The extent to which fashion houses profit from other cultures' traditional arts and crafts without acknowledging their origins has sparked accusations of cultural appropriation.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Here's a round-up of the most far out, morally questionable ideas to prevent runaway climate change we've noticed this year.
Jerome Mayaud –
More electric vehicles on the road can drastically cut emissions in cities, if chargers are more accessible and the power used for charging comes from non-fossil fuel sources, says University of British Columbia researcher Jerome Mayaud.
Jane McArthur –
Evidence shows that the growth of air pollutants—as well as rising temperatures, increased rain and flooding—connect breast cancer with climate change.
Earth Overshoot Day—the date when humanity’s 'footprint' on nature exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in 365 days—is getting earlier each year. But the math behind it is problematic and could be vastly underestimating the damage we are doing to the planet, says Michigan State University's Robert Richardson.
Global trade has long been the driver of economic growth. Recent tariff hikes threaten to reverse this course, leaving the developing world most vulnerable.
Eco-Business –
The global power and automations firm won an order of US$80 million to supply a 100-megawatt photovoltaic solar plant in Ontario, which will increase the clean energy capacity of Canada and reduce 162,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually
With the tagline "Taking the Pulse of the Planet", State of the World's Birds is a major global assessment that uses bird species to measure the health of our ecosystems ...
