2020)


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The Amazon - Of chainsaws and supply chains

Of chainsaws and supply chains - How big beef and soya firms can stop deforestation | The Americas | The Economist They don’t chop down Amazonia... (2020)


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Opinion | The Reign of Recycling - The New York Times

It’s still costly and inefficient. So why do we keep doing it? (2020)


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Europe's lakes and rivers are under threat - but it's not too late | World Economic Forum

More than 1 million species worldwide are at risk of extinction, and freshwater species are particularly threatened. (2020)


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Venice Battles Flooding Amid Highest Tide in 50 Years - The New York Times (2019)

The mayor called for a state of emergency and the closing of all schools after the Italian city was submerged under “acqua alta,” an exceptionally ... (2019)


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Deathwatch for the Amazon - Rainforests

Brazil has the power to save Earth’s greatest forest—or destroy it (2019)


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Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber? - The New York Times

A small body of evidence suggests that when it comes to decision making, indoor air may matter more than we have realized. (2019)


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The shockingly simple way to make packaging more sustainable - Fast Company

Your home cleaning products have a major carbon footprint. Several startups want to popularize a clever solution: remove the water. Blueland deliv... (2019)


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How food packaging is good for the environment - The Economist explains

SUPERMARKETS encourage shoppers to buy products through clever layouts and cunning promotions. Packaging presents items in an alluring way. It also... (2019)


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‘Breaches Everywhere’: Flooding Bursts Midwest Levees, and Tough Questions Follow - The New York Times

Hundreds of miles of levees in the Midwest have been overwhelmed by the floods, leaving “Swiss cheese” infrastructure and reigniting a flood contro... (2019)


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Plastic plates, cups, cutlery to be banned in EU by 2021

Leave your plastic at home on your next European vacation. (2019)


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The Plague Killing Frogs Everywhere Is Far Worse Than Scientists Thought - The New York Times

As a threat to wildlife, an amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen known to science.” (2019)


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How drones and satellite images are measuring the forests used for carbon offsets

Pachama is building a verified marketplace for forest carbon offsets. (2019)


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The hottest new wellness startups are selling houseplants - Fast Company

Forget CBD oil or crystals. These burgeoning companies offer something more mundane: the delight of growing things, delivered to your door. (2019)


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With 86% Drop, California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low - The New York Times

The monarchs’ declining wintertime numbers are “potentially catastrophic,” according to the nonprofit conservation group that conducted the count. (2019)


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This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It's Gold

This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It's Gold. Caribbean beaches are ankle-deep in slimy, smelly seaweed. Wave after wave of sargassum is bl... (2025)


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What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?

The number of people with Parkinson's Disease has doubled in just 25 years, but its rise has been much worse in some places than in others. (2025)


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Manaus: Why Brazil Built a City in the Middle of the Amazon

The Brazilian city of Manaus sits alone in the middle of the Amazon, and yet it still grew to become the seventh largest city in the country. So wh... (2023)


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How the U.S. Government Broke the Everglades | Everglades National Park

After a devastating hurricane and chronic flooding issues, the US Government, along with the State of Florida, embarked on a project which would ch... (2023)


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Hurricanes: the science behind the destruction

Hurricanes are among the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth, causing billions of dollars of damage and destroying lives every year. But what... (2023)


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The big problem with cement, and how to fix it. Concrete and carbon emissions

Concrete emits a ton of carbon. Here's how we get it to net-zero. (2023)


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India is cleaning up Ganges river. Here’s how:

We are experiencing a dangerous decline in nature: One million species are threatened with extinction, soils are turning infertile and water source... (2023)


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Ethiopia, Egypt and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War (2023)


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Why rivers shouldn't look like this | It's Complicated

The quintessential image of a river you might recognise from post cards and paintings – nice and straight with a tidy riverbank – is not actually h... (2023)


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The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


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13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (2022)


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Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming

Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming (2021)


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How trees talk to each other | TED - Suzanne Simard

TED 16.8M subscribers "A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests h... (2020)


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The secret language of trees - TED-Ed Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

TED-Ed 11.3M subscribers Learn how trees are able to communicate with each other through a vast root system and symbiotic fungi, called mycorr... (2020)


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The true cost of fast fashion | The Economist

Millions of tonnes of clothes end up in landfill every year—it’s one of the fastest-growing categories of waste in the world. How can the fashion i... (2019)


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Ocean: A 360-degree tour of the mysterious, magical corals of Palau | The Economist

Palau's vibrant corals are thriving, despite some of the warmest and most acidic waters in the world. In this virtual reality experience, Lukas Isa... (2018)


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TEDed - What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-tragedy-of-the-commons-nicholas-amendolare... (2018)


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Trawen: Travel, Transformation, and Protecting Patagonia - Matador Network

Through interviews with former Patagonia, Inc. CEO Kris Tompkins and the late Doug Tompkins, founder of The North Face, we learn the personal trans... (2019)


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The New Tropic - A not-so-sweet history of Florida's algae crisis | Facebook

Sugar: bad for you and bad for our waterways. (2018)


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Go Outside - Repellent Radio

Using radio music to repel mosquitoes This is "Go Outside - Repellent Radio" by bruno bomediano garcia on Vimeo "Go Outside's Repellent Radio... (2018)


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Go Outside - Repellent Radio

Using radio music to repel mosquitoes This is "Go Outside - Repellent Radio" by bruno bomediano garcia on Vimeo "Go Outside's Repellent Radio... (2017)


Podcast

Externalities - Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin | Spotify

Listen to this episode from Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin on Spotify. How big is your backyard?Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin... (2022)


Podcast

Making old buildings resilient to climate change requires new financial tools - Marketplace

It's one thing to install new energy systems. It's another to get the money to do it. Donnel Baird, BlocPower’s founder and CEO, said retrofitti... (2020)


Podcast

Dematerialization and What It Means for the Economy — and Climate Change - Harvard Business Review (podcast)

Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less ... (2019)


Podcast

An Investment Expert Says Florida Homeowners Should Sell Property Now As Climate Impacts Worsen | WLRN

An expert on the impact of climate change on financial markets has advice for anyone thinking of buying a home in Florida: don’t. Spencer Glendon o... (2019)


Podcast

National Sword - 99% Invisible

Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)


Podcast

NASA Scientist Says Wind, Flooding And Rainfall Increase The Intensity Of A Hurricane | WLRN

Thousands of scientists are working on research related to climate change and extreme weather. Dr. Tim Hall is one of them. Dr. Hall is a Senior Re... (2018)


Podcast

Fordlandia (Brazil)- 99% Invisible

In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped... (2018)


Book

Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier | IndieBound.org

"A surreal, lyrical work of narrative nonfiction that portrays how the largest domestic oil discovery in half a century transformed a forgotten cor... (2018)


Website

Resource Library | National Geographic Education

a collection of educational resources, in a Resource Library - from the National Geographic Foundation (2019)


Website

Frontier - An advance market commitment (AMC) to accelerate carbon removal

Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy an initial $925M of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030. It’s funded by Stripe, Alpha... (2022)


Website

Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor

Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)


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