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As major brands like McDonald’s, Salesforce, and Mars push suppliers to deliver on sustainability goals, B2B companies that offer traceable, low-carbon, and circular solutions are gaining a competitive edge.
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The B2B Opportunity in Corporate Sustainability
B2B suppliers can capture growing demand for sustainable products by helping customers meet their sustainability goals.
sloanreview.mit.edu
July 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
As major brands like McDonald’s, Salesforce, and Mars push suppliers to deliver on sustainability goals, B2B companies that offer traceable, low-carbon, and circular solutions are gaining a competitive edge.
📖 Read more: sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-...
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What if the fight against climate change—and the key to building better cities—was already flowing through our oceans? 🌊🏙️
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a carbon-negative building material made from seawater.
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Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a carbon-negative building material made from seawater.
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Seawater Carbon Storage Material Could Help Fight Climate Change and Build Better Cities | Happy Eco News
Seawater carbon storage removes carbon from the ocean and turns it into useful construction materials like concrete and plaster. This new process uses electricity and natural seawater ingredients to t...
happyeconews.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What if the fight against climate change—and the key to building better cities—was already flowing through our oceans? 🌊🏙️
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a carbon-negative building material made from seawater.
📖 Read more Happy Eco News: happyeconews.com/seawater-car...
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a carbon-negative building material made from seawater.
📖 Read more Happy Eco News: happyeconews.com/seawater-car...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
Solar is no longer an “alternative”—it’s the default. ☀️🌍
From Texas to Tanzania, solar power is scaling faster than utilities and policymakers can keep up.
📖 Source: www.dailyclimate.org/solar-is-no-...
From Texas to Tanzania, solar power is scaling faster than utilities and policymakers can keep up.
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Solar is no longer alternative energy—it's the new default
Around the globe, solar power is scaling up at a breakneck pace, reshaping energy systems, economies, and even geopolitics.Bill McKibben reports for The New Yorker.In short:Solar and wind are now the ...
www.dailyclimate.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Solar is no longer an “alternative”—it’s the default. ☀️🌍
From Texas to Tanzania, solar power is scaling faster than utilities and policymakers can keep up.
📖 Source: www.dailyclimate.org/solar-is-no-...
From Texas to Tanzania, solar power is scaling faster than utilities and policymakers can keep up.
📖 Source: www.dailyclimate.org/solar-is-no-...
A dirty problem meets a natural solution 🍄🧷
250 million nappies are tossed each day — leaching plastic and chemicals into the earth. But biotech firm HIRO Technologies believes mushrooms could change everything.
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250 million nappies are tossed each day — leaching plastic and chemicals into the earth. But biotech firm HIRO Technologies believes mushrooms could change everything.
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Spore and peace: fungi power a quiet revolution in nappy waste
A US-based biotech firm has developed a plastic-eating fungi, offering an eco-friendly solution to tackle the global nappy waste crisis
www.positive.news
July 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A dirty problem meets a natural solution 🍄🧷
250 million nappies are tossed each day — leaching plastic and chemicals into the earth. But biotech firm HIRO Technologies believes mushrooms could change everything.
📖 Read more: www.positive.news/society/spor...
250 million nappies are tossed each day — leaching plastic and chemicals into the earth. But biotech firm HIRO Technologies believes mushrooms could change everything.
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💔 It’s not you… it’s plastic.
In our latest blog, we break down the #CleanSeas PSA through the lens of the Hero’s Journey—and explore how a rom-com-style breakup can inspire global action against single-use plastics. 🌊✨
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In our latest blog, we break down the #CleanSeas PSA through the lens of the Hero’s Journey—and explore how a rom-com-style breakup can inspire global action against single-use plastics. 🌊✨
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Breaking Up with Plastic: Analyzing the #CleanSeas PSA clean
Discover how the #CleanSeas PSA uses storytelling to inspire a global movement against single-use plastics, turning viewers into heroes for environmental change.
freerange.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
💔 It’s not you… it’s plastic.
In our latest blog, we break down the #CleanSeas PSA through the lens of the Hero’s Journey—and explore how a rom-com-style breakup can inspire global action against single-use plastics. 🌊✨
Read more: freerange.com/blog/breakin...
In our latest blog, we break down the #CleanSeas PSA through the lens of the Hero’s Journey—and explore how a rom-com-style breakup can inspire global action against single-use plastics. 🌊✨
Read more: freerange.com/blog/breakin...
Why do so many AI strategies fall short? 🤖📉
At the 2025 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, tech leaders shared the AI mistakes they’re still seeing — from stalling in “pilot purgatory” to overlooking the human side of transformation.
Read more: sloanreview.mit.edu/video/9-mist...
