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🌊 Nestlé Purina Europe aims to restore 1,500 hectares of marine habitats by 2030

paxtier • 3 implied HN points • 02 Mar 24
🌞 Climate & Environment Carbon Capture
  1. Nestl Purina Europe plans to restore 1,500 hectares of marine habitats by 2030, showing a commitment to marine conservation.
  2. The European Union approving over 20 algae species for sale as food or food supplements reflects a growing interest in sustainable and diverse food sources.
  3. Dutch microalgae producer Phycom securing 1.75M indicates increasing investments in innovative sustainable solutions like microalgae production.

Displacement, Deforestation: How Sustainable turns Unsustainable in Lithium Production

Adetokunbo Sees • 3 HN points • 10 Feb 24
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate tech Environmental Impact Sustainable Practices
  1. Lithium production can lead to displacement of local communities, deforestation, and environmental degradation.
  2. To make lithium production sustainable, methods that reduce water and energy usage should be implemented, along with new technologies to decrease resource requirements.
  3. The growing demand for lithium, driven by the transition to clean energy, presents opportunities for investment and innovation in climate tech sectors like climate data analytics, satellite imaging, and carbon footprint management.

Signs of a Climate-Conscience Company

Save Our Happy Place • 5 implied HN points • 30 May 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Business Sustainability Workplace Corporate culture
  1. Look for company initiatives, climate enablement, and metrics during onboarding to see if a company cares about the planet.
  2. Consider benefits that encourage sustainable living as a sign of a climate-conscience company.
  3. Check if a company measures and shares metrics like carbon footprint, water footprint, and waste footprint to gauge their commitment to the planet.
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Harmony is finally coming to the carbon markets: how this marketplace platform delivers clarity

The Green Techpreneur • 4 implied HN points • 15 Sep 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Carbon Markets Data Transparency Investment Strategies Climate solutions
  1. CEEZER is a marketplace platform bringing harmony, transparency, and data to the carbon market.
  2. CEEZER aims to help buyers and sellers navigate the complexity of carbon quality and buying decisions by providing 3.5 million data points and AI analysis.
  3. Magnus and his team built CEEZER to provide a data-driven, non-BS approach to the carbon market, focusing on impactful climate action and long-term commitment.

Can carbon capture work?

Klement on Investing • 1 implied HN point • 13 Jan 25
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate change Carbon Capture Renewable Energy Environmental Policy Sustainability
  1. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been criticized for its high failure rates in projects, historically failing 88% of the time. This raises doubts about its effectiveness for climate change action.
  2. Studies suggest that CCS could improve and become more effective if its rollout follows the learning patterns seen with wind and solar energy in the past.
  3. While CCS could help keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, achieving the more ambitious 1.5-degree target seems unlikely without significant improvements and a drastic reduction in failure rates.

Your guide to tax-deductible donations to climate-solutions organizations 🌏 ☀️ 💵

Hothouse // Solutions • 1 implied HN point • 27 Dec 24
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate action Donations Nonprofits Fundraising Sustainability
  1. Donating to climate solutions organizations can have a big impact, especially at the end of the year when tax deductions are applicable. Groups like Giving Green help you find effective places to contribute.
  2. The upcoming political landscape may influence donations to climate organizations. People may feel motivated to support causes they care about even amid challenges.
  3. There are many organizations worth supporting, each focused on different areas like clean air, heavy industry, or sustainable food systems. You can choose one that aligns with your values.

Rabbit Holes 🕳 #28

Creative Destruction • 5 implied HN points • 29 Mar 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Urbanization Sustainability Board Games Climate action Ecosystems
  1. Rurbanization blurs urban-rural divides by promoting urban agriculture for biodiversity and temperature control
  2. Conscious quitting reflects a shift where employees prioritize values over work and leaders focus on reputation more than action
  3. Climate-focused board games foster collaboration and learning about environmental issues while being an $11 billion industry

4 Holiday Guides to Help Bring Ease and Sustainability to Your Holidays

Save Our Happy Place • 3 implied HN points • 19 Dec 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Sustainability
  1. Happy Place provides resources for aligning mindset, intentions, and actions to combat climate change.
  2. Holiday guides offer tips on sustainable gift-giving, hosting green parties, and last-minute eco-friendly gift ideas.
  3. Embrace mindfulness, gratitude, connection, and sustainability to enjoy a holiday season filled with love and joy.

