The Changing Face of Farming

 Industry transformation will only happen when that industry realizes they’re bigger than themselves.

On 24^th August, the second FACETS (Food, Agriculture, Climate, Energy, Topsoil, Sustainability) event was held in rural Australia,…

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Community-minded Crowdfunding

Hot off the heels of our article on Smallknot; an online platform that assists independent neighbourhood enterprises to create their own funding projects, comes Brickstarter.

Still in the prototype phase, the community-minded…

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Moss Graffiti to Promote Sustainability

Artist Anna Garfoth has transformed eco-friendly materials into typography public art to promote sustainability in urban areas. Using moss as her medium, it does not contain environment detriments associated with typical graffiti artworks.…

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SustaHood: Does caring about the environment make you ‘environ-mental’?

I opened a paper on the weekend to find this (above).
And these:

And then discovered a whole campaign from Volkswagen, featuring ideas like the ‘Shopping Shirt’, the ‘Yumbrella’…

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Infograph | Which Fish are OK to Eat?

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In an age of over-fishing and crashing marine stocks, it’s difficult to keep track of which fish are ethically kosher. Information is Beautiful as created an infograph on the latest consensus and data from the…

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Predicting the Future of Energy via Fast Company

It is hard nor to discuss the future of energy be it in a social context, professional or simply on the bus on the way to work. Climate conversation is everywhere, even our governments are scrapping over solutions.

A big question is…

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Why the majority of supermarket shoppers do not use re-usable canvas shopping bags & what this teaches us about human nature

Recently my young son had to come up with an idea for a school project about some aspect of climate change. Being a kid he has a fascination with rubbish tips and, following our latest “tip run”, wanted to know why there was so many plastic bags…

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Replacing Farmville with MyFarm, a Real Life Crowd Controlled Farm!

MyFarm is a new project from the UK’s National Trust.

MyFarm is a 2,500-acre farm, which belongs to the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire. They are calling for 10,000 online farmers to govern every aspect of its operations. These subscribers…

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How to Create a Business Case for a Sustainable Future

So I stop drinking bottled water and I become an expert on sustainability? Apparently. The Answer however is simple, there is no alternative to sustainable development.

However there is a paradox when it comes to sustainability and…

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Are You a Part of The Garage Sale Trail in 2011?

The Garage Sale Trail is about sustainability, community and fun.

By getting people together to turn their old stuff into someone else’s new stuff, the day not only proves that second hand items can still have value, it keeps rubbish …

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Pepsi V Coke in the Sustainability Battle

I can not think of time when the Pepsi v Coke wars were not a topic of school yard, locker room or sunday drive banter. We all have an opinion in the Coke versus Pepsi taste wars, but things get a little murky when corporate sustainability is taken…

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Is Bottled Water Really That Bad? Yes.

In February, I wrote an article in relation to bottled water. You can read it here to get up to speed. The article recieved all sorts of feedback from constructive and educational (Thanks Ando_F), to boring with no purose through to inspiring…

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Cool List 8 :: Where Self-Propulsion & Sustainable Entrepreneurship Go Hand in Hand

For fun, for learning, for building a better ride and a better world: see how the Bamboo Bike Studio offers the unique and intimate chance to create your own ride, and also produces positive effects that extend to the lives of cyclists, workers…

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