At the 2025 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, tech leaders shared the AI mistakes they’re still seeing — from stalling in “pilot purgatory” to overlooking the human side of transformation.
Read more: sloanreview.mit.edu/video/9-mist...
9 Mistakes Leaders Make With AI Strategy
In this brief video, AI experts share advice with leaders on avoiding AI strategy missteps.
sloanreview.mit.edu
July 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Why do so many AI strategies fall short? 🤖📉
At the 2025 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, tech leaders shared the AI mistakes they’re still seeing — from stalling in “pilot purgatory” to overlooking the human side of transformation.
Read more: sloanreview.mit.edu/video/9-mist...
At the 2025 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, tech leaders shared the AI mistakes they’re still seeing — from stalling in “pilot purgatory” to overlooking the human side of transformation.
Read more: sloanreview.mit.edu/video/9-mist...
Breaking: scientists in Japan have created a plastic that dissolves in seawater! While not a solution to the ocean plastics crisis on its own, RIKEN's invention could play a crucial role in the fight against microplastics in the coming decades. happyeconews.com/saltwater-bi...
Japanese Scientists Create Saltwater Biodegradable Plastic | Happy Eco News
Japanese scientists have created a supramolecular plastic that completely dissolves in saltwater within 8.5 hours. This saltwater biodegradable plastic matches conventional plastics in strength while ...
happyeconews.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Breaking: scientists in Japan have created a plastic that dissolves in seawater! While not a solution to the ocean plastics crisis on its own, RIKEN's invention could play a crucial role in the fight against microplastics in the coming decades. happyeconews.com/saltwater-bi...
What if industrial chemicals could be made using light instead of heat? 🔬☀️
That’s the vision driving a breakthrough from researchers at the Center for Sustainable Photoredox Catalysis, who’ve developed a catalyst system that uses LEDs.
Read more: theconversation.com/light-powere...
That’s the vision driving a breakthrough from researchers at the Center for Sustainable Photoredox Catalysis, who’ve developed a catalyst system that uses LEDs.
Read more: theconversation.com/light-powere...
Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient
Chemical manufacturing is an energy-intensive industry. A team of chemists is designing a technique that could power the necessary reactions with sunlight or LEDs.
theconversation.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
What if industrial chemicals could be made using light instead of heat? 🔬☀️
That’s the vision driving a breakthrough from researchers at the Center for Sustainable Photoredox Catalysis, who’ve developed a catalyst system that uses LEDs.
Read more: theconversation.com/light-powere...
That’s the vision driving a breakthrough from researchers at the Center for Sustainable Photoredox Catalysis, who’ve developed a catalyst system that uses LEDs.
Read more: theconversation.com/light-powere...
The race to save our oceans just picked up speed. 🌊 At the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, 50 nations — including Jamaica, Indonesia, and Norway — have now ratified the High Seas Treaty to protect 30% of international waters by 2030.
Read more via Positive.News: www.positive.news/society/good...
Read more via Positive.News: www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: saving the high seas, plus more
The high seas treaty progressed, scientists had a leukaemia breakthrough, and proven climate solutions got a boost, plus more good news
www.positive.news
June 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The race to save our oceans just picked up speed. 🌊 At the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, 50 nations — including Jamaica, Indonesia, and Norway — have now ratified the High Seas Treaty to protect 30% of international waters by 2030.
Read more via Positive.News: www.positive.news/society/good...
Read more via Positive.News: www.positive.news/society/good...
We've got a break in the heat wave here in the US, which means it's a great time to get outside and enjoy nature—especially with so much of it under attack.
Keep fighting for our wild spaces. Thank you @andreapeterson.bsky.social for sharing such a great video.
Keep fighting for our wild spaces. Thank you @andreapeterson.bsky.social for sharing such a great video.
Looking down at Deception Falls in Skykomish, Washington
#WaterfallWednesday #Waterfalls #Nature #Forest #PNW #Cascades #Serene
#WaterfallWednesday #Waterfalls #Nature #Forest #PNW #Cascades #Serene
June 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We've got a break in the heat wave here in the US, which means it's a great time to get outside and enjoy nature—especially with so much of it under attack.
Keep fighting for our wild spaces. Thank you @andreapeterson.bsky.social for sharing such a great video.
Keep fighting for our wild spaces. Thank you @andreapeterson.bsky.social for sharing such a great video.
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Great Egret coming in for a landing.
🌎 Northern California
#birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife
🌎 Northern California
#birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife
June 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Great Egret coming in for a landing.
🌎 Northern California
#birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife
🌎 Northern California
#birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife
Biologist Ranah Chavoshi witnessed waves bringing plastic ashore instead of seashells on a scuba trip in Borneo. That moment sparked a breakthrough: seaweed-based plastic that fully composts—no microplastics, no pollution.