Something Dreadful Happened with the Dreadful Heat this Year. And it can Happen Again and Again

Adetokunbo Sees • 3 HN points • 16 Dec 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate change Sustainability Global Warming Renewable Energy Environmental Impact
  1. This year experienced record-breaking heat waves and deadly floods due to global warming.
  2. The high levels of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels contributed to the extreme weather events.
  3. The future predicts even more severe floods, droughts, and heat waves if current trends continue.

Birds die, Birds perish: how humans could perish for making birds to perish

Adetokunbo Sees • 3 HN points • 14 Oct 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Wildlife Renewable Energy Ecosystems Green Technology Conservation
  1. Human activities such as building collisions threaten bird populations.
  2. Global bird population decline can lead to ecosystem imbalances and excess human mortality.
  3. Adopting bird-friendly buildings, reducing habitat destruction, and curbing greenhouse gas emissions can help protect birds and prevent negative impacts on humans.

Biodiversity: The Core of Earth's Beauty

Save Our Happy Place • 4 implied HN points • 02 May 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Biodiversity Climate change Sustainability Conservation Ecosystems
  1. Maintaining and restoring biodiversity is crucial for fighting climate change.
  2. Key causes of biodiversity loss include climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, and overexploitation.
  3. Individual actions to help biodiversity include mindful consumption, investing in biodiversity projects, and reducing waste.

164% YOY Carbon Market Growth: How to Shift Millions into Nature

The Green Techpreneur • 4 implied HN points • 07 Apr 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate solutions Sustainability
  1. Regenerating and rewilding nature can help combat climate change with no technological barriers.
  2. Booming carbon market can fund nature restoration but faces trust issues - Goodcarbon aims to address this.
  3. Goodcarbon aims to elevate carbon market quality, enable buying future credits, and focus on projects with social impact.

Giving Back to the Earth

Save Our Happy Place • 3 implied HN points • 18 Jul 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Sustainability Food Waste Activism Community
  1. Composting reduces waste sent to landfills and cuts methane emissions, improving soil health and conserving water.
  2. To start composting, check for nearby composting sites or community programs, or make your own compost at home.
  3. Advocate for municipal composting infrastructure to save costs and cut landfill waste by lobbying city council members.

Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #41

Creative Destruction • 3 implied HN points • 12 Jul 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Environmental sustainability
  1. Feeling overwhelmed by world events is a sign of your moral compass and courage to build a better world.
  2. A National Care Farm combining regenerative farming, Union jobs, and democratized food production could yield social and ecological benefits.
  3. Greenhouse buses as mobile oases in cities could purify air and create pleasant environments, addressing rising pollution rates.

Add Deforestation to Drought, and it's no surprise crazy carbon emissions come from Forest Fires, Greenhouse gases

Adetokunbo Sees • 3 HN points • 30 Jun 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Deforestation Greenhouse Gases Climate change Environmental policies
  1. Deforestation contributes to crazy carbon emissions from forest fires and greenhouse gases.
  2. Countries like Brazil, the DRC, and Bolivia play a significant role in global forest loss and carbon emissions.
  3. Policies can effectively reduce deforestation rates and help mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Polluting plastics, carbon, cancers: the painful results of recycling plastic

Adetokunbo Sees • 3 HN points • 02 Jun 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Plastic Pollution Carbon Emissions Global Warming
  1. Less than 10% of discarded plastics are recycled, so reducing plastic use is crucial.
  2. Join the global movement to go zero waste by cutting down on single-use plastics.
  3. Geoentities need to streamline plastic provisions to prevent rising plastic consumption and preserve the earth for future generations.

Forest Fires, Terrific Temperatures, Burning Buildings: the world reels from Climate Change

Adetokunbo Sees • 3 HN points • 19 May 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate change Wildfires Global impact
  1. The world is facing extreme temperatures and forest fires due to climate change.
  2. High temperatures are breaking records in various countries like Bangladesh, Spain, Portugal, and Russia.
  3. Experts attribute these disasters to climate change, emphasizing the urgent need to control greenhouse gas emissions.

A Corrupted COP

The Crucial Years • 2 HN points • 28 Nov 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate Crisis Fossil fuels Environmental justice Carbon Emissions
  1. New revelations show the unethical behaviors of some oil-rich nations in leveraging oil and gas deals globally.
  2. Documents reveal plans by countries like Saudi Arabia to increase fossil fuel usage, undermining global climate efforts.
  3. The actions of oil companies and countries to maintain profit from fossil fuels instead of transitioning to cleaner energy sources can have severe consequences for the planet.

