Eco-Business

This World Indigenous Peoples Day, Eco-Business asks Indigenous youths from Asia and Latin America what the world can learn from their cultures about fighting climate change.

Seeking a share of the $15 billion industry, companies say they need better packaging and recycling support.

EB Studio A new kind of agriculture that addresses the double-edge sword of soil degradation and climate change could replace chemically-intensive monoculture oil palm plantations. But can independent smallholder farmers be convinced to adopt regenerative techniques at scale? A coalition of actors including Danone, L'Oréal, Mars, Musim Mas and SNV is exploring the concept in North Sumatra.

From shunning plastic to composting cigarettes, places like Tilos and Paros are ramping up efforts to reach zero waste and cut carbon emissions.

By Chen Nengchang, He Xiaoxia, Lin Dasong

By Choy Myn

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Much of the food waste Australians generate is not managed responsibly, but there are things the country can, and must, do to change that. After all, any action to get food waste out of landfills is action on climate, writes Virginia Brunton of Australian environmental consultancy firm MRA. By Virginia Brunton

The rolling hills of Malham, Yorkshire Dales National Park. Withdrawing from the European Union could potentially threaten the UK's natural areas.

The European Union created 80 per cent of the United Kingdom's environmental laws. So what will happen when the UK leaves the EU? By Aidan Bell

Scavengers pick through garbage collected at a landfill site in Thailand.

Each year more than 300 tonnes of processed gold are dumped in landfills. What if we could mine landfills for gold and other precious metals, ask researchers from Keele University. By Sharon George and Jamie Pringle

Food & Agriculture

Our coming food crisis

This summer the tiny town of Furnace Creek, Calif., may once again grace the nation's front pages. Situated … By Gary Paul Nabhan

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By Julie Adams

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Singapore's largest sustainability festival, EarthFest, has doubled in size since it launched three years ago. Here's a highlights video that offers a glimpse of what went on.

The retail furniture giant is looking into replacing the use of polystyrene with biodegradable packaging made of mushrooms.

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EB Studio [The EB Podcast] In this first episode of the series Tomorrow's cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how cold chain can secure the future of food in the world's most populous continent.

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