Read more via @happyeconews.bsky.social: happyeconews.com/seaweed-plas...
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New Seaweed Plastic Innovation Aims to Cut Plastic Pollution | Happy Eco News
Seaweed plastic, developed by a young B.C. scientist, offers a compostable alternative to harmful traditional plastics. Ranah Chavoshi’s creation could protect soil, oceans, and human health while sup...
happyeconews.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Biologist Ranah Chavoshi witnessed waves bringing plastic ashore instead of seashells on a scuba trip in Borneo. That moment sparked a breakthrough: seaweed-based plastic that fully composts—no microplastics, no pollution.
Read more via @happyeconews.bsky.social: happyeconews.com/seaweed-plas...
Read more via @happyeconews.bsky.social: happyeconews.com/seaweed-plas...
Wishing you a very happy #Juneteenth this year! Keep celebrating everyone ✊ Thanks to @npr.org for reporting on the folks keeping Juneteenth events going in this tough year: www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
Despite new challenges, Juneteenth event organizers are unbowed
Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Wishing you a very happy #Juneteenth this year! Keep celebrating everyone ✊ Thanks to @npr.org for reporting on the folks keeping Juneteenth events going in this tough year: www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
🚀 A cleaner, cheaper fuel for space travel? Yes, please. 🌍✨
Arkadia Space has successfully tested a green spacecraft thruster powered by hydrogen peroxide—offering a safer, far less toxic alternative to traditional hydrazine.
Via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/green-spaces...
Arkadia Space has successfully tested a green spacecraft thruster powered by hydrogen peroxide—offering a safer, far less toxic alternative to traditional hydrazine.
Via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/green-spaces...
'Green' Spaceship Propellant Set to Crater Fuel Costs and Replace Ultra-Toxic Hydrazine with Peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide fuel comes in at a cheap $10.36 per kilogram, while hydrazine explodes the budget at around $75.8/kg.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
June 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
🚀 A cleaner, cheaper fuel for space travel? Yes, please. 🌍✨
Arkadia Space has successfully tested a green spacecraft thruster powered by hydrogen peroxide—offering a safer, far less toxic alternative to traditional hydrazine.
Via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/green-spaces...
Arkadia Space has successfully tested a green spacecraft thruster powered by hydrogen peroxide—offering a safer, far less toxic alternative to traditional hydrazine.
Via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/green-spaces...
🌊 Beaches as galleries, waves as inspiration 🎨
From tidal sculptures to sonic treasure hunts, the Beach of Dreams festival transformed the UK coastline into an open-air celebration of creativity and climate awareness.
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From tidal sculptures to sonic treasure hunts, the Beach of Dreams festival transformed the UK coastline into an open-air celebration of creativity and climate awareness.
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Waves of creativity bring the UK coastline to life in Beach of Dreams project
Beaches became open-air galleries in a month-long arts festival to celebrate the UK’s coastal beauty – and spotlight the climate crisis
www.positive.news
June 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🌊 Beaches as galleries, waves as inspiration 🎨
From tidal sculptures to sonic treasure hunts, the Beach of Dreams festival transformed the UK coastline into an open-air celebration of creativity and climate awareness.
Read more via Positive.News: www.positive.news/lifestyle/wa...
From tidal sculptures to sonic treasure hunts, the Beach of Dreams festival transformed the UK coastline into an open-air celebration of creativity and climate awareness.
Read more via Positive.News: www.positive.news/lifestyle/wa...
Despite rollbacks in climate policy, the energy transition is gaining unstoppable momentum. From surging solar to market-driven innovation, the clean energy revolution may already be too powerful to reverse.
Read more via Vox: www.vox.com/climate/4084...
Read more via Vox: www.vox.com/climate/4084...
Escape Velocity
Even the most determined opposition can’t stop the clean energy revolution.
www.vox.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Despite rollbacks in climate policy, the energy transition is gaining unstoppable momentum. From surging solar to market-driven innovation, the clean energy revolution may already be too powerful to reverse.
Read more via Vox: www.vox.com/climate/4084...
Read more via Vox: www.vox.com/climate/4084...
With nearly 700 book ban attempts in 2023 alone, authors like Ashley Hope Pérez and Julia Scheeres are facing censorship—and personal attacks.
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Read more via Nonprofit Quarterly: nonprofitquarterly.org/writers-of-b...
Writers of Banned Books Speak Out - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
What’s it like to have your book banned? NPQ talked to two writers whose works have been swept up in the rising tide of book challenges, including the author of one of the most banned books in the Uni...
nonprofitquarterly.org
June 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
With nearly 700 book ban attempts in 2023 alone, authors like Ashley Hope Pérez and Julia Scheeres are facing censorship—and personal attacks.