Greenhouse gases, forest fires, floods, fossil fuel abuses: yet oil consumption continues to grow

Adetokunbo Sees • 2 HN points • 19 Aug 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Global Emissions Greenhouse Gases
  1. Oil consumption continues to grow worldwide, driven by rising demand from emerging nations.
  2. Global greenhouse gas emissions could rise significantly by 2050 if current trends of fossil fuel consumption persist.
  3. To address climate change, cutting fossil fuel consumption is essential to reduce carbon dioxide and methane emissions.

Heat records on land, heat records in forests, heat records in oceans: when will the records end?

Adetokunbo Sees • 2 HN points • 05 Aug 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Global Warming Renewable Energy Climate tech
  1. Heat records are continuously being broken on land, in forests, and in oceans due to rising global temperatures.
  2. The oceans are absorbing a significant amount of the warming from increased carbon dioxide emissions, leading to record-high sea temperatures.
  3. Global sea temperatures are projected to continue rising, impacting coral reefs, weather patterns, and human lives unless fossil fuel consumption is reduced.

Fuel Consumption Rising, Carbon Emissions Rising, why shouldn't Disasters also be Rising?

Adetokunbo Sees • 2 HN points • 14 Jul 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate change Sustainability AI Technology Natural Disasters Global Warming
  1. Fuel consumption and carbon emissions are rising, leading to an increase in disasters.
  2. Global temperature records are being broken due to escalating warming levels.
  3. Reducing fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions can help mitigate the impact of climate change.

You are likely funding climate pollution, military weapons, and forced labor, here's how to divest.

As If We Were Staying • 1 implied HN point • 30 Apr 24
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate change Sustainability Environmental Policy Corporate Responsibility
  1. Many people unknowingly invest in companies that contribute to climate pollution and violence. This includes investments in fossil fuels, military weapons, and businesses involved in deforestation and forced labor.
  2. Our current economic system focuses too much on profit, often ignoring the social and environmental impacts. This has led to significant inequality and harm to society and the planet.
  3. To make better investment choices, look into where your money is going. Consider using more ethical funds and banks that support positive changes for the environment and society.

Severe Storms, Droughts, Damages: Dire Predictions for Coming El Nino

Adetokunbo Sees • 2 HN points • 26 May 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Weather Events Predictions Climate change Natural Disasters Effects
  1. Experts predict severe consequences from the upcoming El Nino, including $3 trillion global economic losses and droughts.
  2. Climate change-induced El Nino events can lead to rising temperatures, sea levels, and catastrophic weather conditions worldwide.
  3. Mitigating El Nino effects requires addressing climate change through reducing fossil fuel usage.

Consumption, Water Crisis, Carbon Emissions: Blame everything on the Rich

Adetokunbo Sees • 2 HN points • 14 Apr 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Consumption Water Crisis Carbon Emissions
  1. Studies link overconsumption of water and carbon emissions to elite and rich households.
  2. Rich households using luxuries like swimming pools and gardens contribute significantly to water shortages and climate change.
  3. Nations need to control over consumption of water and investments in fossil fuels by the rich to combat water scarcity and climate change.

Weeks After We Moved Into Our First Home, We Were Forced to Evacuate

As If We Were Staying • 1 implied HN point • 19 Mar 24
🌞 Climate & Environment Wildfires Climate change
  1. Deciding what to take during an evacuation helps us see what really matters. Many possessions are unimportant, but some things hold deep personal value.
  2. Staying connected to the land is crucial in facing the challenges of our environment. We can't just run away; we need to commit to where we are and take responsibility.
  3. To help our forests and communities thrive, we should learn from indigenous practices. Understanding and caring for our local environment is essential for a healthier future.

Why the next World Wars will be over Food and Water

Adetokunbo Sees • 2 HN points • 23 Feb 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate change Food security Global Warming Refugees Natural Disasters
  1. Experts warn that future wars may be fought over food and water due to climate change
  2. Conflict and wars in vulnerable nations are already happening over scarcity of food and water
  3. Failure to take serious climate action could lead to increased food insecurity, climate refugees, and global resource competition

Shrinking, Disappearing, and plagued by Dust storms, the World's Lakes are in Danger

Adetokunbo Sees • 1 HN point • 17 Feb 24
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate change Environmental Impact Sustainability Conservation
  1. The shrinking and disappearing lakes around the world are facing danger due to multiple factors like climate change and reduced water levels.
  2. Lakes like the Aral Sea, Lake Chad, and Qinghai Lake are shrinking dramatically, impacting millions of lives and ecosystems that depend on their water.
  3. Efforts to conserve and sustainably manage these lakes involve global collaboration and the balance between development and environmental preservation.