Read more via Nonprofit Quarterly: nonprofitquarterly.org/writers-of-b...
Read more via Nonprofit Quarterly: nonprofitquarterly.org/writers-of-b...
🌿 Maryland just became the first U.S. state to protect 30% of its land—six years ahead of schedule.
Read more via The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
Read more via The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
Maryland Protected Nearly a Third of Its Land, and It’s Reaching for More
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🌿 Maryland just became the first U.S. state to protect 30% of its land—six years ahead of schedule.
Read more via The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
Read more via The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy & Program for Racial Justice at the American Constitution Society, joins us to talk DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion). freerange.com/blog/i-know-...
"I Know Where I Stand": Taonga Leslie on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Age of Trump
Taonga Leslie joins The Free Ranger to discuss DEI, affirmative action, and redefining merit through lived experience in U.S. law and education.
freerange.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy & Program for Racial Justice at the American Constitution Society, joins us to talk DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion). freerange.com/blog/i-know-...
Happy #HarveyMilkDay!
Harvey Milk, a politician and prominent gay rights activist, would have turned 95 today. He was assassinated for refusing to hide his identity.
Today, we remember his sacrifice and look forward to a freer, kinder future.
www.advocate.com/news/harvey-...
Harvey Milk, a politician and prominent gay rights activist, would have turned 95 today. He was assassinated for refusing to hide his identity.
Today, we remember his sacrifice and look forward to a freer, kinder future.
www.advocate.com/news/harvey-...
Harvey Milk Day is a day for both activism and celebration, says nephew Stuart Milk
Stuart Milk, cofounder of the Harvey Milk Foundation, talks to The Advocate about his uncle's legacy and the foundation's work.
www.advocate.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy #HarveyMilkDay!
Harvey Milk, a politician and prominent gay rights activist, would have turned 95 today. He was assassinated for refusing to hide his identity.
Today, we remember his sacrifice and look forward to a freer, kinder future.
www.advocate.com/news/harvey-...
Harvey Milk, a politician and prominent gay rights activist, would have turned 95 today. He was assassinated for refusing to hide his identity.
Today, we remember his sacrifice and look forward to a freer, kinder future.
www.advocate.com/news/harvey-...
Luis Cassiano Silva started the Green Roofs Favela initiative to cool down his neighborhood by planting rooftop gardens—reducing extreme heat, improving air quality, and building climate resilience from the ground up.
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Read more via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/brazils-slum...
Gray Slums of Brazil Turn Green with Rooftop Garden Project in Full Bloom
In 2014 Cassiano began teaching and planting, gardening and growing, all over Parque Arara, one of Rio's large favelas.
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May 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Luis Cassiano Silva started the Green Roofs Favela initiative to cool down his neighborhood by planting rooftop gardens—reducing extreme heat, improving air quality, and building climate resilience from the ground up.
Read more via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/brazils-slum...
Read more via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/brazils-slum...
Since 2018, Captain Brandon Upton of Corpus Christi has turned his winter watch into a sea turtle rescue effort—scanning Gulf waters for cold-stunned turtles in danger.
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Read more via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-saves-bo...
Man Saves Boatloads Of ‘Stunned’ Animals After He Spotted Shadows in the Waves
Every winter since then, Upton has remained vigilant for potential cold-stunning events when the water temperatures start to fall too low.
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May 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Since 2018, Captain Brandon Upton of Corpus Christi has turned his winter watch into a sea turtle rescue effort—scanning Gulf waters for cold-stunned turtles in danger.
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Read more via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-saves-bo...
From delayed mowing in Ljubljana to a continent-wide Bee Path Cities Network, Slovenia is showing how small nations can spark big environmental change.
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Read more via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/country-of-2...
A Country of 2 Million is the World Leader in Beekeeping and Protecting Pollinators
This small Eastern European country leads the EU in good pollinator policy, conducting research through the vast beekeeping network.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
From delayed mowing in Ljubljana to a continent-wide Bee Path Cities Network, Slovenia is showing how small nations can spark big environmental change.
Read more via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/country-of-2...
Read more via Good News Network: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/country-of-2...
Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have spent six years eavesdropping on whales—and discovered that the frequency of their songs is linked to food availability.
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Humpback Whales Are Singing More: Number of Songs Has Doubled as Food Sources Became More Abundant
Eavesdropping on whale songs over 6 years shows the number of days humpbacks have been singing has nearly doubled–with their food source.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have spent six years eavesdropping on whales—and discovered that the frequency of their songs is linked to food availability.
Read more: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/humpback-wha...
Read more: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/humpback-wha...